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  Usman Azim

  Usman is a junior majoring in biology with a minor in medicine & society. His research examines Edvard Munch’s painting The Sick Child, and the role of the arts and artistic expression in psychosocial healing. In his free time, he can be spotted with a camera, in front of a film screen, or on almost anything with wheels.
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  Maryam Azzawi

  Maryam is a world cultures and literatures major with a concentration in middle eastern studies. Her project examines Egyptian modernist Khalid Mohammed Khalid’s writings on Islamic statehood, and explores his influence on socio-political developments in mid-20^th century Egypt and the evolution of conservatism in Egypt and the greater Arab world.
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  Kadilo Buzugbe

  Kadilo is a sophomore majoring in english with a minor in technology leadership and innovation management. Her project reads Buchi Emecheta’s novel Second Class Citizen (1974) as reflecting on “post-colonial cringe,” a phenomenon that has affected generations of post-independence Nigerians.
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  Iyad Chowdhury

  Iyad is majoring in economics with minors in english and history. His research engages Satyajit Ray's recently restored film Devi (1960) as a way to interrogate India's transition into modernity and the cinema's role in building nationalism. Iyad enjoys rock climbing and cooking pasta. He plans to attend law school.
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  Ibrahim Islam

  Ibrahim's research focuses on the story of Nusayba Bint Ka'b, and its implications on gender norms in Islam. He is a middle eastern studies major and hopes to pursue a doctorate in islamic studies. In his free time, he enjoys trail running and spending time with family.
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  Alice Nguyen

  Alice is majoring in sociology with a concentration in criminology. She is writing about Alice Wu's 2004 film Saving Face and its depiction of the immigrant parent-queer child relationship. On her off days, she enjoys arguing with strangers online and friends offline.
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  Veronica Nwanna

  Veronica is a graduating junior majoring in journalism with a minor in laws, values, and policy. Her project analyzes the case for reparations in Kashmere Gardens. Committed healthcare equity and environmental justice, Veronica is laying the foundations for an eventual career in Law.
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  Amna Siddiqui

  Amna is a junior majoring in english literature with a minor in phronēsis and arab studies. Her research looks at the perceptions of revolutionary violence in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Adiga's The White Tiger.
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  Annfaye Sternberg

  Annfaye is a pre-law junior majoring in political science with a minor in phronēsis. Her FrameWorks research examines the role of bureaucratic indifference in the United States' rejection of the MS St. Louis.
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  Logan Tantibanchachai

  Logan is majoring in philosophy with minors in phronēsis; law, values, and policy; and religious studies. His research interests lie at the intersection of agency, political thought, and societal frameworks. His FrameWorks project explores the link between free will and the generation of creativity in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

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  Nine Abad

  Nine’s research focuses on the Santo Niño de Cebu and its role in the creation of Filipino nationalism, its interaction with indigenous religions, and the Filipino diasporic identification with the symbol. Nine double majors in Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. They plan to attend graduate school and pursue research related to Filipino cultural studies.

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  Kalena Holeman

  Kalena is majoring in English literature with a minor in Creative Work. Her research interests lie in receptions and adaptations of antiquity across the Black diaspora. Her FrameWorks project examines the legacy of Dante’s Commedia in twentieth-century Black literature.

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  Skyler Houser

  Skyler is a sophomore pursuing a psychology B.S. with minors in Phronēsis and Air Force Leadership. Her research explores Ancient Egyptian culture and Tutankhamun’s dagger, which was recently discovered to be fashioned from meteoritic iron. In her free time, she enjoys dancing ballet, drinking coffee, and traveling.

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  Tuyen Le

  Tuyen is a philosophy and political science major who aspires to become a professor. Her research focuses on the War in Vietnam, as it was experienced by North Vietnamese soldiers and common people.
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  Adriana Lopez Cajigas

  Adriana is a junior Computer Engineering student and a Creative Work minor. Adriana's research focuses on the shift from analog animation in the The Lion King (1994) to the photorealistic CGI of its remake (2019).

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  Alivia Mayfield

  Alivia is a junior double-majoring in History, and World Cultures and Literatures with a focus in Ancient Studies, and a minor in Phronesis. She is researching personhood of Alexander the Great as seen depicted in the Alexander Mosaic.

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  Isha Merchant

  Isha is researching the Bollywood ‘item song’, and its cultural significance for the Indian diaspora. She is majoring in Journalism and minoring in India Studies. She enjoys sewing, creating art, and spending time with her dog.
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  Katerina Munoz

  Katerina is writing about Father-Daughter rape in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita (1955). She is majoring in Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and plans to pursue a doctorate in Gender Studies. In her free time, she enjoys reading, photography, and spending time with loved ones.

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  Miracle 'Meneh' Ofomaja

  Meneh majors in Chemical Engineering. She is writing about Nigerian post-colonial writer Ben Okri's “Stars of the New Curfew” and its character’s experience of his political context and social class.

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  Saron Regassa

  Saron majors in Public Policy. She is interested in transformative research and designing effective policy. She is writing about Afro-Surrealism in Jordan Peele’s revival of The Twilight Zone, with an interest in the way its world-making reflects Black experience. She also works at REACH and competes as a part of the UH Debate team.

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  Adolfo Salazar

  Adolfo is researching the interplay between Mexican traditional healing (curanderismo) and Western biomedicine, specifically in the lives of undocumented Mexican immigrants. He enjoys exploring the intersection of the sciences and humanities, evident by his his biotechnology and philosophy majors. As a future physician committed to accessible healthcare, he explores this field with a minor in Medicine & Society.

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  Zainab Tafish

  Zainab is a sophomore majoring in Biomedical Science and minoring in Medicine and Society. Her research focuses on mentions of disability in the Quran. She plans on pursuing medicine and working on global health issues. In her free time, she enjoys going to museums and making art.

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