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Building Belonging Projects and Fellows 2019-2020


PROJECT: Human Rights Investigations

FACULTY MENTOR: Sylvanna Falcón, Latin American & Latino Studies Department

Josue Perez-Hernandez

Josue Perez-Hernandez

Sociology Major

Marian Avila Breach

Marian Avila-Breach

Politics and PhilosophyMajor

Juan Castañon

Juan Castañon

Economics Major

Angie Valencia

Angie Valencia

Politics Major


PROJECT: The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on University Students

FACULTY MENTOR: Steve Owen, Economics Department

Manik Wason

Manik Wason

Business Management Economics Major

Christina Le

Christina Le

Business Management Economics Major with a Minor in Technology Information Management

Erica De La Cruz

Erica De La Cruz

Economics Major

Andrea Antezana

Andrea Antezana

Business Management Economics Major


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

FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology Department

We Belong website

Janetzi Juarez

Janetzi Juárez

Legal Studies Major and Education Minor

Anakaren Quintero

Anakaren Quintero Davalos

Psychology Major

Sophie Shaw

Sophie Shaw

Sociology & Legal Studies Major

Alejandro Ruelas-Mora

Alejandro Ruelas-Mora

Intensive Psychology and Sociology with a concentration in G.I.S.E.S.

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Marla Hernandez


PROJECT: A Servant of Two Masters? How Cities are Responding to the Dilemma of Urban Decarbonization

FACULTY MENTOR: David Gordon, Politics Department

Tylan Ahmed

Politics Major

Ryan Aston

Ryan Aston

Politics Major

Christina Monis-Hernandez

Christina Monis-Hernandez

Politics and Legal Studies Major

Gaby Sherren

Gabriela Sherren

Politics and Latin American Studies Major


PROJECT: Socio-Environmental Conflicts in Chile’s Huasco Valley

FACULTY MENTOR: Fernando Leiva, Latin American & Latino Studies Department

Daniel Barrientos Castaneda

Daniel Barrientos Castaneda

Politics Major

Benjamin Gonzalez Cueto

Benjamin Gonzalez Cueto

Anthropology Major

Zoila Gonzalez

Zoila A Gonzalez

Double Major in Sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies


PROJECT: Non-STEM College Students’ Learning of Digital Skills to Curate and Create Technology

FACULTY MENTOR: Juhee Kang, Sociology Department

Autumn Hill

Autumn Hill

Sociology with Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies Concentration and a minor in Education

Kayla Gomez

Kayla Gomez

Politics Major

Karina-Cruz-Rosales

Karina Cruz Rosales

Sociology with an intensive concentration in Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies


PROJECT: Chimpanzee Video Coding

FACULTY MENTOR: Vicky Oelze, Anthropology Department

Maria Borges

Maria Borges

Anthropology Major

Cielo De La Rosa

Cielo De La Rosa Meza

Anthropology Major

Payton Sime

Payton Sime

Anthropology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Double Major

Julie Elliott

Julie Elliott

Anthropology Major


PROJECT: Neural Mechanisms of Confidence in a Perceptual Decision

FACULTY MENTOR: Jason Samaha, Psychology Department

Lleymi Martinez Arango

Lleymi J. Martinez Arango

Neuroscience & Psychology Major

Leopoldo Arellano III

Leopoldo Arellano

Cognitive Science Major


PROJECT: Experiences for Social Impact

FACULTY MENTOR: Chris Benner, Environmental Studies Department

Alexandra Munoz

Alexandra Munoz

Legal Studies & Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies


PROJECT: Theorizing Race After Race

FACULTY MENTORS: Camilla Hawthorne and Jenny Reardon, Sociology Department

Aitanna Parker

Aitanna Parker

Critical Race & Ethic Studies and Technology & Information Management


PROJECT: Measuring labor market transitions in the Asia and Pacific Region

FACULTY MENTOR: Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, Economics Department

Hana Braitsch

Hana Braitsch

Economics Major


PROJECT: Costly Information and State-Contingent Attention

FACULTY MENTOR: Grace Weishi Gu, Economics Department

Melanie Wong

Melanie Wong

Computer Science Major

Leqi Zeng

Leqi Zeng

Economics and Mathematics Major


PROJECT: Immigrants at the Crossroads: Where Has Immigration Enforcement Reinforced Social Friction Across the United States?

FACULTY MENTOR: Juan Pedroza, Sociology Department

Joshua Solis

Joshua Solis

Sociology Major

Melissa Carrillo Garcia

Melissa Carrillo Garcia

Latin American & Latino Studies Major


PROJECT: The Determinants of Teacher Labor Supply

FACULTY MENTOR: Laura Giuliano, Economics Department

Laniah Lewis

Laniah Lewis

Global Economics Major

Xingpei Zhang

Xingpei Zhang

Economics Major


PROJECT: A 15-year Longitudinal Study of College Students’ Identities, Close Relationships, Education and Career Trajectories, and Mental Health

FACULTY MENTOR: Margarita Azmitia, Psychology Department

Jonathan Melchor

Jonathan Melchor

Psychology Major

Matthew Alvarez

Matthew Alvarez

Computer Engineering Major


PROJECT: Using Design Anthropology to Address Flooding in South Carolina Environmental Justice Communities

FACULTY MENTOR: Melissa Caldwell and Brian Walter, Anthropology Department

Brittney Barron

Brittney Barron

Anthropology Major

Natalie Adey

Natalie Adey

Anthropology Major

Jessica Peters

Jessica Peters

Anthropology Major


PROJECT: Phenology Observers on Twitter

FACULTY MENTOR: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies Department

Caitlin Schilt

Caitlin Schilt

Environmental Studies/Economics Major

Luke Hamilton

Luke Hamilton

Environmental Sciences Major


PROJECT: Faculty Diversity in US Environmental Studies Department: Implications for Student Learning and Growth of the Field

FACULTY MENTOR: Sikina Jinnah, Environmental Studies Department

Amani Taylor

Amani Taylor

Environmental Studies Major

Arien Hernandez

Arien Hernandez

Legal Studies Major


PROJECT: Suddenly Distant: Teachers’ Work in the Age of COVID

FACULTY MENTOR: Lora Bartlett, Education Department

Suddenly Distant: Teachers’ Work During COVID-19 in Spring 2020 – has released its first ‘Findings From the Field’ Report. The report shares insights about teachers’ work during spring 2020 as drawn from interviews with seventy-five teachers across nine states – Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts,  New York, Oregon, and Texas. 

Lila Harte

Lila Harte

Literature Major


PROJECT: Language, Literacy, and Academic Pathways for the “New Mainstream” in Community Colleges

FACULTY MENTOR: George Bunch, Education Department

Alexis Roman

Alexis Roman

Legal Studies Major


PROJECT: American Venom: What Snakes Tell Us about our Interconnected Hemisphere

FACULTY MENTOR: Lily Balloffet, Latin American & Latino Studies Department

Cynthia Valadon

Cynthia Valadon

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Major

Lizbeth Garcia

Lizbeth Garcia

Psychology & LALS Double Major, Education Minor

Isabelle Arguilez

Isabelle Arguilez

Human Biology Major


PROJECT: Covid-19 Public Health Campaign with DigitalNEST

FACULTY MENTOR: Chris Benner, Environmental Studies Department

Bianca Esquivias

Bianca Esquivias

Sociology & Legal Studies Major with a concentration in GISES (Global Information Social Enterprise Studies)

Jonathan Winston

Jonathan Winston

Sociology Major with a concentration in GISES (Global Information Social Enterprise Studies)

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