2020-2021 Fellows Fall Quarter
PROJECT: Building Environmental Belonging: Racial Inclusion and Diversity among Undergraduates at UCSC
FACULTY MENTOR: Flora Lu, Environmental Studies Department
Kimie Dare
Environmental Studies Major & Education Minor
PROJECT: Chimpanzee Video Coding Team
FACULTY MENTOR: Vicky Oelze, Anthropology Department
Lauryn Hobbs
Anthropology and Psychology Double Major
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
Jesica Garcia
Sociology Major
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
Amani Taylor
Environmental Studies Major
PROJECT: Incorporating Cultural and Family Strengths to Build an Inclusive Campus Climate for Undocumented Community College Students
FACULTY MENTOR: Saskias Casanova, Psychology Department
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
Nicole Herrera-Moro
Latin American and Latinx Studies and Spanish Studies
Lizbeth Garcia Bermudez
Psychology and Latin American and Latinx Studies
Karely Valdez
Psychology and Spanish Studies Double Major
PROJECT: Phenology Observers on Social Media
FACULTY MENTOR: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies Department
Caitlin Schilt
Environmental Studies Major
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
Leslie Lazo
Biology EEB Major
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
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
Alicia Alvarez
Psychology and Latin American & Latinx Studies
PROJECT: Suddenly Distant: Teachers’ Work in the Context of COVID
FACULTY MENTOR: Lora Bartlett, Education Department
Lila Harte
Literature & Education Major
PROJECT: We Belong: Collaboration for Community-Engaged Research and Immigrant Justice
FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology Department
Jonathan Sanchez
Sociology Major
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