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Anthony Pinter is a fourth year PhD student studying Information Science. His research focuses on how people "do" identity online, particularly in times of identity change -- to do this, he explores how people change their social media presence(s)

Vincent Russel is a fourth year PhD student studying Communication. His research focuses on grassroots community efforts to advance participatory and deliberative democracy. Specifically, Vincent's research (a) emphasizes communication activism

Kate E. Hinshaw, MFA, recently graduated from the Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts program. She works as a tactile filmmaker and cinematographer interested in using the cinematic gaze to render visible the interiority of the feminine.

Bertha Alicia Bermúdez Tapia is a sixth year PhD student studying Sociology. Her research focuses on the qualitative aspects of the relationship between migration, asylum, deportation, and border lives, particularly exploring community

Brendan Connell is a fifth year PhD student studying Political Science. His research focuses on international political economy (IPE) with an emphasis on the politics of international finance. Brendan was recently awarded a Teaching Excellence Award

Sarah Schoonraad is a fourth year PhD student studying Materials Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on tissue engineering with an aim to develop materials that can be incorporated into the human body to replace tissue that has been

Laura Margarita Malaver is a third year PhD student in Ethnic Studies. Their research focuses developing a praxis-oriented theory called recovecos (Spanish for nook, hidden turn, and twist) that examines subject's relation and interaction with space

Dustin Cook is a fourth year PhD student studying Civil Engineering. His research focuses on risk assessment methods pertaining to the seismic performance of buildings and their post-disaster functionality. Dustin was recently awarded a Teaching

Emily Nocito is a third year PhD student in Environmental Studies. Her research focuses on marine conservation of the high seas via international governance. Emily was recently awarded a Teaching Excellence Award based on her teaching

Hillary Steinberg is a sixth year PhD student studying Sociology. Her research focuses on identity formation in pediatric patients in a major children's hospital. Hillary was recently awarded a Teaching Excellence Award based on her teaching