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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
Humayra Alam humayra.alam10@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Architecture Expected Graduation: May 2028
  • South Asian Diaspora Studies
  • Mosque Spatiality
  • Cultural Syncretism
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