APSA is pleased to announce the members of the 2024-2025 Class of the APSA-Sponsored Congressional Fellows!
The American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional Fellowship Program is a highly selective, nonpartisan program devoted to expanding knowledge and awareness of Congress. Since 1953, it has brought select political scientists, journalists, federal employees, health specialists, and other professionals to Capitol Hill to experience Congress at work through fellowship placements on congressional staffs.
Political Science Fellows
Rosa Castillo Krewson
Rosa Castillo Krewson has over 25 years of program management experience within the corporate and nonprofit sectors, specializing in organizational restructuring and leadership transitions. She earned a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Boston University, completed the Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate at the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Affairs from the Center of Public Administration and Policy (CPAP) at Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs. Dr. Krewson is a 2017 Founders Fellow of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), 2018 Equity & Inclusion Fellow of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) and received the 2019 Founders of CPAP Scholarship award. The Public Administration Theory Network selected her co-authored article “Administración pública de nepantla: Transforming public administrators from ‘gatekeepers’ to ‘border crossers’” for the Best Article of 2021 award. She is on the Committee of the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession of the American Political Science Association (APSA), and recently completed the Institute for Civically Engaged Research at Tufts University in partnership with APSA’s Centennial Center.
Dr. Krewson focuses on social equity issues in areas of public and nonprofit management, veterans affairs, public policy analysis, and education. She works with government and nonprofit leaders interested in dismantling racism and other forms of systemic oppression using change management strategies.
Shane Day
Shane Day is an Associate Professor of Public Administration in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, and a Workshop Affiliate in the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University – Bloomington. He holds a Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Department of Political Science at Indiana University – Bloomington, along with three degrees from the University of Washington: a Master of Arts in International Studies from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, a Master of Public Administration from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. His research interests are in comparative indigenous group policy & self-governance, multi-scale natural resource management & environmental policy, federalism & intergovernmental relations, and political & economic development. Most recently he has been working with the US Department of Interior under a cooperative agreement to develop assessment tools and program evaluation frameworks examining federal-tribal natural resource co-stewardship agreements, which are a key component of Joint Secretarial Order 3403: Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility to Indian Tribes in the Stewardship of Federal Lands and Waters.
Sam Erkiletian
Sam Erkiletian obtained his doctorate in Political Science from University College London and is currently a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies. His research examines the internal dynamics of armed organizations and how they affect conflict processes and outcomes. Specifically, he explores how military socialization processes shape combatant attitudes and behaviors. He is also interested in how military training, leadership, and force deployment strategies impact patterns of civilian violence. Sam leverages mixed method data and comparative case studies to test his theories. He is also a co-author on the British Academy funded “Pan-African Conferences Dataset” project with a forthcoming publication in International Organization titled “The Role of Pan-African Ideology in Ethnic Power-Sharing.” He also holds a MSc in Security Studies from University College London and a BA in History and Ancient Studies from Saint Joseph’s University.
Kristen Essel
Kristen Essel is a social movement and congressional scholar, specializing in the legislative effects of modern online movements. She completed her doctorate in political science at Brown University in 2023. Her current research focuses on the political effects of the 2017 #MeToo movement and 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision. Her work pays special attention to the intersectional effects of race and class in modern feminist movements. After completing her dissertation work, Kristen was a Dean’s Faculty Fellow at Brown University, working as a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2023-2024 academic year. Kristen teaches courses on gender and politics, social movements, the US Congress, and the Legislative Process.
Kristen’s research and teaching interests are motivated by her work experience from before her time in academia. Kristen was a corps member with Teach for America in Memphis Tennessee. She interned with Public Citizen’s Democracy is for People Campaign and the Maryland State Department of Education. She also had the privilege of working as a page for the Maryland General Assembly.
Josue Franco
Dr. Josue (Josh) Franco is a tenured Associate Professor at Cuyamaca College in San Diego County, California. Born in Mexico and raised in Los Angeles County, he is a proud first-generation college graduate who holds A.A. degrees in economics and political science from Cerritos College, and a B.A. in public policy and M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Merced.
Dr. Franco served as his college’s inaugural Open Education Resources (OER) Coordinator and assisted colleagues in securing over $1 million in grant funding. He co-authored Introduction to Political Science Research Methods OER textbook, published in the Journal of Political Science Education, and presented at over a dozen conferences. Dr. Franco served as the Chair of the American Political Science Association’s Committee on the Status of First-Generation Higher Education Scholars in 2022-2023 and currently serves on the APSA Committee on the Status of Community Colleges.
Prior to his academic career, he worked for 5 years in the California State Capitol and U.S. House of Representatives for former Lieutenant Governor and Congressman John Garamendi.
Josh is happily married to his wife Mayra, and they have two children, Ethan and Caleb.
Robert Oldham
Robert Oldham will receive PhD in Politics from Princeton University in October 2024. He studies policymaking in Congress and state legislatures. He has published his research at Legislative Studies Quarterly and Political Science Quarterly. His papers investigate the relationship between supermajority rules and bipartisan policymaking and how the media covers legislative achievements. His dissertation considers congressional policymaking in response to crises during the era of polarization.
Rob has served as a Social Impact Fellow at New America, researching how multiparty governance might work in Congress, and as the research director and a writer for The Almanac of American Politics (2018-2022 cycles). Prior to graduate school, he covered elections and legislative politics at Ballotpedia during the 2018 cycle. He received his BA in political science from the University of Georgia in 2017.
Journalism Fellow
Amber Lin
Amber Lin is a Fulbright scholar and an award-winning investigative journalist specializing in cross-strait relations and geopolitics in Asia. She has worked and contributed to leading Chinese-language media outlets, such as the Commonwealth magazine天下雜誌, the Initium端傳媒, the Reporter報導者, Malaysiakini當今大馬, etc. Since 2012, Amber’s coverage has spanned diverse social and geopolitical events in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and Southeast Asia, focusing on democratization and China’s growing overseas influence in the region. She has reported on significant social movements like Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement in 2014, as well as the historical power transitions of Myanmar in 2015 and of Malaysia in 2018.
Amber’s reporting has received wide recognition, including awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club and Amnesty International, Taiwan’s Excellent Journalism Award, and the Vivian Wu Journalism Award. In 2019, she was the sole global recipient of the Pulitzer Center Persephone Miel Fellowship for her investigative series “The Silent War,” which explored China’s overseas influence operations in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. In 2022, Amber was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a Master’s degree in Asian Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. With extensive international experience in Asia and the West, including Taipei, Hong Kong, Lyon, and Paris, Amber is currently based in Washington, DC.
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