Ahmed Adam
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara 

  • aadam4@uci.edu
Tawfiq Alhamedi
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Lafayette College, 2017 

  • belonging, citizenship, memory, Indian Ocean studies, Afro-Arab diasporas, postcolonialism, nationalism, ethnicity, race

  • talhamed@uci.edu
Monique Azzara
Shannon Bae
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., University of California, Irvine 
    M.A., Hanyang University 
    B.A., Millikin University 

  • family, kinship, (trans)national belonging, gender, and South Korea

  • shannon2@uci.edu
Carlos Eduardo Borges de Carvalho Silva
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Graphic Digital Design  
    B.A. Industrial Design  

  • ceborges@uci.edu
Upuli DeSilva
Nan Ding
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., University of California, Irvine 

  • dingn1@uci.edu
Hanna Dosenko
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., Visual and Media Anthropology, HMKW Berlin, 2022
    B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences (major in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Politics, minor in Psychology), University of Groningen, 2018

  • war, digital anthropology, STS, forensics, and multi-modal methods, Ukraine

  • gdosenko@uci.edu
  • Website
Nasim Fekrat
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2020
    M.A., Religious Studies, University of Georgia, 2018
    B.A., Political Science, Dickinson College, 2013

  • nationalism; transnationalism and diaspora; colonial and postcolonial studies; genocide studies; wars, empires and refugees; surrveillence and militarism; global war on terror; Afghanistan, South Asia and the Middle east

  • nfekrat@uci.edu
Margaux Fisher
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., London School of Economics 
    B.A., Wheaton College 

  • margauxf@uci.edu
Diana Gamez
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz 

  • gamezd@uci.edu
Sab Garduño De La Vega
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement, New York University 
    B.S. Political Science, Colorado State University - Pueblo 

  • sabg1@uci.edu
Mridula Garg
  • Graduate Student
    M.S. MSc Integrated Urbanism and Sust, Ain Shams University 
    B. Arch., School of Planning and Architecture 

  • mridulag@uci.edu
Santeiu Griffin
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Sociocultural Anthropology  
    B.A. International Studies and Anthropology  

  • santeiug@uci.edu
Ai Gu
Eric Gu
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Social Sciences, University of Chicago 
    B.S. Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology, Northeastern University 

  • ecgu@uci.edu
Kenan Gu
  • Graduate Student
Athenas Viane Guerra
  • Graduate Student
    B.A. Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara 
    B.A. Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara 

  • avguerra@uci.edu
Vernica Gupta
Gina Hakim
Emily Jorgenson
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison 
    B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison 

  • eljorgen@uci.edu
Kristen Kennefick
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Social Sciences, University of Chicago 
    B.A. Anthropology, Colgate University 

  • kkennefi@uci.edu
Christine Ji-Young Kim
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Medicine, Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Irvine, 2025
    B.A. Anthropology and Chinese Studies, University of California, Irvine, 2021

  • crip technoscience, speculative digital ethnography, Deaf design, UI/UX, VR/AR/XR, transnational Korea, critical university studies, accessibility, public anthropology

  • chrisjk7@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab
Hae Seo Kim
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 
    B.A., Vassar College 

  • heask@uci.edu
Isabella Lazzarino
Juwon Lee
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University, 2019
    B.A. Comparative Studies (Specialization in Comparative Ethnic and American Studies), Ohio State University, 2012

  • urban ecologies, rivers, modernity, South Korea, Asia, multispecies ethnography, feminist anthropology

  • juwonl5@uci.edu
Xue Ma
  • Graduate Student
    M.S. Anthropology, Illinois State University 
    B.S. Finance, Beijing International Studies University 

  • xuem5@uci.edu
Syeda Mahmood
Adan Martinez Ordaz
Maeve McAllister
Andrew James McGrath
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., University of Cincinnati 
    M.A., University of Cincinnati 

  • southern California, new media, identity, aesthetics, semiology, simulation, hegemonic change, and radical theory

  • ajmcgrat@uci.edu
  • Website
Rojelio Muñoz
Jemini Sara Nainan
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Global Studies  
    B.Sc. Physical Sciences  

  • jnainan@uci.edu
Preetika Nanda
Kaitlyn Rabach
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., SOAS, University of London, 2017
    B.A., Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, 2015

  • krabach@uci.edu
Muhammad Raqib
  • Graduate Student
    B.S.S., University of Dhaka 
    M.A., SOAS, University of London 

  • lawfare, security, transitional justice, and Bangladesh

  • mraqib@uci.edu
Darwin Rodriguez
  • Graduate Student
    B.A. Anthropology, Kalamazoo College, 2013

  • queer anthropology, sexuality, Latinx studies, queer theory, identity, state-making, non-profits

  • darwinr@uci.edu
Camille Samuels
Rosie Sanchez
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Comparative Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley 

  • labor, health and safety, disasters, environmental justice in greater Los Angeles

  • rosies@uci.edu
Taylor Silverman
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Brown University 

  • medical anthropology, queer and feminist anthropology, bioethics and medical ethics, transgender studies, childhood studies

  • etsilver@uci.edu
Kaitlyn Christine Sisco
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Anthropology, University of Mississippi 
    B.A. International Studies and Spanish, University of Mississippi 

  • ksisco@uci.edu
Jessica Slattery
Prerna Srigyan
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. in Environment & Development, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University at Delhi 
    B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Delhi 

  • environmental governance, air pollution and health, urban environments, South Asia

  • psrigyan@uci.edu
Sarah Stanley
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Sarah Lawrence College 
    M.F.A. Dance, California State University, Long Beach 

  • Medical anthropology, dance and performance, corporeality, narrative, trauma, wellness, American military culture, California and Southwestern U.S.

  • sarah.stanley@uci.edu
  • Website
Lily Zhen-Ling Stewart
Margaret Louise Tebbe
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Sociology, University of California, Irvine 
    B.A. Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 

  • mtebbe@uci.edu
Shreya Uttara Kushal
  • Graduate Student
    M.S. Social Anthropology, University of Oxford 
    B.A. Political Science, Ashoka University 

  • uks1@uci.edu
Yvette Raquel Vasquez
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., University of Chicago 
    B.A., Duke University 

  • U.S.-Mexico borderlands, legal narrative analysis, knowledge production/pedagogical practice “in the social sciences”

  • yrvasque@uci.edu
Tenzing Wangdak
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., New York University 
    B.A., Hindu College 
Fei Yuan
Stella Zhang