UC Underrepresented Scholars Fellowship, 2023-24
Participants
Elyse Ambrose
Religious Studies and Black Studies
UC Riverside
Courtney Baker
English
UC Riverside
Daina Berry
College of Letters and Sciences
UC Santa Barbara
Gabriela Caballero
Lingusitics
UC San Diego
Veronica Castillo-Munoz
History
UC Santa Barbara
Bridget Cooks
Art History and African American Studies
UC Irvine
Zeinabu Davis
Communications
UC San Diego
Nadia Ellis
English
UC Berkeley
Hannah Ginsborg
Philosophy
UC Berkeley
Yatta Kiazolu
Global and International Studies
UC Irvine
Xavier Livermon
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
UC Santa Cruz
Felicia Lopez
Literatures, Languages and Cultures
UC Merced
Valentina Montero Román
English
UC Irvine
Sam Museus
Ethnic Studies
UC San Diego
Alejandro Naranjo Sandoval
Philosophy
UC Davis
Philana Payton
Film and Media Studies
UC Irvine
Mayra Puente
Department of Education
UC Santa Barbara
Andrés Reséndez
History
UC Davis
Christian Ruvalcaba
Languages and Applied Linguistics
UC Santa Cruz
Ula Taylor
African American Studies
UC Berkeley
Daphne Taylor-Garcia
Ethnic Studies
UC San Diego
Cathy Thomas
English
UC Santa Barbara
Jasmine Young
Ethnic Studies
UC Riverside
Dora Zhang
English and Comparative Literature
UC Berkeley
This multi-year fellowship program is designed to build a network of underrepresented scholars for professional mentorship and development across the UC system. This program provides support to diverse junior scholars and mid-career faculty through a broad range of activities as they progress through the ranks. The aim is to build spaces of support, to share best practices and challenges, and to respond to unspoken expectations in the academy. Underrepresented academics across all registers and first-generation scholars often face unique obstacles to their professional advancement and often unrecognized potential to transformatively impact the university. Building upon a pilot program that began in 2021, we invite a new cohort of scholars to join the fellowship program.
