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Ada Ferrer
1991-92 Latin American Studies International Doctoral Research fellow Ada Ferrer has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in history for her most recent work, Cuba: An American History. She is the Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, where she has taught since 1995. Ferrer’s research focuses on Cuba, US empire, comparative slavery, nationalism, and revolution.
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
2020 Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal fellow Sarah Riccardi-Swartz is a postdoctoral fellow in the Recovering Truth: Religion, Journalism, and Democracy in a Post-Truth Era project at Arizona State University’s Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. Her research focuses on social politics, race, media worlds, and Orthodox Christianity. In the fall, she will join Northeastern University as an assistant professor of religion and anthropology. Her book, Between Heaven and Russia: Religious Conversation and Political Apostasy in Appalachia, was published in April by Fordham University Press.
“[CPPF was] instrumental in forging consensus on a wide range of issues among many stakeholders, including consensus on a wide range of issues among many stakeholders, including Special Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Regional Directors of UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes, and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators. Many participants noted how skillfully you facilitated the meeting which greatly contributed to achieving a desirable outcome.”
“[CPPF was] instrumental in forging consensus on a wide range of issues among many stakeholders, including consensus on a wide range of issues among many stakeholders, including Special Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Regional Directors of UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes, and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators. Many participants noted how skillfully you facilitated the meeting which greatly contributed to achieving a desirable outcome.”
Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General
“[CPPF was] instrumental in forging consensus on a wide range of issues among many stakeholders, helping to bridge an analysis gap on cross-cutting themes such as women and youth in the transition as well as region-specific issues.”
“[CPPF was] instrumental in forging consensus on a wide range of issues among many stakeholders, helping to bridge an analysis gap on cross-cutting themes such as women and youth in the transition as well as region-specific issues.”
Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General