The History Department is very pleased to award two William and Willie Lee Rose Fellowships this spring to Halle-McKenzie Ashby and Wesley Sampias. 

Halle-McKenzie Ashby will pursue archival work in London for a dissertation focused on the relationship between Atlantic slavery’s matrilineal principle and the unfolding of Barbados post-emancipation carceral state. 

Wesley Sampias will travel to Japan for archival work in Kyoto and Toyota to pursue dissertation research on public health campaigns to control rabies and animal-borne infections in early twentieth-century Japan.  

The committee was especially impressed by the articulation of their projects’ arguments, clear and actionable work plans, a familiarity with types of documents and archives, and a honed sense of how these would inform their projects going forward.

Congratulations Halle-McKenzie and Wesley!