Category: Alumni profiles

Sina Grace: Representation matters
Comics creator Sina Grace (Stevenson ‘08, literature) centers LGBTQIA characters as the industry evolves to include more diversity—and he looks forward to including even more heroes from all backgrounds.
By Dan White, August 2022

Kim TallBear: Protecting Native American DNA and Indigenous rights
In her work as a professor of Native studies, author, lecturer, and more, Kim TallBear (Ph.D. ’05, history of consciousness) has a goal of building Indigenous institutions and capacities.
By Peggy Townsend, August 2022


Laura Lopez: Triumph and survival
M.S. '07; Ph.D. '11, astronomy and astrophysics
By Dan White, May 2022


Sherril (Babcock) Wells: Grounded in love
Cowell '81, history and East Asian studies
By Dan White, May 2022

Vic Thasiah: Protecting the Earth in the long run
Oakes ’94, psychology
By Peggy Townsend, February 2022


Constanza Romero: Preserving the legacy of playwright August Wilson
Porter ’85, theater arts
By Peggy Townsend, October 2021