The following is a listing of the institutions and individuals that have participated in the Jesuit Post Doctoral Diversity Consortium. We are still finalizing details for the 2019 - 2020 academic year.
To learn more about the candidates, please click on the respective institution:
The College of the Holy Cross had two participating Post Doctoral candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. Their next cohort of two Post Doctoral candidates started in Fall 2018. No additional Post Doctoral Candidates at this time.
Name | Department | Start | End | Current Status |
Nurhaizatul Jamil | Anthropology | 2016 | 2018 | Starting Tenure Track position in Fall 2018 at Pratt |
Ke Ren | History (East Asia) | 2016 | 2018 | Starting Tenure Track position in Fall 2018 at Holy Cross |
Evyn LeEspiritu | Asian Studies | 2018 | 2019 | Left a year early to start Tenure Track position in Fall 2019 at UCLA |
Jameliah Shorter-Bournahou | Philosophy/Center for Interdisciplinary Studies | 2018 | 2020 | Starting Tenure Track position in Fall 2020 at Holy Cross |
John Carroll University had four participating Post Doctoral candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. Each of their candidates will be returning for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Name | Department | Start | End | Current Status |
Sean Chaplin | Sociology & Criminology | 2016 | 2019 | On Fulbright for 2018-2019 academic year and then returning back to John Carroll in Fall 2019 in a full-time position |
Ficawoyi (Charles) Donou-Adonsou | Economics & Finance | 2016 | 2019 | Completed 3-yr Post Doc and now serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor at John Carroll |
Nathalie Nya | Philosophy | 2016 | 2019 | Completed 3-yr Post Doc and now serving as a part-time lecturuer at John Carroll |
Kal Tuominen | Biology | 2017 | 2020 | Completed 3-yr Post Doc. |
Aaryn Green | Student Diversity and Inclusion | 2018 | 2021 | Currently in final year of 3-yr Post Doc |
Krista Stevens | Diversity and Christian Social Ethics | 2018 | 2021 | Currently in final year of 3-yr Post Doc |
Fordham University has one participating Post Doctoral candidate during the 2018-19 academic year.
Name | Department | Start | End | Current Status |
Muhammad Faruque | Theology | 2018 | 2020 |
Gonzaga University is looking at including the participants in their Underrepresented Minority (URM) Postdoctoral Fellowship as part of the Jesuit Post-Doctoral Diversity Program.
Please check back for more details.
Loyola Maryland had two participating Post Doctoral candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. The Post Doctoral candidates are continuing for their second year.
Name | Department | Start | End | Current Status |
Tommy Ender | Teacher Education | 2017 | 2019 | Will be starting Tenure Track position at Rhode Island College |
Boni Wozolek | Teacher Education | 2017 | 2019 | Will be starting Tenure Track position at Penn State, Abington |
Regis University had one participating Post Doctoral candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. The opportunity concluded in March 2019.
Name | Department | Start | End | Current Status |
Brittany Davis | Environmental Justice (based in Peace & Justice Dept.) | 2017 | 2019 | Post Doc concluded in March 2019 |
Saint Louis University is finalizing plans for 4 Post Doc positions for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Timelines and job descriptions are being finalized. More details to be available in Fall 2021.
Santa Clara University has partcipated in the Consortium since the beginning in Fall 2017, and had had new Post Doctoral opportunities each year.
Name | Department | Start | End | Current Status |
Linda Burks | Mathematics & Computer Science | 2017 | 2019 | Completed Post Doc and shifted to Lecture role at Santa Clara |
Jesica Fernandez | Ethnic Studies | 2017 | 2018 | Shifted to Tenure Track position for Fall 2018 at Santa Clara |
Matthew Lesenyie | Political Science | 2017 | 2019 | Shifted to Lecturer role in Fall 2019 at Santa Clara; Starting Tenure Track position at CSU-Long Beach in Fall 2020 |
Julio Puente Garcia | Spanish | 2018 | 2020 | Completed Post Doc and working abroad in Europe |
David Tamayo | History | 2018 | 2020 | Completed Post Doc and in a Post Doc/Tenure Rank role at the University of Michigan |
Yue Zhang | Psychology | 2018 | 2020 | Completed Post Doc; on parental leave and will be job searching |
Roya Ebtehaj | Art & Art History | 2019 | 2022 | |
Veronica Miranda | Anthropology | 2019 | 2022 | Shifted to TT in Anthropology at SCU (Fall 2021) |
Joanna Nuñez | Women and Gender Studies | 2019 | 2022 | Shifted to TT role (Fall 2021) |
Daniella De Sousa Moura | Biology | 2019 | 2022 | |
Claudia Zielke | Chemistry | 2019 | 2022 | |
Erin Knutson | Physics | 2020 | 2023 | |
Johnathan Kwan | Philosophy & Ethics | 2020 | 2022 |
The University of San Francisco has a pre-Doctoral program and there students have participated in the Consortium
Name | Department | Start | End | Current Status |
Karishma Desai | International and Multicultural Education | 2017 | 2018 | Starting Tenure Track position at Rutgers in Fall 2018 |
David Philoxene | Teacher Education | 2020 | 2021 |