UW–Madison inducts 2014 Bouchet Scholars

Marla Delgado-Guerrero

Marla achieved a PhD and MS in Counseling Psychology at UW–Madison. Her research examines psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence academic persistence for marginalized communities in higher education. Specifically, she has examined Latina/os in higher education. Her dissertation explores psycho-sociocultural processes within mentoring relationships that influence academic persistence decisions for Latina/o undergraduates. She has been a product of mentoring which has influenced her research.

Utibe Bickham-Wright

Utibe received a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Pathology at UW–Madison. She gained her first research experience in the summer of 2005 at UW–Madison through the Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP). This and other research experiences that followed solidified her decision to enroll in the Cellular and Molecular Pathology graduate program where she was a dissertator in the laboratory of Dr. Timothy Yoshino. The laboratory investigates several aspects of schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with parasitic worms and is regarded as the second most devastating parasitic disease worldwide, after malaria.

Shannon Roberts

Shannon received a PhD and MS in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She believes in supporting and advocating to ensure diversity exists in STEM fields. Shannon served the academic community through activities associated with Graduate Engineering Research Scholars (GRS) program and through the WARF Ambassador Program to promote and encourage underrepresented students to enter the STEM fields.

Michelle Robinson

Michelle received an MS in the Department of Sociology. Her research explores the construction and reproduction of educational inequality. With this research she has explored the impact of data-driven school reform on student achievement, the importance of teacher and parents perceptions of one another for understanding parent engagement and the role of family and school characteristics for unpacking the causal effect of social capital and childrearing.