Chancellor's Club Fellows

As one of the oldest and largest support groups at the University of California, Irvine, the Chancellor's Club was founded in 1972 and celebrates over 30 years of service to UC Irvine. Members include community leaders, alumni and parents of students. Funds raised through the Club are used to fund the prestigious Chancellor's Fund for Excellence Fellowships. These fellowships are awarded to the brightest and the best graduate students at UCI who also show great promise as future leaders. Nominations are made by UCI's Deans for scholars in their respective schools. The support and generosity of the Chancellor's Club members has allowed the following promising graduate students to be designated as Chancellor's Club Fund For Excellence Fellows.

AY 2007-2008 Scholars

Lindsay Malloy

Degrees: Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, UC Irvine, in progress M.S., Social Ecology, UC Irvine, 2004 B.S., Psychology, Central Michigan University, 2002 B.S. in Business Administration, Management, Central Michigan University, 2002 Research: Children's disclosure of traumatic experiences, psychology and law Current Position: Graduate Researcher, UC Irvine Future Appointment: I am starting a Post Doctoral Research Associate position at the University of Cambridge in July of this year. Student Bio

 

Nikita Malavia

Degrees: Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2008 M.S., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2005 B.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Mumbai, 2002 Research: Role of an altered human airway epithelium in manifesting, fibrosis by the human lung fibroblasts and proliferation by the airway smooth muscle inairway remodeling feature of asthma Current Position: Graduate Researcher, UC Irvine Student Bio

 

Jody Vallejo

Degrees: Ph.D., Sociology, UC Irvine, 2008 M.A., Sociology, UC Irvine, 2006 M.A., Demographic and Social Analysis, UC Irvine 2003 B.A., Sociology, Magna Cum Laude, UC Irvine 2002 Research: Mexican-Origin Middle Class, Immigration, Immigrant Communities, Race/Ethnicity Current Position: Graduate Researcher, UC Irvine Future Appointment: Jody will start as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California in Fall 2008. Jody has also been awarded a Visiting Research Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC, San Diego, where she will spend the next academic year (2008-09) before beginning her post at USC. Student Bio

 

Susanne Hall

Degrees: Ph.D., English, UC Irvine, 2008 B.A., English, Wake Forest University, 2001 Research: 20th-century U.S. poetry and politics Current Position: I have accepted a Post-doctoral Fellowship in the University Writing Program at Duke University that begins in Fall 2008 Student Bio

 

Karen O'Brien

Degrees: Ph.D., Department of Drama, UC Irvine, in progress M.F.A., Directing, Department of Drama, Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati B.F.A., Department of Electronic Media, Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati Research: Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama and the Gothic. Current Position: Graduate Researcher, UC Irvine Student Bio

 

Katherine Figueroa

Degrees: Ph.D., Pharmacology, UC Irvine in progress BSc. Pharmacology, Kings College, University of London, UK, July 2000 Research: Analytical pharmacology Current Position: Graduate Researcher, UC Irvine Student Bio

 

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