I am so, so thrilled and grateful to be in residence at the National Humanities Center next year to work on my next book project, Nuclear Decolonizations. It has been such a difficult year; I cried with gratitude on receiving the news of this gift of time and space. https://twitter.com/natlhumanities/status/1384558137789886464

Transparency follow ups: 1. I applied to >10 other fellowships and awards this year and was rejected from all of them. The shadow CV grew a lot in the past six months.

2. I was only able to accept this fellowship due to the generous support of my home institution. Since my spouse works and can’t come with me, the cost of setting up a second household for a year would have been a major financial impact. Residential fellowships are still...

... modeled on a very traditional “bring your (non-working) wife with you” idea of the family, and I’m immensely fortunate to have been given the support to do it despite not fitting into this box.