{"id":338,"date":"2024-04-26T14:36:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/casuarez\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:32:27","slug":"mentoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/casuarez\/mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mentoring<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Caroline Centeno, Center for Latin American Studies, Graduate TA, University of Florida, (2025-2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Carlos Paredes, Center for Latin American Studies, Graduate TA, University of Florida, (2024-2025) (Pursuing PhD in Political Science at University of Massachusetts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Jane P\u00e9rez, Center for Latin American Studies, Graduate TA, University of Florida, (2023-2024) (Pursuing PhD in Political Science at University College of London).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Helena Lopes, Center for Latin American Studies, Graduate TA, University of Florida, (2019-2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Laura Botero, Center for Latin American Studies, Graduate TA, University of Florida, (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Bianca Barrios, Department of Political Science, Graduate Paper Committee, University of Florida (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Jane P\u00e9rez, Center for Latin American Studies, MA Thesis Committee Member, University of Florida, (2023-2024) (Pursuing PhD in Political Science at University College of London).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Grisell Santiago, Department of Spanish, Dissertation Committee Member, University of Florida (2022-present).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Krause, Department of History, Dissertation Committee Member, University of Florida (2020-present).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Aja Cacan, Department of Anthropology Dissertation Committee Member, University of Florida (2018-present).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas J. Harrington, Department of Political Science, Dissertation Committee Member, University of Florida (2022-2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Florencia Otegui, Center for Latin American Studies, MA Thesis Committee Member, University of Florida (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Gow, Center for Latin American Studies, MA Thesis Committee Member, University of Florida (2021-2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Panelist for \u201cBuilding Latinx Community: Insights on Mentorship for Graduate Students.\u201d University of Florida Graduate School. (November 18, 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Suroosh Mostoufi, Department of Political Science, MA Exam Committee Member, University of Florida (Spring 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Jesse Cosme, MDP Capstone Committee member, University of Florida (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Samora Bazil, Center for Latin American Studies Thesis Committee Member, University of Florida (2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sebasti\u00e1n Sclofsky, Department of Political Science Dissertation Committee Member, University of Florida (2018) (Associate Professor at California State University-Stanislaus).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Dhuman, Department of Sociology and Criminology &amp; Law Dissertation Committee Member, University of Florida (2016-2020) (Assistant Professor at Hamilton College).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Krause, Center for Latin American Studies Thesis Committee Member, University of Florida (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Denardo, Department of Political Science Thesis Committee Member, University of Florida (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Tyeshia Redden, Department of Urban and Regional Planning Dissertation Committee Member, University of Florida (2017) (Assistant Professor at University of Toronto).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Maxwell Ciardullo, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Masters Committee Member, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2012) (now Director of Policy and Communications at the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Invited Resource for IEU 3005 MDU\/IEU 3016 MHM Course (Masters Thesis Seminar) Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales of the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile. Santiago, Chile, August 23, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate<br>\nPayton Leesley, Undergraduate TA, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Ella Morej\u00f3n, Undergraduate TA, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Maya Roush, Undergraduate TA, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Liana Sierra, Junior Fellows Program Mentor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Nicole Irmak, Undergraduate TA, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Spring 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Natalie Triana, Honors Thesis in Political Science Mentor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Spring 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sof\u00eda Avil\u00e9s, Honors Thesis in Political Science Mentor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Summer 2024-Fall 2024). Awarded Highest Honors<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sof\u00eda Avil\u00e9s, Undergraduate TA, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher Berry, Undergraduate TA, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Kristie Heredia, Sustainability and the Built Environment Capstone Mentor, College of Construction, Design and Planning, University of Florida (Fall 2023-Spring 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sydney Stout, Undergraduate TA, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Spring 2024). (Pursuing a PhD in Political Science at the University of Minnesota)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Cayman Forbes, Honors Thesis in Political Science Mentor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer Rogers, Honors Thesis in Political Science Mentor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2021-Spring 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Jane T. P\u00e9rez, Honors Thesis in Political Science Mentor, Department of Political Science, Highest Honor, University of Florida (Fall 2020-Summer 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sof\u00eda Avil\u00e9s, Junior Fellows Program Mentor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Noem\u00ed Galeano, Junior Fellows Program Mentor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida (Fall 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Francesca A. 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