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GUS Graduates

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Marie-Jeanne Ndimbira-Rosner, PhD

Dissertation Title: “How do holistic afterschool programs improve the readiness of poor Black learners in urban Namibia and South Africa to enter tertiary education? case studies examining two successful afterschool programs operating in the post-apartheid context“

Graduation: October 2024

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Nakeefa Cilicia Bernard, PhD

Dissertation Title: “The Meaning of Engagement: Community Development Nonprofits Methods and Motivations for Engaging Residents in Newark, NJ“

Graduation: May 2024

Placement: 
Senior Program Director, Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University—Newark

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Thayane Brêtas, PhD

Dissertation Title: “Reputation and Sex in the City: Governance, Women, and Paid Sex in Newark, New Jersey“

Graduation: May 2024

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Tolu Lanrewaju-Kadri, PhD

Dissertation Title: “Navigating Uncertainty: the Temporalities of Asylum Seeking in Cape Town, South Africa”

Graduation: May 2024

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Maryam Hosseini, PhD

Dissertation Title: “A Walk in the City: Using Large Data Sets to Analyze Urban Sidewalks”

Graduation: October 2022

Placement:
Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology