Rosa Emilia Milagros Arevalo Leon

Rosa Arevalo Leon (M.P.A., Syracuse University; M.A. studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru) is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the City University of New York (CUNY). Her research focuses on human rights, human mobility, democracy, and subnational politics, with a methodological emphasis on qualitative approaches. She was a Read more…

Danning Li

I am a PhD student in Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. I’m interested in the entanglement of labor migration and forms of colonialism in history and the present. Regarding the study of China, I’m interested in teaching topics related to rural-urban migration, development and poverty relief, contemporary life of Read more…

Jesus López Pérez

Jesus Lopez-Perez is a Mexican economist with a diverse academic and professional background. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Applied Statistics from the Tecnologico de Monterrey. He also earned a master’s degree in Economic Theory from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico. His professional Read more…

Laura Altinsoy

I am a PhD student in political science at the Graduate Center, CUNY and a lecturer currently teaching American Government at Baruch College. I earned my undergraduate degree from the University of Edinburgh and a master’s degree from the University of Dundee. My scholarly specialization is U.S. hegemony in international Read more…

Bret Windhauser

I am a third-year PhD student in the History Department, focusing on the British Mandate of Iraq. My current work examines smuggling and illicit movement around the region of the Persian Gulf. More broadly, I am interested in the intersection of criminality, health, and religion during periods of European colonization Read more…

Carmen Melillo

I am an Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science teaching Intro to American Government. I am also a PhD Student in Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center. I expect the CACI fellowship will allow me to develop my curriculum in order to give my students a firmer foundation in understanding Read more…

Qiyao Pan

Qiyao Pan is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at the Graduate Center. She is also a CUNY Institute for Demographic Research Fellow and a teaching assistant for the QMSS program and Ph.D. in sociology program. Previously she was a Junior Scholar at the Stone Center for 2023-2024 and a Graduate Read more…

Ryan Hitch

Ryan Hitch is a PhD student in the Political Science program at the CUNY Graduate Center, specializing in international security and foreign policy. His research focuses on alliance politics and the strategic behavior of middle powers in a shifting global order. He holds a B.A. from Hampshire College (2016), an Read more…

Chris Harding

Chris Harding is a PhD student at City University of New York, Graduate Center. His work focusses on themes relating to capitalism, class, labour, and agrarian life in 19th and 20th century Palestine. In 2024 his work featured in the Biennale De Venezia, as part of South West Bank, Landworks, Read more…

Silvina (Bibi) Calderaro

Bibi (Silvina) Calderaro is a Lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Studies and the Environmental Justice and Sustainability Programs at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She specializes in urban education’s role in magnifying climate action and environmental justice through situated pedagogies. She has designed and implemented a week-long pedagogical experience for Read more…