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Katie Duffy '24, a political science major, has been selected for a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to conduct research in Zambia.

Katie graduated with a degree in political science, an emphasis in international relations, and minors in public health science and sustainable food systems. She will return to Zambia, a country she first visited in the summer of 2023 as a Miller Center Fellow, where she conducted food security fieldwork that became the foundation for her Fulbright proposal.

At Santa Clara, Duffy was a fellow in the Ignatian Center’s Agroecology, Climate Resilience & Food Justice Lab, where she contributed to the student food security and basic needs projects and to the AJCU Laudato Si Project, an initiative to advance bold environmental sustainability commitments across 28 Jesuit colleges and universities. She also served as a senior class senator in the Associated Student Government and was a member of the University Honors Program.

“My interest in food justice and sustainability is deeply rooted in my experience working with the Agroecology, Climate Resilience, and Food Justice Lab, as well as my time as a Miller Center Lewis Family Fellow in Zambia,” said Duffy. “I am thrilled to return to Zambia to continue this important work.”

About The Fulbright Program
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards approximately 2,000 grants annually in all fields of study. Recent graduates and graduate students undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary teaching worldwide.  Founded in 1946, the Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. For further information please visit https://us.fulbrightonline.org/.