Discipline 2015
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(former UCI-CPF)
Education:B.A., University of San Diego, Political Science and Philosophy; J.D., California Western School of Law; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Drama
Dissertation:Little Girls and Legal Defendants: Theatricalization and Performances of Innocence in Modern American Culture
Thesis Advisor:Stephen Barker, Professor of Drama, University of California, Irvine
Research Topic:Brown Bag Theatre Company: Performances of Latino/a Student Activism in the Academy
Mentor:Lonnie Alcaraz, Professor of Drama, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Maria Patrice AmonB.A., California State University, Fullerton, Communicative Disorders; M.A., University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Special Education; Ph.D., Syracuse University, Special Education and Disability Studies
Dissertation:Trying Times: Disability, Activism, & Education in Samoa, 1970-1980
Thesis Advisor:Beth Ferri, Professor of Inclusive Education and Disability Studies and Vivian May, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Syracuse University
Research Topic:Disability policies, Indigenous women’s activism, and educational institutions in Samoa
Mentor:Mel Y. Chen, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Susan Schweik, Professor of English, University California, Berkeley
See Profile for Juliann AnesiB.S., Truman State University, Justice Systems; M.A, University of Cincinnati., Women’s Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Gender Studies
Dissertation:Gender Based Violence & Submerged Histories: A colonial Genealogy of Violence Against Tutsi women in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
Thesis Advisor:Sondra Hale, Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:The Entanglement of Colonialism & Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mentor:Sharon Block, Professor of History, University of California, Irvine
B.A., Wesleyan University, Dance; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Folklore; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Performance Studies
Dissertation:Black Power of Hip Hop Dance: On Kinesthetic Politics
Thesis Advisor:Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Professor of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Research Topic:Sounds of Queer (Corp)Orality: Aural-Kinesthetic Politics of Early Hip Hop Dance in Los Angeles, California
Mentor:Fred Moten, Professor of English, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Naomi BraginB.A., Vassar College, English and Africana Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness
Dissertation:Blackness and the Writing of Sound in Modernity
Thesis Advisor:David Marriott, Professor of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Topic:Black Sounds and their Fugitive Lives in Capture
Mentor:Dennis Childs, Professor of Literature, University of California, San Diego
A.B., Brown University, Anthropology; M.A., University of California, San Diego, Ethnic Studies; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Ethnic Studies
Dissertation:Possible Republics: Tracing the ‘Entanglements’ of Race and Nation in Afro-Latina/o Caribbean Thought and Activism, 1870-1930
Thesis Advisor:Ross Frank, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:The Empire Strikes Black: Anti-Racism, U.S. Imperialism, and the Entanglements of AfroLatin@ Caribbean Identity, 1895-1975
Mentor:Robin Derby, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for José I. FustéB.A.S., Bennett College, Interdisciplinary Studies; M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Anthropology; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Anthropology
Dissertation:Ts’msyen Revolution: The Poetics and Politics of Reclaiming
Thesis Advisor:Sonya Atalay, Professor of Anthropology and Jane Anderson, Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Topic:Researching, Representing, and Repatriating Ts’msyen Cultural Heritage
Mentor:Amy Lonetree, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz
See Profile for Robin R.R. GrayB.S., Georgetown University, Foreign Service; M.A., New York University, Performance Studies; Ph.D., New York University, Performance Studies
Dissertation:Dark Mediations: Queer Chicano Performance and the Politics of Style
Thesis Advisor:Tavia Nyong’o, Professor of Performance Studies, New York University
Research Topic:Queer Latino Performance in Reagan’s America
Mentor:Juana María Rodríguez, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Joshua Javier Guzmán(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.A., Vassar College, Women’s Studies; Ph.D., New York University, American Studies
Dissertation:Economies of Vulnerability: Humanitarian Imperialism and Performance in the Burmese Diaspora
Thesis Advisor:Thuy Linh Tu, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
Research Topic:Economies of Vulnerability: Humanitarian Imperialism and Performance in the Burmese Diaspora
Mentor:Mariam Lam, Professor of Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages
(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, Theater Arts/Molecular & Celullar Developmental Biology; M.A., University of California, San Diego, Latin American Studies; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Theatre
Dissertation:Speaking Bodies: Body Bilinguality and Code-switching in Latin@ Performance
Thesis Advisor:Jorge Huerta, Professor of Theatre and Dance, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:¡Habla!: Speaking Bodies in Latin@ Dance and Performance
Mentor:Jacqueline Shea Murphy, Professor of Dance Studies, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Jade Power Sotomayor(former UCLA-CPF)
Education:B.S., Northwestern University, Performance Studies; M.F.A., New School University, Theater Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Theater Studies
Dissertation:Transcultural Performance Disciplines: Embodying AfroAsia in Martial Arts, Theater, Film, and Everyday Practice
Thesis Advisor:Suk-Young Kim, Professor of Theater Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Topic:Transcultural Identities: Black Subject Formation through AfroAsian Performance and Martial Arts
Mentor:Darnell M. Hunt, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for Zachary PriceB.A., University of California, San Diego, Critical Gender Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Performance Studies
Dissertation:Sonic Negations: Sound, Affect, and Unbelonging Between Mexico and the United States
Thesis Advisor:Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies and Juana María Rodríguez, Gender & Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Research Topic:Violent Dissolutions: Death in the Latina/o American Aesthetic Imaginary
Mentor:Deborah R. Vargas, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside
B.A., University of California, San Diego, Communication; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles, English; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, English
Dissertation:Posthumous Afterlives: Ecstatic Readings of Post-1945 American Literature
Thesis Advisor:Katherine Kinney, Professor of English, University of California, Riverside
Research Topic:African American Expatriate Culture in Postwar Rome and William Demby’s Transnational Work in Literature, Journalism and the Italian Cinema
Mentor:Richard Yarborough, Professor of English and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for Melanie Masterton SheraziB.A., San Jose State University, Political Science; M.A., San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Ethnic Studies
Dissertation:Wasteland: The Social and Environmental Impact of U.S. Militarism in Laos
Thesis Advisor:Yen Le Espiritu, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:The Afterlife of Waste in Postwar Spaces
Mentor:Mariam Beevi Lam, Professor of Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Davorn Sisavath(former UCB-CPF)
Education:B.A., University of Hawai’i, Mānoa, Psychology; Ph.D., New York University, American Studies
Dissertation:The Politics of Paradise: Tourism, Image and Cultural Production in Hawai’i
Thesis Advisor:Arlene Davila, Professor of Anthropology, Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
Research Topic:Tourism, colonialism, capitalism, and cultural production in Hawai’i
Mentor:Shari Huhndorf, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Liza Keānuenueokalani Williams(former UCD-CPF)
Education:B.A., Stanford University, Linguistics and minor in Cultural and Social Anthropology; M.A., Stanford University, Cultural and Social Anthropology; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology
Dissertation:States of the Wind: Dust Storms and a Political Meteorology of Contemporary China
Thesis Advisor:Aihwa Ong, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Research Topic:Dust storm and desertification politics in Northeast Asia; air pollution sciences and politics in China & the California Central Valley
Mentor:Timothy Choy, Professor of Science & Technology Studies, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Jerry Chuang-Hwa ZeeB.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, Biochemistry/Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Denver, Molecular Biology
Dissertation:Molecular analysis of transcriptional termination by human RNA polymerase II
Thesis Advisor:David Bentley, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver
Research Topic:The Role of HuR in Control of mRNA Fate During Motor Neuron Development
Mentor:Gene Yeo, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Kristopher Brannan(former UCI-CPF)
Education:B.S., California State University, Los Angeles, Microbiology; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles, Biology; Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School, Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation:Analysis of Virulence-Associated Petrobactin Reacquisition on Bacillus anthracis
Thesis Advisor:Philip Hanna, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
Research Topic:Exploitation of a unique Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein nanocage for biomedical applications
Mentor:Celia W. Goulding, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Shandee Dawn DixonB.S., University of Southern California, Chemistry and B.A., Religion; Ph.D., Northwestern University, Chemistry
Dissertation:Cobalt (III) Schiff Base Complexes as Inhibitors of Proteins Involved in Disease Progression
Thesis Advisor:Thomas J. Meade, Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology, Northwestern University
Research Topic:Development and Application of Molecular Imaging Probes for Metal and Redox Biology in Living Animals
Mentor:Christopher J. Chang, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Marie C. HeffernB.S., University of Michigan, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Economics; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Dissertation:Food Production in the 21st Century: Land-use, Diversity, Pests and Pesticides
Thesis Advisor:Steven D. Gaines, Dean, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Topic:Pesticides, Land-use, and Human Well-being: Balancing Food Production and Public Health
Mentor:Matthew Potts, Professor of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Ashley E. Larsen(former UCD-CPF)
Education:B.A., California State University, Northridge, Biology; Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Microbiology
Dissertation:Fundamental Studies of the Foodborne Pathogen Yersinia enterocolitica and Applied Food Systems Research, Teaching and Outreach in Vietnam and Cambodia
Thesis Advisor:Glenn M. Young, Professor of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis
Research Topic:Small Holder Agricultural Micro Enterprises in Cambodia
Mentor:James E. Hill, Professor of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Karen LeGrand(former UCLA-CPF)
Education:B.A., Hope College, Biology and Psychology; Ph.D., Michigan State University, Neuroscience
Dissertation:Neuro and gliogenesis in the pubertal rat brain: implications in female reproduction
Thesis Advisor:Cheryl Sisk, Professor of Neuroscience, Michigan State University
Research Topic:Estrogen responsiveness of pubertally born astrocytes
Mentor:Paul Micevych, Professor of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for Margaret MohrB.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Psychology and African American Studies; M.A., University of California, San Diego, Experimental Psychology; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Experimental Psychology
Dissertation:The influence of contextual constraint on word recognition during reading
Thesis Advisor:Keith Rayner, Professor of Psychology and Vic Ferreira, Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:Computation modeling of language comprehension processes
Mentor:Keith Holyoak, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
(former UCSD-CPF)
Education:B.S., Stanford University, Biological Sciences; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Neurosciences
Dissertation:The Encoding of Spatial, Temporal, and Affective Dimensions in the Dentate Gyrus of the Hippocampus
Thesis Advisor:Andrea A. Chiba, Professor of Cognitive Science and Fred H. Gage, Professor of Genetics, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:Advancing Biometrics: Investigating the Rhythmic Spiking Activity in Cortical Circuits Underlying the Generation of Non-invasively Measured EEG
Mentor:Todd Coleman, Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Lara Maria RangelB.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Physics; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Art; Ph.D., Stanford University, Applied Physics
Dissertation:Microfluidic and optofluidic investigation of biological macromolecule phase transitions
Thesis Advisor:Stephen Quake, Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University
Research Topic:Elucidating the relationship between genome organization and gene expression in single cells
Mentor:Bo Huang, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
See Profile for Aaron Michael StreetsB.A., University of California, Berkeley, Molecular & Cell Biology and Psychology; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Neurosciences
Dissertation:The Spatio-temporal Dynamics of a Neural Network for Response Control
Thesis Advisor:Adam Aron, Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:Synchronization of Motor and Cognitive Networks in the Human Brain
Mentor:Philip A. Starr, Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
See Profile for Nicole SwannB.S., Lafayette College, Physics, B.A., Mathematics; M.S., University of Michigan, Physics; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Physics
Dissertation:Topics in Holography and Superconformal Field Theories
Thesis Advisor:Leopoldo Pando Zayas, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan
Research Topic:High-energy Theory
Mentor:Ken Intriligator, Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego
B.S., San Jose State University, Computer Engineering; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles, Electrical and Computer Engineering; M.S., University of Florida, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ph.D., University of Florida, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dissertation:Low Energy Socially Cognizant Routing for Mobile Ad-hoc Social Networks
Thesis Advisor:Janise McNair, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida
Research Topic:Internet of things and software defined networks
Mentor:Ramesh Rao, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Tara Javidi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Corey E. BakerB.S., Stanford University, Mathematics; Ph.D., Rutgers University, Mathematics
Dissertation:The Exponential Formula for the Wasserstein Metric
Thesis Advisor:Eric Carlen, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University
Research Topic:Partial Differential Equations and Optimal Transport
Mentor:Bjorn Birnir, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara
See Profile for Katy CraigB.S., Yale University, Chemistry and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies; M.S., University of Pennsylvania, Materials Science and Engineering; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Materials Science and Engineering
Dissertation:Form and Function: X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy of Transition Metal-based Nanoparticles
Thesis Advisor:Christopher B. Murray, Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Research Topic:The Intersection of Nanomaterials Synthesis and Electrochemical Energy Storage (EES) Design
Mentor:Ram Seshadri, Professor of Materials and Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara and Bruce S. Dunn, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for Vicky V.T. Doan-Nguyen(former California Alliance-CPF)
Education:B.S., University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering; M.S., California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation:On the Role of Delays in Biological Systems: Analysis and Design
Thesis Advisor:Richard M. Murray, Professor of Control & Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology
Research Topic:Delay-based control mechanisms in gene networks
Mentor:Murat Arcak, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Marcella M. GomezB.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Applied Mathematics; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Applied Mathematics; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Applied Mathematics
Dissertation:Variational and pde methods for big data analysis, classification and image processing
Thesis Advisor:Andrea Bertozzi, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:Variational methods for machine learning on graphs
Mentor:Fan Chung Graham, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Ekaterina MerkurjevA.B., Harvard University, Chemistry and Physics; A.M., Harvard University, Chemistry; M.S., Cornell University, Applied Physics; Ph.D., Cornell University, Applied Physics
Dissertation:Atomic-resolution two-dimensional mapping of local bonding changes at transition metal oxide interfaces
Thesis Advisor:Darrell G. Schlom, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and David A. Muller, Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
Research Topic:Atomic-resolution imaging of complex oxide heterostructures
Mentor:Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
B.S., Harvey Mudd College, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Chemistry
Dissertation:Foundations of thermal time-dependent, ensemble, and thermal density functional theory
Thesis Advisor:Kieron Burke, Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of California, Irvine
Research Topic:Improving warm dense matter calculations
Mentor:Martin Head-Gordon, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Aurora Pribram-Jones(former UCM-CPF)
Education:B.S., Kansas State University, Chemistry; M.S., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Chemistry
Dissertation:Insights into Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer from Computation
Thesis Advisor:Jiali Gao, Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Research Topic:Improving Computational Methods for Excited State Dynamics in Condensed Phase
Mentor:Christine Isborn, Professor of Chemistry and Juan Meza, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced
See Profile for Makenzie Provorse(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.S., California Institute of Technology, Astrophysics; M.S., University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Astronomy; Ph.D., University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Astronomy
Dissertation:Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the Local Universe: Global Properties, Nuclear Activity, and the Starburst-AGN Connection
Thesis Advisor:David Sanders, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Research Topic:Reverberation Mapping of High-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei
Mentor:Gabriela Canalizo, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Vivian UB.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Anthropology and History; M.A., The University of Chicago, Anthropology; Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Anthropology
Dissertation:The Archeology of a Maroon Reduccion: Colonial Beginnings to Present-day Ruination
Thesis Advisor:Shannon Lee Dawdy, Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago
Research Topic:Spanish colonialism, Black slavery, Maroonage, Colonial archaeology and anthropology; Mexico
Mentor:Rosemary Joyce, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
(former UCD-CPF)
Education:B.A., Washington and Jefferson College, Cell and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, Cancer Biology and Cell Signaling
Dissertation:The c-MYC proto-oncogene regulates glutamate utilization and glutathione production via microRNA miR-18a in a mouse model of liver cancer
Thesis Advisor:Andrei Goga, Professor of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco
Research Topic:Assessing communication about plant genetics with the Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy (IFAL) at University of California, Davis
Mentor:Pamela Ronald, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis
(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.A., California State University, Long Beach, Anthropology; M.A., University of California, Irvine, Anthropology; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Anthropology
Dissertation:Turbulent Science: Temporality, Proximity, and Scientific Practice in Mexico
Thesis Advisor:Mei Zhan, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
Research Topic:Scientific knowledge production and practices in the areas of genetics and toxicology; U.S. and Mexico
Mentor:Juliet McMullin, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Cristina T. Bejarano(former UCI-CPF)
Education:A.B., Princeton University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; J.D., Hastings Law School; M.A., The University of Chicago, Social Sciences; Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Anthropology
Dissertation:Constructing a Jurisdiction, Creating a Sovereign Caribbean: Constitutional Moments at the Caribbean Court of Justice
Thesis Advisor:Stephan Palmié, Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago
Research Topic:Redefining Sovereignty: Race, Crime and Discourses of (Under)Development in Trinidad & Tobago
Mentor:Mona Lynch, Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Lee CabatinganB.A., University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa, Interdisciplinary Studies; M.A., University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa, Political Science; Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa, Political Science – Indigenous Politics specialization
Dissertation:Multicultural Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Struggle in Hawaiʻi: The Politics of Astronomy on Mauna a Wākea
Thesis Advisor:Noenoe K. Silva, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa
Research Topic:Telescopophilia: Towards an Indigenous Reading of Astronomy’s Gendered Aesthetic Practices
Mentor:Mishuana Goeman, Professor of Gender Studies and American Indian Studies and Sharon Traweek, Professor of Gender Studies and History, University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for Iokepa Casumbal-SalazarB.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Geography and Economics; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Geography; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Geography
Dissertation:Hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet from remote sensing and field measurements
Thesis Advisor:Laurence C. Smith, Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:Greenland Ice Sheet meltwater runoff dynamics
Mentor:Kurt Cuffey, Professor of Geography, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Vena W. Chu(former UCI-CPF in CLS)
Education:B.A., University of California, Davis, Sociology; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Sociology; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Sociology
Dissertation:Tortured Logics: Crafting the U.S. Response to Human Rights Violations during the Argentine Dirty War and the Salvadoran Civil War
Thesis Advisor:Laura Enríquez, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Research Topic:Tortured Logics: Crafting the U.S Response to Human Rights Violations during the Argentine Dirty War and the Salvadoran Civil War
Mentor:Susan Bibler Coutin, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Anthropology, and Sora Han, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Angela E. FillingimB.A., Rice University, Anthropology, Hispanic Studies and Policy Studies; M.P.H., Boston University, International Health; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Anthropology
Dissertation:The Struggle for a Decent Meal: Household Food Consumption in Santiago de Cuba
Thesis Advisor:Carole H. Browner, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:Food Consumption, Obesity, and Chronic Disease in Cuba
Mentor:Leo Chavez, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Hanna GarthB.A., Pomona College, Science, Technology, and Society; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology
Dissertation:If These Walls Could Talk: A Global Ethnography of Sea Change
Thesis Advisor:Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Topic:Global Sand Extraction and Environmental Inequality in the Anthropocene
Mentor:Anna L. Tsing, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz
See Profile for Summer Marie GrayB.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Critical Race Studies specialization; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology
Dissertation:Mobility and Mobilization: The Politics of Public Transportation in Palestine
Thesis Advisor:Avery Gordon, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Topic:Restrictions on Palestinian mobility and resistance against them
Mentor:Sunaina Maira, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Maryam S. Griffin(former UCI-CPF)
Education:B.A., University of Maryland, College Park, Psychology; B.A., University of Maryland, College Park, Communication; M.A., Wake Forest University, Business Management; Ph.D., University of Southern California, Urban Education Policy
Dissertation:Black by Popular Demand: An Exploration of Black Student College-Going to the For-Profit Higher Education Sector
Thesis Advisor:William G. Tierney, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
Research Topic:When Higher Education Grows Up: Towards a New Understanding of College Pathways for Adult Students
Mentor:Elizabeth Pena, School of Education, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Constance Iloh(former UCSD-CPF)
Education:B.A., San Diego State University, Anthropology; M.A, San Diego State University., Applied Anthropology; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Dissertation:Chasing Blackness: Re-Investing Value and Mexico's Changing Racial Economy
Thesis Advisor:Alejandro Lugo, Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Topic:Racial economy, racial discourse, and projects of multicultural citizenship among peoples of indigenous and African descent in Mexico and Latin America
Mentor:Nancy Postero, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, Feminist Studies and Literature; M.A., New York University, Humanities and Social Thought; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, American Studies and Women's and Gender Studies
Dissertation:Your Work is Not Here: Solidarity Tourism in Occupied Palestine
Thesis Advisor:Barbara Harlow, Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin, and A. Naomi Paik, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Topic:Tourism, Fragmentation, and the Asymmetries of Solidarity in Occupied Palestine
Mentor:Gary Fields, Professor of Communication, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Jennifer Lynn Kelly(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.A., Stanford University, Human Biology and African American Studies; Ph.D., University of Southern California, Urban Education Policy
Dissertation:Assuming the Trusteeship: Studying the influence of learning and preparation on the decision-making practices of members of public multicampus boards of higher education
Thesis Advisor:William G. Tierney, Professor of Education, University of Southern California
Research Topic:The strategic apex and ideologies of access, diversity, and inclusion in California Higher Education
Mentor:John Levin, Professor of Education, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Raquel Monique RallB.S., Xavier University of Louisiana, Psychology; M.A., Vanderbilt University, Sociology; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Sociology
Dissertation:More than Discrimination: The Significance of Race-Based Stress and Racial Identity for the Mental Health of Black Americans
Thesis Advisor:R. Jay Turner, Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
Research Topic:Race-Based Stress, Identity, and the Health Implications of Continued Racial Inequality
Mentor:Gilbert Gee, Professor of Community Health Science and Andrew Fuligni, Professor of Psychology; University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for Courtney S. ThomasB.A., Fordham University, Comparative Literature; M.F.A., Columbia University, Creative Writing (Nonfiction); Ph.D., New York University, Sociology
Dissertation:Survival and Belonging: The Importance of Neighborhood Ties and Public Spaces to Elders Aging in Place
Thesis Advisor:Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology, New York University
Research Topic:Urban Aging in Place/Mental Health/Community/Social Ties
Mentor:Claude Fischer, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Stacy TorresB.A, Scripps College., Asian American Studies/Political Science; Ph.D., University of Michigan, American Culture
Dissertation:Ethnographies of Legal Inclusion: Protection, Punishment and Legal Fictions of Asian Immigrant Women
Thesis Advisor:Nadine Naber, Professor of Women & Gender Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago
Research Topic:Of Law’s Protection and Punishment: Gender Violence, Asian Immigrant Women, and the Enforced Safety of the Security State
Mentor:Leti Volpp, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Lee Ann S. Wang