UC Underrepresented Scholars Fellowship, 2025-26
Participants
Lorena Alvarado
Global Arts, Media, and Writing Studies
UC Merced
Asia Bento
Sociology
UC Irvine
Gabriel Bámgbóṣé
Literature
UC San Diego
Amalia Cabezas
Media and Cultural Studies
UC Riverside
Amy Carroll
Literature
UC San Diego
John Cutler
English
UC Berkeley
Jigna Desai
Feminist Studies
UC Santa Barbara
Yessica Garcia Hernandez
Chicana/o and Central American Studies
UC Los Angeles
Andrew Jolivétte
Sociology & Afro-Indigenous Studies
UC Santa Barbara
Donna Jones
English
UC Berkeley
Suk-Young Kim
Theater and Performance Studies
UC Los Angeles
Viviana Mahieux
Spanish and Portuguese
UC Irvine
Uri McMillan
English, Gender and Sexuality Studies, African-American Studies
UC Los Angeles
Mai Nguyen
Urban Studies and Planning
UC San Diego
Whitney Pirtle
Community Health Sciences
UC Los Angeles
Rafael Pérez-Torres
English
UC Los Angeles
Omar Ramírez Pimienta
Spanish and Portuguese
UC Santa Barbara
Alejandra Reyes Ruiz del Cueto
Urban Planning and Public Policy
UC Irvine
AJ Rice
Political Science
UC Santa Barbara
Richard Rodriguez
English
UC Riverside
Ariana Ruíz
Literature
UC San Diego
José Manuel Santillana Blanco
American Studies
UC Davis
Eric Stanley
Gender and Women's Studies
UC Berkeley
Christopher Stout
Political Science
UC San Diego
Emily Celeste Vázquez Enríquez
Spanish and Portuguese
UC Davis
Henry Washington, Jr.
African American Studies & African Diaspora Studies
UC Berkeley
Rebecca Wear
Performance, Play & Design
UC Santa Cruz
Ka-eul Yoo
Global and International Studies
UC Irvine
Ruben Zecena
English
UC Davis
Mengyang (Zoe) Zhao
Sociology
UC Santa Cruz
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. Learn more about the Underrepresented Scholars program and keep an eye out for the next call for applications in the Fall.
