Victoria earned her B.A. in French and International Relations from the University of Rochester in 2021 and began the World History doctoral program at Northeastern University the following semester. Victoria’s research interests include the intentional modern manipulations of French memory during times of conflict that continue to influence race relations , identity, and other aspects of French society.

Janika graduated with honors from Brigham Young University (BYU) with a BA in Communications and a minor in German. Her honors thesis, Female Arguments: An Examination of the Utah Woman’s Suffrage Debates of 1880 and 1895, was accepted to the annual conference of the American Journalism Historians Association. She completed a joint master’s degree in organizational behavior and international development at the BYU Marriott School of Business, where she wrote an ethnographic thesis, Korean Women Workers from Their Own Perspective: The Causes and Strategies for Managing Early Retirement. She speaks German and Korean and has studied and worked in Austria, Germany, and South Korea. Janika was an adjunct instructor at BYU (organizational behavior), Harvard College (sociology), and Northeastern (organizational communications). She works at Harvard Business School in MBA Student Services and freelances at various outlets as a journalist, podcaster, and writing coach. Janika loves living in the Boston area and especially enjoys exploring New England with her husband and four children.

Allison is a second-year PhD student in the Sociology Department and a member of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute (SSEHRI). Allison received her BA in Environmental Analysis from Pitzer College. She has previously worked with the American Red Cross and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. Passionate about the intersection of environmental disasters, armed conflict, and gender studies, Allison hopes to draw attention to women’s capacity to respond and adapt during complex emergencies and challenge male dominance in humanitarian action. Areas of Research/Interest: Disaster sociology, environmental health, conflict, gender, and Social Movements.

Callie Hansson (she/they) is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Before Northeastern, she attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where they earned a B.A. in Journalism. She currently works in the Institute on Race and Justice with Dr. Amy Farrell investigating child labor trafficking in the United States. Her research interests involve questions of how social construction and framing impact the administration of justice. More specifically, they’re interested in analyzing the role of news, entertainment, and social media in framing crime problems and how these frames impact public opinion, policy and police responses, and an individual’s experiences with victim services and the criminal justice system.

Tom spent the last three and a half years serving as an Armor Officer in the United States Army, based out of Fort Hood, TX. Prior to commissioning he attended Clark University in Worcester, MA where he graduated Cum Laude in 2017, with a B.A in American History. Tom was a member of the History Honors Society, Phi Alpha Theta while attending Clark. He is interested in American colonial history and bringing in larger audiences through hands-on learning. Tom currently works as a Historical Educator at the Old North Church here in Boston.

After graduating in 2022, Savita wants to go into the field of Black Studies as a high school teacher or a college professor and change the literary canon. She is passionate about literature, youth work, writing, and social justice and hopes to teach books by BIPOC authors.

Miranda Melson joined Northeastern’s Sociology PhD program in 2020 and earned her BA in sociology, French, and global studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She employs mixed-methods to advocate for and reduce social inequity among marginalized populations. Miranda is currently researching Chinese-American adoptees in the US and their diverse experiences and identities.

Titilayo Odedele is a graduate of Boston College, where she received her BA in Sociology, and Northeastern University, where she received her MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include the sociology of law, historical sociology, and the sociology of labor with a regional focus on the Black Atlantic.

Morgan Richards graduated from Boston University in 2019 with a BA in the History of Art and Architecture and a minor in French. Since graduation, she has worked in both contemporary art gallery and advisory settings with a focus on archival work and database management. She is interested in museological theory and the exploration of historical issues concerning the exchange of art across cultural boundaries.

Giorgia Shields joined Northeastern’s sociology Ph.D. program in the Fall of 2019. She holds a B.A. in sociology from Georgia State University, and an M.A. in women’s and gender studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests focus on online anti-feminist and men’s rights activist communities, with particular attention to expressions of sexual violence and white supremacy.

Shavaun Sutton is a second-year doctoral student. She holds a master’s in public health in Community Health Sciences from SUNY Downstate School of Public Health. She strives to promote equity via the analysis of nuanced narratives and lived experience. Seeking to amplify voices silenced by oppression and marginalization, Shavaun critically engaged with Black girl- and womanhood, state-sanctioned violence, and erasure as epistemic violence, particularly the erasure of Black narratives in white-majority spaces, through the lens of Black Feminist Thought.

Vanessa (She/Her/Ella) graduated from University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts in Chicana/o/x-Latina/o/x Studies with a double minor in Latin American Studies and Literary Journalism in 2021. She was a part of the approx. top 2% in the Social Sciences recognized with the Order of Merit Award, Caesar D. Sereseres Outstanding Service Award, and Outstanding Chicano/Latino Community Engagement Award for her academic excellence, leadership activities, service contributions, and original research. During her last year, Vanessa created and instructed a 10-week seminar “Daydreaming: The Undocumented Immigrant Reality” (with an emphasis on LGBTQ+ experiences) through the UTeach program. The seminar revolved around the importance of written, visual, and oral testimonios to the histories of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ immigrants in the United States. Prior to this, with funding support as an undergraduate honorary research fellow, she investigated the experiences of TRIO programs’ working-class first-generation high school students striving to excel in STEM. Her research findings were presented at the Imagining America National Gathering in 2019 and virtually for the Johns Hopkins University Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium in 2020. Her article “Ascendance and Transformation: Humanizing TRIO First Generation Students of Color and their STEM Empowerment Agents” was then published in the inaugural Johns Hopkins University Richard Macksey Journal in 2020.

Anna Zhang is a second-year Sociology PhD student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Anna completed her BA in History and Sociology with a minor in East Asian Studies at Simmons University in Boston, MA. She is primarily interested in Asian immigrants in the labor market as well as informal economies in immigrant communities. She is also more broadly interested in transnational labor and migration.