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Competitive Edge
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Competitive Edge is a summer transition interdisciplinary program for incoming Ph.D. and MFA students. This year the program will expand to officially offer support to students throughout their first full year as a graduate student in the form of peer mentoring, periodic 1:1 check-ins with the coordinators, and community-building events.
SUMMER PROGRAM DATES
This year's program dates are August 1 through September 10, 2022.
In addition to the research experience, participants are required to attend workshops to acclimate them to the campus environment. Workshop facilitators are members of the UC San Diego community and serve as faculty, staff or continuing graduate students in various academic fields. In addition to the workshops, participants are expected to attend an orientation at the beginning and a luncheon at the conclusion of the program.
Each Competitive Edge student is expected to work with a summer faculty mentor from their respective departments. The faculty mentor will provide guidance on a research project, new or existing. The project does not have to be completed during the 6-week program, which allows the scope of the project to span the entirety of the summer quarter, through the Fall quarter, or beyond.
At minimum, meetings between Competitive Edge Fellows and their respective mentors should occur every other week. Ultimately, this depends on the nature of the project, the amount of oversight each student requires, and the level of mentorship the faculty member is able to provide.
In addition to research, the faculty mentor can provide an introduction and guidance to the department, as well as any tips on how to make the most of the summer, first quarter, and first year of their graduate experience.
Michael Hillyer |
PhD Student, Anthropology |
Christopher-Michael Rojas Moreno |
PhD Student, Anthropology |
Daniella Vo |
PhD Student, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
Ugbad Farah |
PhD Student, Biology |
Grant Norton |
PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences |
Consuelo Sauceda |
PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences |
Christian Pascual |
PhD Student, Biostatistics (Family Medicine and Public Health) |
Alexis Day |
PhD Student, Chemistry |
Julianna Follmar |
PhD Student, Chemistry |
Cristian Garcia Alcaraz |
Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology |
Amber Keller |
Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology |
Elizabeth Rangel |
Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology |
Matthew Fain |
PhD Student, Cognitive Science |
Marwa Abdalla |
PhD Student, Communication |
Keven Hernandez |
PhD Student, Communication |
Paul Ngo-Pham |
PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Ashley Batchelor |
PhD Student, Education |
Wendy Cheung |
PhD Student, Education |
Benjamin Kennedy |
PhD Student, Education |
Miguel Sanchez Morquecho |
PhD Student, History |
Trent Simmons |
Doctoral Student, Language and Communicative Disorders |
Michelle Gonzalez de la Cruz |
MA Student, Latin American Studies |
Kelsey Wardlaw |
MA Student, Latin American Studies |
Claudia Duarte Borquez |
PhD Student, Linguistics |
Milad Mayel |
PhD Student, Linguistics |
Jessica Lizarraga |
PhD Student, Literature |
Emma Hopkins |
PhD Student, Materials Science and Engineering |
Jackelin Amorin Cotrina |
PhD Student, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
Nicolas Herard |
PhD Student, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
Stephanie Ortega |
PhD Student, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
Napoleon Touafek |
MFA Student, Literature |
Raymundo Miranda |
PhD Student, Neuroscience |
Emily LaRosa |
PhD Student, Philosophy |
Mayia Vranas |
PhD Student, Physics |
Jesus Rojas Venzor |
PhD Student, Political Science |
Devin Wright |
PhD Student, Political Science |
Katie Christman |
PhD Student, Psychology |
Patricia Dionicio |
Doctoral Student, Public Health |
Victoria Telles |
Doctoral Student, Public Health |
Michael Allen |
PhD Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Nicole Clizzie |
PhD Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Briana Pessanha |
PhD Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Taiwo Sokan |
MFA Student, Theatre - Acting |
Cambria Herrera |
MFA Student, Theatre - Directing |
Noah Keyishian |
MFA Student, Theatre |
Arlene Mejorado |
MFA Student, Visual Arts |
Lorena Ochoa |
MFA Student, Visual Arts |
Amir Saadiq |
MFA Student, Visual Arts |
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Kelechi Agwuncha MFA Student, Visual Arts |
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Sara Almalla PhD Student, Ethnic Studies |
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Anthony Anderson PhD Student, Political Science |
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Mia Borzello PhD Student, Cognitive Science |
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Marvic Carrillo Terrazas PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences |
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Matthew Carter PhD Student, Linguistics |
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Ashley Cronk PhD Student, Materials Science |
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Nathaniel James PhD Student, Anthropology |
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Reed Kendall PhD Student, Education |
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Shai Nielson PhD Student, Linguistics |
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Joseph Riley MFA Student, Art History |
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Chiaki Santiago PhD Student, Neuroscience |
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Melonie Vaughn PhD Student, Neuroscience |
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Hannah White PhD Student, Education |
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David Ochoa Cadena PhD Student, Bioengineering |
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Thien Hoang Doan MFA Student, Visual Arts |
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Jose Armando Fernandez Guerrero PhD Student, Linguistics |
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Jennifer Ellen Fromm PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering |
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Incamu Ray Huaute PhD Student, Linguistics |
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Sanaa Sameena Khan PhD Student, Education |
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Julian Gonzalo Kosacki PhD Student, Bioengineering |
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Rochelle Alexia McFee PhD Student, Ethnic Studies |
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Taylor Sherisse McKie PhD Student, Oceanography |
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Monica Newton Molgaard PhD Student, Education |
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Lauren Ann-Ru Oey PhD Student, Psychology |
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Angel Payan PhD Student, Chemistry |
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Meghan J Rossi PhD Student, Neuroscience |
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Carlos Anthony Vasquez PhD Student, Chemistry |
Please direct inquiries about this program to: competitiveedge@ucsd.edu