DEFCon Fellows 2024

Project: During this fellowship extension Emily continued documenting the final installments of artwork for the HSS mural project.

Yajaira is a current M.A. Student in Cultural Anthropology at CSUF. She has interned at Bowers Museum and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and enhanced her skills through the Art Bridges Foundation Internship.

Jerad is a graduate student at CSUF and the Assistant Director of the Writing Center. As a black queer writer, he is particularly interested in issues of identity, sexuality, and loss.

Haritha has contributed to several projects including: I Am What I Eat: Vegetarianism and Identity Among South Indian Immigrants In California and a virtual timeline documenting student protests and mobilization at CSUF from the 1970s to...

Victoria is a graduate student pursuing an M.A. in history with a concentration in
Chicanx studies. Her research interests include Mexican-American history in LA, the history of Mexican food in the U.S., public history, and gender history.

Project: Archiving Black OC, A community-driven digital archive and data storytelling project

Yesenia is a first-generation student at CSUF. She is pursuing a major in Business Administration and a minor in Chicana/o Studies.

Sergio earned his B.A. in History and Spanish Linguistics at UC-Riverside in 2020 and is now pursuing an M.A. in History with concentrations in Chicana/o Studies and Public History at CSUF.

Marian is a first generation Latina History graduate student concentrating in Public History. She is passionate about museum education and interpretation as well as engaging with the community.