meet the team
A group of 5 digital humanists currently pursuing diverse degrees at the University of California, Los Angeles. As a collective, we excelled in assimilating new concepts, leveraging a variety of skills, and adopting flexible roles as needed.
Jocelyn (she/her) is a third-year traditional at UCLA studying Cognitive Science and Communications with a minor in Digital Humanities. She is vastly interested in the intersection between Storytelling and technology and hopes to enter the field of product marketing management post-graduation. Jocelyn can either be spotted baking up new recipes every weekend or catching up on the latest rom-coms.
As the project manager and web designer, Jocelyn kept track of all project documentation, took meeting notes, and communicated with subject-matter expert. She also oversaw the overall “look” of the project to ensure consistent design, readability, and accessibility.
Jocelyn Mendoza
Zibaa (she/her) is a fourth-year traditional at UCLA studying International Development Studies with a minor in European Languages and Transcultural Studies in French/Francophone. She is passionate about international migration’s causes and effects as well as refugee issues and relief efforts. In her free time, Zibaa loves crocheting, reading, and harvesting wheat in Minecraft.
As the content developer, Zibaa authored the site’s narrative and ensured that the data visualizations and maps integrated cohesively with the written content. She also wrote section headers and captions, obtained necessary images, and embedded them in the site.
Zibaa Adil
Naketris (she/her) is a third-year traditional at UCLA studying Computer Science. She is also building a strong foundation in statistics while in school, as she is interested in pursing a career in Data Science. On campus, she is involved in the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and works with a couple of UCLA’s sports teams in varying capacities. Naketris enjoys watching sports and going for runs in her free time.
As the data specialist, Naketris oversaw the cleaning, refining, and augmenting of the group’s dataset. She ensured that the data is standardized, usable, and well-formatted.
Naketris Kirk
Pranav (he/him) is a third-year traditional at UCLA studying Computer Science and works at the Experimental Space Physics Laboratory as an Infrastructure Lead. He enjoys building solutions to wicked problems. In his spare time, Pranav enjoys cooking and baking, being as kind as possible, playing delightful games like Minecraft, cherishing his friends, and making cool things with his hands (blacksmithing, crocheting, origami, and the list goes on).
As the data visualization specialist, Pranav oversaw the project’s data visualizations, ensured that the data was in the right format, and fine-tuned the data visualizations.
Pranav Kesani
Jasmine (she/her) is a third year transfer studying Labor Studies at UCLA. She is a member of the Teochew Students Association (TCA) on campus and is currently working on learning a fourth language. In her spare time Jasmine likes to bake, read, travel, and play with animals; and in the future she would like to relocate to Zürich, Switzerland.
As the editor, Jasmine ensured that all elements of the project were present and edited the narrative to correct organizational, spelling, and grammatical errors.
Jasmine Chan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project would not have been possible without the guidance of Dr. Wendy Kurtz and teaching assistant Nick Schwieterman. Their experience and knowledge in the subject of Digital Humanities has made our progress possible and without their feedback and assistance our project would not be as cohesive as it is today. We would also like to thank our friend Oscar Paul Boissy for his help in designing the map used in our landing page background for artistic purposes.
