Each quarter, the Stanford Center for Racial Justice hosts part-time internships for Stanford University law students, graduate students, and undergraduate juniors and seniors to support our work to counter racial division and political polarization through rigorous research that analyzes the racial dimensions of some of the most contentious and consequential issues in American society. We are incredibly excited to announce our amazing Fall 2024 cohort, who come from across campus and collectively bring a stellar range of personal, academic, and professional experiences that will contribute to the advancement of racial justice. Welcome all!
Fall 2024 Interns
Rachel Broun | Rachel Broun is a second year Ph.D student in the department of Anthropology. Before coming to Stanford, she graduated from Emory University and received a Bachelor’s in Anthropology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Rachel’s research focuses on Black women working as lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia. In her work, she examines the performance of the law and its racial implications in criminal courtrooms. She is a member of the Healthy, Equitable, and Responsive research initiative at Swarthmore college where she bridges her interest in the law with how participation in politics is classed and racialized. She grew up in Carrboro, NC and enjoys cooking, playing video games, and hanging out with her cat, Broccoli.
Hannah Cha | Hannah is a senior from Los Angeles pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Symbolic Systems (Human-Computer Interaction) and a minor in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. Working specifically in the intersection of tech, social justice, and social good, she is passionate about creating inclusive, responsible, and equitable technological solutions, and identifying and mitigating biases in AI systems. She has previously interned at Salesforce on the Responsible AI & Tech team as the AI Product Inclusion intern as a part of the Tech Ethics and Policy cohort at Stanford HAI. She has also completed research projects in labs on campus including the Stanford Vision and Learning Lab, the Stanford Trustworthy AI Research Lab, the Stanford NLP Group, the Causality in Cognition Lab, and the Behavioral Lab. Ultimately, she is passionate about elevating and amplifying marginalized voices in tech. In her free time, she enjoys visual computing, graphic design, coded artwork, and a great matcha latte.
Kimberly Gonzalez-Zelaya | Kimberly is an undergraduate senior from the San Ysidro/Tijuana borderlands, double majoring in Urban Studies and Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity with a minor in Education. Her academic interests aspire to connect critical geographies of capital, incarceration, and race to the system-impacted experiences of marginalized communities across urban and rural America. At Stanford, Kimberly is a member of the Central American Student Association (CASA) and two-year Ethnic Theme Associate (ETA) of Casa Zapata. Outside of academics, Kimberly enjoys going to the cinema, DJing, and collecting vintage cultural archives.
Sarah Jung | Sarah is a 1L at Stanford Law School from Koreatown, Los Angeles. Her interests lie in the intersection of race, gender, civil rights, and international law. She has interned with the Los Angeles Public Defender’s Office, worked for an immigration legal non-profit in Spain, and served the Korean American community through providing direct services at community centers in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Luna Laliberte | Luna is a first-year PhD student in the Graduate School of Education. Her research in online learning began at Rutgers University. After receiving her BA in Communication, she pursued her Master’s in Communication and Media during the pandemic, studying how students navigated the novelty of remote learning. She continued her work in online learning environments at the Chronicle of Higher Education, where she produced online professional development opportunities including the organization’s flagship virtual conference titled the Chronicle Festival. She also honed her multimedia and narrative skills working on the Different Voices of Student Success project through video documentaries and audio takeaways. Luna’s research at the Graduate School of Education will include supporting students in online learning environments as agents in their learning journey. She will create learning environments using the universal design for learning paradigm in order to uplift neurodivergent students learning in online spaces. Luna aims to combine her skills in multimedia composition with her research interests in online learning in order to produce impact-focused solutions accessible to the broader public. In her free time, she plays video games, reads sci-fi novels, and hikes.
Mohamed Nur | Mohamed is a 1L at Stanford Law School from Portland, Maine. A long-time community organizer, facilitator, and advocate, Mohamed is passionate about working at the intersection of racial equity, social impact, and policy advocacy in service to vulnerable people. His academic interests include movement organizing, transitional justice, democracy reform, and civil and human rights enforcement. Before law school, Mohamed worked across nonprofit, government, and philanthropic organizations—tackling various public policy issues from criminal justice to democracy reform. His professional experiences have informed his approach to advancing proximate, systems-oriented solutions guided by the lived experiences of marginalized communities. He graduated from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor’s in Government & Legal Studies and Africana Studies, with a minor in Education. In his free time, Mohamed enjoys cooking new recipes, learning new languages, writing short stories, and watching/playing basketball.
Rashon Poole | Rashon is a master’s student in Computer Science with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University, originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan. His research interests lie at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and AI, focusing on leveraging multimodal AI systems to build personalized intelligent interfaces. Rashon’s work encompasses projects in healthcare and educational technology. His research includes developing dashboards that generate insights using large language models (LLMs) instead of traditional heuristics and employing LLMs in educational technology to create adaptive and personalized learning experiences. He has gained industry experience through software engineering internships in the tech, aerospace, and energy sectors. Prior to attending Stanford, Rashon earned his B.S. in Computer Science from Michigan State University and is a recipient of the GEM Fellowship. In his free time, he enjoys sports, music, and staying active.
Chaelyn Rigmaiden-Anderson | Chaelyn is a senior from Berkeley, California pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. Her academic interests center around eviction and housing policy, education reform, and legal representation. In addition, she is currently working on her honors thesis surrounding how gentrification affects public school education. She has experience with social research involving the court and legal system as a research assistant in Stanford’s Sociology department. She has also participated in Alternative Spring Break, where she traveled to Anchorage, Alaska to do volunteer work, discuss housing affordability, and learn about the Alaskan legal system. She hopes to attend law school in the future, with a goal to extend her service to the underrepresented and unheard. Beyond her academic pursuits, she is a member of Stanford’s Black Student Union (BSU) and is always looking for a new book to read. She’s also an avid music listener, serving as an executive director of Stanford Concert Network where she helps to plan Stanford’s annual Frost Fest.
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