Archives: Spotlights
Postdoc Spotlight: Daniel Mutyambai
Daniel Mutyambai is featured as part of Cornell’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2018. Daniel Mutyambai is from Kitui, Kenya and has a PhD in Environmental Science from North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.…
Student Spotlight: Kelsey Utne
What is your area of research? My dissertation examines the politics of dead bodies and space in 20th century India and Pakistan in order to answer the question: what was…
Student Spotlight: Stephen Kim
What is your area of research? I am a Ph.D. candidate in English with minor fields in feminist, gender, and sexuality studies and science and technology studies. My research seeks…
Student Spotlight: Elena Guzman
What is your area of research? I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology and I am currently writing my dissertation. My work is concerned with the ways…
Student Spotlight: David Garavito
What is your area of research? In general, my area of research concerns cognitive theory and neuroscience, with a specific focus on neuroeconomics and decision-making. Currently, my immediate work focuses…
Student Spotlight: Helen Trejo
What is your area of research? As a Ph.D. candidate in fiber science and apparel design, my research explores the intersections of fashion and agriculture in New York. I focused…
Student Spotlight: Manish Raghavan
What is your area of research? My primary focus is on analyzing the social and ethical consequences of algorithms. I work to understand how the rising presence of algorithms in…
Student Spotlight: Theresa Rocha Beardall
What is your area of research? Why is this research important? I am a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in sociology studying race, policing, and inequality. My dissertation research explores two critical…
Student Spotlight: Jared Enriquez
Jared Enriquez is a doctoral student in city and regional planning from San Antonio, Texas. After earning his undergraduate degree at Yale College, he chose to pursue further study at…
Student Spotlight: Mark W. Deets
What is your area of research? I study modern African history, focused on colonial and postcolonial (i.e. after 1850) Senegambia. My research studies the ways that people from Senegal’s Casamance…