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STRC Cohorts 2024-2025

​​​​​​Annual Theme

​​​​​Each year, the STRC selects a theme that is both timely and lends itself to humanities inquiry. For 2024-2025, the theme was Anti-Racism, Transformation, and Healing through the Humanities.

Faculty Cohort

Dr. Kalyani Menon

Dr. Kalyani Menon, Religious Studies

Making Hindus Right: Hindu Supremacy in the Diaspora

STRC Professional Development Fellowship

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Dr. Carolina Sternberg

Dr. Carolina Sternberg, Latin American and Latino Studies

Inclusiveness and Equity in Chicago? An Analysis of Lori Lighfoot’s and Brandon Johnson’s Rhetoric and Policies 

​STRC Professional Development Fellowship

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Dr. Sanjukta Mukherjee


Dr. Sanjukta Mukherjee, Women's and Gender Studies

Pedagogies of Care: An Oral History of Service Workers at DePaul University

STRC Professional Development Fellowship

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Student Cohort

Graduate Fellow Sophia Burns

Sophia Burns, Sustainable Urban Development

"High Stakes, Rising Tides: Reclaiming Narratives of Urban Redevelopment Policy and Climate Justice in Atlantic City"

STRC Graduate Research Fellowship​







Graduate Fellow Claudia Cisneros Mendez

Claudia Cisneros Méndez, Women's and Gender Studies

"Art and Culture as Resistance:  Indigenous Communities Defying State Violence and Racist Repression in Peru"​

STRC Graduate Research Fellowship

Graduate Fellow Elizabeth Wallace


Eliza​beth Wallace, Spanish

"With an Empathetic Lens: Understanding the Causes of Forced Migration in Mexico through Film's Storytelling"

STRC Graduate Research Fellowship



Undergraduate Fellow Abigail Flores


Abigail Flores, English

"Migration, Displacement and the Performance of Puerto Rican Identity in Chicago"

STRC Undergraduate Research Fellowship



Undergraduate Fellow Naomi Love

Naomi Love, Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies

"Redefining Religion: Challenging Eurocentric Narratives through African American Spiritualism"

STRC Undergraduate Research Fellowship


Undergraduate Fellow Sifa Muderhwa

Sifa Muderhwa, International Studies

"Green Imperialism: The Hidden Costs of the Green New Deal in the Global South"

STRC Undergraduate Research Fellowship


Undergraduate Fellow Chris Sifri


Chris Sifri, Sociology

"Art of Resistance: Reclamation through Art"

STRC Undergraduate Research Fellowship



Undergraduate Fellow Aidan Tennant


Aidan Tennant, Philosophy

"Machine Realism: The Collapse of 'Bring Chicago Home' and Radical Black Politics"

STRC Undergraduate Research Fellowship



Undergraduate Fellow Jo Trasowech


Jo Tras​owech, Criminology, International Studies

"Western-Liberal Epistemology, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Postcolonial Discourse"

STRC Undergraduate Research Fellowship