CGPACS Funded Research Projects
CGPACS is proud to fund cutting-edge research conducted by UCI graduate students.
Below are the recipients of our Graduate Student fellowships. Congratulations to our
awardees.
CGPACS Grant Awardees 2025-2026
| NAME | DEPARTMENT |
|---|---|
| Agnik Bhattacharya | Keith Nelson Fellowship winner | Art History |
| Abhimanyu Rajshekar | Political Science |
| Alyssa Arends | Political Science |
| Amy Gilmore | Political Science |
| Anibal Serrano | Political Science |
| Ann-Cathrin Kloeckner | Informatics |
| Chris Chih-Hua Tseng | Sociology |
| Christian Beltran | Psychological Science |
| Danielle Puretz | John M. Whitely Fellowship winner | Criminology Law & Society |
| Edward Nadurata | Anthropology |
| Emily Jorgenson | Anthropology |
| Gvantsa Gasviani | Global & International Studies |
| Hanna Dosenko | Anthropology |
| Jacob Sutherland | Political Science |
| Jake Atienza | Global & International Studies |
| Jenniffer Perez Lopez | Sociology |
| Joanna Williams | Economics |
| Jozef Robles | Sociology |
| Katherine Funes | Global & International Studies |
| Levi Edwards | Economics |
| Michelle Ceballos | Sociology |
| Muhammad Abdur Raqib | Anthropology |
| Nasim Fekrat | Anthropology |
| Peyton Howard | Economics |
| Risako Ninomiya | Sociology |
| Rishe Gune | Culture and Theory |
| Seyfulla Ozkurt | Political Science |
| Shirley Boya Ouyang | Sociology |
| Sophia Jaime | Sociology |
| Sweta Rijal | Political Science |
| Sydney Gordon | Economics |
| Syed Mir Waleed | Anthropology |
| Tenzing Wangdak | Anthropology |
| Tom Wang | Economics |
| Xinyue Wei | Political Science |
| Yeryeng (Stella) Choi | Sociology |
| Udita Ghosh | Political Science |
| Zoe Van Gyseghem | Global & International Studies |
CGPACS Grant Awardees 2024-2025
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | DEPARTMENT | PROJECT TITLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boko | Semassa | Sociology | Du Bois and the Color Line Reconsidered: Slavery as a Form of War |
| Burke | Sarah | Political Science | The Effect of Reproductive Justice on Intrastate Peace |
| Chacon | Christopher | History | The Birth of Global Hindutva |
| Dosenka | Hanna | Anthropology | Digital Exhumation: Social Media and the Search for Missing Ukrainian Soldiers |
| Fekrat | Nasim | Anthropology | The Entangled Legacies of Afghanistan: Occupation, Exile and Hazara Struggles for Belonging |
| Gvanstsa | Gasviani | GIS | Loss of National Manhood? Gendered Narratives about Exiles of the Russian-Ukrainian War in Georgia |
| Veronica | Gonzalez | Social Ecology | Investigating Intimate Partner Violence from the Perspective of rural Michoacan |
| Isaac | Mary | Political Science | The legacy of marginalization: How pre-migration minoritization impacts integration |
| Jenson | Alexis | Political Science | Gender Troubles: Visual Representations of Sex, Gender, and Militarism in Northern Ireland |
| Kashem | Tauhid | Political Science | At the Borders of the Refugee Regime: International regime complexity and refugee protection in South and Southeast Asia |
| Kim | Inah | Anthropology | Archiving the Remains of Nuclear World: Citizen Radiation Detection Activities in post-Fukushima Japan |
| Lowood | Paul | Economics | Princes and Prelates: Contesting Ecclesiastical Elections in the Holy Roman Empire 1400-1800 |
| Martinez | Caroline | Sociology | Indigenous Latinxs in the United States: Understanding Indigeneity Across Borders and Racial Paradigms |
| Morcos | Mirette | Political Science | An Analysis of Sectarian Violence in Egypt Post-Tahrir |
| Morgan | Sam | Political Science | Executive-legislative relations within the NATO Alliance during the deployment of US nuclear weapons to Europe in the 1950s and 1960s |
| Muñoz | Rogelio | Anthropology | El Oro Verde: Avocado Cultivation in Michoacán and Framing the Cartel” Problem |
| Rajshekar | Abhimanyu | Political Science | Transnational Repression by Democratic States as a Peace and conflict issue for its Minority Diaspora Abroad |
| Raqib | Muhammad | Anthropology | Securitized Life: Political Widowhood, Imprisonment, and Policing in Bangladesh |
| Rowland | Alisson | Political Science | The Regulatory Liminality of Sex Work: How Subnational Organizers Enact Peacebuilding |
| Serrano | Anibal | Political Science | Urban Refusals: Youth Navigating Violence in South Central Los Angeles and Tijuana |
| Tricic | Merima | Urban Policy and Public Planning | A War of Words: Activist Narratives of Sexual Violence and Contested Public Memories in Post-War Bosnia |
| Tseng | Chris Chih-Hua | Sociology | Global Competitions and the Shaping of the Semiconductor Industry |
| Wangdak | Tenzing | Anthropology | Democracy in Exile: Charting Legitimacy for a Non–Violent Tibetan National Movement |
| Williams | Joanna | Economics | The Long Run Effects of Public Religious Subsidies in Alsace-Lorraine |
| Wu | Yuxiu (Isabel) | History | Paula, la Politica: Popular Women’s Magazine in Chile’s Public Sphere, 1967-1988 |
| Yuan | Weijun | Sociology | Emerging consensus: How do activist groups bridge structural divisions through communication and positioning |