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…

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…