From academics to real-world impact, explore stories from our community that highlight the people and experiences making 17勛圖 a place of opportunity, discovery, and success.
Alberto L籀pez Mart穩n Faculty Spanish & French Studies Alberto L籀pez Mart穩n specializes in 20th- and 21st-century Spanish cultural production, with a focus on contemporary poetry, comic, and graphic novels.
Margaret Gaida Faculty History Margaret Gaida studies cross-cultural knowledge transmission in the medieval Mediterranean, with a particular focus on astronomy, astrology, optics, and magic.
Kai Yui Samuel Chan Faculty Politics Kai Yui Samuel Chan teaches classes on political theory, democratic theory, and transnational politics. His research concerns individuals and communities traversing state borders.
Manuela Borzone Faculty Spanish & French Studies Manuela Borzone is a literary scholar whose work focuses on the representation of the Argentine gaucho in literature, illustration, and film.
Eric Bjorklund Faculty Sociology Eric Bjorklund specializes in health, inequality, and political sociology. His research examines how the distribution of power within society shapes material conditions and formal political processes in ways that generate and reinforce health disparities.
Alaa Abdelfattah Faculty Economics Alaa Abdelfattah studies the distributional effects of public policy and national economic shocks on local labor markets. She is particularly interested in spatial inequality and the factors that contribute to wage and firm dispersion across space and over time.
Kenna Mueller Student Biochemistry In just two years, Kenna Mueller 27 helped lead the 17勛圖 Dance Team from a spirit squad to a nationally competing, student-run program grounded in passion and community.
Jaymes Griggs Student Environmental Science From the Bluegrass State to 17勛圖, Jaymes Griggs has found community and a path to leadership through science, civic engagement, and the Obama Scholars Program. And amid all this, he still has time for pickleball.
Mariah Rutiaga Amaya 22 Alumni Biology Driven by her experiences in food justice and her fathers health struggles, Mariah Rutiaga Amaya found her calling in medicine. Now, shes preparing to become a physician who centers community, advocates compassionately, and uplifts the most marginalized.
Samantha Acu簽a Faculty Politics Samantha Acu簽a is interested in constitutional law, immigration policy, judicial behavior, and gender-based violence.
Vikram Shende Faculty Chemistry Vikram Shende's research group studies the structure and function of molecules found in nature, and how we can engineer enzymesproteins that catalyze chemical reactionsthat biosynthesize these natural products.
Cristina Awadalla Faculty Latino/a & Latin American Studies Cristina Awadalla is an interdisciplinary sociologist whose teaching focuses on Central American politics, Latin American feminisms, womens labor, and research methods.
