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Cohort 8, 2023-2024

Nidal Wadi

Fellow 2023-2024

Nidal Wadi is currently a Junior who transferred to UTSA after completing an Associate of Arts degree program in the Lone Star College System. Nidal is now pursuing a BA in History with a Social Studies Concentration, working part-time in the Department of History as a Student Assistant, and serving as the President of the UTSA History Club. Nidal’s primary research interests include the history of social and political reform movements, women and gender studies, and human migration. “I am so grateful for this opportunity, and I cannot wait to expand upon my own studies alongside this excellent cohort of humanities students!”

Elisa Castro

Fellow, 2023-2024

Brisa Escobedo

Fellow, 2023-2024

Dominique Gonzalez

Fellow, 2023-2024

Marisel Kraus

Fellow, 2023-224

Jasmine Lopez

Fellow, 2023-2024

Jasmine is an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at San Antonio studying for her bachelor’s degree in anthropology with a double minor in archaeological practices and geography/ environmental sustainability. She has held various internships in the public sector of heritage conservation, including: the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Parks Service, and the Center for Archaeological Research. Upon her graduation from the University of Texas at San Antonio, she hopes to continue her archaeological education at the graduate level.

Broadly, Jasmine’s research interests include non-intrusive archaeological techniques, public perceptions of cultural resource management, and archaeological legislation.

Julietta Lujan

Fellow, 2023-2024

Arynei Nance

Fellow, 2023-2024

Michael Paredes

Fellow, 2023-2024

Diana Perez

Fellow, 2023-2024

Angelina Rodriguez

Fellow, 2023-2024

Natalia Sosa

Fellow, 2023-2024

Cohort 7, 2022-2023

Giselle Galindo

Fellow, 2022-2023

Research Interests

My research interest revolves around art accessibility to BIPOC communities, especially the Latino/a/x community. I want to explore the historical, political, and artistic lens surrounding art development within our barrios and how it is necessary to help low-income, queer, and BIPOC individuals of all ages. This encompasses other topics surrounding the arts and the importance it brings to identity, culture, and resistance. Through my identities, my research can extend immensely into many worlds which is very exciting as an artist and activist who wants to pursue education and run a nonprofit!

Kianna Castillo

Fellow, 2022-2023

Research Interests

Research focus on underrepresented female latina/o important figures left out of historical events – Underrepresented Female Minorities

Sara Torrentera

Fellow, 2022-2023

Research Interests

My research interests center around the history of the county of Atascosa. The area in south Texas is rich with a diverse history and is underrepresented. I will be researching the prominent Mexican American/ Mexican communities who assisted in the development of Atascosa county.

Karla Luna

Fellow, 2022-2023

Research Interests

My research interest is in immigration and the psychological effects it has on people migrating to this country; more specifically the process of acculturation, assimilation, and identity. I want to reach out to first-generation immigrants to talk about their journey leaving their home country, their experience in the United States, and how connected they feel to their home country. If possible I want to talk to those affected by the family separation policy at the border and the psychological consequences of this policy.

Journee Rodriguez

Fellow, 2022-2023

Research Interests

My research interests are studying the economic status and education status of Chicano families who reside in the West side of San Antonio, more specifically multigenerational relationships between mother and daughter and how their circumstances differ. I am also interested in reaching the number of fluent Spanish speakers in Chicano families starting with grandparents to grandchildren, asking about the teaching methods and willingness to share the language.

Justin Ibanez

Fellow, 2022-2023

Research Interests

My research interests are centered around cultural retention and analyzation, taking a look into how Mexican/Mexican American communities, domestically and abroad, have deliberately or intrinsically retained their culture over time through traditions, gastronomy, language, etc. This research could range from investigating how indigenous communities have carried on their traditions over the generations, or the ways that Mexican American immigrants in the United States, through assimilation, may have adapted their traditions in their new homes. With this I hope to be able to share a look into the ways that Mexican culture continues to be retained from pre-Hispanic times to now, the 21st century