Global Studies Alumna Selected for Pickering Fellowship

Khadajah Muhammad, a University of Pittsburgh alumna, is charting a path toward diplomatic service with her recent selection to the 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program.

Endowed by the Department of State and administered by Howard University, the Pickering fellowship is a program tailored to the needs of the U.S. Foreign Service. Muhammad is among 45 recipients, selected from a pool of nearly 1,400 candidates.

Donovan Harrell, photography courtesy of Khadajah Muhammad