The Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship program is designed to increase the pool of potential faculty by supporting the doctoral aspirations of CSU students who have experienced economic and educational disadvantages. The program emphasizes increasing the number of CSU students who enter graduate programs at one of the University of California institutions.
Selected applicants work closely with a CSU faculty sponsor to develop an overall plan which leads ultimately to enrollment in a doctoral program. In addition, the program provides travel funds, summer internship opportunities, and funds for other related activities, such as student membership in professional organizations, graduate school application and test fees, and minor research material costs.
Eligibility for the program requires candidates to be upper division or master’s degree students who are enrolled at a CSU institution in the Spring semester and who will be enrolled at a CSU campus for a least one term of the following academic year. Applicants are selected on the basis of potential for success in completing a doctoral program, probable effectiveness of the student/faculty plan, and level of economic and education disadvantage.
The call for applications occurs in February and selected scholars may expect notification by early summer.
The recipients of the 2008-09 Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship are listed below:
Nancy Acevedo
Faculty Sponsor: Marcos Pizarro
Department: Mexican American Studies
Discipline: Education
Steve Tran
Faculty Sponsor: Megumi Hosoda
Department: Psychology
Discipline: Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Social Psychology
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