Here is a list of the 2007
Summer Doctoral Fellows
Yolanda Arauza
Ph.D. in History –
North Dakota State University
Yolanda Arauza, originally from Crystal City, Texas has made Moorhead, Minnesota her home for the last 19 years. She received a BA from Minnesota State University, and an MA from North Dakota State where she is a doctoral candidate. In 2006, Yolanda was a Bush Leadership Fellow. She is an assistant professor of Chicano/Latino Studies in American Multicultural Studies at Minnesota State University. Her doctoral research focuses on the internal migration of Tejanos from Crystal City, Texas to Moorhead, Minnesota. The intersection and accommodation of race, ethnicity, class, and gender are examined in the settlement, incorporation, and formation of a Chicano/Latino community in the north. Within the coming year, in collaboration with her husband, she plans to publish a pictorial history of Chicanos.
Mentors - Jose Alamillo and Linda Heidenreich
Bindu Kaimal
Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences –
Arkansas State University
Bindu is a doctoral candidate in environmental sciences at Arkansas State University. Previously, she earned a Master's in Ecology from Pondicherry, India, and worked as a Research Fellow on the Great Indian Hornbill project for the Kerala State Forest Department. She then taught biological sciences at the high school level before coming to the United States to work on avian ecology. Bindu's research on "Advances in analytical methods to study trace element chemistry in bird feathers" explores the possibility of using a new technique, Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma- Mass Spectrometry to determine the chemical fingerprint of feathers, which can then be used to trace where the bird was when the feather was grown.
Mentor - Hubert Schwabl
Temika Michael
Ph.D. in Educational Psychology –
Howard University
Temika M. Michael is a native of Jackson, Mississippi. She received her B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Jackson State University, and an M.Ed. in educational psychology from Howard University where she now pursuing her doctorate in educational psychology. Temika's dissertation research examines the impact of Preparing Future Faculty Programs on students' professional identity development. Temika's research interests include the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), the preparation and socialization of new K-16 teachers, and professional identity development in higher education.
Mentor - Jennifer Beller
Trushna Parekh
Ph.D. in Geography –
University of Texas, Austin
Trushna is a doctoral candidate in geography at the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her BA and MA degrees in anthropology from U.C. Berkeley and Louisiana State University respectively. Trushna's research interests are in urban geography and cultural landscape studies, particularly gentrification and public space. Her dissertation is on gentrification in the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans. Her research is an ethnographic case study investigating the lived experience of gentrification and class relations. This fall Trushna joins the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky as a Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow.
Mentor - Gregory Hooks
Candace Parker
Ed.D. in Urban Educational Leadership –
Morgan State University
Candace Parker is currently a doctoral student in education at Morgan State University. She has been devoted to the field of education for several years. She received her B.A. in chemistry and an M.Ed. in Urban and Diverse Learners from Goucher College where she also earned certification in School Improvement Leadership. Her research interests include understanding multiple intelligences and educational leadership. Recently recognized in Who's Who among Teachers and Educators, she is devoted to her craft and continues to be an advocate for the best in the field of education.
Mentor - Lenoar Foster
Delphine Perrodin
Ph.D. in Physics – University of Arizona
Delphine is a doctoral candidate in physics at the University of Arizona. Originally from France, she earned a BS in physics from the University of Caen, France, and an MS in physics from San Francisco State University. The focus of Delphine's dissertation is on the gravitational wave emission from black hole binaries using the tools of effective field theories. She has also investigated modified theories of gravity and the astrophysical constraints placed on these theories. In the future, she plans to conduct research in the field of gravitational physics. More generally, her interests lie at the boundary between particle physics, cosmology and astrophysics. Delphine wants to teach university-level physics and astronomy courses, using a learner-centered approach in all of her classes. Delphine hopes to be a good mentor for students and to encourage an appreciation for the study of these exciting topics.
Mentor - Sukanta Bose
Sarah Singletary
Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology – Rice University
Sarah Singletary is a doctoral candidate in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology program at Rice University. Sarah earned her Bachelor's degree at Dillard University in New Orleans. Her research interests include issues relating to diversity and discrimination in the workplace. Sarah's dissertation is an experimental study aimed at determining the extent to which traditional and contemporary forms of discrimination impact incumbent job performance. In addition, the research seeks to determine the mechanisms behind any reduction in performance. Sarah's teaching interests include topics in both industrial-organizational and social psychology.
Mentors - Armando Estrada and Craig Parks
Tyrone Stewart
Ph.D. in American Studies –
University of Maryland, College Park
Tyrone holds a Masters degree in American Studies and Bachelors in English and philosophy from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. His dissertation will examine black men's attitudes toward emotional expressivity in historical perspective using ethnographic and textual analysis methodologies. His research is motivated by the central question: "In the post-Civil Rights era, how have black men - across lines of class, sexuality, and generation - conceptualized the boundaries emotional expression in terms of dominant ideas of 'masculinity?'" Tyrone's academic interests include cultural studies, popular culture, qualitative methods, and the role of ideology in the politics of belonging.
Mentor - David Leonard
Kellie Weiss
Ph.D. in American Literature –
Howard University
Kellie D. Weiss is a doctoral candidate in American Literature at Howard University. She is studying migration in U.S. multi-ethnic literatures, specifically African American, Asian American, and Hispanic (Puerto Rican) American. She also has an interest in teaching with technology and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) as part of the Preparing Future Faculty Program at Howard University.
Mentors - Linda Heidenreich and Carmen Lugo-Lugo