09/03/2026
Congratulations to our inaugural class of FSU Humanities Center dissertation fellows!
Representing a wide range of disciplines at Florida State University, our eight fellows will collaborate with faculty, staff, students, and each other while contributing to interdisciplinary conversations focused on the center’s current theme, “The Human in the Humanities.”
▪️ Joachim F. Adams (top left) is a doctoral candidate in French working with associate professor of French Michelle Bumatay in the FSU Department of Modern Languages & Linguistics.
▪️ Megharaj Adhikari (top middle) is a doctoral candidate working with the Frances Cushing Ervin professor of English Aaron Jaffe in the FSU English Department.
▪️ Mansur Bakir (top right) is a doctoral candidate in the FSU Department of History studying under associate professor of history Will Hanley.
▪️ Florence Egbeyale (middle left) is a doctoral candidate in the FSU Department of Religion working with associate professor of religion Joseph Hellweg.
▪️ Madison Gilmore-Duffey (center) is a doctoral candidate studying under associate professor of art history Lynn Jones in the College of Fine Arts at Florida State University.
▪️ Evan Jones (middle right) is a doctoral candidate in the FSU Department of Philosophy working with professor of philosophy Edward Hinchman.
▪️ Emily Lu (bottom left) is a doctoral candidate in the FSU Department of History studying under associate professor of Ottoman and Middle East history, Nilay Özok-Gündoğan.
▪️ Zachary Moreau (bottom middle) is a doctoral candidate in musicology working with Carrie Danielson, assistant professor of musicology and Les and Ruth Akers Endowed Chair in Community Music, in the Florida State University College of Music.
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