In June and July, the The Global Diversity Lab (GDL) in the Department of Political Science hosted its first GDL Summer Research Program, sponsored in partnership with the Center for International Studies and the MIT Summer Research Program. Pathways@GDL is aimed at broadening the pipeline into US political science PhD programs. Four current undergraduates from US universities and two current masters’ students at African universities mixed research assistant work and their own independent research projects, professionalizing their presentation of research and exchanging information with each other and Department of Political Science faculty. We spoke with Associate Professors Noah Nathan and Ariel White who coordinate the program.

Read the interview here.