Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Rachel Torres (MFP 2017-18) is currently a third-year graduate student at the University of Iowa in the political science department, focusing on the study of race and ethnic politics. She graduated from the University of […]

Yanira Rivas Pineda de Melendez is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on crime, the criminal justice system, and political participation in marginalized Latino communities. Yanira is currently […]

Dr. Fernando Tormos-Aponte is a postdoctoral fellow with the Scholars Strategy Network based at the University of Missouri in St. Louis and a research fellow of the Southern Methodist University Latino Center for Leadership Development. […]

Tana Stamper is a rising senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finishing up a BA in political science with a minor in sexuality studies. Tana is also completing a senior honors thesis […]

Randy Villegas is a PhD student in the politics department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Kern County native. Villegas’s research interests are rooted in the experiences and communities he comes from: Latino Politics, […]

Kristine Kay-Erkiletian is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley affiliated with the Institute of Governmental Studies. This year she will also be a BELS Fellow through the Center for the Study of Law […]

Angely Martinez is a PhD candidate in political science at Syracuse University. Her research focuses on unrecognized states and their strategy of sovereignty. She visited her first unrecognized state in 2018(Northern Cyprus) and hopes to […]