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Whether in the lab, classroom, field or community, our faculty, students and alumni define the strengths and uniqueness of Oxy in everything that they do.
Faculty
A writer and theater artist working in the area of performance, Will Power is a pioneering creator of hip-hop theater and has been called “the best verse playwright in America” by New York magazine.
Will Power
Theater
Alumni
A cognitive science major at Oxy, Besher Ashouri is a now a student at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Besher Ashouri ’18
Cognitive Science | Class of 2018
Student
Critical Theory & Social Justice major Natalia Guerra has explored social justice dimensions in the Netherlands and Chiapas, Mexico, making the most of Oxy’s opportunities to learn about the world in an active, global context.
Natalia Guerra
Critical Theory & Social Justice | Class of 2020
Faculty
Meet Irina Rabkina of computer science, whose research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cognitive science.
Irina Rabkina
Computer Science
Student
Noa Richard, an Obama Scholar, was awarded a Humanity in Action Fellowship to study the history of human rights with a group of students and alumni over the summer (this year’s program will proceed in a virtual format).
Noa Richard
Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture, Critical Theory & Social Justice | Class of 2022
Alumni
Marissa Chan has aspired to be an environmental epidemiologist since she was 17. Committed to fighting environmental injustices that disproportionately affect some communities, she’s on her way to Harvard for graduate training.
Marissa Chan ’17
Urban & Environmental Policy, Public Health | Class of 2017
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