People
Graduate Students
Megan Satterthwaite Freiman is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Human Development Learning and Teaching Concentration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research interest include processes and factors that contribute to ethnic-racial identity development (e.g., ethnic-racial socialization, curriculum, culturally sustaining pedagogy, etc.)... 
Ashley Ison is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Human Development Learning and Teaching concentration at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to beginning the doctoral program, Ashley was a research specialist with the Council of the Great City Schools, a non-profit dedicated to supporting large urban school districts.... 
Guicheng “Ariel” Tan is a Ph.D. student and presidential scholar at Harvard Graduate School of Education. As a researcher, Ariel is interested in the role of cultural integration in people’s social and cognitive development. Her previous work includes biculturalism in Chinese student adjustments, mental health challenges for international students, and professional support for international educators.... 
Melina Melgoza (she/her/ella) was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and is a current PhD student and teaching fellow for multiple courses at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to starting the doctoral program, she received her B.A. in History and Chicana/o Studies, and her M.Ed. and teaching credential from UCLA, specializing in Social Studies and Ethnic Studies.... 
Luis Gonzalez-Quizhpe is currently an Ed.M. candidate in the Human Development and Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Fellow at the Immigration Initiative at Harvard. His research interests lie on supporting ethnic-racial identity development of immigrant-origin Latine and Indigenous Latine youth, and understanding these processes within both urban and rural contexts as they navigate within host education systems and societies.... 
Jamie Johannsen is currently an Ed.M. candidate in the Learning & Teaching program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. She is interested in how teachers talk to students about race, ethnicity, and class inequality, and how...
Mamfatou Baldeh is a doctoral student in the Human Development, Learning, and Teaching concentration at Harvard's Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her interests include intersectional identity development (e.g., gender, religion, socioeconomic status) within Black communities and the connections between Black identity development and individual and community thriving.... AERID Lab Alums
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Kristia Wantchekon, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2021-2022. Currently: Assistant Professor, Georgetown University.
Dr. M. Dala Safa, National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2018-2022. Currently: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Michael Sladek, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2018-2022. Currently: Assistant Professor, The University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Elana McDermott, Harvard Graduate School of Education Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2020. Currently: Research and Policy Analyst, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Dr. Olga Kornienko, Arizona State University Sanford School Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016- 2017. Currently: Associate Professor, George Mason University.
Dr. Sara Douglass, Arizona State University Sanford School Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013 -2015. Currently: Senior Research Associate, OMNI.
Dr. Nicole Hollis, Arizona State University Sanford School Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2015.
Dr. Katharine Zeiders, Arizona State University Sanford School Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012 to 2014. Currently: Professor, University of Arizona.
Dr. Russell Toomey, Arizona State University Prevention Research Center Postdoctoral Fellow, 7/2011 to 10/2012. Currently: Professor, University of Arizona.
Dr. Aerika Brittian, Arizona State University Prevention Research Center Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010- 2012. Currently: Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside.
Doctoral Students
Dr. Stefanie Martinez-Fuentes, Arizona State University. Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Gladys Aguilar, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford Graduate School of Education.
Dr. Diamond Bravo, Arizona State University. Currently: Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside.
Dr. Chelsea Derlan, Arizona State University. Currently: Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Edna Alfaro, Arizona State University. Currently: Associate Professor, Texas State University.
Dr. Mayra Bámaca, Arizona State University. Currently: Associate Professor, University of California, Merced.
Research Assistants and Research Staff
Kailah Lee McGee Adefolalu, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently: PhD Candidate.
Michael Ángel Vázquez, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently: PhD Candidate.
Chiara Ceccon, University of Padova, Italy. Currently: PhD Candidate.
Carolina Goncalves, Tufts University. Currently: PhD Candidate.
Emily Meland, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently: PhD Candidate.
Justin Hauver, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently: PhD Student.
Woohee Kim, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently: PhD Student.
Moisés Contreras, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently: PhD Student.
Dr. Yerin Park, Tufts University. Currently: Canady Diversity Science Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University.
Chau Ngo (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Ayelia Ali (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Anika Krause (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Terry Beasley (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Tess Murphy (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Alejandra Ramos Gomez (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Samra Zeweldi (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Tatara Tang (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Trinity Johns (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Cynthia Harmon (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Shabeha Haque (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Donalin Bell (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Joy Lindsay (Current Ed.M. student).
Borkeny Sambou (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Monica Gomez (Ed.M. awarded May 2023).
Eleanor Yi (Ed.M. awarded May 2022).
Julia Desmarais (Ed.M. awarded 2022).
Abbie Chen (Ed.M. awarded May 2021).
Julia Rowley (Ed.M. awarded May 2021).
Cody Uyeda (Ed.M. awarded May 2021).
Tristan Ross (EM. awarded May 2021).
Susie Morales (Ed.M. awarded May 2021).
Yinru Long (Ed.M. awarded May 2020).
David Bates (Ed.M. awarded May 2020).
Elaine Luo (Ed.M. awarded May 2020).
Elisa Gomez (Ed.M. awarded May 2020).
Connie K. Hur (Ed.M. awarded May 2020).
Anwar Hussein (Ed.M. awarded May 2020).
Maggie Christakos (Ed.M. awarded May 2020).
Meghan Kelly (Ed.M awarded May 2019).
Leyna Co (Ed.M. awarded May 2019).
Ezeanne Fonge (Ed.M. awarded May 2018).
Mehtab Ali (Ed.M. awarded May 2018).
Valerie Salcido (Ed.M. awarded May 2018).
Abbie Cohen (Ed.M. awarded May 2018).
Elizabeth Harvey (M.S. awarded May 2014).
Melinda Gonzales-Backen (M.S. awarded August 2008).
Undergraduate Students
Bailey Wendelberger (Undergraduate Honors Thesis, May 2016).
Kaydi Flowers (Undergraduate Honors Thesis, May 2012).