Marvin Fisher Scholarship
The Marvin Fisher Scholarship recognizes demonstrated and potential excellence in a graduate student’s research/creative work and their impact as a teacher in the college classroom. The recipient will receive a cash award of $10,000 and will be known as the Department of English Marvin Fisher Scholar for that year. The following criteria will be taken into consideration:
- demonstrated and/or potential excellence as a scholar/creative writer
- demonstrated and/or potential impact as a teacher on students
- how expeditiously the student has met programmatic benchmarks
Who is eligible to apply?
Applicants must be graduate students in the Department of English who are pursuing terminal graduate degrees and holding TAs through the department. Applicants must have finished 2 years of coursework at ASU and typically will also have 2 years of teaching experience at ASU as well.
Application Process: Complete and submit the Marvin Fisher Scholarship Application Form. In addition, have a letter of recommendation sent to sheila.luna@asu.edu The letter should be from a faculty member and address the TA’s strengths as a teacher/scholar
Application Deadline: February 1
Previous Recipients:
2022-2023 Mohammed Iddrisu
2021-2022 Rachel Reeher
2020-2021 Scott Caddy