Congratulations to PhD Alum Michael Strawbridge who has been named a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, an honor that supports scholars with up to two years of funding to pursue impactful, evidence-based research. His project, “In the Thick of It: The Relationship Among Black People, Black Spaces, and Black Political Unity,” investigates how African American cultural institutions foster Black political unity and collective decision-making. Using Black Americans’ unparalleled political cohesion as a case study, he demonstrates how social and cultural institutions can act as a counterweight to increasing political polarization.
