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.
Will Power Faculty Theater & Performance Studies A writer and theater artist working in the area of performance, Will Power is a pioneering creator of hip-hop theater and has been called the best verse playwright in America by New York magazine.
Mai Thai Faculty Sociology Meet Mai Thai of sociology, who examines topics related to social control, youth and race/ethnicity. Her expertise is in education, the criminal justice system, and race and racial justice.
Benjamin Weiss Faculty Sociology Meet Benjamin Weiss of sociology, whose research examines how organizational conditions shape experiences of and responses to gendered deviance and crime.
Robert Sanchez Faculty Philosophy Meet Robert Sanchez of philosophy, who specializes in Mexican/Latinx/Latin American philosophy, as well as existentialism. He also has interests in the philosophy of race, the philosophy of food and the history of philosophy.
Katarzyna Marciniak Faculty Media Arts & Culture Meet Katarzyna Marciniak of Media Arts & Culture, who focuses on the aesthetics and politics of transnational visual cultures, particularly on representations of foreignness, immigration, national (un)belonging, and the construction of border zones as sites of contention.
Amanda Tasse Faculty Media Arts & Culture Meet Amanda Tasse of Media Arts & Culture, who has over 15 years experience working as an animator, designer and director in the film industry and media art world.
Lindsey Ingram 19 Alumni Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture Economics Lindsey parlayed her academic concentration in literature and economics into a job in the health insurance industry, which allows her to help others and offer her clients peace of mind.
Kira Elliott 19 Alumni Economics Diplomacy & World Affairs Initially intimidated by the career center, Kira leveraged her own talents along with the dedication and expertise of her career advisers to land a job in economic consulting three months before graduation.
David Wang 19 Alumni Economics Davids experience with undergraduate research and extracurricular involvements all came to bear when he attended the Oxy Career Fair as a senior and met his future employer.
Madeline Baer Faculty Diplomacy & World Affairs Meet Madeline Baer of Diplomacy & World Affairs, whose teaching interests include global political economy, human rights, the politics of globalization and development, and Latin American politics.
Timothy Rainone Faculty Mathematics Meet Timothy Rainone of math, a pure mathematician whose research interests include functional analysis; operator algebras; C*-algebras arising from dynamical systems, groupoids, and topological graphs; and the classification of C*-crossed products by K-theoretic invariants.
Noa Richard Student Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture Critical Theory & Social Justice Noa Richard, an Obama Scholar, was awarded a Humanity in Action Fellowship to study the history of human rights with a group of students and alumni over the summer (this years program will proceed in a virtual format).
