CISS Names Recipients of Funded 2023-24 Undergraduate Internships
The Center is pleased to announce the third annual cohort of funded undergraduate research interns and their faculty mentors. The internship program matches undergraduate students with faculty researchers, and provides interns first-hand experience with all aspects of the research process – including data collection, analysis, and writing. A research showcase in April 2024 will feature presentations by the 2023-24 cohort of student intern-mentor teams. For the first time, interns will have the opportunity to participate in a new one-credit Hub co-curricular focused on the fundamentals of social science research. More information on the interns, their projects, and their future career plans will be forthcoming on the CISS website. Congratulations to the interns and their mentors!
| Faculty Mentor | Intern | Project Title/Topic |
| Luis Alvarez-Hernandez (Department of Clinical Practice/SSW) | Alexis Flores Pineda (’26/Political Science) | Familial Stigma and Social Support among HIV+ Latinx LGBTQ+ Individuals and their families in South Texas |
| Paula Austin (History & African American and Black Diaspora Studies/CAS) | Kaitlin Howlett (CAS ’25/History) | Mapping Southwest: Counter-Mapping (Segregation and) Black Life in the Jim Crow Capital |
| Rachel Brulé (Global Development Policy/Pardee) | Diana Reno (Pardee ’24/International Relations) | Alliance for Afghan Women’s Economic Resilience |
| Rob Grace (Political Science/CAS) | TBN | The Promise and Tragedy of Humanitarianism: How Aid Workers Negotiate the Politics of International Emergency Relief |
| Nazli Kibria (Sociology/CAS | Ana Camila Morán Alvarez (CAS ’26/Sociology & Economics) | Siblings Across Borders: Transnational Intimacy and Support |
| Kristin Long (Psychological and Brain Sciences/CAS) | Dara Oliveira (CAS/Psychological and Brain Sciences) | Qualitative Inquiry into Patient Perspectives of Racism & Discrimination in Primary Care Settings |
| Spencer Piston (Political Science/CAS) | Stephen Snekvik (CAS ’26) | Mapping the Landscape of Alternatives to Policing |
| Heather Schoenfeld (Sociology/CAS) | Tia Perkins (CAS ’25/Sociology & WGS) | 21st Century Justice: The Struggle to Decarcerate in the U.S. States |
| Amber Vayo (Political Science/CAS) | Lilian Connor (CAS ’25/Political Science & History) | Historical Changes in the U.S. Constitutional Identity |