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Tatiana Monserrat Miranda-Benavides
Ph.D. Student in Iberian & Latin American Cultures, admitted Autumn 2025
Ph.D. Minor, PhilosophyBioResearch traces continuities between early modern Iberian literature and twentieth-century Latin American literature, using philosophy as a methodological framework. Past work has moved across ethics, philosophy of language, and rhetoric, applied to a range of texts spanning the medieval and early modern Iberian periods through the modern Latin American novel.
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Mercedes Montemayor Elosua
Doctor of Musical Arts Student, Musical Arts
BioMercedes Montemayor is a Mexican composer, multidisciplinary artist, and doctor of musical arts candidate at Stanford University. Her works manifest as electronic and electroacoustic music, sound Art, sound installation, and performance Art. She composes multichannel pieces for the stage and the listening room at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), from 3-7th order ambisonics. Also a film lover, she actively participates in the sound design and compositions of short films— and is now entering the world of scoring the feature film with LOUWRIEN WIJERS: from Competition to Compassion (2025). Her career launched with her collaboration with Mexican textile artist Miriam Medrez, in her intermedia installation Jardín Onírico (2022), followed by an internship at an Architectural Acoustics firm, and a performance in Mutek (2023) in Museo Anahuacall, in Mexico City with her debut album Volumina (2023).She studied Audio Engineering at Tecnológico De Monterrey and is in love with the process of mixing and mastering her work. Recently she's been reading Kierkegaard which is a considerable influence in her upcoming works, and continues to experiment with space to voice her experience as an experiencer.
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Shaghayegh Moradirad
Masters Student in Applied Physics, admitted Autumn 2026
BioShaghayegh Moradirad is a graduate student in Applied Physics at Stanford University. She completed her B.S. in CS at Minerva University. Her previous work spans scientific computing, numerical simulation, open-source software, and large-scale systems at OpenAI, LinkedIn, and Two Sigma.
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Andrea Morales Leal
Ph.D. Student in Psychology, admitted Autumn 2026
BioAndrea Morales Leal is a PhD student in Psychology at Stanford University. Her research examines how mindsets and psychological processes shape the way people experience and respond to changes in their health and bodies, with a particular interest in reproductive and hormonal health. Before coming to Stanford, she worked as a clinical psychologist at a public hospital in Mexico, where she developed psychological interventions and interdisciplinary approaches to care in infertility, postpartum mental health, and menopause.
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Tanajia Moye-Green
Ph.D. Student in Sociology, admitted Autumn 2024
BioTanajia Moye-Green is a Sociology Ph.D. student at Stanford University and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Her research examines the economic impact of incarceration on families, with a focus on how loved ones—particularly partners—navigate financial strain, fines and fees, and the broader challenges of supporting justice-impacted individuals. She is also interested in how the consequences of maternal incarceration differ from those of paternal incarceration in shaping child and family wellbeing. Tanajia holds an M.Sc. in Criminal Justice and Penal Change from the University of Strathclyde and a B.A. in Sociology from Washington and Lee University. She has conducted research with the Vera Institute of Justice and the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, and she currently works with Dr. Sarah Brayne. She is also a Fulbright Postgraduate Awardee, NSF GRFP Fellow, and Beinecke Scholar.
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Mandla T. Msipa
Master of Arts Student in Communication, admitted Autumn 2023
BioMandla Msipa (he/him) is an undergraduate at Stanford University pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science and a Coterminal Master of Arts in Communications (Media Studies) .
A Zimbabwean-American, Mandla spent 13 years in Harare under the SJET school system and attained A-Level qualifications from Cambridge International. After graduating, he worked as a Junior Master at St. John’s College, Harare, teaching in the History and English departments. After his freshman year, Mandla interned in the DC office of US Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), where he worked on education and labor policy, communications, and constituent services.
At Stanford, Mandla is a Research Assistant in the Political Science Department, where he studies political demonization in media and legislative discourse. He serves as the Financial Manager at Hammarskjöld House and is an Admit Weekend Coordinator for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. He also served on the Undergraduate Senate in 2024, advocating for housing accessibility and student co-operatives.
Mandla’s research interests lie at the intersection of politics, education, and digital media. He is particularly focused on K-12 governance structures, teacher-student relationship dynamics at the system level, digital literacy education, and the role of internet exposure in the early formation of political ideology. Additionally, he is interested in how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be leveraged for democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa. -
Inika Murkumbi
Ph.D. Student in Anthropology, admitted Autumn 2025
Master of Arts Student in Anthropology, admitted Autumn 2026Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPsychological anthropology, social life of diagnosis, ‘neurodiversity’, medical anthropology, anthropology of children, education, kinship and care, urban anthropology, transformation, South Asia
