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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$100
Scholarship coverage
- other
Description
This award is named for Christy Rishoi, a former graduate student and lecturer in the English Department at Eastern Michigan University.
Dr. Rishoi taught a range of classes, but her love remains women's literature and women's coming of age narratives.
She taught her first week of classes at EMU pregnant, and returned in the second week having given birth to her youngest daughter, a Women's and Gender Studies major at EMU.
This fund has been established by her daughter to honor the intersection of Women's and Gender Studies and Literature, and the ongoing role that Eastern Michigan University has played in both women's lives.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
There is a $100 award for one undergraduate paper. The award will be presented at the Women’s and Gender Studies Honors Reception.
Eligibility
- Any EMU undergraduate student who has written an outstanding paper (5-20 pages) that represents the intersection between literature and women's and gender studies in the past academic year.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
17 Feb 2026
Eligible papers must be typed and double-spaced, and 10-20 pages in length.
A cover page with the title of the paper, the author’s name, EID, address, email address, and telephone number, the course or purpose for which the paper was written, and the term during which it was written, should accompany the paper.
A brief letter of nomination from the sponsoring professor should accompany the paper.