{"id":1105,"date":"2021-08-13T14:39:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T21:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/?page_id=1105"},"modified":"2021-08-19T17:51:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T00:51:52","slug":"graduate-students-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/graduate-students-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-1622064487026\" class=\"row single h1-header gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<h1>Graduate Students<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1621548955904\" class=\"row halves gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<h2>2021\u20132022 Cohort<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1254\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/08\/DIEHL_profilephoto-e1628812727145-396x484.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Diehl.\" width=\"276\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/08\/DIEHL_profilephoto-e1628812727145-396x484.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/08\/DIEHL_profilephoto-e1628812727145-792x968.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/08\/DIEHL_profilephoto-e1628812727145-768x938.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/08\/DIEHL_profilephoto-e1628812727145-990x1209.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/08\/DIEHL_profilephoto-e1628812727145.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/phd-students\/andre-diehl\/\"><strong>Andre Diehl<\/strong><\/a> received a BA from Bard College and an MA in American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Andre\u2019s research interests include the audiopolitics of global musical movements, popular culture through \u201cthe End of History,\u201d ideological extremism, cultural geography, identity, narrative construction\/mythmaking, and mimesis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1255\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/08\/Kyle-Serrott-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Serrott.\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/phd-students\/kyle-serrott\/\">Kyle Serrott<\/a><\/strong> received a master\u2019s degree in political science from Ohio University in 2021 (American politics concentration) and a graduate certificate in women\u2019s, gender, and sexuality studies. He is interested in studying the relational formation of race through citizenship policy during the assimilation era.<\/p>\n<h2>2020\u20132021 Cohort<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/mary-cook\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1134\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Cook.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary-792x792.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary-990x990.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary-1188x1188.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Mary.jpg 1621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/mary-cook\/\"> Mary Cook <\/a><\/strong>earned her MA in liberal arts with a concentration in American studies from the University of South Florida, and her primary research centers on representations of racialized sexuality in Blaxploitation films from the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1136\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Charles-396x395.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Ross.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Charles-396x395.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Charles-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Charles.jpg 708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/charles-ross\/\">Charles Ross <\/a><\/strong> graduated with honors with a BA in community and justice studies with a focus in multicultural education from Allegheny College. He approaches his research as an Afro-pessimism scholar to examine the production of Black art, primarily hip-hop music and Black theater, to explore how they are used to act as agents of social healing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1137\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Emmiyan.jpg\" alt=\"Emmiyan Ferro D\u00edaz.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Emmiyan.jpg 325w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Emmiyan-198x198.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/emmiyan-ferro\/\">Emmiyan Ferro D\u00edaz<\/a><\/strong> earned his MA in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Washington Tacoma. His current research focuses on the performance of masculinities by Latino men in the context of the barbershop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1109\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Thomas-Lawrenson.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Lawrenson.\" width=\"250\" height=\"257\" \/> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/thomas-lawrenson\/\">Thomas Lawrenson<\/a><\/strong> is a graduate from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he earned his MA in American studies. His research interests include popular culture, media studies, comic books, superheroes, animation, anime, intersectional feminism, gender\/sexuality, queer theory, disability studies, crip theory, race\/ethnicity, and antiracism.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1135\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Bego-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Bego\u00f1a de Quintana.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Bego-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Bego-792x791.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Bego-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Bego-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Bego-990x989.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Bego-1188x1187.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Bego.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/begona-de-quintana-lasa\/\"><strong>Bego\u00f1a de Quintana <\/strong><\/a>graduated from WSU with an MA in Hispanic studies. Her research centers on issues related to gender and sexuality, as well as spirituality and religion, especially in the context of colonization.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column two \">\n<header>\n<h2>Continuing Students<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1138\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Teresa Carrasco.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa-792x792.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa-990x990.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa-1188x1188.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Teresa.jpg 1722w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/t-carrasco\/\"><strong>Teresa Carrasco <\/strong><\/a> graduated from University of California Berkeley with a BA in history, and from California State University Los Angeles with a master of fine arts degree in studio art.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1139\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Hussein.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-792x792.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-990x990.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Amanda-1188x1188.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/amanda-hussein\/\"><strong>Amanda Hussein<\/strong><\/a> earned her MA in foreign languages and literature from WSU. Her research focuses on how female historical figures are memorialized.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1144\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Yipeng-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Yipeng Li.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Yipeng-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Yipeng-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Yipeng.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/yipeng-li\/\"><strong>Yipeng Li<\/strong><\/a> earned his MA in Chinese\u2013English translation and interpretation from the Inner Mongolia University in China, and an MA in humanities with a focus on literature from the University of Texas at Dallas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1145\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Spencer-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer Martin.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Spencer-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Spencer-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Spencer.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/spencer-martin\/\"><strong>Spencer Martin<\/strong><\/a> graduated from WSU with an MA in foreign languages and Cultures, and earned an MA in applied linguistics from the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1141\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Abigail.jpg\" alt=\"Abigail Romero.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Abigail.jpg 331w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Abigail-198x198.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/abigail-romero\/\"><strong>Abigail Romero<\/strong><\/a> earned her master of education degree in education, culture, &amp; society from the University of Utah.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1142\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Veronica.jpg\" alt=\"Ver\u00f3nica Sandoval.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Veronica.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Veronica-198x198.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/veronica-sandoval\/\"><strong>Ver\u00f3nica Sandoval<\/strong><\/a> graduated from the University of Texas Pan American with an MFA in creative writing with a graduate certificate in Mexican American studies. Her research interest includes La Chola, the Chola Vida\/OG Chola Pinup Network, the Ovarian Psycos, Adelitas, Pachucas, homegirl aesthetics, chola agency, and an emphasis on Chicana feminist epistemology that centers on community knowledges and Chicana legacies of resistance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1143\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Claudia-396x397.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia Skinner.\" width=\"250\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Claudia-396x397.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Claudia-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3219\/2021\/05\/Claudia.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/graduate-students\/claudia-skinner\/\"><strong>Claudia Skinner<\/strong><\/a> earned her BA (Honours) in American studies; Government; and international relations from the University of Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Students 2021\u20132022 Cohort Andre Diehl received a BA from Bard College and an MA in American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Andre\u2019s research interests include the audiopolitics of global musical movements, popular culture through \u201cthe End of History,\u201d ideological extremism, cultural geography, identity, narrative construction\/mythmaking, and mimesis. 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