Summer Fellowship

Dalia Elkhalifa is a recent graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy with a focus on International Development and Global Inequality. As a first-generation Sudanese-American, Dalia’s research interests reflect her lived experiences. They center diaspora communities and investigating how research can better advocate for actionable, people-centered policy change for refugee integration.

Gabriela Cordoba Vivas is an artist-scholar that works in the intersection between art, media, and social justice. She is a second-year student of the PhD in Media Study at the University at Buffalo. She holds a bachelor degree in Political Science with an Art History minor from Los Andes University and an MA in Communication and Media from the National University of Colombia. Her research has revolved around epistemological justice, the right to the city, and cultural representations of transgender sex work.

Lindsey Burnside (she/her/hers) is a PhD student in the Social-Personality area of the Psychology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Some of her previous work includes projects linking racial residential segregation to health disparities via epigenomic mechanisms, investigations of racism-related vigilance, and in-group expectations of social affirmation. Her research interests include health equity, racism-related stress, and integrative, person-centered, research methods.

Eliza Brooks is a recent graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where she majored in Political Science and minored in Public Policy.  Her studies centered the impact of historical, economic, and social forces on the operation of politics, and the ways in which public policy can be utilized to ensure equitable access to justice for all people. Outside of the classroom, Eliza proudly served as a Resident Assistant helping first-year students navigate their transition to Cal.

Emily Stratmeyer is a rising 2L at Wake Forest University School of Law. Originally from Baltimore, MD, she earned her Bachelors of Arts in Economics and Government and Politics from University of Maryland, College Park in 2016. Prior to starting her legal education, Emily served as an intern for the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and worked as a legal assistant at a prominent mediation and arbitration firm in Washington, D.C.. Emily is interested in criminal justice reform, child welfare, and housing policy.

Priya Prabhakar is a rising senior at Scripps College, pursuing a degree in Media Studies with a focus in labor, surveillance, and visual theory. Priya has previously worked at the Worker Rights Consortium where she did research about labor union movements of garment workers in the Global South.

Rolando received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Pitzer College, completing a double major in Sociology and Spanish. As an undergraduate, Rolando completed two qualitative-based theses centering on Intercultural Bilingual Education and the revitalization of indigenous identity in Andean Ecuador, and a second thesis project examining the fluidity of racial and ethnic identity formations of Latinx students in domestic and international contexts after completing study abroad programs.

Anna Palmer received her Bachelors of Arts degree in Sociology with a concentration in migration, race, and education at Occidental College. For the last few years, Anna served as the Education in Action (EIA) Coordinator at the Center for Community Based Learning where she collaborated with multiple stakeholders to develop reciprocal community-based projects and research.

Hana Beach is a graduate of Barnard College with a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and concentration in History. Her coursework centered on urban political economies and explored their ripplings into the built environment. It culminated in a senior thesis that probed IBM’s role in the spatial and economic growth of Rochester, Minnesota. Previously, she worked as a fellow at the Jain Family Institute where she contributed to the institute’s communications and editorial work.

Sonam Kotadia recently received her Masters of Arts degree in International Security with concentrations in global risks and research methods from Sciences Po Paris. Her master's thesis compared the attitudes and values of supporters of left- and right-wing populists in the US and France in 2016. At the Haas Institute, she will be working with the Civic Engagement Narrative Change project to research voting rights and political participation.

Gia Jones is a rising third year at the University of California, Berkley studying Society and Environment with a concentration of Justice and Sustainability while also minoring in Food Systems and African-American Studies. Outside of academics, she works with local organizations feeding and improving the lives of marginalized people suffering from systemic houselessness.

Kajol Gupta is working towards a dual-degree in Conservation & Resource Studies as well as Gender & Women's Studies at UC Berkeley. Focusing on the intersection of race and gender within environmental justice issues in her academic career, Kajol has also served as a commissioner for the Community Health Commission under the City of Berkeley, as well as worked as a research assistant for the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine.

Jonathan (Jon) Farrell (he, him his) is a Master of Social Work candidate at California State University, Dominguez Hills. As a Central Los Angeles-based graduate student, his research interests include the impact of transit-oriented housing displacement on communities with limited asset wealth, the cyclical impact of low academic achievement in high-poverty neighborhoods, and examining the correlation of traditional gender roles and unreported dating violence within the Mexican-American community.

Yvette Chen is a Master of City Planning candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interest is in fair and equitable housing through a racial equity framework. This includes the development of fair housing through legal frameworks and equitable housing disaster recovery. Prior to joining the Haas Institute, Yvette earned her BA from Oberlin College in Sociology and Economics.

Maritza Perez is a Research Assistant at the Haas Institute and is in her final semester at Berkeley Law. Her background as a first-generation American and college graduate fueled her desire to become involved in progressive politics from an early age in order to dismantle inequitable treatment of underrepresented groups. She joined Teach For America (TFA) after college to foster academic growth in New Orleans public schools.

Fanna Gamal is a Research Assistant at the Haas Institute. She is currently a law student at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Before law school Fanna served as a Campaign Associate for ColorOfChange.org -- America's largest online civil rights organization. As an Associate Fanna worked on voting rights, criminal justice and labor campaigns.