Hi! I'm a rising sophomore at Barnard College planning to double major in Human Rights and Gender Studies with an area concentration in Southwest Asia/North Africa (SWANA). As a Laidlaw scholar, I am researching how Artsakh women navigated decisions related to their reproductive and maternal health throughout the 2023 blockade and displacement. I hope to tie my findings into a bigger picture of reproductive violence as a tool of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Reese Taylor is an intended philosophy major with a focus on human rights or race and ethnicity studies on a pre-law track. At the LaidLaw Institute, she aims to initiate research into the historical and contemporary impact of "self-help" rhetoric on Black communities, aspiring to unveil persistent oppression and advocate for meaningful change.
Hello! My name is Aimar Rosario Ávila and I am a third-year student at Barnard College majoring in Urban Studies with a concentration in psychology and a minor in education. I’m from Puerto Rico and my research aims to investigate how the categorization of social spaces can reflect an interplay of political, historic, and cognitive developments through an intersectional lens.
I am a computer science and sociology student at Barnard College. I am particularly interested in the intersection of these subjects, researching how surveillance technologies affect specific communities throughout New York City. I want to explore the ways that surveillance technologies affect community members' perceptions of safety, trust, and belonging.
I am a rising Columbia University sophomore majoring in Urban Studies, Environment & Sustainability, and a 2024 Laidlaw Scholar. My summer research is with the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning Mapping Historical New York Initiative. I digitize historical maps and census data, contributing to a digital atlas of early New York settlements, focusing on Queens and the Bronx.
My interests include urban planning and policy, green urbanism, grassroots organizing, and community storytelling. I also have a passion for transportation systems and quilting.
Hi all! My name is Kirsten Trevino and I am a rising junior at Barnard College majoring in Sociology and Human Rights. My interests in identity, sexuality, and sociology have led me to research the coming-of-age experience and identity formation practices of white lesbian elders who came of age during the post-WWII, Cold War period in Detroit, Michigan.