Building Belonging Projects and Fellows

2021-2022 Fall

Building Belonging fellows are listed with their projects below. For more information on the program and application cycles click here.

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PROJECT: Identifying Critical Environmental Work and Needs on Campus

FACULTY MENTOR: Hillary Angelo, Sociology, and Emily Murai, College Ten

Serena Campbell

Sociology Major

PROJECT: Global Banks’ Foreign Exposure and Risk Management

FACULTY MENTOR: Grace Gu, Economics

Ken Chen

Business Management Economics Major

PROJECT: Into the Depths: Examining the Deep-History of Fishing

FACULTY MENTOR: Eréndira Quintana Morales, Anthropology

Lauren Castaneda

Anthropology and Education Major

PROJECT: Enhancing climate change education through personalized scientific communications on phenology

FACULTY MENTOR: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies

Nikhita Kalluri

Computer Science and Environmental Studies

Luke Hamilton

Environmental Science

PROJECT: Can scraping and mounding help improve native annual wildflower establishment?

FACULTY MENTOR: Karen Holl, Environmental Studies

Serena Campbell

Plant Sciences Major

PROJECT: Turning the Tide: Shifting Access, Equity, and Vulnerability in Coastal California

FACULTY MENTOR: Katherine Seto, Environmental Studies, and Juan Pedroza, Sociology

Joseph Lee

Marine Biology Major

PROJECT: Colonial Disease Transfer and the Impact on Native South Americans

FACULTY MENTOR: Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Anthropology

Polette Garrido

Anthropology Major

PROJECT: Understanding Attention and Language Comprehension

FACULTY MENTOR: Megan Boudewyn, Psychology

Lea Toledo

Psychology and Cognitive Science Major

PROJECT: We Belong Mapping Advocacy (Focus Groups)

FACULTY MENTOR: Leslie Lopez, Oakes College and Community Studies

Abigail Eduardo Espinosa

Sociology and Psychology Major

Tara McAteer

Legal Studies and Anthropology Major

PROJECT: Whiteness and International Academic Mobility: The Impact of Living and Studying Abroad on the Racial Identity and Network Capital of White Brazilians

FACULTY MENTOR: Patricia Pinho, Latin American and Latino Studies

Alma Mungia-Galvan

Latin American and Latino Studies and Legal Studies Major

PROJECT: Building Research Capacity in Global Environmental Justice

FACULTY MENTOR: Ravi Rajan, Environmental Studies

Caitlin Schilt

Environmental Studies and Economics Major

Alcides Fuentes

Environmental Studies Major

PROJECT: “You gotta keep pushing”: How immigrant people regain ontological security and withstand colonial trauma

FACULTY MENTOR: Regina Langhout, Psychology

Mitzy Acevedo

Intensive Psychology Major, Education Minor

Lizeth Hernandez

Psychology Major

Jennifer Aimee Martinez

Sociology and Education Major, Latin American and Latino Studies Minor

Cristina Gonzalez

Psychology, Latina American and Latino Studies, and Sociology Major

PROJECT: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Racial Inequality

FACULTY MENTOR: Robert Fairlie, Economics

Julian Barragan

Economics and Environmental Studies Major, Latin American and Latino Studies Minor

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

FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology

Marlene Nava

Sociology Major

PROJECT: We Belong: Economic Valuation and Rent in the Bay Area Agri-food Tech Ecosystem

FACULTY MENTOR: Julie Guthman, Community Studies, Sociology, Environmental Studies, and Feminist Studies

Tamar Sasson

Economics and Sociology Major

PROJECT: Watsonville is in the Heart: A Labor and Oral History Archive

FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology

Toby Baylon

Psychology Major

PROJECT: Simple and Complex Contagion of Misinformation

FACULTY MENTOR: Jeremy Yamashiro, Psychology

Hananiel Suradji

Cognitive Science Major

Past Fellows

2021-22 Fellows

2020-21 Fellows

2019-20 Fellows