Interseminars Spotlight: Samantha Jenae Jones

Samantha Jenae Jones (Design for Responsible Innovation) is a member of the 2024–25 graduate cohort for “Collisions Across Color Lines,” the third Interseminars project funded by the Mellon Foundation. Samantha shared her thoughts on the experience and how her research relates to the Interseminar. In what ways do your research interests connect to the theme “Collisions […]

Finding Sanctuary: Approaches to Multispecies Community and Justice

August Hoffman (Anthropology) is a 2024–2025 HRI Graduate Fellow. His current project centers on the political ecology between humans, the state, wolves, and wolfdog crosses or “hybrids” as it manifests through the contexts of the exotic pet trade, animal sanctuaries, and wildlife management agencies. August is interested in the potential for sites of sanctuary to […]

Interseminars Spotlight: Omar Agustin Hernandez

Omar Agustin Hernandez (Anthropology) is a member of the 24–25 graduate cohort for “Collisions Across Color Lines,” the third Interseminars project funded by the Mellon Foundation. Omar explained how his research interests and experience relates to Interseminars.   In what ways do your research interests connect to the theme “Collisions Across Color Lines?” My research focuses […]