CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellows

2025-2026 CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow

Alexis (Lex) Hunter

PhD Student, Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice, School of Education2025-2026 CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow
CAAAS Doctoral Fellows

Alexis (Lex) Hunter is a doctoral candidate with a dual focus in Educational Foundations, Policy, & Practice and Learning Sciences & Human Development at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. Her research explores how Black/African, Latine, and Indigenous youth are conceptualizing healing in relation to social transformation. Lex’s dissertation centers youth-led, community-based participatory research (CBPR) that draws on Black/African extra-colonial traditions, including pre-colonial and anti-colonia...

2023-2024 CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow

Blessed Ngoe

PhD, Department of Communication, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI)2023-2024 CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow
CAAAS Doctoral Fellows
Blessed.Ngoe@colorado.edu

Blessed E. Ngoe is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. His research interests include language and social interaction in invisible political and social organizations, organizational collaboration, and African epistemologies. During his time at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, Blessed has been researching communication strategies that communities in conflict areas use to mobilize resources to address urgent conflict-generated needs. Part of his research commitment has be...