Graduate Student Awards

Miel Esperanza Alegre: Doctoral student in Anthropology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Sandra Cristina Alvarez: Doctoral student in Politics. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Oscar Armando Azucena: Doctoral student in Electrical Engineering. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Adelia Lucille Barber: Doctoral student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

David Wotsbely Barillas: Doctoral student in Education. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Cindy Rose Bello: Doctoral Student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Felice Dawna Blake-Kleiven: Doctoral student in Linguistics. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Marianne Marie Bueno: Doctoral student in American History. Ford Predoctoral Fellowship.

Sara Bothwell: 1st year graduate student in Environmental Studies. STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research (formerly known as the M.R.C. Greenwood Fellowship Award in Biodiversity Conservation).

Amanda Rainbow Calvert: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Kim Carmen Cameron-Dominguez: Doctoral student in Anthropology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Trevor Chen: Doctoral student in Psychology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Jesus Covarrubias: Doctoral student in Education Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Xochitl Consuelo Chavez: Doctoral student in Anthropology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Soma Leo De Bourbon: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Ascander H. Dost: Doctoral student in Linguistics Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Aura Alegra Eroy-Reveles: Doctoral student in Chemistry and Biochemistry. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Elise Ferree: Doctoral student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Patrick Ferree: Doctoral student in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Ignacio Fernandez: 4th year doctoral student in Environmental Studies. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Claudia Hernandez Flores: Doctoral student in Earth Sciences. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Jamie L. Franco: 5th year doctoral student in Social Psychology. Cota- Robles Fellowship and Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.

Gloriana Victoria Gallegos: Doctoral student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Marie Sarita Gaytan: Doctoral student in Sociology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Joel Gills: 3rd year doctoral student in Developmental Psychology. Training grant from the National Institute of Health from 2003-2004.

Adam Glesser: Doctoral student in Mathematics. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Lucian Francis Joseph Gomoll: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Rebekah Graham: Doctoral student in Physics. UCSC Regent's Fellowship ($5000).

Samantha Hansen: 3rd year doctoral student in Earth Sciences. Lawrence Livermore National Lab Student Employee Graduate Research (SEGRF) and University Education Partnership Program Fellowship (UEPP).

Autumn Lynn Harrison: 1st year graduate student in Ocean Sciences. M.R.C. Greenwood Fellowship (STEPS).

Valentine Hemingway: Doctoral student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and San Lorenzo Valley Water District Education Grant.

Rebecca Jewet Hester: Doctoral student inPolitics. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Nicole Diana Hidalgo: Doctoral student in Education Cota- Robles Fellowship and UCSC President's Dissertation Fellowship 2008-09

Conal Ho: Doctoral student in Anthropology Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fellowship and Chiang-ching Kuo Foundation dissertation fellowship.

Kirsten Morgan Howley: Doctoral student in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Elisa Diana Huerta: Doctoral student in Anthropology Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Paula Magdalena Ioanide: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

NeEddra Lynette James: Doctoral student in Art History. Ford Predoctoral Fellowship.

Andrea Jani: 1st year doctoral student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies. Christine Eckstrom Fellowship (STEPS).

John Johnson: Doctoral student in Psychology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Chelsey Ann Juarez: Doctoral student in Anthropology Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Aliyah Ryhaan Khan: Doctoral student in Linguistics Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Cynthia Kern: Graduate student in Environmental Toxicology Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Evan Kirby: 2nd year doctoral student in Astronomy and Astrophysics. UCSC Chancellor's Fellowship. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Carolyn Kurle: 1st year doctoral student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research (formerly known as the M.R.C. Greenwood Fellowship Award in Biodiversity Conservation).

Mary E. Langsner: 2nd year doctoral student in Environmental Toxicology. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greater Research Opportunity Fellow, 2005-2008. http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/ Dr. Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic and Marine Biology Trust Award, 2005.

David Lai: Doctoral student in Astronomy and Astrophysics Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Tia-Nicole Leak: Doctoral student in Cultural Anthropology Ford Predoctoral Fellowship and Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Julio Cesar Leal: Doctoral student in Linguistics Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Jamus Jerome Lim: Doctoral student in Economics. Fellowship from the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and the Institute for Humane Studies.

Yasmin E. Lucero: Doctoral student in Physics. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Trieu T. Mai: Doctoral student in Ocean Sciences Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Veronica Mayorga: Doctoral student in Computer Science. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Chloe Rose Medina: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Antonio Javier Mendoza: Doctoral student in Marine Sciences Ford Predoctoral Fellowship

Maria Guadalupe Meza: Doctoral student in Sociology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Aaron T Montoya: Doctoral student in Anthropology Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Christina Remedios Morales. Doctoral student in Chicano History. Ford Predoctoral Fellowship and Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Justin Nuger: Doctoral student in Linguistics UC Regents Fellowship and Jacob K. Javits Fellowship from the Dept. of Education.

Edward Olano: 3rd year doctoral student in Physical Chemistry. Awarded the Lawrence Livermore National Lab Fellowship for 2.5 years.

Lissette Olivares: 1st year doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Jacob K. Javits Fellowship and an Honorary Andrew Mellon Fellow.

Anselmo Ontiveros: Doctoral student in Electrical Engineering. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Jessica O'Reilly: 4th year doctoral student in Anthropology. Fulbright-IIE (New Zealand) and Wenner Gren Foundation Individual Research Grant and Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship.

Jae Pasari: 1st year doctoral student in Environmental Studies. Frans Lanting Fellowship STEPS

Christopher Angel Ramirez: Being awarded a Master's in Fine Arts in Digital Arts and New Media, and is a Arts Bridge Program Scholar. Best Presentation Award: Arts Division. UCSC First and Second Annual Graduate Student Research Symposiums. "Mapping the Geographical Space of Downtown Los Angeles." June 2005. "Bearing Witness." May 2006.

Nirshan Rex-Boniface Perera: Doctoral student in Linguistics. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Jessica Roa: Doctoral student in Psychology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Julie Rehmeyer: Graduate student in the Science Communication Program Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Carolina Reyes: Doctoral student in Environmental Toxicology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Zeb Rifaqat: Doctoral student in Anthropology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Joseph Lucio Rios: Doctoral student in Computer Engineering. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Jason Anthony Rodriguez: Doctoral student in Anthropology. Cota- Robles Fellowship

Anne Rios Rojas: Doctoral student in Education. UCSC President's Dissertation Fellowship 2007-08

Christen Rowe: Graduate student in Earth Sciences. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Jesus Sandoval-Hernandez: Doctoral student in Economics. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Sabrina Mercedes Sanchez: Doctoral student in History. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Gregg Rashad Sanders: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Delia Liza Santiago: Doctoral student in Earth Sciences. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Cimone Faamalama Satele: Doctoral student in Sociology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Chandra Shekhar: Graduate student in the Science Communication Program Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Janelle Melissa Silva: Doctoral student in Psychology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Tania A. Sosa: Doctoral student in Ocean Sciences Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Eric Andrew Stanley: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Jun Ueno Sunseri: Doctoral student in Anthropology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Kimberly Margaret Tallbear: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Noah Miralaine Tamarkin: Doctoral student in Anthropology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Sara Tolbert:  Doctoral student in Education. Project CARE/Project LASER Scholarship (Fall 2007)

Nancy Marie Trinh: Doctoral student in Psychology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Shirley V. Truong: Doctoral student in Psychology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Yen-ling Tsai: Doctoral Student in Anthropology. The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Fellowship & Center for Asia-Pacific Studies Fellowship.

Irma Morales Waugh: 6th year doctoral student in Social Psychology. Cota- Robles Fellowship and Ford Predoctoral Fellowship

Mele Wheaton: Doctoral student in Education. Switzer Fellowship 2008-09

Nathan Whitehead: Doctoral student in Computer Science. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship.

Regina Kummer Velasco: Doctoral student in History of Consciousness. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Anthony Villarreal: Doctoral student in Sociology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Tu Vu: 1st year doctoral student in Sociology. Cota- Robles Fellowship.

Susy Zepeda: 3rd year doctoral student in Sociology. Cota- Robles Fellowship and National Science Foundation Grant.