Larry & Dulcie Kugelman Citizen Peacebuilding Research Fellowship Program

The Center for Citizen Peacebuilding regularly awards fellowship grants to UCIrvine students (graduate and undergraduate) and faculty interested in conducting creative research on conflict and conflict resolution initiatives regarding racial, ethnic, and political divisions, cultural divides, and the environmental crisis and climate change. Awardees may be from any of the School of Social Science's nine academic departments (e.g., Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Sociology).

This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of Larry and Dulcie Kugelman and Coventry Healthcare, Inc.

 

Kugelman Fellowship Application

 

2024-25 Recipients

Angie Belen Monreal, Sociology

MacKenzie Bonner, Sociology

Angeles Rubi Castorena, Sociology

Gabriella Colello, Political Science

Nasim Fekrat, Anthropology

Hanna Dosenko, Anthropology

Amy Gilmore, Political Science

Udita Ghosh, Political Science

Muhammad Raqib, Anthropology

Mohammad Siddiqui, Political Science

Tenzing Wangdak, Anthropology

 

 


 

2023-24 Recipients

Nahreen Aref, Political Science

MacKenzie Bonner, Sociology

Sarah Burke, Political Science

Hanna Dosenko, Anthropology

Gvantsa Gasviani, Global Studies

Alexis Jenson, Political Science

Muhammad Raqib, Anthropology

Anibal Serrano, Political Science

 

 


 

2022-2023 Recipients

Kristen Aanstoos, Political Science

Semassa Boko, Sociology

MacKenzie Bonner, Sociology

Pascal Dafinis, Global Studies

Hanna Dosenko, Anthropology

Alexis Jenson, Political Science

Tauhid Bin Kashem, Political Science

Kaitlyn Rabach, Anthropology

Maria Liliana Ramirez, Anthropology

Muhammad Raqib, Anthropology

Anibal Serrano, Political Science

Tenzing Wandak, Anthropology

 

 


 

2021-2022 Recipients

Kristen Aanstoos, Political Science, “From Peace to Politics: How Local Women’s Participation in Peace Processes Shapes Women’s Political Participation in Post-Conflict States”

Colin Bernatzky, Sociology, “A New Sacred Canopy? How Vaccine Skepticism and Conspiratorial Claims Flourish in the Shade of Pluralism”

Tauhid Bin Kashem, Political Science, “Complex Refuge: International Regime Complexity and the Protection of Rohingya Refugees”

Vanessa Delgado, Sociology, “Brokering Inclusion: How Advocacy Organizations Facilitate Latinx Parental Involvement”

Jenilene Francisco, Political Science, “Where’s the Peace, Peacebuilding? The Merits of the “Linguistic Turn” for a Gendered-Just Peace”

Prince Paa-Kwesi Heto, Political Science, “Regional Peace and Armed Conflict: The Role of Global Value Chains”

Anna Kamanzi, Anthropology, “Indigenous Identity and Post-Genocide Peace-Building in Rwanda”

Neil Nory Kaplan-Kelly, Anthropology, “Legislating Peace in Northern Ireland”

Chit Wai John Mok, Sociology, “Between God and the State: The Religious and Ethical Lives of Catholics in Communist China”

Spencer Louis Potiker, Global Studies, “Contrasting Kurdish Independence Movements: An Historical-Comparative Analysis of Syrian and Iraqi Kurdistan”

Nathan Redman, Sociology, “'Prepping' for Disasters and Emergencies in Contexts of Uncertainty”

Nayla Rodriguez, Sociology, “Gang Members, Terrorists, or Peacebuilders?: A Cross-Case Comparison of Federal RICO Indictments on Gangs Designated as Terrorist Organizations in the US”

 

 


 

On February 7, 2020, during the Center's 20th anniversary symposium, "Building Sustainable Peace Movements in a Divided World," several former fellowship recipients gave reports from their research of peace movements in various conflict zones. The panel included:

Nevin Aiken, University of Wyoming, (Transitional justice and Northern Ireland)

Bruce Hemmer, U.S. Department of State, (Democratization and peacebuilding)

Arturo Jimenez, University of South Florida, (International relations, tension between security and human rights)

Dana Moss, University of Pittsburgh, (Yemen, Middle Eastern diasporic social movements, authoritarianism)

Johanna Solomon, Kent State University, (Israeli-Palestinian conflict, race and religious relations in the U.S.)

Daniel Wehrenfennig, UC Irvine, (Middle East and Northern Ireland)

 


 

 


 

2020-2021 Recipients

Colin Bernatzky, Sociology, “Moving the Needle: Understanding Vaccine Skepticism and the Persistence of Belief”

Tauhid Bin Kashen, Anthropology, “Ending the Game of Refugee Ping-Pong: Why non-signatory countries protect refugees”

Jessica Cabrera, Sociology, “Campuses as Conflict Zones: How Field Actors Alter the Meaning of Compliance in Title IX Sexual Assault Regulation”

Misbah Hyder, Political Science, “The Pen is Mightier than the Sword: How Ahmadi Muslims Resist Through Peacebuilding”

Martin Jacinto, Sociology, “The 2008-2009 Global Economic Crisis and its Impact on the Global North-South Divide”

Kyrstin Mallon Andrews, Anthropology, “Climates of Risk: Navigating Changing Oceans, Human Health, and Poaching in the Caribbean”

Sebastian Rivera and Cristian Rodriguez, Political Science, “Fuel to the Fire? Attitudes Towards Political Violence in the Chilean October”

Nishtha Sharma, Economics, “Violent Conflict and Discrimination in Progressive Societies”

 


 

2019-2020 Recipients

Arman Azedi, Sociology

Tauhid Bin Kashen, Anthropology

Semasa Boko, Sociology

Jessica Cabrera, Sociology

Shauna N. Gillooly, Political Science

Prince Paa-Kwesi Heto, Political Science

Neil Nory Kaplan-Kelly, Anthropology

Wongdong Lee, Political Science

Alex Maresca, Sociology

Sara O’Conner, Urban Planning & Public Policy

Alexandra Raleigh, Political Science

Elizabeth Hanna Rubio, Anthropology

 


 

2018-2019 Recipients

Elizabeth Clark Rubio, Anthropology: Undocumented and Organized in Multiracial America: Racialization, Refusal and Solidarity in Korean American Immigrant Rights Activism

Tania DeCarmo, Sociology: Local Translation of International Human Trafficking Law Among Practitioners in Cambodia

Shauna N. Gillooly, Political Science: Transitional Justice, Peacebuilding, and Memory: Impunity versus Punish

E. Nory Kaplan-Kelly, Anthropology: Legislating Peace in Northern Ireland

Benjamin Leffel, Sociology: Human Survival Crises and the Bottom-Up Response: Lessons from Irvine’s Founding of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Jason Mueller, Sociology: Trade Unions as Peace Builders: The Growing Significance of Organized Labor in Somalia

Alexandra Raleigh, Political Science: Legal Framing, Micromobilization, and the Pursuit of Retributive Justice in South Africa

 

 


 

2017-2018 Recipients

Benjamin Leffel, Sociology: Enmity of the Underling: Theorizing Sub-State Diplomacy in a World Society

Martin Jacinto, Sociology: Policing Democratic Development: State Repression During Democratic Transitioning in Latin America

Shauna Gillooly, Political Science: The End of a Conflict? Political Violence, Voting Behavior, and Issues of Peace in Colombia

Rodolfo Lopez, Sociology: We Mobilize as We Grow: the Influence of Protestantism on Protest Participation in Latin America

John McCollum, Sociology: Resistance and Accommodation: NGO and Union Strategy Within the Palm Oil Commodity Chain

Amy Magnus, Crime, Law and Society: Specializing Justice for Crossover Youth and Families

Kelsey Norman, Political Science: Ambivalence as Long-Term Policy: Refugee and Migrant Engagement in Jordan and Lebanon

Alexandra Raleigh, Political Science: Collective Catharsis, Transitional Justice & the Psychopolitics of Post-Conflict Transitions

 

 


 

2016-2017 Recipients

Lauren Anderson, Sociology: Their Footing with the White Men in the Future will be Equal: Settler Colonialism, Racial Boundaries and the Annexation of Hawaii

Megan Booker, Sociology: Iraq Veterans against the War in the Obama Era: How Political Allies Stimulate Organizational Decline

Pernilla Johansson, Political Science: How Emotions Shape Listening Practices in Peacebuilding Partnerships

Amy Magnus, Crime, Law & Society: Specializing Justice for Crossover Youth and Families

Kelsey Norman, Political Science: Reluctant Reception: Understanding Host State Migration and Refugee Policies in Egypt, Morocco & Turkey

Carrie Reiling, Political Science: Recentering the Policy Recipient: Women's Local Practices Overcoming International Discourses

Sana Sadiq, Anthropology: Modernity in Transit: Sexual Harassment, Public Transportation and Urban Mobility in Bandung, Indonesia

 

 


 

2015-2016 Recipients

Kelsey Norman, Political Science: Strategic Ambivalence: Migrant Engagement in Non-Traditional Receiving Countries

Jason Mueller, Sociology: Examining Pathways to Suicide Bombings: The Case of Somalia's al-Shabaab

Sahar Khan, Political Science: Legitimizing State-Sponsored Proxies: The Role of Civil Institutions in Pakistan

Dana Moss, Sociology: Diaspora Mobilization and the Arab Spring: A Comparative Study of Syrian, Libyan, and Yemeni Movements in Two Countries

Amy Magnus, Criminology, Law & Society: Crossover Youth Court: Meeting the Needs and Understanding the Experiences of Crossover Youth in Nevada

Sana Sadiq, Anthropology: Modernity in Transit: Female Safety and Public Transportation in Indonesia

Carrie Reiling, Political Science: Advocating for Themselves: Security and Rights through Women's Organizations in Cote d'Ivoire

Laura Zlotowski, Criminology, Law & Society: Transitional Justice in the United States: A Case Study of Ferguson, MO

 

 


 

2014-2015 Recipients

Sana Sadiq, Anthropology; Modernity in Transit: Female Safety and Public Transportation in Indonesia

Arturo Jimenez Bacardi, Political Science: Speaking Law to War International Law, Legal Advisers and Bureaucratic Contestation in U.S. Defense Policy

Rottem Sagi, Sociology: Threats, Resources and Coalitions in the American pro-Israel Movement

Ian Finn, Economics: Ties that Bind: The Political Economy of Coerced Labor

Eric Mosinger, Political Science: All the Armed Actors: Civilian Constituencies and Fragmented Rebellion

Alexander Raleigh, Political Science: Transitional Justice as a Complex Dynamic System

Carrie Reiling, Political Science: Advocating for Themselves: Security and Rights Through Women’s Peacebuilding Organizations in Cote d’lvoire

 

 


 

2013-2014 Recipients

Teishan Aaron Latner, History: Irresistible Revolution: Cuba and American Radicalism, 1968–1992

Eric Mosinger, Political Science: All the Armed Actors: Civilian Constituencies and Fragmented Rebellion

Dana Moss, Sociology: Repression's Reach: Dictatorships and Diaspora Communities

Patricia C. Rodda, Political Science: Cyprus and a New Model for Peace

Sana Zaidi, Anthropology: Modernity in Transit: Female Safety and Public Transportation

 

 


 

2012-2013 Recipients

Arturo Jimenez Bacardi, Political Science: The Power and Limits of International Law: Torture and Target Killings in U.S. Security Policy

Teishan Aaron Latner, History: Irresistible Revolution: Cuba and American Radicalism, 1968–1992

Eric Mosinger, Political Science: All the Armed Actors: Civilian Constituencies and Fragmented Rebellion

Dana Moss, Sociology: Repression's Reach: Dictatorships and Diaspora Communities

Eric Mosinger, Political Science: All the Armed Actors: Civilian Constituencies and Fragmented Rebellion

Kelsey Norman, Political Science: How Cairo’s Resettlement and Refugee Protection System Affects the Rights of Refugees and Migratory Persons

Patricia C. Rodda, Political Science: Cyprus and a New Model for Peace

Sana Zaidi, Anthropology: Modernity in Transit: Female Safety and Public Transportation

 

 


 

2011-2012 Recipients

Nina Smart, “Resisting World Polity Transmission: The Silence on the Glocalization of anti-FGM legislature in the Parliament of Sierra Leone”

Giorgio Gosti,  “Community Driven Peacebuilding as an Alternative to Military Peacekeeping”

Heidi Haddad, “Access and Influence: Mapping Civil Society Networks at the International Criminal Court”

Kelsey Norman, “How Cairo’s Resettlement and Refugee Protection System Affects the Rights of Refugees and Migratory Persons”

Peter Owens, “No Further West: Conflict and Cooperation Between Indigenous Peoples and American Settlers in California, 1846-1873”

Tyson Patros, “The Role of the Tunisian and Egyptian Labor Movements in the Revolutionary Mobilization of 2010-2011”

David Wight, “The Petrodollar and the Foreign Relations of the U.S. and the Middle East and North Africa, 1969-Present”

Johanna Solomon, “Reconciliation through Jewish Muslim Inter-Group Dialogue”

Arturo Jimenez Bacardi, “The Power and Limits of International Law: Torture and Target Killings in U.S. Security Policy”

Eric Mosinger, “The Collective Defense of Democracy from Caracas to Cairo”

Anna Tan, “Humanitarian Mobilization during the Nanjung Massacre: Compassion, Opportunity and Threat”

 

 


 

2010-2011 Recipients

Arturo Jimenez Bacardi (Political Science Grad Student): “Assessing the U.N.’s Role in the Arab-Israeli Conflict” – $2000

Amy Grubb (Political Science Grad Student): “The Microdynamics of Violence and Order: Comparing Social Community Processes” – $2500

Eric Mosinger (Political Science Grad Student): “Civility in Civil War: Conflict Intensity as the Result of Strategic Retreat” – $2500

Dana Moss (Sociology Grad Student): “Variation in Protest Emergence and Outcomes in Jordan and Yemen: A Comparative Study” – $2500

Yang Su (Sociology Department Professor): “Event History Data Collection to Study Government-Protest Standoffs, 1950-2011” – $2500

Ather Zia (Anthropology Grad Student): “The Politics of Absence: Women Searching for the Disappeared in Kashmir” – $2000

Sharmaine Jackson (Sociology Grad Student): “The Unmaking of Gangbangers: The Role of Krump Dancing in Negotiating Nonviolence for Populations Vulnerable to Inner-City Violence.” – $2000

Johanna Soloman (Political Science Grad Student): “Communities in Conflict: Investigating and Improving Reconciliation Interventions in U.S. Based Inter-Diaspora Conflicts” – $2000

 

 


 

2009-2010 Recipients

Madeline Baer (Political Science): "Water for Profit: Water Privatization and Citizen Participation in Chile" - $2,500

Sharmaine Jackson (Sociology): "It Takes Two to Tango: Understanding the Role of the Subordinate in Reconciliation" - $3,000

Erin Moran (Anthropology): "Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and the End of Brithright Citizenship in Ireland" - $2,500

Johanna Solomon (Political Psychology): "Forgive but Never Forget: Possibilities for Reconciliation through Targeted Intervention" - $3,000

Ather Zia (Anthropology): "Spectacles of the Invisible: Women and the Quest for Human Rights in Kashmir" - $3,000

 

 


 

2009 Recipients

  • Nevin Aiken (CGPACS) - $3,000
  • Joanne Nucho (Anthropology) - $3,000
  • Daniel Wehrenfennig (Political Science) - $3,000

 


 

2008 Recipients

Faculty Fellowships

  • Alison Brysk (Political Science), “My Brother’s Keeper?: Inter-Ethnic and Transnational Solidarity and Contested Victimhood"
  • Kristen Monroe (Political Science), “Cracking the Code: Creating a Scholarly Community to Combat Genocide” - $5000

Graduate Fellowships

  • Nevin T. Aiken (Visiting Research Fellow, UBC, GPACS), “Learning to Live Together: Transitional Justice and Intercommunal Reconciliation in South Africa and Northern Ireland” - $3000
  • Bruce Hemmer (Political Science), “Putting the ‘Up’ in Bottom-Up Peacebuilding…” - $3000
  • Stefka Hristova (Visual Studies), “Whose War? Reading the Photographs of the Danube Theater of the Crimean War 1853-6” - $500
  • Laurent Tambayong (Mathematical Behavioral Sciences), “City System Vulnerability and Resilience…” - $2446
  • Daniel Wehrenfennig (Political Science), “The Missing Link: Citizen Dialogue and Second Track Diplomacy in Israel/Palestine and Northern Ireland” - $3000

 


 

2007 Recipients

Graduate Fellowships

  • Nevin T. Aiken, Overcoming Intractability:  Transitional Justice and Intercommunal Reconciliation in South Africa and Northern Ireland
  • Chih-Chieh Chen, To Socialize a Rising Power: How Have International Norms Changed China and Vice Versa
  • Bruce Hemmer, Putting the ‘Up’ in Bottom-Up Peacebuilding: Mobilizing Peace Constituencies in Democratizing Societies
  • Morgan Kronberger, The Invisible Children Movement:  The Domestic and International Impact of a Western NGO
  • Katherine Mack, Fostering Rhetorical Reconciliation: Lessons from the Public Hearings of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  • Saba Senses Ozyurt, Islamic Institutions in the West: Bridge Builders or Boundary Markers between Muslim Immigrants and their Host Societies
  • Katherine Quick, Peacebuilding at the Frontier of Democratization in Indonesia
  • Daniel Wehrenfennig, Dialogue Revisited: Learning from Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine
  • UCI History Project, Themes in World History Institute:  Building Peace in the Modern World

Faculty Fellowships

  • Raul Lejano and Helen Ingram, Spirit of '86:  Analyzing People Power Movements for Peaceful Change in the Pacific Rim
  • Richard Matthew, Microfinance, Human Security and Sustainable Development

 


 

2006 Recipients

  • Daniel Wehrenfennig, The Malawi Project: Moments of Truth, A documentary film on peaceful political change in Malawi, 1992-1994 - $2200
  • Jennifer Luchesi-Long, Circus Citizen Peacebuilders: An International Youth Exchange Project - $2000