Aydelotte Student Research Fellows work to support the ongoing research projects of the Foundation and undertake guided independent research projects of their own.
Raghad Ahmad
Raghad Ahmad is a Palestinian senior majoring in Peace and Conflict Studies and minoring in English and Arabic. Her academic work centers on decolonial studies, with a particular focus on how indigenous ways of knowledge production can inform and transform our understanding of social justice. Drawing from her Palestinian heritage and lived experience, Raghad brings a critical perspective to questions of power, resistance, and liberation in their scholarly pursuits. Her research interests lie at the intersection of decolonial theory and indigenous epistemologies, exploring how non-Western knowledge systems can challenge dominant narratives and offer alternative pathways to understanding conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
Lena Habtu
Lena Habtu, ’26, is a senior from New York City studying Political Sociology, Computer Science, and Arabic. Through the Aydelotte Foundation, she will continue researching the governance of biometric data collection involving vulnerable populations, with a focus on questions of consent and privacy when such data is collected in humanitarian contexts. In her free time, she likes to learn languages and go on hikes.
Prerna Karmacharya
Prerna, ’26, is a senior studying education, psychology, and engineering. Her interests include engineering integration in K-12 schools, access to education, and human centered design. As an Aydelotte Fellow she hopes to explore these areas and work to dismantle barriers to education. In her free time you can find her curled up with a book, playing board games with friends, or watching JetLag the Game!
Anthony Rumbos-Perez
Anthony Rumbos-Perez, ’26, is a senior studying Sociology and Math. His research interests span human geography, urban studies and political economy. His senior thesis will focus on the economic geography of logistics and warehousing in Inland Southern California in relation to the politics of municipal boundary-setting, incorporation and county governance. As an Aydelotte Fellow, he hopes to study the political economy of higher education institutions across urban, suburban and rural settings. Born and raised in Southern California, Anthony’s favorite activities include practicing capoeira, collecting CDs, and rewatching old episodes of Game Changer and Jet Lag: The Game.
Julia Stern
Julia Stern, ’26, is a senior from New York City majoring in History and minoring in Environmental Studies. They work as a Library Associate in the Friends Historical Library and are passionate about librarianship, archival preservation of social movements, and public history projects. As an Aydelotte Student Fellow, they will be working on a project investigating the legacy of Frank Aydelotte, with a particular emphasis on Aydelotte’s role as a member of the Joint Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine in the 1940s. In their free time, they enjoy going on walks with their dogs, browsing bookstores, and reading and collecting queer and trans fiction
Clara Ximena Villalba
Clara Ximena Villalba is an undergraduate student at Swarthmore College majoring in Sociology and Anthropology. She is a facilitator and researcher for Barrio-Ed, a middle-school after-school program for youth based in abolitionist sanctuary frameworks and Youth Participatory Action Research. As a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, her research focuses on a comparative study of sanctuary programs for migrant youth from Miami-Dade County and Philadelphia County. She is also a Lang Center Associate at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility and an Aydelotte Foundation Student Research Fellow.
Kristen Wang
Kristen Wang, ’26, is a senior from Rockville, Maryland studying Philosophy and Computer Science. Through the Aydelotte Foundation, they hope to study how digital infrastructure and data accumulation reproduce the violence of colonial accumulation. In their free time, they like puzzle games and rock climbing.
Past Fellows
