Juan Rua-Serna

I am a Ph.D. student at the CUNY Graduate Center, specializing in International Relations and Comparative Politics. My research focuses on the intersection of immigration, border politics, human rights, and international organizations. I am particularly interested in understanding how integration policies work, how immigrants think about political participation, and the Read more…

Sara Feinstein

I am a second year student in the Sociology Doctoral program at the Graduate Center. My research focuses on the ways that digital technologies relate to social inequalities. My current project uses panel longitudinal survey data to examine the connection between childhood digital technology use and early adult social mobility Read more…

Fatima Rahman

Fatima Rahman (she/her) is a second-year doctoral student in the English program at the Graduate Center. Her research interests include interrogating representations of the state, nationalisms, and revolutionary possibilities in postcolonial literature, including the diasporic community whose cohesion (or lack thereof) can complicate or contribute to the longue durée of Read more…

Inna Oliinyk

Inna Oliinyk’s research focuses on Ukraine, with particular attention to civil society, the ongoing Russian invasion, and the role of global propaganda in shaping political and social responses. She is the author of the research project Open Arms, Conflicting Loyalties: A Comparison of Russian and Ukrainian Immigration to Poland and Read more…

Anson Chung

Anson Cheuk-Hin Chung is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center. His research focuses on the judicial behavior of judges and the institutional design of incorporating foreign judges in local courts, specifically focusing on the case of Hong Kong. His research also focuses on the strategic Read more…

Danny Soper

Danny Soper is a 2nd year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at CUNY Queens College and the Graduate Center. His research examines executive functions in undergraduate populations as they relate to internalizing symptoms, namely anxiety and depression symptoms. He is also interested in understanding how cultural identity and Read more…

Aline Van Neutgem

I am third-year PhD student in Political Science at CUNY Graduate Center specializing in political theory and comparative public policy. My research focuses on the intersections of power, justice, and gender, with particular attention to how policies affect marginalized communities. I am especially interested in the implementation of conversion therapy Read more…

Amalia Torrecillas

Amalia is a Ph.D. student in Public Policy at the CUNY Graduate Center, where her research focuses on labor informality, inequality, and the political economy of social policy. Her work examines how informal and precarious labor arrangements shape economic insecurity, access to social protection, and democratic governance, with a particular Read more…

Gloria Caminha

Gloria Caminha is a PhD candidate in History at the Graduate Center. Her research focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward Brazil from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, with a specific emphasis on energy issues. She teaches United States history and currently teaches U.S. policy in Latin America during the Read more…

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…