Researchers of Emory

McKayla Williams  is a senior double majoring in African American Studies &  Neuroscience  and  Behavioral Biology. He was awarded a Fall 2019 Independent Grant which he used to conduct research on Discrimination and Cognition  under Dr. Whitney Wharton. 

Liza Cobey  is a Junior double majoring in American studies and Media Studies . She was awarded a  Summer 2019 Independent Grant which she used to conduct research on the history associated with the desegregation of schools in the U.S. under Dr. Vanessa Siddle Walker.  For generations, the women in my family have taught. My grandmother taught at the high school I attended decades before I was born, and my aunts, a cousin, and my mother all call their schools their second home. I grew up in a perpetual extended family tied together by bus routes and classrooms. I had no intention of following their path when I came to Emory. Despite this, by the second semester of my freshman year, I had connected with one of the few remaining professors from Emory’s Department of Education, and by the fall I was enamored with her work.

This month's URP featured researcher is Mariah Dozé, an undergraduate student whose research in the discipline of rhetorical studies was published in a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, Young Scholars in Writing. Mariah Dozé is a Missouri native and a third-year in the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University. She is double majoring in sociology and African American studies. Her plans after graduation include attending law school. Upon graduating from law school, Dozé plans to pursue her passion for social justice by practicing human and civil rights law. On campus, Dozé is involved in many activities. She works with Dean Elliot as a dean's racial and social justice intern, is a member of the Emory Scholars Program, is the vice president of VOIS gospel choir, is a writing tutor in the Emory Writing Center, is the managing print editor (VP) of Black Star Magazine, is a member of the University Senate, is a member of the Center for Ethics Ethics and Servant Leader...