CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellows
2026 - 2027 CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow
Sheba Aikawa
Sheba Aikawa is a PhD candidate in the Social Psychology program within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she works with Dr. Eva Pietri. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University at Albany, SUNY, and a master’s degree from New York University. Broadly, her research examines what factors promote welcoming spaces and how negative stereotypes may lead to hostile environments across healthcare, academia, and workplace settings, wi...
2025-2026 CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow
Alexis (Lex) Hunter
Alexis (Lex) Hunter is a doctoral candidate with a dual focus in Educational Foundations, Policy, & Practice and Learning Sciences & Human Development at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research explores how Black/African, Latine, and Indigenous youth are conceptualizing healing in relation to social transformation. Lex’s dissertation centers youth-led, community-based participatory research (CBPR) that draws on Black/African extra-colonial traditions, including pre-colonial and anti-colonia...
2023-2024 CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow
Blessed Ngoe
Blessed E. Ngoe is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research interests include language and social interaction in invisible political and social organizations, organizational collaboration, and African epistemologies. During his time at ̽»¨ÊÓƵ, Blessed has been researching communication strategies that communities in conflict areas use to mobilize resources to address urgent conflict-generated needs. Part of his research commitment has be...
