CARA Faculty Contact
CARA Program Director Derrick Jones
Derrick Jones is a professor in the Sociology department at University of California Santa Cruz.
Email: oakescara@ucsc.edu
Fatima Raja
I am a PhD candidate in the Education department. My research seeks to explore Muslim American youths’ experiences on university campuses and their perceptions of the university’s role in their understanding of belonging and broader notions of citizenship, looking at how they respond to and enact agency in relation to these experiences.
I have worked with Oakes College as a GSR since 2019, supporting Oakes community-engaged programs such as the CARA Program. I have experience in preparing students for conducting both quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis that would support partnerships with community organizations for new Oakes CARA courses and support evaluation of students’ experiences & outcomes in Oakes CARA Program courses.
I am originally from the South Bay where I went to community college in Santa Clara and then transferred to UC Berkeley to complete my bachelors in history with an emphasis on South Asian History. My senior thesis discussed the ideas of sense of belonging and ownership during post-war conflict in South Asia through analyzing cultural productions such as film and poetry.
Email: fraja@ucsc.edu
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