Joshua Rysiew is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. He is advised by Dr. Steve Kilgus. Josh received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Georgia. Prior to graduate school, Josh worked in the Gifted Education Equity Research lab, where he focused on testing …
John L. Samuels Jr. is a PhD student in the Curriculum & Instruction Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in Design, Informal, and Creative Education (D.I.C.E.). Before joining UW Madison, he earned an M.A. in Philosophy & Education from Columbia University Teachers College and a second M.A. in Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology from …
Makamae Sniffen is a kupu of Wahiawā, nourished by the ʻike of her kūpuna, fed by the moʻolelo of her ʻohana. Her commitment to serving her kaiāulu and lāhui led her to pursue her doctorate in Educational Policy Studies. Previously, as a Program Coordinator, she wrote federal grants to fund Native student access to higher education and oversaw college programming for Hawaiian immersion and culture-based high schools. Her …
Matias Solorzano is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at UW-Madison. Matias holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a concentration in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from California State University, East Bay. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Psychology with a concentration in Academic Research …
Lily Suh (she/her) is a first-year Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology. She previously graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Psychology and subsequently worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at McLean Hospital, where she studied the intersection of stress and health through research on eating disorders. Her research interests center on the …
Daniella Thach is a Cambodian-American artist whose works trace a country’s violent history and the diasporic impact on their family to form a new, amalgamous identity. Their artistic practice combines analog and digital lighting elements such as neon and video projections to collapse timelines across the past and familial memory to envisage life and identity …
Joanna Torres (she/her) is a doctoral student in the Educational Policy Studies department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Latina/o/x and Latin American Studies from Northeastern Illinois University. Her research interests center on the role of youth agency and activism in catapulting educational change. In particular, she …
Christian Ulloa is an artist originally from the Chicago area. He received his BFA from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL; and is currently an Education Graduate Fellow in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Primarily through sculpture, Ulloa’s work uses humor and pop culture references to explore …
Gabriela is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Counseling Psychology. She has been a practicing psychotherapist in the Madison area since 2018 and is dually licensed as a Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist. Gabriela was introduced to the world of psychological research in 2022 through her work as a …