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Graduate Student Affiliates

Overview

The Race & Ethnic Studies Institute Graduate Student Affiliates program is designed to support and connect both master’s and doctoral level students who have active research interests in topics related to race and ethnic studies. Our program aims to advance interdisciplinary partnerships, cultivate an intellectual environment that fosters relationships between students and faculty, and bolster transformative research. This program welcomes graduate students across the College of Arts & Sciences and Texas A&M University who are engaging in cutting edge research related to race and ethnic studies.  

Requirements

Graduate students, regardless of longevity in their program, are eligible to take part in our Graduate Student Affiliates program. Forms for graduate student affiliates are accepted all year round, with students notified of their status on a rolling basis. Additional requirements are below:

Opportunities with Affiliation 

  • Connect and network with graduate students and faculty across Texas A&M who are actively producing meaningful research in race and ethnic studies. 
  • Participation in the Graduate Students Affiliate Workshop to receive constructive feedback and support from RESI Faculty Affiliates. 
  • Eligibility to reserve work room space at RESI for work sessions or small team meetings (space is limited, priority is given to those who reserve in advance). 
  • Promotion of publications, conference acceptances or awards in the RESI newsletter and/or news section of RESI. 
  • Co-sponsorship, aimed at publicity support, for department colloquiums or job talks in which the Graduate Student Affiliate is presenting. 
  • Have your profile and picture appear on our website as a Graduate Student Affiliate.

Graduate Student Affiliates

Alima Abdul-Karimu alima48@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2030
  • Africa and African Diaspora
  • Conflict and War
  • Restorative Practices
  • Peacebuilding
  • Gender Studies
Funmilayo Adeyemo funmilayo14@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management Expected Graduation: Fall 2028
  • Diversity and inclusion in sports
Samantha Aguilar samdyanne@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Educational Psychology Expected Graduation: Summer 2026
  • Identity & Culture
  • Mixed-Methods Research
  • Developmental Sciences
Anum Ahmed anum.ahmed@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Families / Relationships / Cross-Ethnoracial Relationships
  • Popular Culture
  • Diaspora Studies
  • Asian American Studies / Asian Studies
  • Media & Identity
Annisa Ahmed ahmeda@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Psychological & Brain Sciences Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Diversity Science / Diversity
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Health Disparities
  • Pediatric Psychology
Caroline Ampiaw caroline_ampiaw@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Global Languages & Cultures Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Afro-Latin America / Afro-Latinx Studies / Afro-Hispanic Studies
Marisabel Azucena Mazucena53@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Global Languages & Cultures Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Holistic Medicinal Plants
  • Cultural Indigenous Medicine
  • Race and Global Diseases
James Baldwin jamesbaldwin20@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Sociology Expected Graduation: Fall 2024
  • Neighborhood Segregation
  • Systematic Racism
  • Race & Ethnic Studies
  • Public Administration
  • Social Demography
Carolyn Biery Mohajeri cb1@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Global Languages & Cultures Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Cervantista / Don Quixote Studies
  • Comparative Literature
  • Medieval & Early Modern Studies
  • Humor
  • Etymology
Hannah Bowling hebowling@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate English Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Popular Culture
  • Diaspora Studies
  • Pre-Modern Literature & Culture
Elisangela Brito elispb@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Popular Culture
  • Identity Construction
  • Black Family Issues
  • Art as Activism
Dyamon Brown db3483@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Psychological & Brain Sciences Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Black Mental Health
  • Adolescent Trauma and Resilience
  • Suicide Prevention in Black Youth
  • Racial Disparities in Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Culturally Sensitive Interventions
Fabiola Carrion Anampa fabiola1995@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2030
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • Native / Indigenous Studies
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Media Representation
  • Gender and Race Studies
Peggy Sue Carris psm936@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Latinx/a/o Education Policy & Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)
  • Intersectionality / Intersectional Racism
  • U.S. / Mexico borderlands
  • Minority Serving Institutions
Marissa Castillo mcastillo@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Latinx/a/o Education Policy & Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)
  • Coloniality / Decoloniality
  • Undocumented Students
Alondra Ceballos alondra.ceballos@tamu.edu Doctoral Student English Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Coloniality / Decoloniality
  • Latina/o/x/e Studies / Mexican American Studies / Chicano/o/x Studies
  • Musical Poetry
  • Digital Humanities
  • US-Mexico Border Literature
Sanchita Chakraborty sanchita_chkrbrty@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Geography Expected Graduation: Fall 2027
  • Activism / Social Movements
  • Urban Studies
  • Intersectionality / Intersectional Racism
  • Political Ecology
  • Food Justice
D'onte Claypool claypooldonte@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Sport Management Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Racial / Ethnic / Ethnoracial Equity & Inequality
  • Diversity Science / Diversity
  • Justice / Social Justice
  • Sport / Sports
  • Inclusivity
Tori Copeland torilcopeland@tamu.edu Doctoral Student School of Education Expected Graduation: Spring 2029
  • Intersectionality / Intersectional Racism
  • Queer Studies / Queer Theory / LGBTQ+ Studies
  • Identity Construction
  • Sexual Minority Stress
Megan Crutcher crutcherm@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Anthropology Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Maritime Archaeology
  • Historical Archaeology
  • Liberia
Ivylove Cudjoe imcudjoe@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Global Languages & Cultures Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Latin American Healing Practices/ Curanderismo
  • Blackness in Creativity
Yair Andre Cuenú-Mosquera yaircuenu@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Global Languages & Cultures Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • AfroUrbanity
  • Afro-Latin American Films
  • Black Communities' Migration
  • Afro-Creative Writing
Akshara Dafre akshara31@tamu.edu Doctoral Student English Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Popular Culture
  • Queer Studies / Queer Theory / LGBTQ+ Studies
  • Media & Identity
  • Hip Hop Studies
Anand Dalta adatla@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Geography Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Justice / Social Justice
  • Ethnography
  • Political Ecology
  • Human Geography
  • Cultural Anthropology
Giselle Deleon gisd23@tamu.edu Master's Student School of Education Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Latina/o/x/e Studies / Mexican American Studies / Chicano/o/x Studies
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
  • Racial / Ethnic Identity
  • Culturally Sensitive Interventions
  • Ethnic-Racial Socialization
Diya Dharmendran dxd@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Psychological & Brain Sciences Expected Graduation: Spring 2029
  • Diversity Science / Diversity
  • Chronic Pain
  • Pain Equity
  • Discrimination & Pain
  • Social Determinants of Pain
Dalvin Dunn DalvinDunn@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Administration and Human Development Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Quare Studies
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
  • Higher Education in Prison
Ozzie Ejechi ejechiozi@tamu.edu Doctoral Student English Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Postcolonial
  • African Literature
  • Resource Extraction
  • Niger Delta
  • Ecomedia
Char Farfadet imalthica@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Anthropology Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • U.S. / Mexico borderlands
  • Native / Indigenous Studies
  • Ethnobotany / Paleoethnobotany
  • Arid Lands
  • Environmental Archaeology
Emmber Garcia egarcia1@tamu.edu Doctoral Canditate Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Racial / Ethnic / Ethnoracial Equity & Inequality
  • Latinx/a/o Education Policy & Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)
  • Latina/o/x/e Studies / Mexican American Studies / Chicano/o/x Studies
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • Sociology of Education
Joseline Gonzalez-Ajanel josgonzalez@tamu.edu Doctoral Student English Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Activism / Social Movements
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
  • US-Central American Literature / Latinx Literature
  • Transnationalism
  • Queer Studies / Queer Theory / LGBTQ+ Studies
Percy Gresham percygresham@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Psychological & Brain Sciences Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Microaggressions
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • Intersectionality / Intersectional Racism
  • Queer Studies / Queer Theory / LGBTQ+ Studies
Brianna Hampton brianna1.hampton@tamu.edu Doctoral Student School of Education Expected Graduation: Fall 2026
  • School Climate
  • Community
  • Academic Achievement
  • African / Black Psychology
  • Historically Marginalized Students
Sarah Haroon Sualehi sarah.sualehi@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Expected Graduation: Summer 2026
  • Coloniality / Decoloniality
  • Postcolonial / Transnational Feminism
  • Decolonial Qualitative Methods
  • Adult Education / Lifelong Learning
  • Transformational Learning
Alexa Hurtado-Montaño alexamel@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Global Languages & Cultures Expected Graduation: Fall 2027
  • Afro-Latin American Poetry
  • Decolonial Aesthetics
  • Gender Decolonization
  • Afro-Diasporic Theories
  • African Philosophy
Anthony Jackson ajackson@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Racial / Ethnic / Ethnoracial Equity & Inequality
  • Popular Culture
  • Critical Race Methods & Methodology / Research Methods
  • Race & Public Policy
Kevin Johnson kdljohn2@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Bush School Expected Graduation: Fall 2026
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • Asian American Studies / Asian Studies
  • Native / Indigenous Studies
  • Social Psychology
  • Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability
Urnisa Karmakar urnisakarmakar2013@tamu.edu Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Cultural Studies
  • Black Queer Studies
  • Transnational Literature
  • South Asian Diaspora Studies
Kayan Khraisheh kayankhraisheh@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Diaspora Studies
  • Participatory Action Research / Community-Engaged Research
  • Minority Health
  • Racial / Ethnic Identity
Sohee Kim soheekim0122@tamu.edu Doctoral Student English Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Women of Color Feminism
  • Fashion Studies
  • Multi-Ethnic Literature
  • Cultural Studies
Juliet Letteney jletteney@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Multiracial / Mixed-Race Identification
  • Diaspora Studies
  • Gender / Sexuality
Ana Lopez Godoy annalg@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2030
  • Latin American Studies
  • Collective Memory
  • Conflict Reporting and Propaganda
  • Argentine Studies
Mark Mallory markmallory@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate History Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • History of Race & Ethnic Theories / Studies
  • U.S. / Mexico borderlands
  • Native / Indigenous Studies
Pujarinee Mitra pmitra@tamu.edu Doctoral Student English Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
Cristina Nader c.nader@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Undocumented Students
  • Participatory Action Research / Community-Engaged Research
  • First Generation College Students / First Generation Low Income Students (FGLI)
  • Qualitative Research
Emma Newman ecnewman@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Anthropology Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
  • U.S. / Mexico borderlands
  • Border Studies
  • Qualitative Research
  • Transborder
Paula Michelle Ochoa p.michelle.ochoaa@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Sociology of Education
  • Qualitative Research
  • Transborder Lifestyle
  • Racial / Ethnic Identity
Faith Odele faithebiereodele@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • Colonialism
  • African History
  • Representation and Construction
Ana-Luisa Ortiz-Martinez anilisortiz@gmail.com Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Summer 2025
  • Latina/o/x/e Studies / Mexican American Studies / Chicano/o/x Studies
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
  • U.S. / Mexico borderlands
  • Rhetorical Borders
Kelly Pantaleon kpantaleon04@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Psychology Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Families / Relationships / Cross-Ethnoracial Relationships
  • Racial / Ethnic Identity
  • Ethnic Racial Socialization
Danielle Porter dvporter@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Psychological & Brain Sciences Expected Graduation: Summer 2026
  • Racial Health Disparities
  • Ethnic-Racial Socialization
  • Ethnic-Racial Identity Development
  • Community Based Participatory Research
Ananya Usharani Ravishankar ananya.r@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Philosophy Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Critical Race Theory
  • Philosophy of Race
  • Anti-Colonial / Postcolonial Thought
  • Embodiment
Mikayla Renwick kay.renwick12@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Racialization / Self-Idenitification
  • Black Geography
  • Media & Identity
  • Colonialism
Dezerae Reyes ddr67@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Racial / Ethnic / Ethnoracial Equity & Inequality
  • Urban Studies
  • Mobility and Transportation
  • Gentrification
G Santee Riley griley5@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Sociology Expected Graduation: Fall 2027
  • Job Loss
  • Job Insecurity
  • Nontraditional Work / Gig Work
Mariana Rodriguez mariana.rodriguez@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Summer 2025
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Latinx/a/o Education Policy & Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)
  • Discourse / Communication
  • Organizing / Organizations
Martin Rosales mrrosales@tamu.edu Doctoral Student School of Education Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Coloniality / Decoloniality
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • Comparative / Relational / Global Race & Ethnic Studies
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
Edudzi David Sallah sedudzidavid@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate English Expected Graduation:
  • Performance Studies
  • Racial / Ethnic Identity
  • Black Transnationalism
  • Transatlantic Black History
  • Black Church / Religion
  • Transatlantic Black Power Relations
Madelaine Setiawan Doctoral Candidate History Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Racial Memory
  • 19th Century American Fiction
  • War and Society
Charlene Shroulote-Durán charms@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Coloniality / Decoloniality
  • Justice / Social Justice
  • Native / Indigenous Studies
  • Race & Ethnic Studies
Mireya Smith mireya.smith@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Psychology Expected Graduation: Summer 2028
  • Ethnic-Racial Identity Development
  • Cultural Awareness / Multicultural Competence
  • Culturally Sensitive / Responsive Care
  • Racial Stress / Trauma
Hyeyeon Song hyeyeon@tamu.edu Doctoral Student English Expected Graduation: Spring 2030
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • Intersectionality / Intersectional Racism
  • Africa and African Diaspora
  • Afrofuturism
  • Black Speculative Fiction
Leslie Torres lntorres22@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate History Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Racial Violence
  • Mexican Americans in Texas
  • Whiteness
  • Civil Rights Activism
  • Racialization / Self-Idenitification
Mariot Valcin Jr Mvalcin@tamu.edu Doctoral Student English Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Afro-Spirituality
  • Caribbean Studies
  • The Haitian Revolution
José Valdez jay_vee@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Latina/o/x/e Studies / Mexican American Studies / Chicano/o/x Studies
  • Critical Consciousness
  • Transformative Learning Theory
  • Storytelling
  • First Generation Latinx College Students
Amaris Vargas-Mohan amaris.vazquez@tamu.edu Doctoral Student School of Education Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Latinx/a/o Education Policy & Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)
  • Queer Studies / Queer Theory / LGBTQ+ Studies
  • Systematic Racism
  • International Education & DEI
  • MSIs / HSIs
Nasim Vaseiezadeh n.vaseie@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Racial / Ethnic / Ethnoracial Equity & Inequality
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
  • Racial / Ethnic Identity
  • Racial Demography
Vanessa Verner vdverner@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Religion
  • Black Feminist Theory
  • Black Pentecostalism
Sabrina Waite sabrinawaite@tamu.edu Doctoral Student History Expected Graduation: Spring 2029
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Diaspora Studies
  • Systematic Racism
Shuyu Wang shuyuw@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Racial / Ethnic / Ethnoracial Equity & Inequality
  • Families / Relationships / Cross-Ethnoracial Relationships
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
  • Parental Involvement
Jacqueline White jacalexawhite@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Expected Graduation: Spring 2027
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Latinx/a/o Education Policy & Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)
  • Latina/o/x/e Studies / Mexican American Studies / Chicano/o/x Studies
  • Qualitative Research
  • Women and Gender Studies
Mariana Zamudio Brown mariananikkibrown@gmail.com Doctoral Student Sociology Expected Graduation: Fall 2027
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Latina/o/x/e Studies / Mexican American Studies / Chicano/o/x Studies
  • Activism / Social Movements
  • Intersectionality / Intersectional Racism
Zhuldyz Zhumashova stellazhuldyz@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Anthropology Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
  • Reparation Policy
  • Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Cultural Integration