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ɫ�� Stories

The best way to learn about the ɫ�� experience is to hear from the people that make up our exceptional community.

ɫ�� students, faculty and alumni are smart and engaged, and they care deeply about their work and the world around them. Get to know more about our faculty and their impactful research, find out what drives our students, and see how our graduates are making an impact in the world. Meet some of the people that help make ɫ�� what it is.

Nick Graves '23

Student Diplomacy & World Affairs Media Arts & Culture

An appreciation for the international sphere has dovetailed with an interest in media and television production for Nick Graves ’23. An internship with Disney and the Academy Gold Rising Program is moving him forward along his path.

Emma Galbraith

Student Urban & Environmental Policy Theater & Performance Studies

Emma Galbraith ’25 balances twin passions for environmental justice and theater, taking on both community organizing and starring in a Geffen Playhouse production in Los Angeles. ɫ�� is providing her with a path to pursue both.

Jason Dworkin '91

Jason Dworkin ’91

Alumni Biochemistry

Astrobiologist Jason Dworkin ’91 has devoted the better part of two decades to a NASA mission to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.

McClaran Shirley '22

McClaran Shirley

Student Biology

ɫ�� Science Scholar McClaran Shirley ’22 studies the effect of ocean acidification on marine gastropods, or sea snails.

Ryan Hino '22

Student Biochemistry

ɫ�� Science Scholar Ryan Hino ’22 researches sustainable alternatives to combat the drug and antibiotic resistance problem.

Amelia Muscott in front of the library

Student Geology

ɫ�� Science Scholar Amelia Muscott ’22 studies glaciers by analyzing lakebed sediments in Wyoming’s Teton Mountain Range.

Kian Shamskhou

Student Biochemistry

ɫ�� Science Scholar Kian Shamskhou ’22 studies chemical reactions that form bonds between carbon atoms, seeking to find less toxic alternatives.

Richard Reyes '12

Richard Reyes ’12

Alumni Critical Theory & Social Justice

Richard empowers high school students in his Los Angeles community through storytelling, providing them with the tools to tell their own stories through his nonprofit PLUS ME, which was spotlighted at this year’s Super Bowl.

Prof. Stephanie Nelli

Stephanie Nelli

Faculty Cognitive Science

Meet Stephanie Nelli of Cognitive Science, who studies the computational principles underlying rapid learning and flexible decision-making in novel environments.

Princess Masilungan '13

Princess Masilungan ’13

Alumni Diplomacy & World Affairs

At ɫ��, Princess realized that as a lawyer she could support social movements she was passionate about. Now, having graduated from law school, she is making that goal a reality.

Tye Hernandez

Student Politics Urban & Environmental Policy Economics

Tye Hernandez ’23 knew that he wanted a strong sense of community in the undergraduate institution he decided to attend and was surprised to find that at a college with fewer than 2,000 students.

Kendall Kitahara

Kendall Kitahara

Student Sociology

The best piece of advice Kendall Kitahara has received at ɫ��? To trust her instincts. And trusting her instinct is exactly what led her to ɫ��.