2022 CLA Cohort
Meet our 2022 Cohort of Cluster Hires for the College of Liberal Arts
Alexia Arani (she/they)
Women’s, Gender, & Queer Studies Department
Degree: Ph.D. in Anthropology with a specialization in Critical Gender Studies from UC San Diego
Research Interest: Disability Justice, queer/trans of color critique, social movements, state violence, prison abolition and care work
Darrian Carroll
Communication Studies Department
Degree: Communication Studies from the University of Maryland
Research Interest: Race, Rhetoric, World-Making
Alison Cheung
Communication Studies Department
Degree: Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Utah
Research Interest: Rhetorical criticism, rhetorics of race, critical media studies and Asian American cultural production
Ashley Clemons
English Department
Degree: Ph.D. from the University of Florida; B.A. from Wayne State University
Research Interest: African American Literature; Contemporary American Literature; Detroit’s Black Cultural & Literary Studies; and Afrofuturism
Nikhil Deb
Social Sciences Department
Degree: Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Tennessee; M.A. in Sociology from Ohio University; M.S.S in Sociology from Shahjalal University in Bangladesh
Research Interest: Political Economy, Development and Environment, Global South.
Maya Hislop
English Department
Degree: Ph.D. in English from University of Virginia;
B.A. in English from Williams College
Research Interest: African American Literature, 20th & 21st century; Gender studies, sexual violence/misogynoir; Carceral studies, prison abolition; Media studies, race, gender, and class
Susana A. López (she/her/ella)
Psychology and Child Development Department
Degree: Ph.D. in Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology from the University of California Santa Barbara; M.S. in Psychology from Cal Poly; B.S. in Psychology from Cal Poly
Research Interest: Racial Trauma and Healing, Stress and Resilience, Immigration, Acculturation and Mental Health Disparities in underserved communities.
Jorge E. Moraga
Ethnic Studies Department
Degree: American Studies from Washington State University
Research Interest: Latinx Studies; Sociology of Sport; Race, Class, Gender in Popular Culture & Media
John Paul Paniagua
History Department
Degree: Ph.D. from Princeton University; B.A. from Whittier College
Research Interest: Indigenous Americas, Colonial Atlantic World
Gabriel Soldatenko
Ethnic Studies Department
Degree: Ph.D. in Philosophy from SUNY Binghamton; M.A. in Philosophy from SUNY Binghamton; B.A. in History from Arizona State University; B.A. in Philosophy from Arizona State University
Research Interest: Latinx Studies, Urbanism and Critical Social Theory
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