PLDA Current Cohort

We welcome the following 18 Rutgers Doctoral Students to the 2022-2023 PreDoctoral Leadership Development Academy.

Matthew Ackerman    
Library and Information Science
School of Communication and Information

Julie Aromi  
Library and Information Science
School of Communication and Information

Anthony Azari  
Criminal Justice
School of Criminal Justice

Alice Benishyaka   
Global Affairs
School of Arts and Sciences – Newark

Marissa Caldwell
Communication
School of Communication and Information

Aishwarya (Aish) Deshpande 
Microbial Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Anna Fateeva    
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Zakiyah Henry   
Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Alison Hight   
History
School of Arts and Sciences

Tianhao (Theo) Liu 
Management (Economics Concentration)
Rutgers Business School

Candace Longoria          
Kinesiology and Health
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Katherine (Kate) Lubina
Epidemiology
School of Public Health

Farzana Afrose Lubna
Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Anais Mahone  
Social Work
School of Social Work

Denise Mercado
Anthropology
School of Arts and Sciences

Pedro Ivo Monico  
Earth & Environmental Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences – Newark

Bria Paige   
English
School of Arts and Sciences

Tatevik Yolyan 
Linguistics
School of Arts and Sciences