Asia Sade Ivey
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSAsia's research has a sociology of education focus where she examines how race and poverty impact the K-12 experience.…
Sireen Irsheid
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSSocial structures entrenched in racism and social inequality systematically fail students of color. Sireen is primarily interested in examining…
Mónica Gutiérrez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMónica’s research focuses on structural and institutional racism and how this affects the inequitable distribution of power, land, and…
Ashley Gripper
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSAshley believes black communities are stronger when they are self-determined. Her research examines the connection between agriculture, land access,…
Cristina Gomez-Vidal
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSCristina believes in building systems that uplift the dignity, ingenuity, and health of communities. Disadvantaged rural and unincorporated communities…
Cynthia Golembeski
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSCynthia uses mixed methods to research how policy, law, public management, and citizen‐state relations operate at the intersection of…
Laura Gloria Gálvez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSLaura is conducting research along with undocumented Indigenous Oaxacan communities in California. Using health narratives, Laura studies and highlights…
Sheridan Fuller
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSSince the passage of “welfare reform” in 1996, there have been sharp changes in the safety net—for example, the…
Angela Adler
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSTens of millions of Americans suffer from one or more illnesses of uncertain cause, such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel,…
Alane Celeste-Villalvir
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSPublic health programs, policies, and research have been historically proscriptive, excluding marginalized communities and often denying them the agency…
Benjamin Carter
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSEven the most promising social policy will fail to improve society if it is not politically viable. Ben uses…
Shanaé Burch
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSShanaé’s research in health behavior will explore the effects of arts participation and cultural engagement on health outcomes. In…
Matthew Bakko
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMatthew is interested in making social change processes more equitable. How do differing systems and practices of philanthropy, welfare,…
Kristi Roybal
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSThrough community-based research, Kristi hopes to inform policy and practice initiatives that reduce place-based barriers to health and improve…
Matthew Lee
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMatthew is committed to designing innovative solutions that address the use, lack of use, and misuse of scientific evidence…
Jovan Julien
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSIsolated and marginalized individuals, families, communities, and organizations often have the least access to the data and evidence that…
Yaminette Diaz-Linhart
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSYaminette believes that in order to move toward health equity, organizations will need to include frontline workers as active…
Austin Compton
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSAustin is studying mosquito-borne infectious diseases in the context of genetic sex determination in the mosquito vector. He is…
Deanna Barath
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSAs part of the program, Deanna will work on research to improve health equity for vulnerable populations. She is…
Chinyere Agbai
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSThe issue of how living in gentrifying Los Angeles neighborhoods affects the overall health of those who originally resided…
