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Graduate Student Affiliates

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
James Baldwin jamesbaldwin20@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Sociology Expected Graduation: Fall 2024
  • Neighborhood Segregation
  • Systematic Racism
  • Race & Ethnic Studies
  • Public Administration
  • Social Demography
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
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
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
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
Dalvin Dunn DalvinDunn@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Administration and Human Development Expected Graduation: Spring 2026
  • Queer Studies / Queer Theory / LGBTQ+ Studies
  • Graduate & Professional Student Socialization
  • Incarcerated / Formerly Incarcerated
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
Daniel Gómez-Vásquez danielcgomezv@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Economics Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Multi-Racial / Ethnic Settings
  • Hiring Discrimination
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 Anthropology Expected Graduation: Fall 2024
  • Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
  • Gender / Sexuality
  • Asian American Studies / Asian Studies
  • Native / Indigenous Studies
  • Social Psychology
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
Juliet Letteney jletteney@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Communication & Journalism Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Multiracial / Mixed-Race Identification
  • Diaspora Studies
  • Gender / Sexuality
Mark Mallory markmallory@tamu.edu Doctoral Student 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
  • South Asia
  • Anti-Fascism
  • Feminist Rage
Cristina Nader c.nader@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Expected Graduation: Summer 2025
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Microaggressions
  • First Generation College Students / First Generation Low Income Students (FGLI)
  • Underrepresented Students / Students of Color
  • Microaffirmations
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 Ochoa p.michelle.ochoaa@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Higher Education / Education
  • Transborder Lifestyle
  • Racial / Ethnic Culture
  • Racial / Ethnic Identity
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
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
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
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
Leslie Torres lntorres22@tamu.edu Doctoral Student 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
Vanessa Verner vdverner@tamu.edu Doctoral Candidate Sociology Expected Graduation: Spring 2025
  • Religion
  • Black Feminist Theory
  • Black Pentecostalism
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)
  • College Retention & Success
  • Women's Studies
Zhuldyz Zhumashova stellazhuldyz@tamu.edu Doctoral Student Anthropology Expected Graduation: Spring 2028
  • Immigration / Migration / International Migration
  • Reparation Policy
  • Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Cultural Integration