Joaquim Meira Receives Samuelson Traveling Fellowship

Graduate Student Associate Joaquim Meira, PhD Candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University, is the 2026–2027 recipient of the Lee Whittinghill Samuelson Traveling Fellowship. This fellowship, awarded by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, funds students in programs of research or study conducted abroad that span the full academic year. Lee Samuelson MBA ’66, PhD ’72 established this fellowship to help future graduate students study abroad and ease financial burdens, inspired by his own transformative experience as a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship recipient. Meira’s research focuses on issues of representation and political economy in Latin America.