2024-2025 Humanities EXPLORE Fellows
These projects are currently being led by faculty in the Humanities division who are mentoring EXPLORE undergraduate researchers
AI & Human Imagination
Associate Professor of Literature Zac Zimmer
Caroline Wilson
Art B.A.
East Asian Studies Minor
Chloe Allen
Psychology B.A.
Literature minor
Marissa Omaque
Anthropology B.A.
Literature minor
Creative Writing - What Happened Next?
Professor of Literature Micah Perks
Chimera Mohammadi
Proposed Literature
Clare O'Brien
Literature B.A.
Discourse Analysis
Professor Kimberly Helmer, Writing Program
Grace Nighswonger
Cognitive Science B.S., Linguistics B.A.
Historical Memories of Japanese American Redress Activism, 1945-1995
Digital History Project on the Japanese American Redress Movement
History Professors Alice Yang and Jasmine Alinder
Bengi Alfaro
History B.A., Education, Democracy and Justice B.A.
Jade Glentzer
Anthropology B.A., History B.A.
Monnika Mattson
Psychology B.A.
History minor
Skyla Tomine
Feminist Studies B.A., Politics B.A.
Mapping the offering of courses in African History through the UC system: what is Africa's place in History curricula?
History Professor Thiago Mota
Adam Ross
Global & Community Health B.A., History B.A.
Beckett Atkinson
History B.A., Philosyphy B.A.
Ethan Strom
History B.A.
MuHSiC (Multilingual Hispanic Speech in CA)
Professor of Languages and Applied Linguistics Mark Amengual
Cassandra Ponce Ventura
Spanish Studies B.A., Latin American and Latino Studies B.A.
Dacia van Wormer
Cognitive Science B.S.
Linguistics
Eleanor Garrison
Applied Linguistics B.A.
Joscelyn Osorio
Spanish Studies B.A., Psychology B.A.
Pilar Zapien
Literature B.A.
Silvia Iniguez
Environmental Studies B.A., Spanish Studies B.A.
Multilingual Corpus of Paraguay
Assistant Professor of Languages and Applied Linguistics Josefina Bittar
Gigi Lea
Applied Linguistics B.A.
Nora Ligotti
Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism B.A.
Film and Digital Media
Multimodal AI as a Tool to Augment Historical Research
Professor of History Benjamin Breen
Alia Moore
History B.A., Politics B.A.
Dagny Hatch
History B.A.
Jamie Penilla
History B.A.
Okinawa Memories Initiative
Professors of History Alan Christy and Alice Yang
Aivan Bach
Anthropology B.A., Environmental Sciences B.S.
Court Sugano
Global and Community Health B.S.
History
Geneva Samuelson
History B.A.
James Leyton
History B.A.
East Asian Studies
Nixie Young
History B.A.
Classical Studies
Seiya Mendiola
Literature B.A.
Walter Barnaby
History B.A., Politics B.A.
Santa Cruz in Color
Professor of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies Christine Hong
EXPLORE Fellow
Linguistics B.A.
EXPLORE Fellow
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies B.A.
Rafael Revolorio
Global and Community Health B.A., Latin American and Latino Studies B.A.
Science and Justice
Keiko Utsumi
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies B.A.
Shakespeare Workshop
Professor of Literature Sean Keilen
Emma Bavera
Syllable Structure in Dialects of English
Professor of Linguistics Rachel Walker
Ben Sommer
Sociology B.A., Linguistics B.A.
Killian Kiuttu
Linguistics B.A.
Statistics
Missy McReynolds
Linguistics B.A.
Mesa Diehl
Linguistics B.A.
The Coha-Gunderson Exhibition in Speculative Futures
Literature Professor Carla Freccero and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Valerie Sainz
History B.A., History of Art & Visual Culture B.A.
The Literary Bridge — Linking Skills to Careers
Professor of Literature Camilo Gomez-Rivas
Abigael McNelis
Proposed Literature and Proposed Politics
Kriti Dokania
Proposed Literature and Proposed Neuroscience
Tracing 19th century Egyptology: Objects & agents
Associate Professor of History Elaine Sullivan
Natalie Korobkova
Anthropology B.A., History B.A.
Ultrasound/Acoustic Analysis
Professor of Linguistics Jaye Padgett
Isabella Nordstrom
Linguistics B.A.
Lorelei Howe
Linguistics B.A.
Mathematics
Visual Constructions of the Pajaro and Salinas Valleys
Professor of History of Consciousness Dimitris Papadopoulos
Crystal Hicks Marin
Proposed Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Proposed Film and Digital Media
Julie Fintamag
History B.A.
Watsonville is in the Heart
Professor of History Kathleen Gutierrez and Professor of Sociology Steve McKay, PhD Student Meleia Simon-Reynolds
Dani Dayao
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies B.A., History of Art and Visual Culture B.A.
Jamie Florence Dy
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies B.A.
Janeth Perez Quirke
Education, Democracy, and Justice B.A., Latin American and Latino Studies B.A.
Julie Fintamag
History B.A.
