Research Project Name: Merced Downtown Neighborhood Identity, History and Preservation
Luce Fellows: Anaïs Guillem, Dalena Ngo, Rocco Bowman
Other team members: Garima Panwar, Graham Goodwin
Community Partners: Merced Downtown Neighborhood Association, Merced County Courthouse Museum
Research Project Name: Baskets to Bytes: Indigenous California Heritage Preservation
Luce Fellows: Manuel Dueñas Garcia, Cristyna Galarza and Scott Nicolay
Other team members: Madeline Brown
Community Partners: Cecilia Moreno, UC Merced student and Tachi Yokut/ Wukchumni traitional basketweaver; Jennifer Malone, Wukchumni Elder and traditional basketweaver; Marie Malone, Wukchumni Dictionary creator, traditional basketweaver and elder; and Carolyn A. Smith, UC Berkeley postdoc and Karuk tribal member
Research Project Name: 4-Dimensional Map of Merced
Luce Fellows: Katherine Shurik
Other team members: Maria Elena Arias-Zelidon, Mirko De Tomassi, John Flores
Community Partners: Sarah Lim, director of Historical Courthouse Museum; Karen Baker, director of Merced Visitor Services; Dennis Colton, director of the Merced Multicultural Arts Center; Clifford ViMonte, storyteller for the Cultural Arts Center
Research Project Name: Water Governance & Power Dynamics
Luce Fellows: Ivan Gonzalez Soto
Community Partners: Community Water Center
