Abdul-Razak Mohammed Zachariah awarded Nakanishi Prize

Abdul-Razak Zachariah, who graduates with distinction, has worked to improve Yale’s racial and ethnic relations.

Abdul-Razak Mohammed Zachariah

Abdul-Razak Zachariah, who graduates with distinction, has worked to improve Yale’s racial and ethnic relations through his academic work, both within his Sociology major and in the Education Studies program. A recipient of a Mellon Mays Research Fellowship, he has explored the topic of “respectability politics” in mentorship organizations for Black male teenagers in New Haven in the first of his two senior essays; in his second, he examines multiculturalism and racial representations in children’s literature.

Abdul has devoted himself equally to community engagement, mentoring youth of color as a member of Yale’s Black Men’s Union, guiding and welcoming peers as a Cultural Connections counselor, and caring for first-year students as a Freshman Counselor for Timothy Dwight College. As a member of the Undergraduate First-Generation Low Income Partnership, Abdul has played vital roles as Recruitment Coordinator for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the New Haven Outreach Coordinator for Timothy Dwight College, and undergraduate representative to the Yale President’s Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion.

To recognize all he has accomplished in the service of race and ethnic relations, Yale College is honored to bestow the Nakanishi Prize upon Abdul-Razak Zachariah.

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