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PROJECT: Making Noncitizen Rights Real
FACULTY MENTOR: Juan Manuel Pedroza, Sociology Department
PUBLICATIONS:
- Pedroza, Juan M., Anne Schaufele, Viviana Jimenez, Melissa Garcia Carrillo, Dennise Onchi-Molina. “Insurgent Citizenship: How Consumer Complaints on Immigration Scams Inform Justice and Prevention Efforts.” Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 37, no. 3: 369-400.
- Pedroza, Juan M. “Making Noncitizens’ Rights Real: Evidence from Immigration Scam Complaints.” Law and Policy 44, no. 1 (2022): 44-69.
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Dennise Onchi-Molina
Combined Latin American and Latino Studies Major
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Melissa Garcia Carrillo
LALS and Legal Studies Major
PROJECT: Building Environmental Belonging: Racial Inclusion and Diversity among Undergraduates at UCSC
FACULTY MENTOR: Flora Lu, Environmental Studies Department
PUBLICATIONS:
- Building a More Student-Centered and Inclusive Environmental Studies Department, Policy Memo by Jianjia Gettinger, Kimberly Dare, Emily Murai, and Flora Lu
- Propelling UCSC Undergraduates of Color in Environmental Studies Through Mentorship, Senior Thesis by Kimberly Dare
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Kimie Dare
Environmental Studies Major & Education Minor
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Jianjia Gettinger
Environmental Studies and Psychology
PROJECT: Faculty Diversity in California Environmental Studies and Sciences Departments: Implications for Student Learning and the Growth of the Field
FACULTY MENTOR: Sikina Jinnah, Environmental Studies Department
PUBLICATION:
- Faculty diversity in California environmental studies departments: implications for student learning
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Amani Taylor
Environmental Studies Major
![Arien Hernandez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/71A3AAD7-70B6-438A-ADDC-290057025A29-Arien-Hernandez-1-scaled-e1591825759170-300x300.jpeg)
Arien Hernandez
Legal Studies Major
PROJECT: Suddenly Distant: Teachers’ Work in the Context of COVID
FACULTY MENTOR: Lora Bartlett, Education Department
PUBLICATIONS:
- What We Learned About Teachers During the Pandemic: A Series
- Suddenly Distant Findings from the Field Report
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Lila Harte
Literature & Education Major
PROJECT: Chimpanzee Video Coding Team
FACULTY MENTOR: Vicky Oelze, Anthropology Department
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Lauryn Hobbs
Anthropology and Psychology Double Major
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Payton Sime
Anthropology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Major
PROJECT: Educational Justice across Digital Divides: Building and Sustaining a Community Partnership during COVID-19
FACULTY MENTOR: Cynthia Lewis, Education Department
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Jesica Garcia
Sociology Major
PROJECT: Incorporating Cultural and Family Strengths to Build an Inclusive Campus Climate for Undocumented Community College Students
FACULTY MENTOR: Saskias Casanova, Psychology Department
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Arley Aguilar Luna
Psychology and Latin American and Latinx Studies
PROJECT: Narratives of Political Participation Among Peruvian Women’s Right Activists: Archive Project
FACULTY MENTOR: Sylvana Falcón, Latin American and Latino/a Studies Department & Shelly Grabe, Psychology Department
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Nicole Herrera-Moro
Latin American and Latinx Studies and Spanish Studies
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Lizbeth Garcia Bermudez
Psychology and Latin American and Latinx Studies
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Karely Valdez
Psychology and Spanish Studies Double Major
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María Govea Mendoza
PROJECT: Phenology Observers on Social Media
FACULTY MENTOR: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies Department
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Caitlin Schilt
Environmental Studies Major
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Jade Guzman
Environmental Studies and Legal Studies Major
PROJECT: Turning the Tide: Shifting Access, Equity, and Vulnerability in Coastal California
FACULTY MENTOR: Katherine Seto, Environmental Studies Department and Juan Pedroza, Sociology Department
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Leslie Lazo
Biology EEB Major
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Joseph Lee
Marine Biology Major
PROJECT: Profiling First-Generation Faculty: On Making Sense of Racial/Ethnic Identity in First-Generation Visibility Campaigns Nationwide
FACULTY MENTOR: Rebecca Covarrubias, Psychology Department
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Kimberlie Hatch
Cognitive Science Major
PROJECT: Youth Participatory Action Research, Cultural Knowledge & Resilience for (Im)migrant High School Students
FACULTY MENTOR: Saskias Casanova, Psychology Department
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Alicia Alvarez
Psychology and Latin American & Latinx Studies
PROJECT: We Belong: Collaboration for Community-Engaged Research and Immigrant Justice
FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology Department
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Jonathan Sanchez
Sociology Major
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Eddie Resendiz
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Cristina Gonzalez
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Ashley Gutierrez
Sociology Major
PROJECT: Barriers to Adopting Healthful Diets Across Cultural and Socio-Economic Groups
FACULTY MENTOR: Galina Hale, Economics Department
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Dmitrius Rodriguez
Environmental & Economics Major
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Yang Li
Business Management Economics Major
PROJECT: Two Pandemics in the Ring of Fire: COVID-19, Diabetes, and Infernal Change
FACULTY MENTOR: James Doucet-Battle, Sociology Department
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Tamar Sasson
Sociology and Economics Major
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Andrea Asher
Sociology and Human Biology Major
PROJECT: Who Saves Whom? Compassionate Economies of Care in Animal Rescue
FACULTY MENTOR: Lissa Caldwell, Anthropology Department
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Samuel Bass
Anthropology major
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Jazmin Gonzalez
Economics Major
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Erendira Blanco Castano
Anthropology Major
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Alyssa Cabral
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Dee Cappelli
Anthropology Major
PROJECT: Vulnerability and Positionality in Fieldwork on Law
FACULTY MENTOR: Mark Fathi Massoud, Politics Department
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Anushka Shah
Legal Studies and Intensive Psychology Major
PROJECT: SEMILLA Teach Project
FACULTY MENTOR: Samuel Severance, Education Department
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Karina Ibeth Rosales
Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Major
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Noemi Avenido
Science Education Major
PROJECT: Ecosystem Services and Shade Management in coffee Agroecosystems: Ecology and Application
FACULTY MENTOR: Stacy Philpott, Environmental Studies Department
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Jenny Hsu
Ecology and Evolution Major
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Robyn Fowler
Environmental Studies Major
PROJECT: Lost in Translation: Language Segregation Among Hispanics in the United States
FACULTY MENTOR: Juan Manuel Pedroza, Sociology Department
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Alejandra Martinez Saldivar
PROJECT: Hate Speech and Community
FACULTY MENTOR: Ryan Coonerty, Politics Department
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Cassandra Mar
Legal Studies and Politics Major
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Edward Estrada
PROJECT: Language, Literacy, and Academic Pathways for the ‘New Mainstream’ in Community Colleges
FACULTY MENTOR: George Bunch, Education Department
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Alexis Roman
Legal Studies & Education, Democracy, and Justice
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Gabriela Nunez de la Torre
Legal Studies & Spanish Major
PROJECT: Optimizing Feedback to Enhance Student Learning
FACULTY MENTOR: Hannah Hausman, Psychology Department
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Kaylie Kurland
Cognitive Science Major
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Huda Ajaz
Intensive Psychology and Sociology Major
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Sid Masuda
Cognitive Science and Psychology Major
PROJECT: Platform Workers in the Post Prop 22 Enviroment
FACULTY MENTOR: Chris Benner, Sociology Department
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Jonathan Winston
Sociology Major
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Karina Diaz Alvarez
Proposed Psychology and Legal Studies
PROJECT: Socio-Environmental Conflicts in Chile’s Huasco Valley
FACULTY MENTOR: Fernando Leiva, Latin American & Latino Studies
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Dalia Cervantes
Politics & LALS Major
PROJECT: Translatinx Migrant Health during COVID-19
FACULTY MENTOR: Katherine Seto, Environmental Studies Department & Juan Manuel Pedroza, Sociology Department
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Melanie Renteria
Politics & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Major
PROJECT: Bodies of Evidence: Legibility, Medical Uncertainty, and the Knowledge Problem of ‘Rape Kits’
FACULTY MENTOR: Jaimie Morse, Sociology Department
![Valerie Garcia](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Garcia_Valerie-e1627375645171-300x300.jpeg)
Valerie Garcia
Sociology Major
![Bridge Kennedy](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Bridge-Kennedy-e1625009219666-300x300.png)
Bridge Kennedy
Sociology & Legal Studies Major
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Victoria Crowley
Feminist Studies & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Major
![Sophia Grewell](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Grewell_Sophia-edited-scaled-e1627375390385-300x300.jpeg)
Sophia Grewell
Feminist Studies & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Major
PROJECT: Civic Identity Development and Social Media Use among U.S. College students
FACULTY MENTOR: Adriana Manago, Psychology Department
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Jacqueline Gonzales
PROJECT: Communicational Remembering in Social Networks
FACULTY MENTOR: Jeremy Yamashiro, Psychology Department
![Hananiel Suradji](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Suradji_Hananiel-e1627377161186-300x300.jpg)
Hananiel Suradji
Cognitive Science Major
PROJECT: Enhancing Climate Change Education Through Personalized Scientific Communications on Phenology
FACULTY MENTOR: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies Department
![Jade Guzman](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4548-1-Jade-Guzman-300x300.jpg)
Jade Guzman
Environmental Studies and Legal Studies Major
![Luke Hamilton](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hamilton_Luke-scaled-e1627377373958-300x300.jpg)
Luke Hamilton
Environmental Science Major
PROJECT: Global Banking Capital Allocation Project
FACULTY MENTOR: Grace Weishi Gu, Economics Department
![Jacob Hammersly](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hammersly_Jacob-scaled-e1627377626739-300x300.jpg)
Jacob Hammersly
Economics, Environmental Studies/Earth Science Major
PROJECT: Interrupting Patriarchal Violence: Abolitionist Approaches to Harm in Black Communities
FACULTY MENTOR: Savannah Shange, Anthropology Department
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Shaye Paysinger
PROJECT: Pandemic Politics, Structural Racism and Community Resilience
FACULTY MENTOR: Matt Sparke, Politics Department
![Samantha Gonzalez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Samantha_Gonzalez-300x297.jpg)
Samantha Gonzalez
Legal Studies Major
PROJECT: Political Distancing across the Carceral Divide: COVID-19, Confinement, Contagion, Containment, and County Choices in California
FACULTY MENTOR: Anjuli Verma, Politics Department
![Saron Yared](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Yared_Saron-e1627377821489-300x300.jpg)
Saron Yared
Environmental Science and Legal Studies Major
![Heather Collins](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Collins__Heather-scaled-e1639169237945-300x300.jpg)
Heather Collins
Politics
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Jared Farley
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Cassandra Beale
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Shaye Paysinger
PROJECT: The Digital Undercommons: Documenting Abolitionist Pedagogies in Global Social Movements
FACULTY MENTOR: Roberto de Roock, Education Department
![Yareli Jimenez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jimenez_Yareli_-scaled-e1627377927277-300x300.jpeg)
Yareli Jimenez
Psychology (minors in Education & LALS)
![Sophia Partida](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Partida_Sophia-scaled-e1627378070313-300x300.jpg)
Sophia Partida
Psychology and Sociology Major
![Mitzy Acevedo](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Acevedo_Mitzy-scaled-e1627378183338-300x300.jpg)
Mitzy Acevedo
Intensive Psychology Major
PROJECT: Uncanny Ecologies: Toward a NonSecular Understanding of Nature
FACULTY MENTOR: Mayanthi Fernando, Anthropology Department
![Queenie Don](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Don_Queenie-300x300.jpg)
Queenie Don
Anthropology
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Adria Vidales
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and Environmental Studies Major
PROJECT: Moonshot or Mundane? Tracing Investment Patterns in the Bay Area Agri-food Tech Sector
FACULTY MENTOR: Julie Guthman, Community Studies Department
![Tara Lamb](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Lamb_Tara-300x300.jpg)
Tara Lamb
Cognitive Science
![Tamar Sasson](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sasson_Tamar-300x277.jpg)
Tamar Sasson
Sociology and Economics Major
![Bonifacio Miranda](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Miranda_Bonifacio-e1634061567647-300x300.jpg)
Bonafacio Miranda
Computational Mathematics
PROJECT: Internship in the Archaeology of Slavery and the Slave Trade
FACULTY MENTOR: J. Cameron Monroe, Anthropology Department
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John Berg
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Lauren Castaneda
PROJECT: Intergenerational Occupation Mobility and Trade
FACULTY MENTOR: Gueyon Kim, Economics Department
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Manisha Magal
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Crystal Fok