https://politicalscience.ucr.edu/ en https://politicalscience.ucr.edu/news-block/2025/04/10/alumnus-receives-honorable-mention-2025-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship <span>Alumnus receives honorable mention in the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program</span> <span><span>ahobb005</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-10T10:01:09-07:00" title="Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 10:01">Thu, 04/10/2025 - 10:01</time> </span> <a href="https://politicalscience.ucr.edu/news-block">More News</a> <time datetime="2025-04-10T12:00:00Z">April 10, 2025</time> <p>We are thrilled to share some exciting news about one of our outstanding alumni. Zabdi, a first-year Ph.D. student in Political Science at UCLA, has received an Honorable Mention in the highly competitive 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)! 🎉</p><p>This recognition speaks to the importance and promise of Zabdi’s research, which centers on environmental and distributive politics. His work explores how access to essential utilities—such as water, electricity, and sanitation—and the quality of service provision influence political participation among marginalized communities.</p><p>Zabdi’s research spans Latin America and the Middle East, with a particular focus on how resource extraction and infrastructure access shape people’s relationships with local political institutions. His commitment to examining these critical issues across global contexts is both timely and deeply impactful.</p><p>Please join me us congratulating Zabdi on this well-deserved honor. We’re incredibly proud to see our alumni doing such meaningful and influential work in the world. I can’t wait to see where his research takes him next.</p> <div class="tags-title">Tags</div> <div class="tags-list"> <div><a href="https://politicalscience.ucr.edu/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="sharing-title">Share This</div><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://politicalscience.ucr.edu/news-block/2025/04/10/alumnus-receives-honorable-mention-2025-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship" data-a2a-title="Alumnus receives honorable mention in the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_x"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_plus"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" aria-label="more options to share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fpoliticalscience.ucr.edu%2Fnews-block%2F2025%2F04%2F10%2Falumnus-receives-honorable-mention-2025-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship&amp;title=Alumnus%20receives%20honorable%20mention%20in%20the%202025%20NSF%20Graduate%20Research%20Fellowship%20Program"></a></span><script> (function () { const customClassName = 'show-for-sr'; const targetContainer = document.querySelector('.a2a_kit.addtoany_list'); if (!targetContainer) return; const addClassToLabels = () => { const labels = targetContainer.querySelectorAll('.a2a_label'); if (labels.length > 0) { labels.forEach(label => { if (!label.classList.contains(customClassName)) { label.classList.add(customClassName); } }); console.log('Successfully applied show-for-sr class to AddToAny labels.'); return true; } return false; }; const observerConfig = { childList: true, subtree: true }; const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList, observer) => { if (addClassToLabels()) { observer.disconnect(); } }); if (!addClassToLabels()) { observer.observe(targetContainer, observerConfig); } })(); </script> Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:01:09 +0000 ahobb005 240 at https://politicalscience.ucr.edu