Anthropology’s Mallin named ACLS fellow
Anthropology’s Mallin named ACLS fellow
- August 6, 2015
- Grad student is one of 65 to earn one year of dissertation funding
UCI anthropology graduate student Sean Mallin is UCI’s sole recipient of a competitive
American Council of Learned Societies’ Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
Made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program awards
advanced graduate students in the social sciences and humanities with funding for
their final year of dissertation writing. The 2015 cohort includes scholars from USC,
Johns Hopkins, Princeton and Columbia as well as other prestigious institutions.
Mallin’s dissertation, which examines disaster recovery in New Orleans after Hurricane
Katrina, specifically addresses plans for the tens of thousands of vacant properties
in the city. Over the last eight years he has worked with residents, neighborhood
associations, and urban planners in New Orleans to understand the social and economic
impact of these properties on the city’s rebuilding efforts. He hopes that his research
will have an even broader impact in the future by contributing to discussions about
urban revitalization in other cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Detroit.
Mallin will receive a $30,000 stipend, with potential for up to $3,000 for research
costs and $5,000 for tuition and fees.
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