Building Belonging Projects and Fellows 2021-2022

PROJECT: Identifying Critical Environmental Work and Needs on Campus

FACULTY MENTORS: Hillary Angelo, Sociology; Emily Murai, Environmental Studies; Flora Lu, Environmental Studies

PUBLICATIONS:

Critical Campus Sustainabilities: Bridging Social Justice and the Environment in Higher Education
by Flora Lu and Emily Murai (2023)

“The university needs to listen”: Moving from Mainstream to Critical Environmentalism at UC Santa Cruz
Senior thesis by Serena Campbell (April 2023)

Serena Campbell

Sociology

PROJECT: Unequal Loss: Social Impacts of Covid-19 Mortality in Latinx & Spanish-speaking Communities

FACULTY MENTOR: Alicia Riley, Sociology

PUBLICATION: Pandemic retelling: What GoFundMe posts reveal about the socioeconomic context of COVID-19 death and bereavement among Latinx and Spanish-speaking communities in the United States
by Eileen Amador, Robin Hernández-Chincoya, Alicia R. Riley

Eileen Amador

Legal Studies

Robin Hernandez

Politics and Sociology

PROJECT: Continuing Hybrid Out-of-School Activities Post-Pandemic: A Partnership with Salud y Cariño

FACULTY MENTOR: Rebecca London, Sociology

Yaneli Calderon

Sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies

Lizeth Bautista Amaro

Sociology

PROJECT: Climate Risk and FDI

FACULTY MENTOR: Galina Hale, Economics

Axel Morales Sanchez

Business Management Economics and Computational Mathematics

Dmitrius Rodrigues

Economics, Philosophy, and Environmental Studies

PROJECT: Chimpanzee Video Coding Team

FACULTY MENTOR: Vicky Oelze, Anthropology, and Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Anthropology

Tony Estrella

Psychology and Anthropology

Kayla Ott

Anthropology and Environmental Studies

PROJECT: Insect Diversity and Ecosystem Services in Urban Agroecosystems

FACULTY MENTOR: Stacy Philpott, Environmental Studies

Sheil Grandhi

Plant Sciences

Taemon Olukayode Omololu

Environmental Studies

Lauren (Louie) Dunn

Psychology

PROJECT: Exploring Urban Politics in Taiwan and Around the World

FACULTY MENTOR: Ben Read, Politics

Marlena De Castro

Politics and Feminist Studies

PROJECT: Global Banks’ Foreign Exposure and Risk Management

FACULTY MENTOR: Grace Gu, Economics

Ken Chen

Business Management Economics

Joshua Yang

Economics

PROJECT: Into the Depths: Examining the Deep-History of Fishing

FACULTY MENTOR: Eréndira Quintana Morales, Anthropology

Lauren Castaneda

Anthropology and Education

Evelin Aquino Cruz

Anthropology

PROJECT: Enhancing climate change education through personalized scientific communications on phenology

FACULTY MENTOR: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies

Nikhita Kalluri

Computer Science and Environmental Studies

Luke Hamilton

Environmental Science

PROJECT: Can scraping and mounding help improve native annual wildflower establishment?

FACULTY MENTOR: Karen Holl, Environmental Studies

Janine Anne Tan

Plant Sciences

Jennifer Valadez

Environmental Science

PROJECT: Turning the Tide: Shifting Access, Equity, and Vulnerability in Coastal California

FACULTY MENTOR: Katherine Seto, Environmental Studies, and Juan Pedroza, Sociology

Joseph Lee

Marine Biology

PROJECT: Colonial Disease Transfer and the Impact on Native South Americans

FACULTY MENTOR: Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Anthropology

Polette Garrido

Anthropology

PROJECT: Understanding Attention and Language Comprehension

FACULTY MENTOR: Megan Boudewyn, Psychology

Lea Toledo

Psychology and Cognitive Science

Hassan Naeem

Cognitive Science

PROJECT: We Belong Mapping Advocacy (Focus Groups)

FACULTY MENTOR: Leslie Lopez, Oakes College and Community Studies

Abigail Eduardo Espinosa

Sociology and Psychology

Tara McAteer

Legal Studies and Anthropology

PROJECT: Whiteness and International Academic Mobility: The Impact of Living and Studying Abroad on the Racial Identity and Network Capital of White Brazilians

FACULTY MENTOR: Patricia Pinho, Latin American and Latino Studies

Alma Mungia-Galvan

Latin American and Latino Studies and Legal Studies

PROJECT: Building Research Capacity in Global Environmental Justice

FACULTY MENTOR: Ravi Rajan, Environmental Studies

Caitlin Schilt

Environmental Studies and Economics

Alcides Fuentes

Environmental Studies

PROJECT: “You gotta keep pushing”: How immigrant people regain ontological security and withstand colonial trauma

FACULTY MENTOR: Regina Langhout, Psychology

Mitzy Acevedo

Intensive Psychology, Education Minor

Lizeth Hernandez

Psychology

Jennifer Aimee Martinez

Sociology and Education, Democracy, and Justice, LALS Minor

Cristina Gonzalez

Psychology, Latina American and Latino Studies, and Sociology

PROJECT: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Racial Inequality

FACULTY MENTOR: Robert Fairlie, Economics

Julian Barragan

Economics and Environmental Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies Minor

PROJECT: We Belong: Collaboration for Community-Engaged Research and Immigrant Justice

FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology

Marlene Nava

Sociology

PROJECT: Economic Valuation and Rent in the Bay Area Agri-food Tech Ecosystem

FACULTY MENTOR: Julie Guthman, Community Studies, Sociology, Environmental Studies, and Feminist Studies

Tamar Sasson

Economics and Sociology

PROJECT: Watsonville is in the Heart: A Labor and Oral History Archive

FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology

Toby Baylon

Psychology

Eva McBride

Psychology

PROJECT: Simple and Complex Contagion of Misinformation

FACULTY MENTOR: Jeremy Yamashiro, Psychology

Hananiel Suradji

Cognitive Science

PROJECT: Bodies of Evidence: Legibility, Medical Uncertainty, and the Knowledge Problem of ‘Rape Kits’

FACULTY MENTOR: Jamie Morse, Sociology

Valerie Garcie

Sociology

Juli Sofijski

Psychology

PROJECT: A Bibliography of Race and Health in Anthropology

FACULTY MENTOR: James Doucet-Battle, Sociology

Andrea Asher

Human Biology, Sociology

Camryn Newburn

Anthropology

PROJECT: Indigeneity in the Constitution: Struggles for Ethnic Autonomy in Latin America

FACULTY MENTOR: Kent Eaton, Politics

Dylan Waste

Politics

PROJECT: Mapping farmland investment in the Mississippi Delta

FACULTY MENTOR: Madeleine Fairbairn, Environmental Studies

Marielena Benavides

Sociology/Legal Studies

PROJECT: Community Health Workers and the Mitigation of Misinformation about COVID

FACULTY MENTOR: Matt Sparke, Politics

PUBLICATION: “Bio-pharma hub development in global production networks: contrasting state policies and conjunctural value strategies” article published in Area Development and Policy.

Edwina Malmberg

Sociology

PROJECT: What nudges lead to healthier food choices in dining halls?

FACULTY MENTOR: Galina Hale, Economics

Boi-van Nguyen

MCD Biology

PROJECT: Digital Voices: Latina youth voice the pandemic

FACULTY MENTOR: Rebecca London, Sociology

Yaneli Calderon

Sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies

Lizeth Bautista Amaro

Sociology

PROJECT: Recovering the Indigenous and Colonial History of Oak Trees on the UCSC Campus

FACULTY MENTOR: Andrew Mathews, Anthropology

Anthropology

Carmela Ceniceroz

Anthropology

Megan
Pajarito

Anthropology

Eliska Prochaska

Anthropology

PROJECT: Mistakes: A Friend or Foe of Learning?

FACULTY MENTOR: Hannah Hausman, Psychology

Kaylee Baker

Theater Arts/Intensive Psychology

Siobhan Moher

Intensive Psychology

Mariah Ryan

Cognitive Science

PROJECT: Global Banks’ Value-at-Risk and Risk Management

FACULTY MENTOR: Grace Gu, Economics

Gavin Faridi 

Business Management Economics

PROJECT: Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative (SIEDI): Storymapping

FACULTY MENTOR: Chris Benner, Sociology

Mia Perez

Sociology

Katherine Vanegas

Sociology

Nicasio Inchausti

Sociology

PROJECT: Trans Migrant Life Histories in Iquitos, Peru

FACULTY MENTOR: Justin Perez, Legal Studies

Jesus Najera

Legal Studies

Melanie Renteria

Legal Studies

PROJECT: Documentary Film, Patient-Led Research, and the Question of Medical Evidence: A Project in

FACULTY MENTOR: Megan Moodie, Anthropology

Isabella Crespin

Anthropology and Film

PROJECT: Teaching Environmental Politics and Justice

FACULTY MENTOR: Sikina Jinnnah, Environmental Studies and Legal Studies

Arien Hernandez

Environmental Science and Legal Studies

Alycia Bernadino

Environmental Science

PROJECT: Ethnic Studies Research Collaboration with Santa Cruz County Office of Education

FACULTY MENTOR: Cynthia Lewis, Sociology and Education

Jaedyn Wells

Sociology/ Education

Lizeth Pena Sanchez

Sociology/ Education

PROJECT: EEG Replication Project

FACULTY MENTOR: Liv Hoversten, Psychology

Angel Sanchez

Psychology

PROJECT: Civic Identity Development and Social Media Use among U.S. College Students

FACULTY MENTOR: Adriana Manago, Psychology

Jaqueline Gonzales

Psychology