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Vanessa Seals
Ph.D. Student in English, admitted Autumn 2010
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy interest lies primarily in contemporary American literature. In particular, I look at representations of the multiracial family American novels. I am currently working on my dissertation in which I analyze novels by Danzy Senna, Nelly Rosario, and Charles Chesnutt, to name a few. I look at the connections between character as a way to understand familial relationships as they are conceived of in 20th and 21st century American novels.
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Jeffrey Smith
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2015
BioI am a currently a fourth year PhD candidate in the Biology Department at Stanford University, working both with the Stanford Center for Conservation Biology and the Natural Capital Project on understanding the impacts of human land use on biodiversity. My empirical work focuses principally on insect biodiversity in southern Costa Rica. In addition to this field work, I employ a variety of spatial modelling techniques to extrapolate local findings to regional and global patterns of diversity.
Prior to starting at Stanford, I obtained a Masters of Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where I worked with Dr. Os Schmitz to determine how New England old-field arthropod food webs varied along a suburban-forest gradient. I received my Bachelor of Science (in Ecology and Environmental Science) from the University of Delaware. While there I researched biological control of invasive weeds and restoration ecology with Dr. Judy Hough-Goldstein. -
Miranda Stratton
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2013
Assistant Director for Biosciences Diversity Programs, School of Medicine - Grad Student SupportCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in studying centrosomes, cilia, and cell cycle regulators in differentiated cells, specifically the relationship between centrosome duplication and DNA replication.
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Ying Sun
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2013
Advance 2 Student Leader, School of Medicine - Grad Student SupportBioYing is a first-generation college student who immigrated to the US from rural China when she was young. She grew up in Las Vegas, NV where her parents worked as casino dealers. After high school, she attended UC San Diego to obtain a BS in Biochemistry, Cell Biology. While at UCSD, Ying was a part of the McNair Scholars program which supports students interested in obtaining a PhD. She worked on circadian rhythm in plants in the lab of Steve Kay and became interested in transcription and gene regulation. Currently, she is a graduate student in the lab of José Dinneny at Stanford University. Her project aims to understand how some plants are more stress-tolerant than others. In her research, she analyzes the genomes of plants that live in extreme environments and utilizes bioinformatics tools to connect genotype to phenotype. Her career goal is to be a faculty member and to work at the intersection between molecular biology, functional genomics, and evolutionary genomics. In her spare time, Ying enjoys volunteering, baking, playing with animals, dancing, any outdoor activity, ice skating, and watching TV! She believes in mentorship and advocates for inclusion, equity, diversifying academia and solidarity. She hopes to promote the mindset of having gratitude, respect, and love toward one another in academia.
