Our congratulations to Travis Pinn who was awarded a Presidential Fellowship for the 2019-20 year by the Northern Arizona University Graduate College. Pinn is doctoral student for the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) with advisor Ricky Camplain, assistant professor, Department of Health Sciences and CHER.
“I am interested in aligning my research goals with CHER and others in the community, who work with incarcerated women,” Pinn said.
The Fellowship award includes a supplemental stipend of $8,000, and also travel and research funding of $1,000 per year, which is renewable for up to four years.
“The fellowship means a lot to me and has been a help with my program,” Pinn said.
Pinn is in the Interdisciplinary Health doctoral program at NAU with an emphasis in health equity. He has a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in literature and writing from Evergreen State College in Washington, and a master’s in sociocultural anthropology from NAU.
While completing his masters, he worked on a mindfulness app called Aurora designed to promote mindfulness among Indigenous youth in rural Arizona.
“We are grateful to have Travis as part of CHER. He has been wonderful to work with, and I know he will bring a new and fresh perspective to the center,” Camplain said.