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Building Belonging Projects and Fellows 2022-2023

For more information on the program click here. Watch the 2022 Building Belonging Student Flash Talks.


PROJECT: Intersections of Race, Affect and Environmental Action

FACULTY MENTOR: Flora Lu

Laura Galanos

Laura Galanos

Critical Race & Ethnic Studies/Economics

Paradyse Oakley

Paradyse Oakley

Critical Race & Ethnic Studies/Community Studies/Politics

PROJECT: Solar Geoengineering Governance: Justice for Who?

FACULTY MENTOR: Sikina Jinnah

Arien Hernandez

Arien Hernandez

Environmental Studies

PROJECT: Language Comprehension and Cognitive Control

FACULTY MENTOR: Megan Boudewyn

Lea Toledo

Lea Toledo

Cognitive Science

PROJECT: Gender Identity and Social Media Use Among LGBTQIA+ Adolscents

FACULTY MENTOR: Adriana Manago

Gabriella Garcia

Gabriella Garcia

Psychology

PROJECT: Education’s Surveillance Quandry: Exploring the Cost vs. Convenience of Post-COVID Technology Application

FACULTY MENTOR: Nolan Higdon

Luyue Zhang

Education and Sociology

Maria Soto

Maria Cecilia Soto

Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism/TESOL & Linguistics

Joshua Garcia

Joshua Garcia

Education, Democracy, and Justice

Alexandra Marie Santos

Education

PROJECT: Developing an SES Framework for Restoration Decision-Making Under Climate Change

FACULTY MENTOR: Carrie Pomeroy

Carly McCaw

Carly McCaw

Psychology

PROJECT: The “Hot Cheeto Girl”: Gender Performance and Latina Mobility

FACULTY MENTOR: Julie Bettie

Leslie Abigail Marquez

Leslie Abigail Marquez

Community Studies

Daniela Obeso

Daniela Obeso

Psychology

Lizeth Guadalupe Calderon Cervantes

Lizeth Guadalupe Calderon Cervantes

Legal Studies

Saul Ordaz

Saul Ordaz

Sociology

PROJECT: Collective Temporal Thought

FACULTY MENTOR: Jeremy Yamashiro

Gavin Provencio

Gavin Provencio

Cognitive Science

Lucinda Veloz

Lucinda Veloz

Psychology

Itzia Duque Cordova

Itzia Duque Cordova

Psychology

PROJECT: Social Impact of COVID-19 Study: Understanding Pandemic Loss and Grief

FACULTY MENTOR: Alicia Riley

Eileen Amador

Eileen Amador

Legal Studies and GISES

PROJECT: EEG Replication Project

FACULTY MENTOR: Liv Hoversten

Mia Laskan

Cognitive Science

PROJECT: Day-to-Day Teacher Activism for Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

FACULTY MENTOR: Josephine Pham

Autumn Montez

Autumn Montez

Intensive Psychology

Juli Sofijski

Juli Sofijski

Sociology

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

FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay

Crystal Alvarez Castillo

Crystal Alvarez Castillo

Sociology

Alysia Leon

Sociology

PROJECT: Building Diversity in Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society Studies

FACULTY MENTOR: James Doucet-Battle

Andrea Asher

Andrea Asher

Sociology/Biology

Dimitri Cardona

Sociology

PROJECT: Assessing Habitat Use by Mammals and Birds in Restored Tropical Forest

FACULTY MENTOR: Karen Holl

Selma Ruiz

Selma Ruiz

Environmental Studies

Karla Vaca

Environmental Studies/Biology

PROJECT: Building Capacity for Mitigating the Climate Crisis

FACULTY MENTOR: Michael Loik

Daisy Ramirez

Daisy Ramirez

Undeclared

Azarely Bedolla

Azarely Bedolla

Environmental Studies/Environmental Sciences

PROJECT: Intersectionality, Close Relationships, and Sense of Belonging in First-Generation College Students

FACULTY MENTOR: Margarita Azmitia

Isabelle Vo

Isabelle Vo

Psychology

Kayla Mendoza

Kayla Mendoza

Sociology/Legal Studies

PROJECT: Family Planning Incentives and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

FACULTY MENTOR: Ariel Zucker

Kai Kohlwes

Kai Kohlwes

Economics

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