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Student AchievementsFilmmaker and MOR Fellow Daisy Okazaki ’25 Explores Asian American Identity
Pitzer College student Daisy Okazaki ’25, a media studies major and Asian American studies minor, has received the Margo Okazawa-Rey Fellowship to create a community-rooted film project centered on the experiences of young Southeast Asian women. Partnering with Oakland-based Banteay Srei, Okazaki is producing a short film and accompanying curriculum exploring themes of identity, trauma, healing, and sisterhood. A lifelong storyteller and member of Pitzer’s Pasifika Asian Student Union, Okazaki aims to uplift Asian American communities through film and art.
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- Community Engagement Center (CEC)
- Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies
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Student AchievementsAfter Two NSF Fellowships, Teo Cooper ’24 Seeks to Balance People and Nature
After studying plants at Harvard this summer, a student recalls the racial justice series that brought them to Pitzer and looks ahead to studying abroad in Southern Africa.
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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In the MediaOn Cork Independent, Diana Vicezar ’24 discusses her podcast about Hispanic and Latino students studying abroad in Ireland
Through podcast episodes, 'La Sociedad' gives listeners a deeper understanding of the experiences and challenges faced by the Hispanic and Latino communities in Ireland.
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In the Media
On NBC News, Professor Kathy Yep discusses ballroom dancing as a therapeutic, creative outlet for Asian immigrants
Professor Kathy Yep on countless Asian immigrants who’ve regarded ballroom dance as a sort of creative sanctuary and are now shaken by the two shootings that shook California dance halls.
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In the MediaFaculty Bookshelf: Waiting in the Postcolonial World, Medical School Racism, and More
A roundup of new and recent books by Pitzer College faculty
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Student AchievementsShelby Ottengheime ’23 Embraces Art, Archaeology, and Japanese American Heritage
Discover how Ottengheime taps into ancient and family history as a muralist, art galleries fellow, and anthropologist
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- Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies
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Faculty AchievementsPitzer Professor José Z. Calderón’s New Book Explores Immigrant Rights, Repression, and Resistance
A new book co-edited by Pitzer College Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies José Z. Calderón, is a collection of articles by immigrant rights activists, labor activists, and scholar-activists who are dedicated to immigrant and workers’ rights.
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- Writing Center
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ResearchLAist features Pitzer Visiting Professor Rudy Mondragon's research on the exploitation of Latino, Black, and Filipino boxers
Professor Rudy Mondragon's research featured in the "LAist"
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- Melvin L. Oliver Initiative
- Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs
- Office of Black Student Affairs
- Center for Asian Pacific American Students
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ResearchPitzer alumna Karen Hillman '71 writes on LA progressive about how white Americans should recognize Juneteenth by making reparations
Pitzer alumna Karen Hillman '71 writes on "LA progressive"
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- Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies
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Faculty AchievementsLinguistics Professor Carmen Fought quoted in Los Angeles Times columnist's op-ed about Anglicizing her Mexican last name.
Linguistics Professor Carmen Fought quoted in "Los Angeles Times"
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- Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs