Stanford University
CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN RACE & ETHNICITY
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES
CHICANA/O-LATINA/O STUDIES
COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN RACE & ETHNICITY
JEWISH STUDIES
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
JUNE 15, 2025
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Each of our academic areas provides analytical tools for understanding how racial and ethnic categories form, why they matter, and how they are represented and reimagined.
CCSRE students learn that multiple lenses are needed to understand the complex dynamics of racism, identity, power, and knowledge.
Our majors and minors explore mechanisms for dismantling hierarchies and mobilizing knowledge in the creation of a more just and equitable world.
PAULA M. L. MOYA, Director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
RAMÓN SALDÍVAR, Director of Academic Programs
ALFREDO J. ARTILES, Director of Research
TERESA D. LAFROMBOISE, Director of Native American Studies
JOSÉ DAVID SALDÍVAR, Director of Chicana/oLatina/o Studies
STEPHEN M. SANO, Director of Asian American Studies
VERED KARTI SHEMTOV, Director of Jewish Studies
ANNIE ATURA, Executive Director
AMY POTEMSKI, Administrative Director
THAOMI MICHELLE DINH, Associate Director of Asian American Studies
SHAINA HAMMERMAN, Associate Director of Jewish Studies
MAGIE RAMÍREZ, Associate Director of Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies
BYRON BARAHONA, Core Curriculum Coordinator
KENIA BLANCO ÁLVAREZ, Research Institute Coordinator
RAQUEL NAVARRO CALARA, Student Services Officer
HEIDI M. LÓPEZ, Finance Assistant and Administrative Associate
CHARLENY MARTINEZ REYES, Core Course Associate
This award was established in 2011 in honor of Margarita Ibarra, who served as CSRE's Student Services Coordinator for 14 years It is given to a student who best exemplifies Ibarra's commitment to building and sustaining a dynamic community for learning, support, and leadership
AWARDEE: PHONG TAN DANG NGUYEN
This award recognizes and honors the exceptional work of a graduating senior who integrates service to the community into their academic work. The award recognizes that what is learned in the classroom can provide the tools to work for a better world.
AWARDEES: JULIA GENDY AND YUYU YUAN
This prize is awarded for outstanding academic achievement, a demonstrated intellectual interest in Chicanx studies (broadly defined), a commitment to advancing opportunities for Chicanx students in higher education, and an interest in pursuing graduate studies
AWARDEE: MYRKA ODALIS CRUZ ARACEN
The Fredrickson Award is presented to a student whose honors thesis demonstrates the academic rigor and commitment to justice that George Fredrickson believed were necessary dimensions of scholarship.
AWARDEE: RABIAH KABIR
These prizes are awarded to the top undergraduate honors theses completed each year in the social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.
AWARDEE: ASHWIN PRABU
This award recognizes one graduating Senior for excellence in the completion of the Senior Paper.
AWARDEES: SAIMARY VELÁZQUEZ CARRASQUILLO AND KAREN ARELLANO-CRUZ
This award recognizes a CCSRE faculty member who has made a significant contribution to the academic journeys of CCSRE students.
AWARDEE: ASAD L. ASAD
Karen Arellano-Cruz
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Interdisciplinary Honors in Education
Christopher Aaron Badillo
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Interdisciplinary Honors in Education; Minor in Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
Luciana Bridges
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors; Minor in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
Ashley Celada
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations; Minor in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
Hannah Cha
Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems; Minor in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Raquel Contreras
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology
Antonio Cruz Preciado*
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity with Honors; Minor in Education; Minor in Human Rights
Myrka Odalis Cruz Aracen*
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity with Honors; Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
Nena Naat’áanii Dorame
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
Micah Joi Drigo
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Education
Julia Gendy
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
Kimberly González-Zelaya
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies; Minor in Education; Interdisciplinary Honors in Education
Samantha Guerrero
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Linguistics
Rabiah Kabir*
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity with Honors; Minor in Music
Sameeha Khan
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Global Studies; Minor in Human Biology
Tiana Lakhani
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with Honors; Minor in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Lizbeth Luevano de Loera
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with Honors
Victor Meza*
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity with Honors
Lyzet Montañez Hurtado
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science; Minor in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Spanish
Phong Tan Dang Nguyen*
Bachelor of Arts in Asian American Studies; Interdisciplinary Honors in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Human Rights
Caitlan Nockideneh
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
Levi Legend Norte
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Native American Studies
Anna María Perronne
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science; Minor in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
Ashwin Prabu*
Bachelor of Arts in Data Science; Minor in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity with Interdisciplinary Honors
Emma Rehac
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Art Practice; Minor in Education
Maya Rose Cruz
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Earth Systems
Eva Sáenz*
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity with Honors
Angela Trần
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
Airin Brittany Valdez Monroy
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with Honors; Minor in Education
Saimary Velázquez Carrasquillo
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with Honors
Brianna Nicole Virabouth
Bachelor of Arts in Asian American Studies; Minor in Education with Interdisciplinary Honors
Lily Joy Winder
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Minor in Native American Studies
YuYu Yuan
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity; Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with Honors
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO CCSRE AND YOUR HEARTFELT DEDICATION TO YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS.
Byron Barahona Core Course Coordinator
Kenia Blanco Álvarez Research Institute Coordinator
Thank you for your tireless efforts. Your leadership and insight have been invaluable to sustaining CCSRE.
CCSRE recognizes the four years of service Professor Moya has invested in this center as its visionary leader. Thank you for the formidable courage, expertise, and attunement you bring every day to the work of race and ethnic studies at Stanford. We are forever in your debt for your steadfast stewardship in these uncertain times.