Meet the Faculty and Students

Researchers for the South Phoenix Oral History Project are faculty, students, staff, and community members affiliated with South Mountain Community College. We are committed to reclaiming and telling the stories of South Phoenix, Arizona.

Since 2017, the list of contributors has grown. Take a look at the founders and the students below, who have championed this project from a small classroom assignment to a major community collaboration.

Faculty founders

Faculty contributors

Andrea Rivers, English (SMCC)
Niall McCarthy, Computer Information Systems (SMCC)
Mary Nunn, Instructional Designer and Documentarian (SMCC)
Angela Moor, Archival Consultant (UNLV)

Walking Tour designers

  • Carlos Cruz
  • Francisco Miranda
  • Jakin Stahl
  • Niall McCarthy

Driving Tour contributors

  • Coming Spring 2024

Student contributors

Student fellows and interns, 2018-

  • Mario Avent
  • Sydnee Carey
  • Mario Cervantes
  • Carlos Cruz (ASU STEM Train Scholar)
  • Chantel Freed
  • Ivonne Godinez
  • Lexine R. Gonzales
  • Essence James
  • Tommy Lathrop
  • Diego Lorenzana
  • Francisco Miranda (ASU STEM Train Scholar)
  • Cristian Parra (ASU STEM Train Scholar)
  • Matthew Singh
  • Jakin Stahl
  • Jude Stahl
  • Tamaiya Thomas (ASU STEM Train Scholar)
  • Hope Wilkinson
  • David Zavala

Post Graduate Intern: Ele Anedda, MA (Sardinia, Italy)

Independent Researchers and Storytellers: Jyotsna “Jo” Iyer (India); Rhonda Jones (US); Shalini Pathi (India); Jaya Singh (India)

Student Founders (2017): Jose Escobar; Rubaya Habib; Benjamin Hackett Sr.; Alma Holguin-Flores; Juan Luna; Phillip Martinez Jr.; Moses Monclova; Jovanna Moran; Michael Reid; Jose Reyes; Nephtali Ruiz; Lorena Vazquez

Student Researchers/Writers:

Angel Aguilera; Jesus Aldaz; Andrea Alonso; Kashiro-Oka Altamirano; Pedro Torres Alvarado; Sivi Saldana Alvizar; Yanai Anaya; Geneva Angulo; Ian Armbruster; Jaime Arredondo; Ellea Atkinson; Jose Avila; Evelyn Ayala; Noah Backman; Lizbeth Bautista; X Beasely; Lucina Benavidez; Selene Bencomo Roman; Dustin Bermudez; Lucero Berry; Miles Bower; Lizette Bustillos; Yasmine Byron; Javier Campos; Katie Campos; Liliana Campos; David Carrizosa; Daisy Carpio; Paul Carrasco; Annisa Cardona; Luna Castaneda; Abraham Chavez; Kimberly Chavez; Nani Chavez; Hector Chavira; Aiden Check; Hassana Cole; Jordan Cook; Mikaela Corona; Fabian Cortez; Sergio Cortez; Daniela Cota; Taylor Culberson; Anfernee Curtis; Kevin Deciga; Max Doll; Naomi Dominguez; Gabriel DeMark; Damien Draper; Elijah Durias; Sidra Elsaady; Jose Escobar; Daisy Espinoza; Joel Espinoza; Cody Estes; Hector Estrada; Dair Figueroa; Yuliana Rodriguez Florian; Mykenzie Flores; Mia Franco; Adam Garcia; Antonio Garcia; Ellian Garcia; Josel Garcia; Stephanie Glenn; Ivonne Godinez; Emmanuel Godoy Valenzuela; Alexia Gomez; Angelique Gomez; Mabel Gomez; Alfredo Gonzales; Brandon Gonzales; Jhoana Calvo Gomez; Jorge Gomez-Ramirez; Ana Gonzales; Brayden Grantham; Marissa Grijalva; Kiara Guerrero; Vanessa Gutierrez; Rubaya Habib; Benjamin Hackett Sr.; Delina Hadish; Kaylee Hammann; Grace Henderson; Chris Hernandez; Valeria Hernandez; Daisy Higareda; Anthony Hightower; Lauraa Hlebak; Alma Holguin-Flores; Stebalis Horta; Ali Hussain; Alexa Key; Carter Krosky; Claudina Mazon Jimenez; Araya Jordan; Jean Marc Kamanda; Zoey Krizan; Carter Krosky; Elizabeth Jaime Lira; Stephen Loper; Agustin Lopez; Esteban Lopez; Esteban Lopez; Leonela Lopez; Makayla Lovelace; Aliyah Jerry Lozano; Juan Luna; Priscilla Lujan; Andres Madrid; Ryan Mahamed; Jorge Magana; Phillip Martinez Jr.; Crystal Cruz Mata; Veronica Melchor; Grace McQuillin; Alfonso Mendez-Diaz; Melany Menendez; Julissa Lopez Mendoza; Miranda Meza; Alberto Minero; Rebecca Miranda; Maria Molina; Moses Monclova; Sophia Monclova; Edith Morales; Theresa Morales; Jovanna Moran; Tyra Morgan; Iliana Munoz; Kimberly Muro; Lynden Murphy; Sincere Myles; Mohamed Noor; Julian Nunez-Diaz; Jalyn Nuth; Lourdes Ochoa; Khamryn Oliver; Esteidy Orozco; Saul Orozco; Eduardo Ortiz; Mairim Ortiz; Tony Ortiz; Ayomide Oshilaja; Omar Pacheco; Cameron Palmer; Arshad Paprotskiy; Emanuel Parada; Chimesa Parker; Anabella Parra; Reno Pastrano; Gabriel Perez; Jimmy Perez; Juliene Pilar; April Famoso Pineda; Janae Pridgett; Ramses Ponce; Sarah Potter; Ryan Pufahl; Gianna Quinonez; Cassidy Randles; Stephanie Ramirez; Tobias Ramirez; Yessenia (Fae) Ramos; Angela Rodriguez Ramos; Janeth Ramos; Kylie Rehrberger; Michael Reid; Adrian Reyes; Jose Reyes; Deborah Ricks; Juan Rivera; Robert Rivera; Augustin Lopez Rodelo; Frances Rodrigues; Arleth Rodriguez; Breanna Rodriguez; Brian Rodriguez; Leobardo Rodriguez; Neida Rodriguez; Thomas Rodriguez; Kolt Rogers; Luis Martin Romero; Nephtali Ruiz; Trixie Sabulao; Oscar Salas; Miranda Salgado; Allyssia Sanchez; Angelica Sanchez; Hector Barraza Sandoval; Layla Santana; Kendall Schwartz; Evelyn Bojorquez Sepulveda; Antionette Silago; Micah Simpson; Matthew Singh; Mason Skaugrud; Matt Spadafino; Janelle Smith; Tyler Smith; Mia Stankiewicz; Joe Terranova; Felicia Thompson; Angelica Tello; Anyelin Torres; Marissa Torres; Julie Tran; Karen Trejo; Charter Treseder; Erick Trevizo; Trevon Trotter; Esmeralda Valenzuela; Victor Utrilla-Herrera; Lorena Vazquez; Alexia Verdugo; Ashley Viana; Venezia Vidaurri; Emilio Lopez Villalobos; Shelby Voss; Zakaiya Ward; Hope Wilkinson; Camille Williams; Elysse Williams; Julisa Vera Zazueta; Daniel Zepeda

(Italic indicates student founders)

Board of Advisors (2023-2025)

  1. Sean P. George
  2. Cate McNamarra, Ph.D.
  3. Travis May, Ed.D.
  4. Angela Moor, Ph.D.
  5. Kathy Nakagawa, Ph.D.
  6. Laura Palma-Blandford
  7. Anthony Pratcher III, Ph.D.
  8. Liz Warren