Sociology Graduate Students
- Title
- PhD Student
- Division Graduate Studies Division
- Department
- Sociology Department
- Affiliations Feminist Studies Department, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
- Office Location
- Rachel Carson College Academic Building, Office #129
- Mail Stop Rachel Carson College
Research Interests
African Diaspora; Urban Sociology and Black Geography; Identity Formation; Youth Studies and Education; Tourism Studies; Black Feminist Epistemology; Ethnography and Mixed Methods
Biography, Education and Training
I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania in December 2016 with a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish, with a minor in International Relations.
My transdisciplinary dissertation work focuses on Black American youth racial identity formation in the context of global travel.
I am currently serving as the P2R Program Coordinator and Lead Mentor
I stand in solidarity with the COLA campaign.
Honors, Awards and Grants
2020 UCSC CITL Graduate Pedagogy Fellow
Summer 2019 - Blum Scholar Grant
2018-2019 Student Planetary Health Ambassador, UC Global Health Initiative
Winter/Spring 2019 - Koret Scholar Mentor Award
Fall 2017 - University of Californa Regent's Fellowship
I have presented original work at the following conferences:
National Women's Studies Association, November 2019
Pacific Sociological Association, March 2019
Issues in Critical Investigation Biennial Symposium, "The Environment, the Anthropocene, and the African Diaspora.", Vanderbilt, October 2018
American Sociological Association, August 2018
I have presented workshops or served as a panelist at the following conferences:
National Women's Studies Association, Atlanta, November 2018
Pacific Sociological Association, Long Beach, March 2018
AAUW National Conference of College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL), June 2017
Teaching Interests
Past TA appointments include:
Summer 2019: Contemporary Social Theory (SOCY105b)
Spring 2019: Contemporary Social Theory (SOCY105b)
Winter 2019: Issues and Problems in American Society (SOCY10)
Fall 2018: World Society (SOCY15)
Summer 2018: Evaluation of Evidence (SOCY3A)
Spring 2018: Contemporary Social Theory (SOCY105b)
Winter 2018: Race and Law (SOCY128i)
GSR appointments include:
2018-2019: Regional Researcher for We Belong Collaboration for Community-Engaged Research and Immigrant Justice (PIs: Prof. Steve McKay and Dr. Leslie Lopez)
Summer 2019: Middle School Breaktime Study Data Analysis (PI: Prof. Rebecca London)
Summer 2018: Middle School Breaktime Study Data Analysis (PI: Prof. Rebecca London)
