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The Humanities Institute Undergraduate Research Fellows 2022-23

 

 

  • OWEN COOKSY

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    History

    "Diagram of a Murder: Ulster Nationalism, Irish Republicanism, and the Death of Henry Wilson"

    Owen Cooksy is a graduating student of European and Eurasian history. His focus is on nationalism, state development, and languages. In addition to studying history, he has worked on education policy, international political violence journalism, and classical languages. He plans to continue research and promote knowledge of and participation in public history.

  • VALERIE GARCIA

    Sociology

    "Whose HSI?: A Look into the Undergraduate Latinx and Chicanx Experience at the University of California-Santa Cruz"

     

     

  • ELINA JUVONEN

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    History and Sociology /Anthropology

    "Family and Foreign: Investigating Representation & Contradiction in 1950s Women's Magazines"

    Elina is a fourth year history and anthropology double major. During her time at UCSC, she has worked with the Okinawa Memories Initiative on archival and exhibits projects, and worked as the lead intern 2021-2023. Her research focuses on women's history and historical memory.

     

  • YITONG LEI

    Critical Race and Ethnic Studies/East Asian Studies

    "Mapping Chinatown Through Sites of Construction"

    Yitong is a scholar of ethnic studies and east asian studies at ucsc graduating in the spring. in study and in life, they are dedicated to interrogating the construction—or constructions—of race, borders, gender, and more. as a longtime student journalist, they are also guided by the mission to tell untold stories, to amplify silenced voices, and to serve the communities they live in. we have much to unlearn, and infinitely more to learn.

     

  • SHAVIT MELAMED

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    Literature/Sociology

    “Radio Activities: Extracurricular College Radio and Academic Success”

    Shavit Melamed is a fourth year undergraduate student at UCSC double majoring in Sociology and Intensive Literature and minoring in Education. Her particular interests include Sociology of Education, Class, and Capitalism. She is planning to take a gap year and will be working as a UCSC-Diarna fellow with Digital Heritage Mapping sponsored by THI and the Center for Jewish Studies at UCSC, and looking for teaching jobs while she applies to graduate school for Sociology of Education.

     

  • ANN C. NILAND

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    Literature/Feminist Studies

    “To Identity or Not To Identity: Diversity, Marketing, and the White Savior in Science Fiction & Fantasy From The Dark Tower Series to Star Trek”

    Ann Niland’s work seeks to analyze substantive character shifts that occur when a Science Fiction or Fantasy novel is adapted to the screen. The two research papers they have completed work through the Feminist lens to consider the intersections of literature, politics, neuroscience, film, digital media, and the ever-liminal space of what is considered mainstream. In the Fall of 2023, they will continue their research at the graduate level alongside other scholars engaged in the topic of adaptation at ENMU.

     

  • IVETTE OROZCO SANCHEZ

    Literature/Spanish Studies

    “Tijuana: Transformations of a Border City”

     

  • NATALIIA RIVERA

    Literature

    “Human Suffering in Buddha's and Shakespeare's Work”

     

  • ROBIN ROBINSON

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    History

    “Making a Man: The Monstrous and Divine Transsexual”

    Robin Robinson is senior studying Literature: Creative Writing senior with a minor in Spanish Studies. He is a tea drinker and cozy sweater enthusiast.

     

  • ARIK TALMON

    History/Legal Studies

    “‘His grain stood in the field, and the reaper appeared not": Contemporary Reactions to the Origin and Global Spread of Boycotting’”