Senior Honors Thesis in Chicana/o/x Studies
The Senior Honors Thesis in Chicana/o/x Studies is a year-long research project that allows undergraduate students to explore critical issues impacting Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x communities. Through original scholarship, students engage deeply with topics of social justice, history, culture, and identity, contributing new perspectives to the field. This site showcases the innovative work of our honors students and celebrates their academic and community-centered achievements.
24-25
- Melanie Avalos, Political Science-Public Service & Chicana/o/x Studies Double Major, "La Malinche in Academia: A Decolonial and Abolitionist Reimagining of Higher Education"
- Jordan Alvarado, History & Chicana/o/x Studies, "Is This Education Liberation? How College Student Youth Workers Navigate the Limits and Tensions of Volunteer-Based Educational Programming in Juvenile Detention Facilities"
- Amy Chavez, Sociology & Chicana/o/x Studies, "Implications of Financial Barriers for Undocumented College Students"
- Nafeesa Khan, Chicana/o/x Studies, "The Doctor Won’t See You Now: Oral Histories of Familial Wellbeing in California Families Who Lost Medi-Cal Coverage Post-COVID-19"
- Josue Pina, History & Chicana/o/x Studies
- Dafne Velazquez, Philosophy & Chicana/o/x Studies, "Awakening The Philosophical Giant"