Graduate School of Education
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Alma Rodriguez
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2024
Graduate Intern, Inclusion, Community and Integrative Learning (ICIL) OperationsBioAlma Rodriguez is a first-year Ph.D. student at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, specializing in Sociology of Education under the supervision of Dr. Anthony Lising Antonio and Dr. Christine Min Wotipka. Alma is a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient who earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interest focuses on the undocumented student population. During her undergrad, Alma completed her senior honor’s thesis under the supervision of the Sociology department at UC Berkeley. Her qualitative research focused on how undocumented students navigate the higher education pipeline. Particularly, Alma is interested in understanding how undocumented students obtain cultural capital and in what ways they implement it in their communities.
Alma’s research focus at Stanford aims to shed light on undocumented Latina student mothers navigating higher education. Specifically, examining how the intersectionality of their identities such as gender, immigration status, and race has constituted a new set of challenges that have shaped their experiences navigating institutions of higher education. -
Marcos Rojas Pino
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2022
BioI am a physician from Chile, passionate about medical education and educational technologies. My research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality in medical education. I am actively developing tools that leverage artificial intelligence to enhance and evaluate clinical reasoning among healthcare professionals.
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Mayank Sharma
Masters Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2024
Graduate Student Specialist for Outreach & Outcomes, Inclusion, Belonging and Intergroup CommunicationBioFirst year student at the Graduate School of Education (GSE), pursuing the Education Data Science (MS) program. Hit me up (masharma@stanford.edu) to discuss data science and/or education equity!
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Tamara Nicole Sobomehin
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2021
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2021
Ph.D. Minor, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Master of Arts Student in Sociology, admitted Autumn 2024BioTamara Nicole Sobomehin is a PhD student at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, specializing in Learning Sciences and Technology Design, as well as Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (Science, Engineering, and Technology). Alongside her four amazing children and husband, Olatunde, she centers the principles of Love and Ujima (collective work and responsibility) and works to advance social sustainability and restorative community and school design. Her research examines joyful learning, positive design, equity in Ed|TECH|Edu, and community-centered learning ecologies to generate scholarship and technologies that advance a praxis of care, connectedness, and creativity.
Tamara is passionate about empowering children with access to meaningful experiences that support interest and agency in their learning. She is serving her second term as an elected school board trustee for the Ravenswood City School District (2018-2022; 2022-2026) and is a co-founder and the Chief Education Officer at StreetCode Academy—an award-winning tech education organization with a mission to empower communities of color with the mindsets, skills, and access to participate in the innovation ecosystem. At StreetCode Academy, Tamara creates and supervises all learning initiatives, helping community members develop creative confidence and technical skills in coding, entrepreneurship, and design.
Tamara holds a BA in Psychology from Stanford University, an MEd in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas, Arlington, and a PhD minor in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity from Stanford University.