Donya Atashie is a Research Analyst with the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI) and a student at UC Berkeley, pursuing degrees in Psychology and Legal Studies on the pre-law track. She is deeply passionate about the intersections of law, psychology, and human rights, particularly in advocating for underrepresented communities. Her academic interests center on the ways legal systems shape social structures and the psychological impact of migration and displacement.
Beyond her academic pursuits, she serves as the Culture Chair...
Dori-Taylor Carter (she/her) is a Sociology PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley and BIMI's Research Program Coordinator. Dori-Taylor's research is centered on issues of identity classification, political representation, and panethnic social movements. More closely, Dori-Taylor focuses on the construction of identity categories and populations, the political representation of identity groups, and the mobilization of shared identities and experiences toward collective political power. Her current project examines how political action committees construct identity...
Max Geiger (he/him) is an undergraduate Political Science major at the University of California, Berkeley. As a part of BIMI, he is working on compiling a comprehensive overview of major global migration trends and their critical impacts on society. Max grew up in the culturally rich and demographically diverse Los Angeles. Through his education, friendships, and part-time jobs, he developed a strong passion for immigrant rights. In his free time, Max enjoys traveling, cooking, and tending to his aspirations of becoming an attorney.
Lena Ramos is a Research Analyst with the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI) and a student at UC Berkeley, pursuing degrees in Legal Studies and Society and Environment on the pre-law track. She is passionate about immigration law, policy, and reform, with a particular focus on Latin American communities. Her academic interests are rooted in her dedication to advocacy and humanitarian aid.
Lena serves as a Staff Editor for the California Legal Studies Journal, Co-Director of Finance for the Berkeley...
Dr. Yannick Coenders is a historical sociologist of race, space, and politics. His research agenda interrogates how race persists and continues to shape the social life of populations on both sides of the Atlantic, despite the global decline of institutions that brought it into being, such as European colonialism, slavery, and de jure segregation. Coenders’ research has been published in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology, Antipode, Public Culture, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
His current book project, Dispersal: Governing Against...
Meriel Fay Zeltzer is a Research Analyst with the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI) and a student at UC Berkeley, pursuing degrees in Political Economy and Sociology on a pre-law and diplomacy track. She is passionate about policy, international relations, and the arts. She is interested in exploring how social structures, migration, and economic systems shape local and global communities.
Meriel also serves as an Associate for the Multicultural Initiative Fund under the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (Office of the President)....
