Diversity Highlights
Featured Stories and Scholars
Global Grads Featured Scholar – Giovanna Gobbi
Giovanna Gobbi is a Fulbright Visiting Researcher in the English and Comparative Literature Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. Candidate in Brazilian Literature at the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Her research focuses on the analysis of vivid description in 19th-century Brazilian epic poetry and the writing of ...
Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS Featured Scholar – Kierra Peak
Kierra Peak is a first-year Student in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. She is a native North Carolinian from Fayetteville and a double Tar Heel graduating from UNC in 2014. Her hobbies include being a patron of the arts by attending concerts, plays, and other productions. Though she is still figuring out ...
MAGS Student Profile- Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall is currently the chief resident in the Preventive Medicine Residency Program and is nearly finished earning a Master of Science in clinical research through the Gillings School of Global Public Health. His research interests involve studying electronic cigarette use during pregnancy and the associated maternal and fetal health outcomes. Matt’s hobbies include running, swimming, and painting. What ...
Global Grads Featured Scholar – Yashvi Patel
Yashvi Patel is a passionate environmentalist hailing from the vibrant land of beauty and harmony, India. She is in her final year pursuing a Masters in Environmental Engineering. What made you choose UNC/NC when deciding on a program/place to study? UNC has one of the top-notch Public Health programs in the country so selecting this particular university ...
Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS Featured Scholar – Emily Damone
Emily Damone is a 1st year PhD student in Biostatistics. She graduated from Purdue University in 2018 with BS degrees in Statistics and Mathematics and minors in Biology and Economics. Her research interests include clinical trial design and causal inference, especially their applications in cancer research. In her free time, she enjoys knitting and playing French ...
Military-Affiliated Grads Featured Scholar – Jonathan Lucas
Jonathan Lucas spent ten years as a Marine Corps officer, stationed on both the East and West Coasts and traveling to twelve countries including Afghanistan. A couple years ago he made the big decision to completely change careers. He is currently an M.S. student in the UNC Marine Sciences department, conducting research on oyster population ...
Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS Featured Scholar – Deborah Baron
Deborah Baron is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Health Behavior in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. In her free time, she likes to travel and spend time with her kids. What’s the thing you love most about Chapel Hill? The pace and the greenery. I’ve lived most of my life in hectic, ...
Military-Affiliated Grads Featured Scholar – Davis Winkie
Davis Winkie is a second-year military history Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Department of History. While most military-affiliated grads are transitioning from military life to civilian life, how was your experience transitioning from civilian life to military life? I am an officer cadet (09R) assigned to the NC National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh. ...
Global Grads Featured Scholar – Katherine Huth
Katherine, “Kate,” Huth is a first-year student studying in the Global Studies department after 15 years of teaching in schools and Universities around the world. When she is not working, she describes herself as “a total geek” and spends her hours reading sci-fi and fantasy, watching Doctor Who and chasing Pokemon. What made you choose UNC/NC when ...
Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS/Initiative for Minority Excellence Featured Scholar – Ana Ramirez
Ana Ramirez is a first-year doctoral student in anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? I took three years off between my undergraduate and graduate school years. I took those years to really explore my interests and different career pathways which led me to keywords ...