UW Graduate School
Student & Alumni Profiles
Rachele Hurt
Master's student Rachele Hurt is uplifting her community through access and resources.
Master's Students
Public Health
Yiyuan Wang
Yiyuan Wang wants transportation to be sustainable, accessible and affordable.
Doctoral Students
Interdisciplinary Programs
Matthew Frank
A member of the Navajo Nation, Matthew Frank's doctoral research in social welfare will focus on Native experiences that center community strength.
Doctoral Students
Social Work & Criminal Justice
Jovani Azpeitia
Students from marginalized backgrounds bring strengths to schools that are rarely acknowledged as assets. Ph.D. student Jovani Azpeitia
is looking to change that.
is looking to change that.
Doctoral Students
Beth Halsne
Beth Halsne won The Graduate School's Three Minute Thesis Competition for her research on the power of patient input in picking prosthetic feet that work best for them.
Doctoral Students
Master's Students
Amber Khan
Academia and the outdoors can be isolating for graduate students of color. Ph.D. student Amber Khan is changing this with the group UW POC Outdoors.
Doctoral Students
Keisha Bharath
Keisha Bharath knows the past holds lessons. That's why she's using her Fulbright award to study sustainable urban design and planning, and give back to her home of Trinidad and Tobago.
Doctoral Students
Kimberly Perkins
Bias is a safety issue. Pilot Kimberly Perkins is using her doctoral research to prioritize psychological safety within the airline industry.
Doctoral Students
Kelly Mack
Doctoral student Kelly Mack shows how taking time for dialogue around accessibility leads to more inclusive experiences for everyone.
Doctoral Students
Ather Sharif
A car accident changed how Ather Sharif thought about accessibility. Now, he's changing others' minds, too.
Doctoral Students
Dwight Sablan
Master's student Dwight Sablan wants to use data science to combat climate change, helping communities near the equator, like Guam, where he grew up.
Master's Students
Nick Maurice
An advocate for equitable representation in science, doctoral student Nick Maurice was awarded the 2021 Graduate School Medal.
Doctoral Students
Mike McCarthy
Dual careers in the military and education have helped Mike McCarthy define—and then redefine—what it means to be a leader.
Doctoral Students
Christie Lee Gan
As computers aggregate massive amounts of information, Data Science master's student Christie Lee Gan is sharing her love of finding concise conclusions in large data sets.
Master's Students
Donavan Jackson
Donavan Jackson views his doctoral studies as a way to provide opportunities for Native American students and others from underrepresented backgrounds in academia.
Doctoral Students
Juan Zavaleta Berdeja
Juan Zavaleta Berdeja had a question that drove him to graduate school. In answering it, he hopes to effect educational change for students.
Master's Students
Nathalie Thelemaque
Doctoral student Nathalie Thelemaque is studying infrastructure's impact on the environment and communities so she can create sustainable systems.
Doctoral Students
Kim Meier
Kim Meier received the 2020 Postdoc Mentoring Award for supporting students in the Vision + Cognition lab.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Mindy Cohoon
Near and Middle Eastern Studies doctoral student Mindy Cohoon studies how Iranian and Iranian American women experience disinformation and harassment on gaming platforms amidst the U.S. 2020 election.
Doctoral Students
Lin Hongxuan
The doctoral graduate uncovers how Islam and Marxism shaped Indonesian history
Doctoral Students
Lexi Walls
Little was known about coronaviruses five years ago when Lexi Walls made them the focus of her doctoral research
Doctoral Students
Charlton Callender
Callender's research shows U.S. maternal mortality rates deserve local attention
Master's Students
Charles Kiene
On a circuitous journey through higher education, Kiene found a niche in studying groups like Reddit and Discord
Master's Students
Ashley Ruba
Conducting research with infants is no small feat, but the 2019 doctoral graduate has already made important contributions to emotions research.
Doctoral Students
Daniel Lee
When things don’t go according to plan, Daniel Lee finds opportunities to innovate in molecular engineering.
Master's Students
Collen O'Connor
The bioengineering doctoral student is supporting a more diverse field of STEM learners through community outreach
Doctoral Students
Jorge Cisneros
The applied mathematics doctoral student has found support and mentorship in a diverse community of STEM graduate peers across the U.S.
Doctoral Students