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Karen Bacalia

Graduate Student Coordinator

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Karen Bacalia is a Graduate Student Coordinator at TIIP. Outside of this role, she is pursuing a PhD in nutritional sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, on the Applied and Community


Yhosep Barba

Graduate Student Coordinator

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Yhosep Barba is a Ph.D. student in Spanish at Rutgers University. Outside of research and classes, he enjoys spending time with friends, whether that’s going out together, cooking something new,


Sophia Fox-Dichter

Graduate Student Coordinator

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Sophia Fox-Dichter (she/her) is a doctoral student in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Her research explores rental housing and social safety net policies. She has


Amirtha Giridhar

Graduate Student Coordinator

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Amirtha is a doctoral student at Rutgers School of Engineering in the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department. Her research focuses on financial risk and AI usage. She has both an


Samantha Luxmikanthan

Graduate Student Research Assistant

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Samantha “Sam” Luxmikanthan is the Graduate Student Research Assistant for the Institute for Teaching, Innovation, and Inclusive Pedagogy (TIIP) at Rutgers University. In this role, they will support research on


Elizabeth Siaw

Graduate Student Coordinator

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Elizabeth Siaw is a Graduate Student Coordinator at TIIP. Outside of this role, she is pursuing a PhD in plant biology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. In her free time, she


Gill Woody

Graduate Student Coordinator

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Stuart “Gill” Woody is a Graduate Student Coordinator for the Institute for Teaching, Innovation, and Inclusive Pedagogy. He is a PhD student in the Economics department, and he intends to