From academics to real-world impact, explore stories from our community that highlight the people and experiences making 酴圖弝け a place of opportunity, discovery, and success.
Kenna Mueller Student Biochemistry In just two years, Kenna Mueller 27 helped lead the Occidental Dance Team from a spirit squad to a nationally competing, student-run program grounded in passion and community.
Jaymes Griggs Student Environmental Science From the Bluegrass State to 酴圖弝け, Jaymes Griggs has found community and a path to leadership through science, civic engagement, and the Obama Scholars Program. And amid all this, he still has time for pickleball.
Mariah Rutiaga Amaya 22 Alumni Biology Driven by her experiences in food justice and her fathers health struggles, Mariah Rutiaga Amaya found her calling in medicine. Now, shes preparing to become a physician who centers community, advocates compassionately, and uplifts the most marginalized.
Mira Hart Student Geology Mira Hart 26 pursued her passion for climate research through international fieldwork in the Philippinescrawling through caves, collecting stalagmites, and uncovering ancient data that could help predict Earths future.
Samantha Acu簽a Faculty Politics Samantha Acu簽a is interested in constitutional law, immigration policy, judicial behavior, and gender-based violence.
Vikram Shende Faculty Chemistry Vikram Shende's research group studies the structure and function of molecules found in nature, and how we can engineer enzymesproteins that catalyze chemical reactionsthat biosynthesize these natural products.
Cristina Awadalla Faculty Latino/a & Latin American Studies Cristina Awadalla is an interdisciplinary sociologist whose teaching focuses on Central American politics, Latin American feminisms, womens labor, and research methods.
Ben Ratskoff Faculty Critical Theory & Social Justice Ben Ratskoff specializes in histories and theories of antisemitism, race, and fascism; Holocaust and genocide studies; Black diasporic culture and thought; and critical theory and cultural studies.
S.K. Ritadhi Faculty Economics S.K. Ritadhi is an applied microeconomist whose research interests lie at the intersection of development and finance. His current research studies affirmative action for religious minorities in credit markets, and how globalization shocks affect ethnic politics.
Jingyi Li Faculty Asian Studies Jingyi Li's research centers on Japanese popular literature, print culture, and cultural identity in the 19th century,
Samuel Luterbacher Faculty Art & Art History Samuel Fr矇d矇ric Luterbacher specializes in Early Modern (1500-1800) art, craft, and material culture in a global context and teaches courses on premodern art histories of the wider Mediterranean world.
Lydia Harmon Faculty Geology Lydia Harmon '13 is a geologist who studies volcanoes and magma systems. Her work focuses on the magmatic processes and tectonic influences that govern magma formation and eruption.
