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2018-2020 Luce Graduate Summer Projects

Our UCTV Critically Human Channel Featured Graduate Projects from 2018–2020:

This two-year project had three key elements. First, a graduate seminar that was held in Fall 2018 and Fall 2019, focused on research design and methodology. This was followed by supervised collaborative research activities in Spring 2019 and Spring 2020. The last element included graduate summer projects focused on community-engaged research, which are highlighted below.  Prof. Nicola Lercari provided mentorship and supervision during the first year of the project, with Prof. Robin DeLugan serving as the facutly mentor in the second year.

Year Project Name Fellow(s)
2018 - 2019

Merced Downtown Neighborhood Identity, History and Preservation

Anaïs Guillem 

Dalena Ngo

Rocco Bowman

2018 - 2020

Baskets to Bytes: Indigenous California Heritage Preservation 

Cristyna Galarza

Manuel Dueñas-Garcia

Scott Nicolay 

2018 - 2019

4-Dimensional Map of Merced

Katherine Shurik
2018 - 2020

Water Governance & Power Dynamics

Iván González-Soto
2019 - 2020

Baskets 2 Bytes: Indigenous Voices – Heritage Preservation and Revitalization

Alfredo Gaona Gaytan  

Etka Kandhway 

Miriam Campos Martínez

2019 - 2020

Historic Places Merced: Digital Preservation of Historic Buildings in the Community of Merced

Anaïs Guillem 
2019 - 2020

How Did We Get Here? A Comic Book for More Equitable and Healthy Merced Land-Use

Ahmed Correa 

Amalia Perez Martin  

Joshua Semerjian 

2019 - 2020

Cannabis/Marijuana: Economic Impact On the City of Merced

Tabesh Zaidi
2019 - 2020

Merced: A City of Arts and Culture

Camille Paladino Ponce