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AAUW 2024 Fund Fellows and Grant Recipients

October 28, 2024

31 inspiring California fellow and grant recipients are studying in California this year and are available to share nuggets of their fascinating studies. Watch the short video introduction by each fellow and grant recipient and see what, and who, your AAUW Fund dollars support. Learn about Immigration, Reproductive Healthcare, Gender, Race & Ethnicity, Inequality and Social Policy, Incarcerated women, kinship, and activism, and other topics.

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First NameLast NameInstitutionDegree SoughtPrimary Area of ExpertiseSpecializationAward Program NameProject NameCityIntroduction in Video #
AdamakaAjaeloSelf-eSTEMEarly STEM Immersion ProgramCommunity Action GrantScience, Technology, Eningeering & MathematicsOaklandVideo #2
ShannonBaeUniversity of California-Irvine (Irvine-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyAnthropologyCultural AnthropologyAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsReconciling DNA: Making Kinship and Nation through Genetic Testing in South KoreaIrvineVideo #1
FaithBennettUniversity of California-Davis (Davis-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyHistoryGender and LaborAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsSide Work: Class Consciousness and Political Activism Amidst the Decline of San Francisco Bay Area Restaurant Unions from the 1940s to 1980sDavisVideo #2
AnnaBukarevaHer Idea SFDare to Dream FellowshipCommunity Action GrantProject-Based Learning / MentorshipSan Francisco
BonnieCherryUniversity of California-Berkeley (Berkeley-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyLawLaw and Organizations, Federal Indian policy, Critical Security StudiesAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsLittle Kingdoms: Administrative Power and Legalized Security in Indian CountryBerkeley
MeganChungUniversity of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles-CA)Master of ScienceEngineeringElectrical Engineering- Physical and Wave ElectronicsSelected Professions FellowshipsLow Power Tunable Multiferroic Flux Sources for Steering and FocusingLos AngelesVideo #1
Abigail (Abbie)CohenUniversity of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyEducationYouth-serving community organizations, philanthropy, public schools, democracy, raceAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsAfter the Final Bell: A Critical Ethnography With a Youth Serving Community-Based Educational Non-ProfitLos AngelesVideo #3
JoanneDeCaroUniversity of California-Irvine (Irvine-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyCriminal Justice & CriminologyPunishment and TraumaAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsUnnamed Wounds: Carceral Trauma and Wellness in ReentryIrvineVideo #2
GinaHakimUniversity of California-Irvine (Irvine-CA)DoctorateAnthropologyMigration, Environment, Water InfrastructureAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsHere We Made Another Urequío: Water Infrastructures and Mexican Transnational MigrationIrvine
SamjhanaKhanalUniversity of California-Davis (Davis-CA)DoctorateAgricultureGenetics and BiotechnologyInternational Doctoral Degree FellowshipsDentification and functional characterization of candidate genes conferring resistance to downy mildew in lettuce caused by oomycete Bremia LactucaeDavisVideo #3
RachelKleinUniversity of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyGender StudiesIncarcerated women, kinship, and activismAmerican Dissertation Fellowships"Incarcerating Motherhood: The Carceral State and Insurgent Kinship Networks in California"Los AngelesVideo #1
NahalehLotfi MalakabadiUniversity of California-San Diego (La Jolla-CA)Master of Public PolicyPublic PolicyInequality and Social PolicyInternational Master's/First Professional Degree FellowshipsAAUW International Fellowship offerCalifornia
DenaMalakianBright Futures for YouthSTEAM ExplorersCommunity Action GrantPositive Youth DevelopmentGrass ValleyVideo #3
MaggieMaternStanford University (Stanford-CA)Post DoctorateBiologyOtolaryngologyAmerican Postdoctoral Research Leave FellowshipsDeveloping a CRISPR toolkit for inner ear organoid gene controlStanfordVideo #2
ZoeMiller-VedamUniversity of California-Irvine (Irvine-CA)Doctor of PhilosophySociologyImmigration, Reproductive Healthcare, Gender, Race & EthnicityAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsStanding on the threshold: birthright citizenship and immigrant incorporation during the perinatal periodIrvine
AmiraNoeuvUniversity of California-San Diego (La Jolla-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyEthnic & Cultural StudiesCritical Refugee Studies; Critical Global Health StudiesAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsScabbing: Second-Generation Cambodian American Transgenerational Trauma HealingLa JollaVideo #3
EstherNwannaUniversity of California-Davis (Davis-CA)Post DoctorateHealth & MedicineBiochemistInternational Postdoctoral FellowshipsEvaluation of the Antimicrobial Potential of Selected Medicinal Plans for the Treatment of Baacterial Infections in Dairy CattleDavisVideo #2
JacquelinePhanUniversity of California-Berkeley (Berkeley-CA)Post DoctorateBiologyMicrobiology, Molecular Biology, BiochemistryAmerican Postdoctoral Research Leave FellowshipsRegulation of Shigella infection via the gut microbiomeBerkeley
MayraPuenteUniversity of California-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara-CA)Post DoctorateEducationHigher EducationAmerican Postdoctoral Research Leave FellowshipsA Platicando y Mapeando Mixed Methods Research Study on Rural Latinx Students? College Access and Choice Processes in California?s Central CoastSanta BarbaraVideo #3
CandyRamirez-HaleUniversity of California-San Francisco (San Francisco-CA)Master of NursingHealth & MedicineNurse Midwifery/Women's HealthCareer Development GrantsCertified Nurse Midwivery/Women's Health NP MastersSan Francisco
HiraSherazAmerican Film Institute Conservatory (Los Angeles-CA)Master of Fine ArtsCreative WritingFilmInternational Master's/First Professional Degree FellowshipsBoy and the CobblerLos Angeles
NefertitiSmith ChristmanUniversity of California-Irvine (Irvine-CA)Doctor of ScienceBiologyAquatic EcologyAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsLeft in the Dust: Suspended Sediment impacts ZebrafishIrvineVideo #1
FelicityStone-RichardsUniversity of California-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyPolitical SciencePolitical Theory and Japanese StudiesAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsThe Search for Acknowledgment: Anti-racist and Pro-immigration Praxis in JapanSanta Barbara
Ann NgocTranUniversity of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyHistorySoutheast Asian DiasporaAmerican Dissertation Fellowships"The Ark is Already Gone: A History of Boat Refugee Non-Arrival"Los AngelesVideo #2
ChristineVegaSan Jose State University (San Jose-CA)Ethnic & Cultural StudiesMotherscholarship - Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality StudiesAmerican Short-Term Research Publication GrantsLove by Any Means Necessary: Women of Color, Mothers, Scholars, y ActivistasSan JoseVideo #3
AnaïsVo?kiStanford University (Stanford-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyEnvironmental StudiesEnvironmental psychologyInternational Doctoral Degree FellowshipsBeyond Western climate anxiety: Planetary eco-emotions and the moderating role of psychological distance and environmental justiceStanfordVideo #3
AmeeraWaterfordStanford University (Stanford-CA)Master of ScienceEngineeringTechnology and Engineering ManagementSelected Professions FellowshipsManagement Science and EngineeringStanfordVideo #3
EssenceWilsonUniversity of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyCommunicationsHealth CommunicationAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsThe Road to Black Jasmine: Developing a culturally-adapted digital mental health intervention using participatory animation to reduce stigma and enhance help-seeking among Black youthLos AngelesVideo #1
SoraWooUniversity of California-San Diego (La Jolla-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyMusicIntegrative StudiesAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsKorean American Women: Loving Music In-BetweenLa JollaVideo #1
LaylaZbindenUniversity of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)Doctor of PhilosophyEthnic & Cultural StudiesArab American Studies; Medical HumanitiesAmerican Dissertation FellowshipsButterfly Affect: Arab Feminist Worldmaking in the Wake of Pain and IllnessLos AngelesVideo #1
IfshaZehraUniversity of California-San Diego (La Jolla-CA)DoctorateCommunicationsCritical Gender Studies, Visual CulturesInternational Doctoral Degree FellowshipsGendering Occupied Visions and Centering ImaginationsLa JollaVideo #3

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