USC Dornsife sociologist Hajar Yazdiha awarded prestigious 2024 Carnegie Fellowship
Hajar Yazdiha, assistant professor of sociology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, one of just 28 scholars, authors, journalists and public intellectuals in the United States to receive the honor this year.
Awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the prestigious fellowship provides substantial support, including a $200,000 grant, to advance recipients’ work. Yazdiha emerged successfully from an intensive evaluation process involving hundreds of candidates to earn the fellowship.
She said the fellowship provides a unique opportunity for scholars to conduct meaningful research and build connections across various disciplines. “The Carnegie is invaluable for the time, resources and community it offers to build out thoughtful, impactful research and to connect with scholars similarly committed to tackling big, unwieldy questions.”