2023-24 Mellon Fellows
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Education:
B.A. with honors, Latina/o Studies with minor in LGBTQ+ Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; M.A., American Studies, University of New Mexico; Ph.D., American Studies, University of New Mexico (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Diasporic Archives: Alternative Forms of Justice Within a Paper TrailAdvisor:
Francisco Galarte, Ph.D., University of New MexicoResearch Topic:
Central American archives and their weight within and outside of using examples found within grassroots activism, visual art, and performanceMentor:
Natalie Lira, Ph.D., University of Urbana-ChampaignHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Current Position:
Doctoral Student -
Education:
B.A., Sociology and Women, Gender Studies, University of California, Davis; M.A., American Studies, University of New Mexico; Ph.D., American Studies, University of New Mexico (expected completion: June 2026)Dissertation:
Critical Indigenous Studies and Afro-Latina/o Studies Interdisciplinary ApproachesAdvisor:
Michael Trujillo, Ph.D., University of New MexicoResearch Topics:
Afro descendant racial formations in the U.S. Southwest, México, and Cuba.Mentor:
Kyle Mays, Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Charles Becknell Jr. Fellowship, Center for Regional Studies, UNM, 2018-19
Harold Bailey Fellowship, Center for Regional Studies, UNM, 2016-17
Latin American & Iberian Institute Field Research Grant, UNM Summer Travel to Cuba, 2016
National Endowment for the Humanities, UNM, 2016-2017
New Mexico Higher Education Department Scholarship Program, UNM, 2015-19
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.S., Santa Clara University; M.A. - University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (expected completion: June 2026)Dissertation:
Migration Justice: Borders, Enforcement, and Central American MobilityAdvisor:
Cecilia M. Rivas, Ph.D., University of California, IrvineResearch Topics:
Central America, Migration, Border Enforcement, Immigration PhilosophyMentor:
Grant Silva, Ph.D., Marquette UniversityHonors:
Graduate Student Research Grant, Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas at UC Santa Cruz, 2023, 2024Crossing Latinidades Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, Working Group on Latinx Past: Archive, Memory, and Speculation, August 2023 - June 2024
Crossing Latinidades Summer Institute and Mentorship Program, July 2023
Louise & Sarah Sloss Graduate Fellowship, July 2022.
Regent’s Fellowship, September-December 2021
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., History, Texas A&M University; Ed.M., Prevention Science and Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education; M.A., History, University of Texas at Arlington; Ph.D., History, University of Texas at Arlington (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Unity Beyond Borders: U.S. Women’s Internationalism and Transnational Organizing in the Early Twentieth CenturyAdvisor:
Delaina Price, Ph.D., University of Texas, ArlingtonResearch Topic:
Early twentieth century women’s internationalismMentor:
Luz Maria Gordillo, Ph.D., Washington State UniversityResearch:
Member, Mapping Everyday Mexicana/Chicana Political Organizing in Texas and Arizona Borderlands Working Group, 2023-2024Honors:
Bobbitt Family Endowment, University of Texas at Arlington, dissertation travel and research grant, 2024Benedict and Trudy Termini Graduate Fellowship Travel Endowment, dissertation travel and research grant, 2024
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Benedict and Trudy Termini Graduate Fellowship Travel Endowment, dissertation travel and research grant, University of Texas at Arlington, 2023
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, cum laude, Minor in Latin American & Latina/o Studies; M.S., Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Women and Gender Studies; Ph.D., Urban Education, The CUNY Graduate Center (expected graduation: June 2026)Dissertation:
Black Dominicanas Online: Building Community Online and In Real Life (IRL)Advisor:
Ariana Mangual Figueroa, Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNYResearch Topics:
Black Dominican women, sociaL media and online communities, Dominicanidad, and Digital MediaMentor:
Alexander Gil, Yale UniversityHonors:
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Education:
B.A., Spanish, California State University, Long Beach; M.A., Spanish, California State University, Long Beach with a graduate certificate in Latin American Studies; Ph.D., Spanish with concentration on Latinx/ Latin American Literature with a graduate certificate in Women's Studies (expected completion: May 2025)Dissertation:
Fuera máscaras: Drag queens, nationalist machismo, and trauma in LGBTQ+ cultural productions of Greater México, 1980-2023Advisor:
Guillermo de los Reyes, Ph.D., University of HoustonResearch Topics:
Mexican/Chicanx drag queens, Mexican machismo, and LGBTQ narrativesMentor:
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Ph.D., University of MichiganHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024UH Center for Mexican American and Latino/a Studies Fellowship, 2024-2025
UH Friends of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Elizabeth Chenoweth Fellowship, 2024-2025
UH Hispanic Alumni Association Scholarship, 2024
NYU Arts and Science Faculty First Look, 2024-2025
Point Foundation LGBTQ BIPOC Scholarship, 2024-2025
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Anthropology, Florida International University; M.A., Anthropology, University of Miami; Ph.D., Anthropology, Florida International University (expected completion: Spring 2026)Dissertation:
A Woman and an Immigrant: A Health Perspective
Advisor:Sheilla Rodriguez-Madera, Florida International University
Research Topics:
Immigrant health, resistance strategies, intersectionality & precarityMentor:
William Lopez, Ph.D., University of MichiganHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Current Position:
Doctoral Student -
Education:
B.A., English and Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Speech-Language Pathology with Bilingual Certificate, University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Education, University of California, Irvine (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Multilingual, Multimodal, and Multiliterate Languaging Practices Across ContextsAdvisor:
Elizabeth Peña, Ph.D., University of California, IrvineResearch Topics:
Education, Language.Mentor:
Betty Yu, Ph.D., San Francisco State UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Women’s and Gender Studies summa cum laude, Northeastern Illinois University ; B.S., Social Work summa cum laude; M.S.W., Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; M.A., Sociology, University of Illinois Chicago; Ph.D., Sociology and concentration on Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois Chicago (expected completion: May 2025)Dissertation:
Navigating the Academy: Challenges and Strategies among Latina Graduate StudentsAdvisor:
Julie Dowling, Ph.D., University of Illinois ChicagoResearch Topics:
Sociology of Latinas, Higher EducationMentor:
Magdalena Barrera, Ph.D., San Jose State UniversityHonors:
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI), 2024Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI), 2020-2022
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Chicano and Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine; M.A., Chicana and Chicano Studies, California State University Northridge; Ph.D., Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz (expected completion: June 2026)Dissertation:
A Movement of Memories: Chicana Organizing and Identity Formations in the U.S. SouthwestAdvisor:
Jessica Taft, Ph.D., University of California, IrvineResearch Topics:
Chicana identityMentor:
Rocio Garcia, Ph.D., Arizona State UniversityHonors:
LACCD Project Match Mentee (Fall 24)Fellowship, Graduate Pedagogy Development (Winter - Spring 24)
Chicanx Studies Research Cluster Grant, Dolores Huerta Research Center (Fall 23
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Science, Technology, and Society; Vassar College; M.F.A. Creative Writing, Fiction, University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., Creative Writing, Texas Tech University (expected completion: May 2025)Dissertation:
Fields of Blood: A Novel and Critical IntroductionAdvisor:
Katie Cortese, Ph.D., Texas Tech UniversityResearch Topics:
Race creation in Southwest U.S., especially as it pertains to Latines and Native Americans; Indigenous identity within Latinidad; Problematizing mestizaje; Literary representations of Latines/Native Americans in context with the historical views of these communities; andMinority horror and the racialized "Other."Mentor:
María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, Ph.D., New York UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Lengua y Literatura Hispánicas, Universidad Autónoma de Guanajuato, Mexico; Diplomado, Medicina del Adolescente, El Colegio de México (COLMEX); Diplomado, Cultural Juveniles, Universidad Autónoma de México--Iztapalapa; M.A., Literatura Hispánica, El Colegio de México (COLMEX), Mexico; M.A., Latin American and Border Studies, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Sobre el cadáver de una mujer estoy creciendo. Feminicidio fronterizo de 1880 a 1994Advisor:
Yolanda Leyva, Ph.D., University of Texas at El PasoResearch Topics:
Borderlands, FeminicideMentor:
Bernadine Hernández, Ph.D., University of New MexicoHonors:
Beca de Escritores Jóvenes, Secretaría de Cultura del Estado de Jalisco, MexicoBeca para investigación: Programa de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de las Mujeres, COLMEX
Hewlett Packard Fellowship: Liderazgo en Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos. Nairobi, Kenya.
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno; M.A., History, University of Nevada, Reno; Ph.D., History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (expected completion: Spring 2027)Dissertation:
Sierra de Plata: Latin American Mining Communities in the U.S. West, 1860-1910Advisors:
Susan Johnson, Ph.D. and María Raquel Casas, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las VegasResearch Topics:
Latinx History of the United States, Mining HistoryMentor:
Samuel Truitt, Ph.D., University of New MexicoHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Mentor:
Deborah Vargas, Yale UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024See profile
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Education:
B.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S.W., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine (expected completion: June 2027)Dissertation:
Arrested, Deported, and Returning: Life in the U.S. After DeportationAdvisor:
Kristin Turney, Ph.D., University of California, IrvineResearch Topics:
Immigration, deportation, wellbeing, incarceration, reentry, and surveillanceMentor:
Vilma Ortiz, Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesHonors:
UC Alianza Mexico Research Fellowship, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)California Community College Internship Program
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2022
Current Position:
Doctoral Student -
Education:
B.A., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley; M.Ed., Education, University of California, Los Angeles; Curatorial Practice in the Public Sphere, University of Southern California; Ph.D., Art History, The Graduate Center, CUNY (expected completion: May 2027)Dissertation:
N/AAdvisor:
Anna Indych-Lopez, Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNYResearch Topic:
Afro-Latinx racial formation and identityMentor:
Adriana Zavala, Ph.D., Tufts UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Current Position:
Doctoral StudentSee profile
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Education:
B.S., Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago; M.A., Sociology, University of Illinois Chicago; Ph.D., Sociology, University of Illinois Chicago (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Changing the Path: Latino/a Youth in Law Enforcement Intervention ProgramsAdvisor:
Julie Dowling, Ph.D., University of Illinois ChicagoResearch Topics:
Critical youth studies and Latino/a law enforcement officersMentor:
Amada Armenta, Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., English Creative Writing, University of Houston-Downtown; M.A., Rhetoric and Composition, University of Houston-Downtown; Ph.D., Literature, University of North Texas (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Revolutionary Pedagogy: Teaching Chingona/x Aesthetics in Mexican American LiteratureAdvisor:
Priscilla Ybarra, Ph.D., University of North TexasResearch Topics:
Activism and community engagement, feminist perspectives in Mexican American literature and social issues.Mentor:
María Eugenia Cotera, Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinHonors:
Owens Award from Western Literature Association, 2023
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., History, Nevada State University; M.A., History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ph.D., History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (expected completion Fall 2026)Dissertation:
Charros vs. Cowboys: Modern “American” Rodeo and the Absence of the Charro TraditionAdvisors:
Maria Raquel Casas, Ph.D., and Susan Lee Johnson, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las VegasResearch Topics:
Historical interpretation of Mexican and Mexican American identity through vaquero culture in the U.S.Mentor:
Romeo Guzman, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate UniversityHonors:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Boyer Award, 2023 and 2024
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Current Position:
Doctoral Student -
Education:
B.A., Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso; M.A., Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph.D., History, University of Texas at El Paso (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
El Cuadrilátero en la Frontera: A History of Lucha Libre in El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 1900-2015.Advisor:
Larisa Veloz, Ph.D., University of Texas at El PasoResearch Topics:
Sports in the borderlands, lucha libre in the El Paso/Ciudad Juárez region, Sport and community, luchadoras and exóticos in a traditionally male-dominated environmentMentor:
Jose M. Alamillo, Ph.D., California State University, Channel IslandsHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Texas Society Colonial Dames XVII Century Scholarship 2022-2023
June M. Kruszewski Memorial Endowed Scholarship 2017-2018
Current Position:
Doctoral Student -
Education:
B.A., Social Communication, Bicentenary University of Aragua, Venezuela; M.A., Communications, University of Central Florida; Ph.D., Strategic Communication-Crisis and Risk Communication, University of Central Florida, Spring 2024.Dissertation:
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Health Communication and Female Fieldworkers in Central FloridaAdvisor:
Deanna Sellnow, Ph.D., University of Central FloridaResearch Topics:
Health access, female agricultural workers, mental health, communicationMentor:
Albert Gonzalez, Ph.D., Bowling Green State UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Nicholson School of Communication and Media, UCF, 2023
Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, Nicholson School of Communication and Media, UCF 2019
Conference Research Poster, First place, International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference, 2019
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Education:
B.F.A., Painting and Drawing, University of Arizona; M.A., Art and Visual Culture Education, University of Arizona; Ph.D., Mexican American Studies, Minor AVCE, University of Arizona (expected completion: Fall 2025)Dissertation:
Conocimiento, Xicanxfuturism and the Resistance to Assimilation through Xicanx Murals in Tucson, AZAdvisor:
Damian Baca, Ph.D., University of ArizonaResearch Topics:
Xicanx murals, Chicana theory, history of El Rio Community CenterMentor:
Dylan AT Miner, Ph.D., Michigan State UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024SBS Grad College Fellowship, 2022-2023
Mexican American Std Tuition Scholarship
2021-2022- SBS Grad College Fellowship
2020-2021- SBS Grad College Fellowship
Fine Arts General Scholarship
Mexican Am/Raza Stipend
HEERF III Grant
Sevigny, Maurice J Scholarship
SBS Grad College Fellowship
Grad Access Fellowship
Swalin, H Faculty Women's Scholarship
University School of Art Tuition Scholarship
University of Arizona Memorial Scholarship
Misto-Ertz Scholarship for Art and Art Education
2018-2019- University School of Art Grant
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Education:
B.A., English Literature with Creative Writing Concentration, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., English Literature, California State University, Dominguez Hills; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside (expected completion: June 2025)Dissertation:
Haciendo Bulla: Chicana Pinta Poetics and CounterhegemonicAdvisor:
Richard T. Rodriguez, Ph.D., University of California, RiversideResearch Topics:
Chicana pinta (prison) poetry in the languages and literature of incarcerationMentor:
Michael Roy Hames Garcia, Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education: B.A., Native American Studies, Minors: Chicanx/Latinx Studies, Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Chicana/o Studies, UC Santa Barbara (expected completion: Spring 2028)
Dissertation:
Pedagogies of Re-Membering: Detribalization, Resurgence, and Xicanx Indígena Art Praxis of Going HomeAdvisor:
Micaela Díaz-Sánchez, Ph.D. and Celia Herrera Rodríguez, Ph.D., University of California, Santa BarbaraResearch Topics:
Identity, indigeneity, and memory; positionality of detribalized peoples; Indigenous identityMentor:
Susy Zepeda, University of California, DavisHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024 -
Education:
B.A., Communication Studies,Texas A&M--Corpus Christi; M.A., Philosophy, Houston Christian University; Ph.D., Philosophy, University of North Texas (expected completion: May 2025)Dissertation:
The Racialization of Mexicans in the U.S.: A Philosophical and Environmental Analysis of Farmworker Racial ExtractionAdvisors:
Miguel Gualdrón Ramírez, Ph.D., University of Oregon and Kim De Wolff, Ph.D., University of North TexasResearch Topics:
Critical Philosophy of Race, Environmental Justice, and Decolonial ThoughtMentor:
Laura E. Gomez, Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024See profile
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Education:
B.A., Spanish and Studio Art, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN; B.S., Spanish Education and TESL Education, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, MN; M.A., Spanish, Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University (Anticipated: May 2026)Dissertation:
Bridging Mexican and Chicanx literature, with an emphasis on the roles and influences of women during the Mexican Revolution and the Chicanx MovementAdvisor:
Britta Anderson, Ph.D., Texas Tech UniversityResearch Topics:
Women shaping historical events and literary narrativesHonors:
Raiders Rojos Alumni Association: Frances Hernandez Memorial ScholarshipHelen DeVitt Jones Fellowship
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
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Education:
B.A., English and Film Studies, Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Teaching Secondary Education from University of North Texas; Ph.D., English, University of Texas at Arlington (expected completion: Spring 2025)Dissertation:
Smut: The Sexy Shame of the New Adult Romance GenreAdvisor:
Penelope Ingram, Ph.D., University of Texas at ArlingtonResearch Topics:
New Adult romance novels, feminism, queer studies, sexualityMentor:
Frederick Luis Aldama, Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinHonors:
Maverick Doctoral Grant, University of Texas Arlington, 2021, 2024
Maverick Graduate Grant, 2021, 2023, 2024Texas Public Educational Grant, University of Texas Arlington, 2024
O’Neill Academic Award, 2023
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Emory D. Estes Endowed Scholarship, University of Texas Arlington, 2022, 2023
Carpenter Grant, University of Texas at Arlington, 2023
Writing Group Grant, 2023Texas Public Educational Grant, University of North Texas, 2021
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., History, University of New Haven; M.A. with distinction, Global, International, and Comparative History, Georgetown University; Ph.D., Atlantic History, Florida International University (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Art for Liberation: Elizabeth Catlett the Black Left Feminist, 1915-2012Advisor:
Okezi T. Otovo, Ph.D., Florida International UniversityResearch Topics:
Black women's history of the Americas, Black women's intellectualism of the Americas, Black Left Feminism, Women in the ArtsMentor:
Nancy Raquel Mirabal, Ph.D., University of MarylandHonors:
José Antonio Echeverría Scholarship, 2024-2025Crossing Latinidades Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023-2024
Engaged & Public Humanities Fellowship & Graduate Certificate, Georgetown University, 2019
2022-23 Mellon Fellows
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Education:
B.A., Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, California State University, Long Beach; M.A., Latin American Studies, California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside, June 2024Dissertation:
(Im)migrant Ecologies: Relating Beyond BordersAdvisor:
Andrea Smith, Ph.D., University of California, RiversideResearch Topics:
Critical migrant and refugee studies, memory studies, diaspora studies, felt theory, affect studies, Women of Color feminisms, abolition geographies, Latinx futurism, and decolonial theoryMentor:
Laura Pulido, Ph.D., University of OregonHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current Position:
Lecturer, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA -
Education:
B.A., Honors, Psychology, University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ph.D. Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Spring 2024Dissertation:
Racial Microaggressions Research: Intersectionality, Coping Strategies, and Groups Impacted.Advisor:
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Ph.D.Research Topic:
Racial MicroaggressionsMentor:
Andrea Romero, Ph.D., University of ArizonaHonors:
Small Grant Research Award, American Psychological Association, Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict & Violence (Division 48), 2024Jeffrey S. Tanaka Dissertation Award, American Psychological Association Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, 2024
Barrick Graduate Fellowship, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2023
Distinguished Student Contribution Award, American Psychological Association Division 44, 2023
Distinguished Research Student Award, American Psychological Association, Division 45, 2023
Best Scholarly Paper Award, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, 2023
Stephen C. Rose Award, National Latinx Psychological Association, 2023
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
Current Position:
Dean's Research Associate for the College of Social Science and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University. -
Education:
B.A., Gender Studies and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois Chicago; Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside (expected completion: Spring 2026)
Dissertation:
Mexican American Communists, Alien Citizens, and the Labor, Immigration, and Cultural Politics of the Twentieth Century in Southern CaliforniaAdvisor:
Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D., University of California, RiversideResearch Topics:
Immigration Studies, Labor Studies, Chicana/o/x Studies, Cultural StudiesMentor:
Gaye Theresa Johnson, Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
Edna Bonacich Ethnic Studies Graduate Award, 2024Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Assistant, Department of Ethnic Studies -
Education:
B.A., English, SUNY Fredonia; M.S.Ed., Long Island University Brooklyn; Ph.D., Urban Education, The Graduate Center, CUNY (expected completion: fall 2025)Dissertation Title:
A Good Education: Education Activism and Dominicans in New York City, 1961-2001Advisor:
José del Valle, Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNYResearch Topics:
New York City Education History and Ethnic CommunitiesMentor:
Jorge Luis Chinea, Ph.D., Wayne State UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B. Arch., Architectural Design, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain; M.A., Spanish and Latin American Literature, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain; Ph.D., Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures, The Graduate Center, CUNY (expected completion: May 2025).Dissertation:
Heretics on the global city: legacies of decolonial struggle, upward mobility, and urban displacement in Latinx, Latin American, and Afro-Portuguese literary narrativesAdvisor:
Carlos Riobó, Ph.D. The Graduate Center, CUNYResearch Topics:
Territory, authority, and rights in contemporary in Caribbean and Afro-Portuguese literary narratives about the global city.Mentor:
Mary Pat Brady, Ph.D., Cornell UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Spanish and History, California State University, Channel Islands; M.A., Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz (expected completion: June 2025)Dissertation:
Por Vida: Chicanx Teacher Activism in California ClassroomsAdvisor:
Gabriela Arredondo, Ph.D, University of California, Santa CruzResearch Topic:
Chicanx teacher activismMentor:
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Ph.D., University of California, Santa BarbaraHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current Position:
GSI, John R. Lewis College, UCSC -
Education: B.A., Graphic Design, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; M.A., Art and Design, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, University of Texas at El Paso, August 2024
Dissertation:
Border Soundscapes: Latinidad, Belonging, and Sense of Place in the Paso del Norte RegionAdvisor:
Lucía Durá, Ph.D., University of Texas at El PasoResearch Topics:
Sound in the BorderlandsMentor:
Steph Ceraso, Ph.D., University of VirginiaHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current Position:
Lecturer, University of Texas at El Paso -
Education: A.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences, Santa Monica College; B.A., Chicana/o Studies and American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., American Studies, University of New Mexico; Ph.D., Chicana/o Studies, University of New Mexico (expected completion: Spring 2026)
Dissertation:
Constellations of Oaxacan Worldmaking: Subversive Cultural Expressions in OaxaCaliforniaAdvisor:
Irene Vasquez, Ph.D., University of New MexicoResearch Topics:
Cultural production, OaxaCalifornia, and Community MovementsMentor:
Daina Sanchez, Ph.D., University of California, Santa BarbaraHonors:
Professional Development Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza, UNM
Special Project Funding, Center for Regional Studies, UNM Award Program, Southwest & Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities, 2023
El Puente Graduate Research Fellowship, El Centro de La Raza, UNM
CRS Project Fellowship, Center for Regional Studies, UNM
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, National Academies, 2023-2026
Professional Development Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza, UNMCrossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Research Fellowship, 2022-2023
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Secondary Education, Centro Escolar Juana de Asbaje, Zamora, Mexico; M.E.H., History, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico; Ph.D., Latin American and Latino Studies and Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz (expected completion: 2025)Dissertation:
Queerness and Gender Performance in Indigenous P’urhépecha Communities in Michoacán and the United StatesAdvisor:
Jeffrey Erbig, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz.Mentor:
Francisco Galarte, Ph.D., University of New MexicoHonors:
Lionel Cantú Memorial Award. Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2024University of California, President Postdoctoral Fellowship. Finalist, 2024
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. Honorific Mention. March 2023
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023; Research Working Group on The Latinx Past: Archive, Memory, Speculation. 2022 – 2023
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Summer Institute on Latino Humanities Studies Methodologies and Theories. University of Illinois. June 27 – July 10, 2022
Current Position:
Doctoral CandidateSee profile
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Education:
B.A., Spanish, University of California, Riverside; M.A., Spanish Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Literature, University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., Spanish Sociolinguistics (expected completion: Spring 2026)Dissertation:
A P'urhépecha ethnography in Southern California: Language, gender and racial microaggressions in a transnational communityAdvisor:
Claudia Holguin Mendoza, Ph.D., University of California, RiversideResearch Topics:
Language and gender, racial microaggressions, attitudes toward languageMentor:
Luz Ede-Hernandez, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, WhitewaterHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Journalism, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba; M.A., Journalism, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY; Ph.D., Latin American, Iberian and Latino Culture, The Graduate Center, CUNY (expected graduation Spring 2025)Dissertation:
Representing 'Cuban Color': Transnational Dialogues on Nation, Race, and Diaspora Between Havana and New York (1930-1950) / Representaciones del “color cubano”: diálogos transnacionales sobre nación, raza y diáspora en entre La Habana y Nueva York (1930-1950)Advisor:
Carlos Riobó, Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNYResearch Topics:
Representation of Afro-Cuban imaginaries in Cuban literature and visual art in the first half of the 20th centuryMentor:
Alejandro de la Fuente, Ph.D., Harvard UniversityHonors:
Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) Fellow, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2023-2024Goizueta Graduate Research Fellowship, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami, 2023-2024
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
William Randolph Hearst Fellow, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2020-202
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate and Administrative Director at the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies (CLACLS), The Graduate Center, CUNY -
Education:
B.A., History, magna cum laude, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; M.A., Caribbean History, Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean; Ph.D., Atlantic History, Florida International University (expected completion: May 2025)Dissertation:
Education as an ideological battlefield: State Legislation in the 1960’sAdvisor:
Julio Capó, Ph.D., Florida International UniversityResearch Topics:
Educational policies between 1960's and 1990's and their use against communism during the Cold War.Mentor:
María de los Ángeles Torres, Ph.D., University of Illinois ChicagoHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.S., Environmental Studies and Policy, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; M.P.A., University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; PhD, Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, 2024Dissertation:
Exploring the influence of cultural complexity on the risk perceptions and natural disaster preparedness among Hispanic/Latino Families living with individuals with developmental disabilities in Central FloridaAdvisor:
Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Ph.D.Research Topic: Public procurement, public-nonprofit partnerships, cross-government collaboration, inter-organizational collective action, decision-making in times of crisis, disaster risk communication, and cultural risk perception.
Mentor: Maritza Concha, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Honors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
ASPA Founders Fellow, Pi Alpha Alpha, the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration, and Phi Theta Kappa.Current Position:
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Public Administration, Tennessee State University -
Education:
B.A., Chicana and Chicano Studies, Loyola Marymount University; M.A., English with emphasis on Cultural Studies and graduate certificate in Feminist Studies, Kansas State University; M.A., Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara (expected completion: 2026)Dissertation:
Venerations in Cyberspace: Chicanx Popular Catholicism, Latina Feminist Theology, and the Digital Transformation of La Virgen de Guadalupe's AltarAdvisor:
Dolores Inés Casillas, Ph.D., University of California, Santa BarbaraResearch Topic:
Guadalupana online community formation, digital performances of piety, digital cultural production, archive of memoryMentor:
Karen Mary Davalos, Ph.D., University of MinnesotaHonors:
University of California President's Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2024-2025Steve and Barbara Mendell Graduate Fellowship in Cultural Literacy, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023-2024
The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies-Advanced Doctoral Fellowship, 2023-2024
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
University of California, Santa Barbara Regents Fellowship, 2019-2020
Current Position: Doctoral Candidate
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Education:
B.A., Gender and Sexuality Studies and Psychology; B.A. in Psychology; B.A. in Foreign Languages--Spanish with emphasis in Chicano Studies, New Mexico State University; M.S., Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona; Ph.D., Borderlands History, University of Texas at El Paso (expected completion: Fall 2026)Dissertation:
Sobrevivencia Transnacional: Women’s Voices in Transnational Community Against Militarization and Policing in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, 1965-2015Advisor:
Larisa Veloz, Ph.D., University of Texas at El PasoResearch Topics:
Strategies of sobrevivencia for women living in the borderlands; practices of community solidarityMentor:
Michelle Tellez, Ph.D., University of ArizonaHonors:
Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Fellowship, National Museum of the American Latino, 2023Frances G. Harper History Dissertation Award, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2023
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
CGS Humanities Coalition Grant Writing Project Inaugural Fellow, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2021
Social Justice Fellow Inaugural Cohort. The Memorial Foundation, Washington D.C., 2021
UTEP Doctoral Excellence Fellowship. Graduate School, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2020
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholar International Scholarship. U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 2015
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., English Literature, Cum Laude, California State University, Northridge; M.A., English, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., English, University of California, Irvine (expected completion: 2025)Dissertation:
Brujxs, Freaks, and Queers: Reimagining Indigenous Latinidad Through the Latin@ WeirdAdvisor:
Jonathan Alexander, Ph.D., University of California, IrvineResearch Topics:
Contemporary Latinx Literature and Indigenous LatinidadMentor:
Cordelia Barrera, Ph.D., Texas Tech UniversityHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023HSI Pathways/Mellon Fellow
Sally Casanova Scholar
CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program Fellow
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Associate, UCI Composition -
Education:
B.A., Art History, University of Nevada, Reno; M.A., Art History, The Ohio State University; Ph.D., Art History, University of New Mexico (expected graduation: Spring 2027)Dissertation:
Visualities of Belonging: Creating Terruño in Contemporary U.S. Central American Art (1995-Now)Advisor:
Kency Cornejo, Ph.D., University of New MexicoResearch Topics:
Contemporary art of the U.S. Central American DiasporaMentor: Jennifer Gonzalez, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Honors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Fellowship, National Museum of the American Latino, 2023
Archives of American Art Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, 2023-2024
Terra Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2024-2025
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., History, University of California, Merced; M.A., History, California State University, Stanislaus; Ph.D., Borderlands History, University of Texas at El Paso (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Chicanas and Mexicanas in the El Paso Garment Industry, 1919-2002Advisor:
Ernesto Chavez, Ph.D., University of Texas at El PasoResearch Topics:
Labor and gender along the U.S.-Mexico BorderlandMentor:
Christina Villarreal, Ph.D., University of Texas at El PasoHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Graduate Student Prize, Western Historical Association, 2024
Dodson Research Grant, Graduate School, The University of Texas at El Paso
Frances G. Harper History Dissertation Research Award, Department of History, The University of Texas at El Paso
Current Position:
Archivist and Oral Historian at La Mujer ObreraOral Historian, “ClimateLore Project,” La Semilla Food Center, Southwest Folklife Alliance, and Tohono O’odham Young Voices Podcast (TOYVP)
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Education:
B.A., History, Bowling Green State University; M.A., History, Texas Tech University; Ph.D., History, Texas Tech University (expected completion, Spring 2026)Dissertation:
Beyond The Lone Ranger: Historical Memory and Media Representations of the Texas Rangers in Relation to Anti-Mexican ViolenceAdvisor:
Miguel Levario, Ph.D., Texas Tech UniversityResearch Topics:
Historical Memory, ViolenceMentor:
Richard Flores, Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current Position:
Doctoral CandidateSee profile
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Education:
B.A., Psychology with minor in Latin American Studies, San Jose State University; M.A., Anthropology, San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona (expected completion: May 2025)Dissertation:
Intergenerational Displacement in Aguililla-Redwood City: Migration from Michoacán and Diaspora in Northern CaliforniaAdvisor:
Michelle Téllez, Ph.D., University of ArizonaResearch Topics:
Migration, diaspora, and displacementMentor:
Xóchitl Bada, Ph.D., University of Illinois ChicagoHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski FellowshipCurrent Position:
Doctoral CandidateSee profile
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Education:
B.Th., Theology, The King’s University; M.Div., Religion/Religious Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary; M.A., American History, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., City/Urban Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Arlington, 2023Dissertation:
Neoliberal Philanthropic Community Development: Do Comprehensive Community Initiatives Improve Neighborhoods?Advisor:
María Martínez-Cosio, Ph.D., University of Texas at ArlingtonResearch Topics:
Neo-Marxist theory; philanthropic community development; informal housing; community land trusts and housing cooperatives; craft breweriesMentor:
Nik Theodore, Ph.D. University of Illinois ChicagoHonors:
ACSP Governing Board Student Representative (2023-2025)Student Recognition Award, Community Development Society (2023)
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
Current position:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Homelessness Hub, University of California, San Diego -
Education:
B.A., Spanish Literature, International Relations, Asian Studies, Florida International University; M.A., Asian Studies, M.A., Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Florida International University; Ph.D., Global and Sociocultural Studies (expected graduation: Fall 2025)Dissertation:
Asian Cubans Voices, Migration, and Integration to the United StatesAdvisors:
Guillermo Grenier, Ph.D., and Jorge Duany, Ph.D., Florida International UniversityResearch Topics:
Migration of Cubans to the United States, Asian Cuban identity, ethnography of Chinese Cubans and Japanese Cubans in MiamiMentor:
Michael Bustamante, Ph.D., University of MiamiHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current position:Doctoral Candidate
Manager, College of Business, Florida International University
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Education:
B.A., Anthropology and English, University of Illinois Chicago; M.A., English, University of Illinois Chicago; Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of Illinois Chicago (expected completion: May 2026)Dissertation:
Environmental Migration, Nomos, and the ApocalypseAdvisor:
Ralph Cintron, Ph.D., University of Illinois ChicagoResearch Topics:
Rhetoric, Latinx studies, environmental studiesMentor:
Nicholas De Genova, Ph.D., University of HoustonHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current position:
Fellow Coordinator for Crossing Latinidades cohort (2023-2024, 2024-2025) -
Education:
B.A., Psychology with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Psychology, Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Texas Tech University.Professional Interests:
Mental health disparities in Afro-Latinx/e, Black, and Latinx/e communities, mental health and social equity for historically and systemically marginalized communitiesMentor:
Claudia Garcia-Louis, Ph.D., University of Texas at San AntonioHonors:
Clinical Internship, Michigan State University, 2023-2024Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
Current Position:
Post doctoral Trainee in Clinical Psychology, University of Chicago -
Education:
B.A., Political Science with a minor in History, California State University, Los Angeles; M.A., National Security Studies, California State University, San Bernardino; Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Irvine (expected completion: 2025)Dissertation:
Urban Refusals: Youth Navigating Violence in South Central Los Angeles and TijuanaResearch Topics:
international relations and comparative politics; political violence, peace and securityMentor:
Noelle Brigden, Ph.D., Marquette UniversityHonors:
Ford Foundation Pre-dissertation FellowshipCrossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
CSU Sally Casanova Pre-doctoral Scholar, 2018-2019
Current Position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education: B.A., History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.A., History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ph.D., History, University of Illinois Chicago (expected graduation: May 2026)
Dissertation:
Migrants and Pickles: How Seasonal Farmworkers Shaped the Upper Midwest, 1964-1994Advisor:
Adam Goodman, Ph.D., University of Illinois ChicagoResearch Topics:
Migrant Farmworkers, Bracero and Post-Bracero Programs, U.S. MidwestMentor:
Julie Weise, Ph.D., University of OregonHonors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Hispanic Philology, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; M.A., Hispanic Linguistics, University of Arizona; Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (expected completion: Spring 2025)Dissertation:
Transnational Voices: Spanish Heritage Students’ Digital Multimodal Narratives of the US-Mexico BorderlandsAdvisor:
Beatrice Dupuy, Ph.D., University of ArizonaResearch Topics:
Multimodality and digital multiliteracies in language learning; Heritage Language Pedagogy; Identity representationMentor:
Sara Beaudrie, Ph.D., Arizona State UniversityHonors:
Hispanic Serving Institution Fellow, University of Arizona, 2023Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
Mellon-Fronteridades Graduate Fellowship, Confluence Center for Creative Inquiry, University of Arizona, 2021
Nominee, University of Arizona Five Star Faculty Award, 2021
Second Language Acquisition & Teaching and Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs Merit Award, 2019
Nominee, University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council Outstanding Graduate Assistant in Teaching Award, 2019
Grants:
iLGBTS Research Grant, Institute for LGBTQ+ Studies, University of Arizona, 2023Graduate and Professional Student Council Research & Project Grant, University of Arizona, 2020
PandemiDiarios Microgrant: Stories of Resilience, Confluence Center for Creative Inquiry, University of Arizona, 2020
Current Position:
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Languages & Linguistics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. -
Education:
B.A., Chicana/o Studies and American Indian Studies; M.A., American Studies, University of New Mexico; Ph.D., Chicana/o Studies, University of New Mexico (expected completion: Fall 2025)Dissertation:
Queremos Muchos Mundos: Transnational Organizing, Leftist Radical Thinking, and Chicanx Political Imaginations for Horizons of FuturesAdvisor:
Irene Vasquez, Ph.D., University of New MexicoResearch Topics:
Chicanx Political Imaginaries, Leftist Organizing, Transnational PoliticsMentor:
Alan E. Gomez, Ph.D., Arizona State UniversityHonors:
UNM Center for Regional Studies FellowFord Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow, 2023-2024
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
Current position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Anthropology, Southwestern University; M.A., Public History, St Mary's University; Ph.D., History with focus on Public History, University of Houston (expected completion: May 2025)Dissertation:
Returning to Roots: History of Adobe and Earthen Architecture in San Antonio, TexasAdvisor:
Raúl A. Ramos, Ph.D., University of HoustonResearch Topics:
Borderlands, Urban Studies, Place & SpaceMentor:
Geraldo Cadava, Ph.D., Northwestern UniversityHonors:
Graduate Researcher, Digital Humanities Core Facility, University of HoustonJohn Nau III Texas History Fellowship for Dissertation Completion, University of Houston
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023
Current position:
Doctoral Candidate -
Education:
B.A., Chicano/a Studies and American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A./Ph.D., Chicana & Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa BarbaraDissertation:
The Coloniality of the Wor(l)d: Aesthetics, Heresy, and the Decolonial Spirit of La XicanadaAdvisor:
Chela Sandoval, Ph.D., University of California, Santa BarbaraResearch Topics:
Aesthetics in the cultural production, labor, and performance of XicanacimientoMentor:Susy J. Zepeda, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Honors:
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowship, 2022-2023Current position:
Doctoral Candidate