Meet CSUN's CDIP Fellows

Corie Mesa Romero 
Doctoral Program: Writing and Rhetoric Studies      
Campus: Northeastern University     
CSU Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Lee           
 

Kyle Moreno 
Doctoral Program: Education
Campus: University of Southern California   
CSU Faculty Sponsor: Gabriela Chavira         
 

Rosalia Rojas 
Doctoral Program: Child Study and Human Development   
Campus: Tufts University       
CSU Faculty Sponsor: Rika Meyer      
 

Maseri Schultz          
Doctoral Program: English     
Campus: University of Oregon          
CSU Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Lee    
 

Vidya Venkatesan     
Doctoral Program: Physics and Astronomy   
Campus: University of California, Irvine        
CSU Faculty Sponsor: Cristina Cadavid    

The 2024 to 2025 cohort will be announced in Summer 2024.

Analine Aguayo

Program: Biological Sciences, UC San Diego
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maria Elena de Bellard, Biology

 

Hannah Cogswell

Program: Sociology, Northwestern University
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lauren McDonald, Sociology

 

Nallely de la Rosa

Program: Psychology; Social Psychology, New York University
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Debbie Ma, Psychology

 

Felicity Gutierrez

Program: Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado, Psychology

 

Kaveh Houshmand Azad

Program: Organizational Change and Leadership program, University of Southern California
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Seung Paik, Business and Economics

 

Cathrine Johnson

Program: Sociology, University of Miami
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Katherine Lorenz, Criminology

 

Nidah Mohammed

Program: Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stefanie Drew, Psychology

 

Marina Perez

Program: Art History, University of New Mexico
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Sociology

 

Jullianne Regalado

Program: Criminology, University of Delaware
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anastasiia Timmer, Criminology

 

Alden Robison

Program: Communication, UC San Diego
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter Marston, Communication

 

Stephanie Torres-Pantoja

Program: Communication, Ohio State University
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Abraham M. Rutchick, Psychology

 

Antranik Kirakosian

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Ash Kuhnley

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Zak Peete

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Sean Pessin

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Brian Rivera-Hernandez

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Daniel Saravia

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Pauline Serrano

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Daniel Garcia

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Kimberly Garcia

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Kimberly Garcia-Galvez

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Malinda Hackett

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Richard Ibarra

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Marilyn Ee

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Edward Flores

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Alejandra Fregozo Vargas

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Detrich Galloway

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Sami Alsalloom

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Dianna Alvarado

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Marcela Alvarez

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LaShonda Carter

Program: Culture & Theory, UC Irvine
Faculty Mentor: Khanum Shaikh, Gender & Women’s Studies

 

Liam Espinoza-Zemlicka

Program: Anthropology, UC Riverside
Faculty Mentor: Suzanne Scheld, Anthropology

 

Virginia Gomez

Program: Gender Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
Faculty Mentor: Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Sociology

 

L. Christine Hirst Bernhart

Program: STEM Education, UCSB
Faculty Mentor: Brian Foley, Education

 

Brittney Jimenez

Program: Latin American and Latino Studies Program, UC Santa Cruz
Faculty Mentor: Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Sociology

 

Sarah Marks

Program: Psychology, Rutgers
Faculty Mentor: Gabriela Chavira, Psychology

 

Nelly Maroutyan

Program: Linguistics, USC
Faculty Mentor: David Medeiros, Linguistics

 

Brian Mercado

Program: Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
Faculty Mentor: Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Sociology

 

Yaquelin Morales

Program: Performance Studies, Northwestern
Faculty Mentor: Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Sociology

 

Dani Murillo

Program: Sociology, University of Massachusetts
Faculty Mentor: Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Sociology

 

Luis Paz de la Vega

Program: Psychology, UC Merced
Faculty Mentor: Mark Otten, Psychology

 

Dalton Pena

Program: Health Administration, University of Alabama
Faculty Mentor: Grishma Bhavsar, Health Sciences

 

Genesis Pia

Program: Sociology, Rutgers
Faculty Mentor: Lauren McDonald, Sociology

 

Kenia Rodriguez

Program: English Literature, University of Connecticut
Faculty Mentor: Krystal Howard, Liberal Studies

 

Rana Sharif

Program: Comparative Literature and Languages, UC Riverside
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Sorrells, Communication Studies

 

Yadira Tejada

Program: Social Work, Washington University, St Louis
Faculty Mentor: Jodi Brown, Social Work

Information on CSUN's CDIP Alumni coming soon.