Xavier Sivels has earned a highly competitive Dr. Harold Grier Doctoral Scholars Award from Mississippi State. Currently writing his dissertation, Sivels has previously been selected for a fellowship at the Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies (BBQ+) in Cambridge, MA and as a SEC Emerging Scholar. His oped piece on the century long struggle of trans women can be found at this website https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/18/black-trans-women-fac…

The Dr. Harold Grier Doctoral Scholars Program supports racially underrepresented Ph.D. students throughout their Doctoral Program at Mississippi State University. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, the Office of Institutional Diversity
and Inclusion, and the Office of the Graduate School, the program provides financial, professional and academic assistance for scholars throughout their academic career at Mississippi State University.