AAHHE Graduate Student Fellows
Prior Years

2024 Fellows

Nancy Camarillo
Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy
University of Maryland, College Park

Mitzi Ceballos
Writing and Rhetoric
University of Utah 

Olga Correa
Educational Policy, Research, and Administration
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

Isaac Felix
Berkeley School of Education
University of California, Berkeley 

Veronica Gonzalez
Social Ecology
University of California - Irvine 

Jose Gutierrez
Sociology
University of California, Irvine 

Armando Lizarraga
Educational Leadership and Policy
The University of Texas at Austin 

Gabriel Pulido
Higher Education, African American and Diaspora Studies, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Pennsylvania State University 

Stephanie Ramos
Science Education
Oregon State University 

Avelina Rivero
Human Development and Family Science
University of Missouri 

Stacey Speller
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies/Higher Education Leadership & Policy Studies
Howard University 

Jasmin Tobar
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
University of Southern California


2023 Fellows

Ezekiel Acosta
American Studies
University of New Mexico

Luis Alcázar
Adult and Higher Education
Oregon State University

Summer Blanco
Plant Biology
University of Georgia

Luz Burgos-Lopez
Learning, Leadership, and Educational Policy
University of Connecticut 

Diana Cervantes
Higher Education Leadership
The University of Texas at Austin

Claudia Chiang-Lopez
Curriculum & Instruction
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 

Nelly Cruz
Higher Education Administration & Policy
University of California, Riverside 

Ariana Garcia
Higher Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 

Jose Gonzalez
W. E. B. Du Bois Department of African Studies
University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Karen Juliana Gonzalez Restrepo
Bioinformatics
University of Georgia 

Rubén González
Race, Inequality, and Language in Education
Stanford University 

Nathaly Martinez
Higher Education Administration and Policy
University of California, Riverside  

Marinel Martinez-Benyarko
Education - Student Affairs
University of Maryland, College Park 

Hope Pacheco
Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies
University of Houston 

Ammy Sena
Counseling Psychology
University of Georgia 

Raquel Sosa
Counseling Psychology
Lehigh University 

Justine Valadez
Plant Biology
University of Georgia 

Marialexia Zaragoza
Higher Education
University of Pittsburgh


2022 Fellows

Rebecca Avalos
University of Colorado, Boulder

Vanessa Castellanos
Fordham University

Marisol Diaz
Arizona State University

Luis Esparza
University of New Mexico

Eileen Galvez
Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Jorge Luis Gálvez Vallejo
Iowa State University

Sergio A. Gonzalez
Claremont Graduate University

Jeannette Hernandez
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Juana Hinojosa
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Sandra Jimena Gonzalez Lozano
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Natalie Muñoz
Howard University

Natalia Navas
Stony Brook University

Dominga Sanchez
Oregon State University

Cynthia Sánchez Gómez
Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Bri Sérráno
Colorado State University

Henedina Tavares
University of Washington

Melissa Tolosa
Temple University

Angelica Waner
University of California, Los Angeles


2021 Fellows

Marisela Chavez
University of Montana

Andrea Constant
Syracuse University

Celine Cortes
University of Oklahoma

Gustavo Garcia
University of New Mexico

Janay Garret
University of Pennsylvania

Amalia Merino
University of Texas, Austin

Edauri Navarro-Perez
University of Arizona

Vanesa Nuñez
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Martha Ortega Mendoza
University of California, Berkeley

Andrew Ortiz
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Lisa Parlade
Morgan State University

Giovanna Perez
New Mexico State University

Merylou Rodriguez
Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Lettycia Terrones
University of Illinois

Karla Venegas
University of Pennsylvania

Jennifer Vilchez
Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Bobby Ali Zaman
Portland State University


2020 Fellows

Kevin Salvador Alejandrez
University of Kentucky 

Luis Avilés González
University of Texas, Austin 

Elizabeth Barahona
Northwestern University

Stephanie Coronado
University of Nevada, Reno 

Mary Dueñas
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Josefina Flores Morales
University of California, Los Angeles

Eliaquin Gonell
University of Vermont

Rubi Gonzales
University of Texas, El Paso

Susana H. Hernandez
Texas A&M University

Jonathan M. Ibarra
University of California, Santa Barbara

Joan J. Jaimes
Iowa State University

Katherine Maldonado
University of California, Riverside

Roberto C. Orozco
Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Jose Ortiz
University of Colorado, Boulder

Joe J. Palencia
Miami University, Ohio

Audrey Darlene Paredes
University of California, Los Angeles

Jasmin Patrón-Vargas
Michigan State University

Marcela Rodriguez-Campo
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Karina Santellano
University of Southern California

Andrea del Carmen Vasquez
University of California, Santa Cruz

John Albert Vasquez
Michigan State University 

Angel L. Velez
Northwestern Illinois University

Jose Villalobos
University of Nevada, Reno

Cynthia Diana Villarreal
University of Southern California


2019 Fellows

Stephanie Aguilar-Smith
Michigan State University

Joel Alvarado
University of Alabama

Audrey Baca
California State University, San Bernardino

Eliana Castro
Michigan State University

Krista Cortes
University of California, Berkeley

Yolanda De Loera
University of Redlands

Robert Franco
Duke University

Rosemary Hendriks
Claremont Graduate University

Stephanie Hernandez
University of Texas, San Antonio

LeighAnna Hidalgo
University of California, Los Angeles

Azucena Lucatero
University of California, Santa Cruz 

William Ramos Ochoa
Mills College

Berenice Sanchez
Indiana University

Stephen Santa-Ramirez
Arizona State University

Uriel Serrano
University of California, Santa Cruz

DeAna Swan
University of Texas, Austin

Natalia Toscano
University of New Mexico

Bryant Valencia
University of Arizona


For a list of AAHHE Graduate Student Fellows from 2005 to 2021, please click here.