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Camilo Cornejo

ccordav1@ufl.edu

Camilo graduated from the University of Florida in May 2006 with a PhD degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering with minors in Agricultural Extension & Education and Agricultural Development & Gender. Late in his graduate career he developed an interest in Gender and decided to pursue an M.A. in the field. His research interests include gender issues related to water management (mainly irrigation), Women in Development (WID), and Gender and Development (GAD). He is a Postdoctoral Associate in Agricultural and Biological Engineering.

Tatiana Falcon

Tatiana graduated from the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus in May 2007 with bachelor's degree in Psychology. Her interest in Women's Studies developed through the influence of her aunt who's a feminist professor back in Puerto Rico and after spending her junior year at Louisiana State University and participating with activist organizations. It was during her senior year that she decided to pursue a master's degree in Women's Studies. As a graduate student her research interests include gender construction, language and sexuality. 

Tanya Faublas

Tanya A. Faublas earned her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in English with a minor in Spanish from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.She participated as a student member in the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society and Sorority, National Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key International Honor Society, and Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society and Sorority.She decided late in her undergraduate career to pursue a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies.Her research interests include the interconnections and existence of women, power, and autonomy.

Desirae Krell

Desi graduated from the University of South Florida in December 2002 with a Bachelor's Degree in English Education and in May 2006 with a Master's Degree in Gifted Education. Having spent four years as a teacher, her interests moved from the classroom to research, particularly in the social sciences. With research interests including body image in larger sized women, the culture of hooking up among adolescents and young adults, and the development of a "love education", Women's Studies seemed a perfect fit and a strong segue into future plans in Sociology.

Kathryn Turner

Katie graduated in May 2007 from StetsonUniversity with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and minors in American Studies and Women's Studies.  She has interned for various nonprofit and governmental organizations researching women and public policy, environmental policy, and urban planning. Recently she worked for a community-based nonprofit organization providing food and financial assistance to low-income residents in Naples, FL. She completed an undergraduate senior thesis titled "Women's Movements and the Feminization of Power in Post-Crisis Democracies," and her current research interests include gender and space, women and public policy, and feminist urban planning theory.

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