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Our next grad spotlight features Jen Zelnick, anthropology Ph.D. ’22. While doing field work in Cambodia, Jen discovered her colleagues had been keeping a secret. The revelation would set her research on an entirely new path. ...
ALT Jen Zelnick
She also bonded with her cohort and was part of a trio of anthropology graduate students who visited each other during their fieldwork in Asia, and later served as bridesmaids in each other’s weddings. ...
ALT Jen, Oviya Govindan Ph.D. '21, and Sandy Wenger Ph.D. '22 at Jen's engagement party.
“The cohort and the professors I worked with were incredibly supportive. I know from friends who went to grad school elsewhere that was not their experience,” Jen says. “True collegiality really, really, made the UC Irvine program worthwhile for me.”
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ALT en, Oviya Govindan Ph.D. '21, and Sandy Wenger Ph.D. '22 at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
Next up in our grad spotlight series is Clara Bradley, logic & philosophy of science Ph.D. ’24. The universe presents physicists with enough problems of its own; Clara studies the ones physicists create for themselves. ...
ALT Clara Bradley hiking in Lugano, Switzerland.
The field steps back from scientific discoveries themselves to examine the processes that produce them. It asks how theories are developed, how evidence functions and what scientists mean when they claim to know something about the world. ...
Yet these questions touch on how human beings make sense of reality. For Clara, they have been a lifelong fascination.
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UC Irvine Department of Economics establishes Jan K. Brueckner Medal for Distinction in Economic Research | Inaugural recipient assistant professor Miguel Zerecero recognized for novel, influential work on why people choose the places in which they live
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ALT Former department chair Bill Branch, 2026 inaugural medal recipient Miguel Zerecero, and current department chair Matthew Freedman.
An affinity for administration | @UCIrvine psychology major Natalie Fu turns a natural gift for management, systems and communications into a future in healthcare administration
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ALT Natalie Fu
Our next grad spotlight features Temitope Famodu, global studies Ph.D. ’26. After receiving their undergrad degree, Temi worked in nonprofits serving refugees and students in Chicago. The work was meaningful, but they found themself preoccupied by larger structural questions. ...
ALT Temi in Budapest.
Temi successfully defended their dissertation in May & graduated in June. They plan to pursue academic positions while transforming their dissertation into a book-length manuscript. The foundation & expertise they gained at @UCIrvine are unlikely to lose their urgency. ...
"My skill set will always be relevant, no matter what industry or place I end up in. I think we will always need to examine how power operates on a global scale by centering the lived-experiences of people who have been structurally dispossessed."
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