MMUF Alumni

Alishba Sardar

Ethnic Studies

Graduation Year: 2023

Jasmine Smith

American Studies
Education

American Studies BA with a Minor in Education, 2011

Research Topics: Education Equity

Mariah Thompson

African American Studies
Political Science

African American Studies and Political Science BA, 2020

Research Project: Your Threat Is My Progress

Research Topics: Diaspora, Race Relations, Intersectionality

Fabiola Vazquez

Comparative Literature
Spanish & Portuguese

Research Project: The Intergenerational Impact of Native Language Literacy on Educational Success in Latinx Communities

Graduation Year: 2024

Fabiola transfered to UC Berkeley and double majored in Comparative Literature and Spanish. She likes to use literature as her personal tool to understand both worlds in which she lives. Her current interests focus on the impact of intergenerational literacy on Latinx populations in the education sector and beyond. Other research interests include perceptions of...

Carolyn Vera

Ethnic Studies
Chicano Studies

Ethnic Studies and Chicano/a Studies BA, 2014

Research Project: Tejiendo La Memoria: Guatemalan Women Contesting Violence during La Guerra Civil and its aftermath

Research Topics: Performance Studies, Ethnic Studies, Gender, Gendered Violence, Guatemala

Kathleen Whiteley

BA, 2013

Research Project: What the Oral Tradition Means to Contemporary Indigenous Communities: Supporting a Unesco Grant to Preserve Ojibwe First Nations’ Cultural Landscapes