Percy Undergraduate Grant Recipients

Alina Zarate

Class of 2024
2024 Percy Undergraduate Grant

Alina Zárate is a fifth-year student pursuing simultaneous degrees in Environmental Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies Field and minoring in Spanish. In 2019, Alina worked in the California Central Valley interning for the United Farm Workers of America. Additionally, she worked as a Vaccine Equity Campaign coordinator in the Bay Area during the COVID pandemic. Alina has studied and conducted research in Spain, Chile, and Australia and participated in research projects at UC Berkeley related to climate, sustainability, and labor rights. She currently serves as a Climate...

Emily Breay

2019 Percy Undergraduate Grant

Thesis: "Beyond any Shadow of Doubt:" Cinema Newsreels and US Public Opinion, 1942-1944

Katherine (Katie) Kaufman

2019 Percy Undergraduate Grant

Thesis: REPURPOSED: A Documentary

Ella Smith

2019 Percy Undergraduate Grant

Thesis: Student Board Members in California: History, Impact, and Resources

Lily Green

2020 Percy Undergraduate Grant

Thesis: Social Media and Democracy

Miranda Paez

2019 Percy Undergraduate Grant

Thesis: Oakland Ceasefire: Evaluating Ceasefire's Impact on Youth Violence

Meanna Gray

2020 Percy Undergraduate Grant

Thesis: Black Evangelicals and the Democratic Party: Intersectionality and the Myth of the Monolithic Black Vote