2025 Graduates
PhDs
Dr. Doua Kha
Current Position: Student Behavior Support Program Supervisor at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instructions
Title of Dissertation: Menyuam Laib Ua Laib [Gangster Youth Can Do It]: Queer and Trans HMoob Youth Storying Dab Neeg to Transform and Maintain Culture
Dr. Alayna Eagle Shield
Current Position: Executive Director of the Mni Wichoni Health Circle
Title of Dissertation: Chincathunyan Ogna Igluhapi na I Oyuzunta (Birthing a Sovereign Nation and Transferring of Character): Resurgence of Indigenous Anchors and Futurity Praxis Through Cradleboarding
Dr. Dana Arviso
Current Position: Senior Program Strategist, Native Voices Rising at Common Counsel Foundation in Oakland, CA
Title of Dissertation: Reclaiming Philanthropy: Re-centering Native Giving in Respect, Relationships, Reciprocity, and Communal Responsibility
MEds
Toelau Ronalei Gasetoto
Position: Doctoral Student – Sociocultural Anthropology
2024 Graduates
PhDs
Dr. Kayla Mendoza Chui
Position: Community Partner Liaison for the Education, Communities, and Organizations Internship Program at UW
Dissertation Title: “Embodying Liberatory Education: The Values and Hopes of Asian Non-Binary and Women Movement Makers”
Dr. Jazmen Moore
Position: IDEA Fellow in Black Diaspora Studies & Faculty in Africana Studies, Stony Brook University
Dissertation Title: “Choosing Us: Black Girls’ Refusals, Consent, and the Possibilities of Chosen Spaces”
Dr. Jeff Stone
Position: Social Studies Specialist and Equity Coach – Mukilteo School District
Dissertation Title: Students for Ethnic Studies: Towards Disrupting and Divesting Whiteness Though YPAR
MEds
Nesrin El-Isa
Position: Secondary School Teacher in Vienna (Austria)
Daisy Lemus
Position: Community Outreach Educator with the Burke Museum & Education Program Manager at Sawhorse Revolution
Uriah Thomas
Position: Lead Clinical Case Manager at Community Youth Services