Scholar Profiles

Current Scholars

	Lisette Arellano Major: Biology and Creative Studies Hometown: Cupertino, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Armand Kuris Mentor Department: Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology Research Topic: parasitology, malacology, herpetology, aquatic ecology		Lizette Arévalo Major: Sociology and Chicana/Chicano Studies Hometown: Compton, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Denise Segura Mentor Department: Sociology Research Topic: Urban education, youth culture, Black-Brown relations, and critical pedagogy
	Todd Avellar Major: Psychology Hometown: Fresno, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Tania Israel Mentor Department: Gevirtz Grad School of Education: Clinical, Counseling, & School Psychology Research Interests: Mental health and social support services for multicultural and LGBTQ minorities.		Janett Barragan Major: Political Science and Chicano Studies Hometown: El Monte, CA Graduation Date: Fall 2010 Mentor: Horacio Roque Ramirez Mentor Department: Chicana/o Studies Research Interests:
	Sondrina Bullitt Major: Sociology and Black Studies Hometown: Hawthorne, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Denise Segura Mentor Department: Sociology Research Topic: Black mental health		Precious Boone Major: Black Studies Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Clyde Woods Mentor Department: Black Studies Research Interests: Beauty industry and the mass consumption of cosmetics
	Angelica Camacho Major: Black Studies and Chicana/Chicano Studies Hometown: Santa Paula, CA Graduation Date: March 2010 Mentors: Gaye Johnson and Clyde Woods Mentor Department: Black Studies Research Topic: Criminalized youth, the school to prison pipeline, the prison industrial complex		Lynette Deborah Cortez Chavez Major: Mathematics Hometown: Madera, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Emille Davie Mentor Department: Mathematics Research Interests: Number Theory
	Jorge Cuellar Majors: Film & Media / Latin American & Iberian Studies Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentors: Cristina Venegas and Peter Bloom Mentor Department: Film and Media Studies Research Interests: Pre-Cinema Latin America 1890- 1920, Third World Cinema and the Subaltern		Catrina Cummings Major: Linguistics Hometown: Inglewood, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Mary Bucholtz Mentor Department: Linguistics Research Interests: African American Vernacular English
	Shardé Davis Major: Women’s Studies and Communication Hometown: San Diego, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Tamara Afifi Mentor Department: Communication Research Topic: Women in the Black family		Raquel Domingo Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Hometown: Hayward, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Karen Szumlinski Mentor Department: Psychology Research Topic: Role of mGluR5-Homer protein interactions in brain and behavior
	Juan Sebastian Ferrada Major: Global Studies and Chicana/Chicano Studies Hometown: Whittier, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Ines Casillas Mentor Department: Chicana/Chicano Studies Research Topic: Immigration in the media		Marites Villarosa Garcia Major: Biology Hometown: San Diego, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Susannah Porter Mentor Department: Earth Science Research Interests:Paleoecology and exobiology
	Anna Giang Major: Sociology Hometown: El Monte, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Denise Segura Mentor Department: Sociology Research Interests: Nonprofit Organizations working with intellectually disabled people		Bashir Hassan Major: Black Studies and Sociology Hometown: Long Beach, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Grace Chang Mentor Department: Feminist Studies Research Interests:
	Anita Juarez Major: Sociology and Chicana/Chicano Studies Hometown: East Los Angeles, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Tara Yosso Mentor Department: Chicana/Chicano Studies Research Topic: Chicana/Latina educational aspirations, sociology of education		Gaby Lopez Major: Cultural Anthropology Hometown: Redwood City, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Juan Vicente-Palerm Mentor Department: Anthropology and Chicano/a Studies Research Interests: Family organization of immigrant families in immigrant communties in rural California
	Jose Lumbreras Major: Sociology Hometown: Compton, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Victor Rios Mentor Department: Sociology Research Topic: Youth of color		K. Eric Martin Major: Physics Hometown: Oceanside, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Beth Gwinn Mentor Department: Physics Research Interest: Physics, Biophysics, Biomaterials, and Biomimetics
	Saul Martinez Major: Biology Hometown: South Gate, CA Anticipated Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Fred Wuld Mentor Department: Organic Chemistry Research Interests: Optical and electro optical properties of processable conjugated polymers		Eduardo Mercado Major: Chemistry Hometown: Hesperia, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Tom Pettus Mentor Department: Chemistry and Bio-Chemistry Research Interests: Synthetic Organic Chemistry with emphasis in biologically active compounds
	Paul Monge-Rodriguez Major: Global Studies and Sociology Hometown: American Canyon, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: William Robinson Mentor Department: Sociology Research Interests:Palestinian diasporas, political sociology, transnationalism, and the political-economy		Ahmad Nabhan Major: Pharmacology Hometown: La Crescenta, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Osnat Ben-Sahar Mentor Department: Psychology Research Interests:
	Robert Norton Major: Chemical Engineering Hometown: Willits, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Eric McFarland Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Research Interests: Renewable and Sustainable energies		Eziaku Nwokocha Major: Black Studies Hometown: Elk Grove, CA Graduation Date: June 2011 Mentor: Roberto Strongman Mentor Department: Black Studies Research Interests: Haitian Voodoo
	Deseray Solis Major: Chicano/a Studies Hometown: La Puente, CA Graduation Date: June 2010 Mentor: Mary E. Brenner Mentor Department: Gevirtz Grad School of Education Research Interests: After school programs’ impacts on writing and reading comprehension skills of students.