RITM is devoted to advancing intellectual work related to Ethnic Studies fields; to intersectional race, gender, and sexuality research; and to Native and diasporic communities both in the United States and other countries. We support course enrichment and conferences, as well as field research and conference participation.
Funding Opportunities
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Request for RITM Sponsorship
Through sponsorship of campus programs, events, and other initiatives, we hope to showcase current scholarship at Yale and elsewhere and build an interdisciplinary community interested in the study of race, indigeneity, and transnational migration. The application is open to faculty and student organizations and is open throughout the academic year.
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Research & Conference Travel Awards
RITM Research and Conference Travel Awards support research and conference travel by Yale students on topics related to race, indigeneity, or transnational migration. There are two funding cycles, one that covers travel and research throughout the academic year, and one that covers summer research.
Each year, RITM supports summer research for graduate and undergraduate students. As part of their project, students participate in a three-minute research showcase with their peers to learn about work from across campus. This event brings together early scholars from across campus, including students in the biological sciences, history of medicine and science, history of art, sociology, Black Studies, and more.
RITM Research Showcases
In addition to providing funding support, RITM hosts yearly working groups of graduate students led by faculty advisors. Groups are encouraged to share works-in-progress, engage in current scholarship, and invite speakers to meet with interested researchers. Each year, the call opens for new groups and for current groups to continue.
Working Groups
The Asian American Studies Working Group is a space for graduate students to workshop their works-in-progress with peers and faculty members.
Faculty Advisor: Mary Lui, Professor of American Studies and History
The Diversity in Italian Studies Working Group is a collaborative and interdisciplinary group that meets twice per month to discuss representations of cultural, racial, and sexual diversity in Italian literature, Italian culture, Italian history, and Italian Studies as an academic discipline. Beginning the Fall 2021 semester, the Yale Diversity in Italian Studies Working Group is collaborating with the UC Berkeley Italian Migration Studies Working Group to co-host invited speaker events. Meetings are open to all students and faculty interested in issues related to Italy.
Faculty Advisor: Jane Tylus, Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian and Professor of Comparative Literature
The Latinx Studies Working Group offers a weekly gathering for graduate students and faculty members to discuss research methodologies, current scholarship, and works-in-progress.
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Pitti, Professor of History, American Studies, and Ethnicity, Race, & Migration
The Indigenous Diasporas Working Group brings together graduate students and faculty to discuss research methodologies, works-in-progress, and global expressions and determinations of indigeneity in contemporary and historical context.
Advisor: Victoria Stone-Cadena, PhD, Cultural Anthropologist, and Associate Director, RITM
The Detention and Deportation Working Group brings together students to discuss the politics of detention and deportation in contemporary and historical context, share works-in-progress, engage with digital humanities projects, labor activism, and to bridge scholarship with community engagement.
Advisor: Ximena Lopez-Carrillo, Ethnicity, Race and Migration
RITM has been the point of anchor during my years at Yale, somewhere to get settled in hard moments, to remember that your work is connected to many others.
