Building Belonging 2020-2021 Projects and Fellows

Making Noncitizen Rights Real

Faculty mentor: Juan Manuel Pedroza, Sociology Department

Student fellows

• Dennise Onchi-Molina, Latin American and Latino studies major
• Melissa Garcia Carrillo, Latin American and Latino studies and legal studies major

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.

Building Environmental Belonging: Racial Inclusion and Diversity Among Undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz

Faculty mentor: Flora Lu, Environmental Studies Department

Student fellows

• Kimie Dare, environmental studies major, education minor
• Jianjia Gettinger, environmental studies and psychology double major

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

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

Student fellows

• Amani Taylor, environmental studies major
• Arien Hernandez, legal studies major

Publications

• Faculty diversity in California environmental studies departments: implications for student learning
  

Suddenly Distant: Teachers’ Work in the Context of COVID

Faculty mentor: Lora Bartlett, Education Department

Student fellow: Lila Harte, literature and education, democracy, and justice double major

Publications

• What We Learned About Teachers During the Pandemic: A Series
• Suddenly Distant Findings from the Field Report

Chimpanzee Video Coding Team

Faculty member: Vicky Oelze, Anthropology Department

Student fellows

• Lauryn Hobbs, anthropology and psychology double major
• Payton Sime, anthropology and ecology & evolutionary biology major

Educational Justice across Digital Divides: Building and Sustaining a Community Partnership during COVID-19

Faculty mentor: Cynthia Lewis, Education Department

Student fellow: Jessica Garcia, sociology major

Incorporating Cultural and Family Strengths to Build an Inclusive Campus Climate for Undocumented Community College Students

Faculty mentor: Saskias Casanova, Psychology Department

Student fellow: Arley Aguilar Luna, psychology and Latin American and Latino studies double major

Narratives of Political Participation Among Peruvian Women’s Rights Activists: Archive Project

Faculty mentor: Sylvanna Falcón, Latin American and Latino Studies Department & Shelly Grabe, Psychology Department

Student fellows

• Nicole Herrera-Moro, Latin American and Latino studies and Spanish studies double major
• Lizbeth Garcia Bermudez, psychology and Latin American and Latino studies
• Karely Valdez, psychology and Spanish studies double major
• María Govea Mendoza

Phenology Observers on Social Media

Faculty mentor: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies Department

Student fellows

• Caitlin Schilt, environmental studies major
• Jade Guzman, environmental studies and legal studies major

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

Faculty mentors: Katherine Seto, Environmental Studies Department and Juan Pedroza, Sociology Department

Student fellows

• Leslie Lazo, ecology & evolutionary biology major
• Joseph Lee, marine biology major

Profiling First-Generation Faculty: On Making Sense of Racial/Ethnic Identity in First-Generation Visibility Campaigns Nationwide 

Faculty mentor: Rebecca Covarrubias, Psychology Department

Student fellow

• Kimberlie Hatch, cognitive science major

Youth Participatory Action Research, Cultural Knowledge & Resilience for (Im)migrant High School Students

Faculty mentor: Saskias Casanova, Psychology Department

Student fellow

• Alicia Alvarez, psychology and Latin American and Latino studies double major

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

Faculty mentor: Steve McKay, Sociology Department

Student fellows

• Jonathan Sanchez, sociology major
• Eddie Resendiz
• Cristina Gonzalez
• Ashley Gutierrez, sociology major

Barriers to Adopting Healthful Diets Across Cultural and Socio-Economic Groups

Faculty mentor: Galina Hale, Economics Department

Student fellows

• Dmitrius Rodriguez, environmental studies and economics combined major
• Yang Li, business management economics major

Two Pandemics in the Ring of Fire: COVID-19, Diabetes, and Infernal Change

Faculty mentor: James Doucet-Battle, Sociology Department

Student fellows

• Tamar Sasson, sociology and economics double major
• Andrea Asher, sociology and human biology double major

Who Saves Whom? Compassionate Economies of Care in Animal Rescue

Faculty mentors: Lissa Caldwell, Anthropology Department

Student fellows

• Samuel Bass, anthropology major
• Jazmin Gonzalez, economics major
• Erendira Blance Castano, anthropology major
• Alyssa Cabral
• Dee Cappelli, anthropology major
• Isabella Crespin

Vulnerability and Positionality in Fieldwork on Law

Faculty mentor: Mark Fathi Massoud, Politics Department

Student fellow: Anushka Shah, legal studies and intensive psychology double major

SEMILLA Teach Project

Faculty mentor: Samuel Severance, Education Department

Student fellows

• Karina Ibeth Rosales, molecular cell & developmental biology major
• Noemi Avenido, science education major

Ecosystem Services and Shade Management in Coffee Agroecosystems: Ecology and Application

Faculty mentor: Stacy Philpott, Environmental Studies Department

Student fellows:

• Jenny Hsu, ecology & evolutionary biology major
• Robyn Fowler, environmental studies major

Lost in Translation: Language Segregation Among Hispanics in the United States

Faculty mentor: Juan Manuel Pedroza, Sociology Department

Student fellow:

• Alejandra Martinez Saldivar

Hate Speech and Community

Faculty mentor: Ryan Coonerty, Politics Department

Student fellows:

• Cassandra Mar, legal studies and politics double major
• Edward Estrada

Examining Policies and Practices for Multilingual Learners in Community Colleges: The Case of Adult ESL

Faculty mentor: George Bunch, Education Department

Student fellows:

• Alexis Roman, legal studies and education, democracy, and justice double major
• Gabriela Nunez de la Torre, legal studies and Spanish studies double major

Optimizing Feedback to Enhance Student Learning

Faculty mentor: Hannah Hausman, Psychology Department

Student fellows:

• Kaylie Kurland, cognitive science major
• Huda Ajaz, intensive psychology and sociology double major
• Sid Masuda, cognitive science and psychology double major
• Garrett Swelgin

Platform Workers in the Post Prop 22 Enviroment

Faculty mentor: Chris Benner, Environmental Studies Department

Student fellows:

• Johnathan Winston, sociology major
• Karina Diaz Alvarez, psychology and legal studies double major

Socio-Environmental Conflicts in Chile’s Huasco Valley

Faculty mentor: Fernando Leiva, Latin American & Latino Studies

Student fellow:

• Dalia Cervantes, politics and Latin American and Latino studies double major

Translatinx Migrant Health during COVID-19

Faculty mentors: Katherine Seto, Environmental Studies Department & Juan Manuel Pedroza, Sociology Department

Student fellow:

• Melanie Renteria, politics and critical race and ethnic studies major

Bodies of Evidence: Legibility, Medical Uncertainty, and the Knowledge Problem of ‘Rape Kits’

Faculty mentor: Jaimie Morse, Sociology Department

Student fellows

• Valerie Garcia, sociology major
• Bridge Kennedy, sociology and legal studies double major
• Victoria Crowley, feminist studies and critical race and ethnic studies major
• Sophia Grewell, feminist studies and critical race and ethnic studies major

Civic Identity Development and Social Media Use Among U.S. College Students

Faculty mentor: Adriana Manago, Psychology Department

Student fellow:

• Jacqueline Gonzalez

Communicational Remembering in Social Networks

Faculty mentor: Jeremy Yamashiro, Psychology Department

Student fellow:

• Hananiel Suradji, cognitive science major

Enhancing Climate Change Education Through Personalized Scientific Communications on Phenology

Faculty mentor: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies Department

Student fellows

• Jade Guzman, environmental studies and legal studies double major
• Luke Hamilton, environmental science major

Global Banking Capital Allocation Project

Faculty mentor: Grace Weishi Gu, Economics Department

Student fellow:

• Jacob Hammersly, economics and environmental studies and earth science (combined major) double major

Interrupting Patriarchal Violence: Abolitionist Approaches to Harm in Black Communities

Faculty mentor: Savannah Shange, Anthropology Department

Student fellow:

• Shaye Paysinger

Pandemic Politics, Structural Racism and Community Resilience

Faculty mentor: Matt Sparke, Politics Department

Student fellow:

• Samantha Gonzalez, legal studies major

Political Distancing across the Carceral Divide: COVID-19, Confinement, Contagion, Containment, and County Choices in California

Faculty mentor: Anjuli Verma, Politics Department

Student fellows:

• Saron Yared, environmental science and legal studies double major
• Heather Collins, politics major
• Jared Farley
• Cassandra Beale
• Shaye Paysinger

The Digital Undercommons: Documenting Abolitionist Pedagogies in Global Social Movements

Faculty mentor: Roberto de Roock, Education Department

Student fellows

• Yareli Jimenez, psychology major
• Sophia Partida, psychology and sociology double major
• Mitzy Acevedo, intensive psychology major

Uncanny Ecologies: Toward a Non-Secular Understanding of Nature

Faculty mentor: Mayanthi Fernando, Anthropology Department

Student fellows:

• Queenie Don, anthropology major
• Adria Vidales, critical race and ethnic studies and environmental studies double major

Moonshot or Mundane? Tracing Investment Patterns in the Bay Area Agri-food Tech Sector

Faculty mentor: Julie Guthman, Community Studies Department

Student fellows:

• Tara Lamb, cognitive science major
• Tamar Sasson, sociology and economics double major
• Bonafacio Miranda, computational mathematics major

Internship in the Archaeology of Slavery and the Slave Trade

Faculty mentor: J. Cameron Monroe, Anthropology Department

Student fellows

• John Berg
• Lauren Castaneda

Intergenerational Occupation Mobility and Trade

Faculty mentor: Gueyon Kim, Economics Department

Student fellows:

• Manisha Magal
• Crystal Fok