Spotlight

Kanza Khan

"For me, [law] is not a career. It's how i define my duty on earth." -Kanza Khan, Juris Doctoral Student, College of Law
Despite her dedication to helping people understand one another and navigate social systems, she didn’t always want to attend law school.

Kathleen Mellano

"In the process of preparing, I fell in love with teaching..." -Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Mellano
“Someday I hope someone looks back on their experiences with me as a friend, teacher, colleague, and they say ‘yes she made a mark on my life in some way”.”

Matthew Klein

"A lot of times we're conceptualized by our accomplishments, and there is a lot more of humanity than that." -Matthew Klein
Matthew’s research focuses on emerging technologies and interpersonal communication with the goal of employing modern vantage points and new tools to solve old problems.

Tracy Melvin

"Grad school is not just doing the work, but it's also this other separate journey of understanding, who you are and who you could be and who you want to be." -Tracy Melvin, Doctoral Student, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
"Most importantly, it gives you the time to realize it’s not about you, but what you can give back to the world around you."

Leonie Hintze

"I really appreciate MSU's and especially my departments' willingness to accept 'non-typical' grad students like me. I am very grateful to have gotten this chance to deepen my knowledge in the field I choose and to explore so many more. The guidance and experience the faculty can offer here is phenomenal!" -Leonie Hintze
Leonie Hintze is a graduate student in the College of Arts and Letters, studying German in a Master’s program.

Alison Cox

"I aim to be a microphone for the voices of family members experiencing the criminal justice system." -Alison Cox
Alison imagines her work as helping the next generation of criminal justice system workers and criminological researchers to have a more empathetic and emotional response to their work.

Ahrom Kim

"Teaching is how your recruit the researchers of the future" Dr. Ahrom Kim
Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) supported Ahrom’s love of teaching and helped her learn how to integrate scholarship into her practice to have an informed teaching approach.

Yue Bian

"who wwe want to advocate for who we include in the discussion of minoritized groups - our vision can be broader. The U.S. is becoming much more diverse, so a lot of the issues we've had are becoming more complex than they used to be." -Dr. Yue Bian, Graduate of the College of Education
For Yue, the experience of being a doctoral student at MSU has immersed her in research which has, in turn, had her thinking more critically about her positionality.

Patricia Jaimes

"I believe that programs and the STEM community need to look at changing THEIR structure and culture in order to be more inclusive and accessible to the people they are trying to recruit." -Patricia (Paty) Jaimes, Doctoral Student, College of Natural Sciences
It is because of the Geocognition Research Laboratory (GRL) and the kind of work her advisor, Dr. Julie Libarkin, does there that prompted Paty to come to MSU.

Natalia Pajares

"There is no way to navigate life without teaching people and if I can positively influence just one person I’d be happy with that.” -Natalia Pajares, Doctoral Student, College of Engineering
Natalia Pajares is a graduate student in the College of Engineering pursuing her doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering (CHEMS department)...

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