2023-2024 Sally Casanova Pre-doctoral Scholars

Meet our 2023-2024 Scholars!

We are delighted to announce our 2023-2024 Sally Casanova Scholars! The Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars Program prepares students to apply for doctoral programs and provides access to a career in academia. In addition to scholarship funding, Scholars receive mentorship from faculty and participate in a funded summer research experience at doctoral granting institutions across the U.S. 

2023-2024 Scholars

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Christian Carrillo Photo
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Jesus Cordero Photo
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Carlos Fitch Photo
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Andee Gonzalez Photo
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Kasandra Khiev Photo
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Dylan Kurz Photo
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Claudine Maloles Photo
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Tess Nguyen Photo
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Cody Spjut Photo
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Daniel Torres Photo
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Athena Vasquez Photo
 

2022-2023 Scholars

 

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Antonio Arreguin picture
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Guadalupe Barragan Picture

 

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Jordie Conde picture

 

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Emily Doffing Picture

 

 

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Destiny Gilliland picture

 

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Ashley Guerrero Picture

 

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Julaina Juarez

 

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Stephen Kooshian Pictures

 

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Fanuel Mendez picture

 

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Evelyn Ortiz picture

 

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Thomas Page

 

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Taryn Thrasher pictutre

 

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Tanner Whitlow Picture

 

 

2021-2022 Scholars 

 

 

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Mariana Barrios
Faculty Mentor:
Clorinda Donato
Linguistics

 

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Alejandro Beltran Cortez
Faculty Mentor:
Lily House Peters
Geography

 

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Keilee Bessho
Faculty Mentor:
Cory Wright
Philosophy

 

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Victoria Diaz
Faculty Mentor:
Wan Lee
Chemical Engineering

 

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Jessica Flores
Faculty Mentor:
Nina Flores
Education

 

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Marina Ganicheva
Faculty Mentor:
Andrew Jenks
History

 

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Tiffany Gonzalez
Faculty Mentor:
Arturo Zavala
Psychology

 

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Jessica Grifaldo
Faculty Mentor:
Deborah Fraser
Biology

 

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Tom Ho
Faculty Mentor:
Cory Wright
Philosophy

 

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Marco Marrufo

Marco Marrufo
Faculty Mentor:
Sean Kwon
Electrical Engineering

 

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Liliana Mora
Faculty Mentor:
Caroline Lopez-Perry
Education

 

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Jesse Ramirez
Faculty Mentor:
Kristina Lovato
Social Work

 

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Trang Tran
Faculty Mentor:
Lora Stevens
Geology

 

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Yeng Vue
Faculty Mentor:
Bill Pedersen
Psychology

 

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Steven Wong
Faculty Mentor:
Scott Wilson
Anthropology

 

2020-2021 Scholars

 

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Joshua Acosta
Undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Guotong Li
Doctoral Field of Interest: History

 

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Andrew Alvarez 
Undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Katarzyna Slowinska
Doctoral Field of Interest: Biochemistry

 

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Cristien Arzate
Graduate
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Klaehn
Doctoral Field of Interest: Physics

 

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Alicia Castro
Graduate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bradley Pan-Weisz
Doctoral Field of Interest: Psychology

 

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Everett Delfel
Graduate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bill Pederson
Doctoral Field of Interest: Psychology

 

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Kylie Foster
Undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yada Treesukosol
Doctoral Field of Interest: Psychology

 

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Lizbeth Jardon
Undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ted Stankowich
Doctoral Field of Interest: Organismal Biology

 

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Kayla Landers
Undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kensaku Nakayama
Doctoral Field of Interest: Chemistry

 

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Jacob Moran
Graduate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christopher Duerringer
Doctoral Field of Interest: Communication Studies

 

 

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Grace Ocular
Graduate
Faculty Mentor: Kim Kelly
Doctoral Field of Interest: Education - Dual Language Development

 

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Lana Tran
Graduate
Faculty Mentor: Jyotsna Pattnaik
Doctoral Field of Interest: Early Childhood Education

 

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Taryn Williams
Undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Becky Nash
Doctoral Field of Interest: Management and Operations & Supply Chain Management