2019-2020 Fellows
PROJECT: Human Rights Investigations
FACULTY MENTOR: Sylvanna Falcón, Latin American & Latino Studies Department
Josue Perez-Hernandez
Sociology Major
Marian Avila-Breach
Politics and PhilosophyMajor
Juan Castañon
Economics Major
Angie Valencia
Politics Major
PROJECT: The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on University Students
FACULTY MENTOR: Steve Owen, Economics Department
Manik Wason
Business Management Economics Major
Christina Le
Business Management Economics Major with a Minor in Technology Information Management
Erica De La Cruz
Economics Major
Andrea Antezana
Business Management Economics Major
PROJECT: We Belong: Collaboration for Community-Engaged Research and Immigrant Justice
FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology Department
Janetzi Juárez
Legal Studies Major and Education Minor
Anakaren Quintero Davalos
Psychology Major
Sophie Shaw
Sociology & Legal Studies Major
Alejandro Ruelas-Mora
Intensive Psychology and Sociology with a concentration in G.I.S.E.S.
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
Politics Major
Christina Monis-Hernandez
Politics and Legal Studies Major
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
Politics Major
Benjamin Gonzalez Cueto
Anthropology Major
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
Sociology with Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies Concentration and a minor in Education
Kayla Gomez
Politics Major
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
Anthropology Major
Cielo De La Rosa Meza
Anthropology Major
Payton Sime
Anthropology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Double Major
Julie Elliott
Anthropology Major
PROJECT: Neural Mechanisms of Confidence in a Perceptual Decision
FACULTY MENTOR: Jason Samaha, Psychology Department
Lleymi J. Martinez Arango
Neuroscience & Psychology Major
Leopoldo Arellano
Cognitive Science Major
PROJECT: Experiences for Social Impact
FACULTY MENTOR: Chris Benner, Environmental Studies Department
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
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
Economics Major
PROJECT: Costly Information and State-Contingent Attention
FACULTY MENTOR: Grace Weishi Gu, Economics Department
Melanie Wong
Computer Science Major
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
Sociology Major
Melissa Carrillo Garcia
Latin American & Latino Studies Major
PROJECT: The Determinants of Teacher Labor Supply
FACULTY MENTOR: Laura Giuliano, Economics Department
Laniah Lewis
Global Economics Major
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
Psychology Major
Matthew Alvarez
Computer Engineering Major
Samantha Chacon Sifuentes
Psychology 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
Anthropology Major
Natalie Adey
Anthropology Major
Jessica Peters
Anthropology Major
PROJECT: Phenology Observers on Twitter
FACULTY MENTOR: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies Department
Caitlin Schilt
Environmental Studies/Economics Major
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
Environmental Studies Major
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
Literature Major
PROJECT: Language, Literacy, and Academic Pathways for the “New Mainstream” in Community Colleges
FACULTY MENTOR: George Bunch, Education Department
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
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Major
Lizbeth Garcia
Psychology & LALS Double Major, Education Minor
Isabelle Arguilez
Human Biology Major
PROJECT: Covid-19 Public Health Campaign with DigitalNEST
FACULTY MENTOR: Chris Benner, Environmental Studies Department
Bianca Esquivias
Sociology& Legal Studies Major with a concentration in GISES (Global Information Social Enterprise Studies)
Jonathan Winston
Sociology Major with a concentration in GISES (Global Information Social Enterprise Studies)
