Class of Luskin Center Research Fellows for 2022-23
The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy is pleased to announce its next class of Luskin Innovation Fellows for 2022-2023. The Luskin Center is one of the first institutions of its kind in the nation to bring together in-depth historical research and cutting-edge policy analysis.
The Luskin Research Fellowships for 2022-2023 have been awarded to research teams comprised of UCLA faculty and graduate students. Three Research Fellowship teams were selected this year from a pool of very strong candidates. These research teams are awarded funds to conduct collaborative research that will bring historical analysis to bear on specific issues of contemporary relevance. The teams are specifically asked to produce historical and policy analysis that will aim to solve the contemporary issue they have identified.
Innovation Fellowship teams for 2022-2023 will address a range of national and international problems.
The winning teams are:
THE POLICY AND POLITICS OF AMAZON HIGHWAY BR364: FROM SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTALISM TO ECO-PLUNDER ECONOMIES
This project follows the controversial road development of the major connecting highway of the Amazon Rainforest and the fraught politics from the 1980s to the current day.
Gabriel Suchodolski
UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy
Susanna Hecht
ASPIRING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE IN STEM: AN EXAMINATION AND REFLECTION OF PEDAGOGICAL SHIFTS AMONG LIFE SCIENCES FACULTY
This project will examine the connections between pedagogical practices and support for students from backgrounds and communities that have been historically and systemically excluded in STEM.
London Williams
UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy
Ngoc Tran
UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy
Kevin Eagan
HISTORICAL FRAMINGS FOR THE RIGHT TO FOOD IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
This project will examine how the history of the internationally recognized right to food can be applied to support local community gardens and urban agriculture initiatives throughout Los Angeles.
With support from Professor Soraya de Chadarevian and Professor Robin Derby
Kyle Winterboer
UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy