Introducing the 2023 Pike Scholar's cohort

Pike Center is pleased to announce the launch of the 2023 cohort of seven Pike Scholars in its Scholar Development program. The Pike Scholars program is aimed at those who are in a doctoral study program or who have recently completed one. Rising scholars work under the mentorship of an established scholar who is a Pike Center Fellow to grow in their vision for scholarship and in their practice of scholarship as they develop their publishing track record.

The new Pike Scholars and their mentors are:

• Carlos Benitez (working with Keith Slater)

• Robert Bradshaw (working with René van den Berg)

• Elissa Ikeda (working with Cathryn Yang)

• George Payton (working with Ernst Wendland)

• Benjamin Pehrson (working with Don Daniels)

• Sophia Pitcher (working with Steve Watters and Steve Parker)

• Hessel Visser (working with Helen Eaton)

See brief bios on the People page. Participants in the Pike Scholars program make a commitment to produce at least one publication per year over the course of the three-year program. Through the program they receive the funding support they need in order to present their work at conferences as a step in the publication process.