Ed-GRS Alumni

Walter Parrish III, PhD is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the NYU Grossman School of Medicine within NYU Langone Health. He oversees the administration and management of the Office of Diversity Affairs, and provides…

Dr. Laura Andrea Prieto is from Bogotá, Colombia, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. With support from the Ed-GRS fellowship and Department of Kinesiology, Dr. Prieto earned her Ph.D. in Kinesiology at the University…

Assistant Professor of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas (starting in Fall of 2025). Cynthia Baeza earned a Ph.D. in the…

Dr. Alexandra Barber received her Ph.D. in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She received a BA in Psychology from Amherst College where she studied the adverse outcomes of experiencing race…

Dr. Charnell Chasten Long is a 2023 graduate of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction who studied under Dr. Maxine McKinney de Royston and Dr. Walter Stern. Her dissertation work entitled: Into the Scientific Undercommons: Black…

Sahian Cruz earned a PhD in School Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She hails from eastern Washington, where she grew up in the microcosm of the orchard in which her family worked.…

Kortni Dubose is a 2024 PhD graduate of the School Psychology program in the Department of Educational Psychology. Post-graduation, Dr. Dubose has a Post-doctoral Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio. Previously, she received…

Rachel Dyer is a 2024 PhD graduate in Counseling Psychology. Currently Dr. Dyer is an Assistant Professor of Psychology (clinical/counseling) at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Pauline is a 2024 PhD in the Human Development area of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Currently, Dr. Ho is a visiting assistant professor at Reed College in Portland,Oregon. …

Anna Kawennison Fetter is in her final year of the Counseling Psychology doctoral program and is completing her Doctoral Internship at SUNY Albany Counseling and Psychological Services. Anna obtained her Bachelor’s in Psychology and Native…

Dr. Emma Lazaroff is a 2022 graduate of the Human Development area of the Department of Educational Psychology. Her advisor was Dr. Haley Vlach. Before coming to UW-Madison, she earned her B.A. in Psychology from…

Dr. Brianna Leitzelar is a 2021 graduate of the Department of Kinesiology who studied exercise psychology under Dr. Kelli Koltyn. She obtained a BA in exercise science from St. Olaf College, a MS in physical…

Viola’s research is on First Generation Community College Transfer Students.

Dr. Linda M. Pheng is a 2023 graduate of the Department of Educational Policy studies under Dr. Stacey J. Lee. From the University of Maryland, she holds a BA in Anthropology, a BA in History, and…

Jacques P. Lesure is a PhD graduate in the Educational Policy Studies department. Currently, Dr. Lesure is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Education at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island.  He is originally from DeKalb County,…

Khadejah Ray is a 2024 PhD graduate in the Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis department at UW-Madison, advised by Professor Winkle-Wagner. Dr. Ray currently has a post-doctoral fellowship at University of Buffalo. She is originally…

Edgar Valles is a 2024 PhD graduate in the department of Educational Policy Studies.  Dr. Valles is currently a member of the teaching faculty at UW-Madison School of Education department of Educational Policy Studies. His…

Josh is PhD graduate in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis department.  Dr. Wallace is currently an Assistant Professor of College Student Personnel at University of Louisville in Kentucky.  In addition, Josh earned a PhD…

Dr. LaShawn Faith Washington earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis with an emphasis in Higher Education in 2023 under the guidance of Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner. Dr. Washington is currently an Assistant Professor…

Steffenie Williams is a PhD graduate in Curriculum and Instruction. Currently, Dr. Williams is on a Fulbright scholarship in Australia, studying play and play-based learning in Aboriginal Schools and Communities. Her research focuses on studying…

Zari Williams is a 2024 MFA graduate in Printmaking whose work focuses on dichotomies of race through the use of geometric abstractions as landscapes focusing on disruption through optical illusions. She is currently a working…