Black Los Angeles showcases the geographic evolution of Los Angeles and its Black communities caused by gentrification. Demographic shifts in Black neighborhoods throughout greater Los Angeles have led to harmful transitions such as over policing and displacement of Black populations in neighborhoods such as South Central and Inglewood. Despite said hardships, these neighborhoods have served as key sites of Hip-Hop creation and have made monumental additions to the famed genre. Hip-Hop has been a major staple of LA’s Black neighborhoods for years, acting as a source of cultural dance, music, and language. Hiphopography is being utilized to analyze Hip-Hop’s intersections with Black LA’s demographic shifts and artists' use of lyricism to facilitate social critiques of gentrification. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of gentrification on Black neighborhoods in Los Angeles, particularly those that have historically been spaces dedicated to the transmission of hip hop culture. The paper will include two interviews with hip hop scholars using a qualitative hiphopography framework. The goal of this project is to discover and encourage contemporary research on the patterns of neighborhood change, referenced initially in Black Los Angeles, to facilitate preservation.

Individuals' access to healthcare is strongly determined by their socioeconomic status (SES), which is influenced by income, education, and employment. People with lower SES frequently suffer financial constraints, inadequate health literacy, and geographic isolation, which all contribute to limited access to preventative treatments and greater incidences of chronic illness. More research is needed to understand and address healthcare access challenges faced by these populations who struggle with getting the care they need. This qualitative literature review investigates this problem and identifies individual needs and holistic solutions through research and best practices. "Individual needs, holistic solutions" refers to addressing recognized problems using tailored, comprehensive approaches. This study outlines four strategies: telemedicine, mobile health clinics, community-based education programs, and language support services. Each addresses a distinct barrier (financial, geographic, educational, or cultural) and offers a concrete solution to benefit those in underserved communities. Specifically, the findings of this research support using individualized and holistic approaches as interventions to close the healthcare access gap for populations from low SES backgrounds. More broadly, this work contributes to ongoing health equity efforts and supports future research into tailored, sustainable, and scalable remedies to address healthcare access.

The 2020 presidential election was a critical turning point in American democracy, with social distancing proving to be a major barrier to the traditional tactics for campaign mobilization. Campaigns were forced to pivot to social media, particularly through infographics. Typically posted on Instagram, infographics are identified by their graphs, charts, or other visualizations of information with minimal text and refined visuals. In this paper, I ask: “What role did infographics play in mobilizing voters to vote for Joe Biden in the 2020 Presidential Election?” I utilized a two-pronged mixed methods approach consisting of content analysis and statistical analysis. I identified 4 distinct groupings of posts to analyze from @joebiden’s Instagram account during his 2020 presidential campaign according to post type. I find that as the campaign progressed and the day of the election grew closer, infographics played a more vital role in Biden’s campaign by disseminating voter information while maintaining voter calm, revealing a significant shift in social media campaign strategy and ultimately providing new approaches to voter mobilization in the digital realm.

The immigration policies enacted during the Trump administration at the U.S. southern border raised significant constitutional and human rights concerns, disproportionately affecting Latino/a/e/x undocumented immigrants. Policies such as family separation, the war on drugs, indefinite migrant detention, and the removal of various forms of aid resulted in systemic violations of due process (Fifth Amendment) and protections against cruel and unusual punishment (Eighth Amendment). These policies also inflicted long-term psychological, economic, and social harm, contributing to broader patterns of racial violence and exclusion. Addressing these issues is crucial to understanding the long-term consequences of exclusionary practices and, conversely, the legal protections for marginalized immigrant communities in the future. Using Critical Theory and Structural Violence Theory, this study seeks to examine the constitutional and human rights violations embedded in Trump-era immigration policies. This research paper will also explore the ways in which these policies reshaped the legal rights and lived experiences of Latino/a/e/x undocumented immigrants. During the Trump administration, immigration policies targeting Latino/a/e/x undocumented immigrants raised significant constitutional and human rights concerns, which can be analyzed through Critical Theory and Structural Violence Theory.

UCLA’s campus is often praised for its rich architectural beauty and lively campus culture—but beneath this reputation lies an uneven landscape, both physically and socially. While the campus continues to advance and modernize its infrastructure, many aspects of physical and social space remain inaccessible or poorly adapted for students with mobility, sensory, or cognitive impairments. This project sheds light on how disabled individuals navigate high-traffic spaces on the UCLA campus, and what barriers—visible or invisible—affect their mobility, autonomy, and access. Through a combination of field observations, accessibility audits, and surveys conducted with disabled students enrolled in UCLA’s Extension Pathway Program, the findings reveal recurring themes: insufficient signage, limited elevator and ramp access, steep inclines, and inconvenient entrances. These results also demonstrate that accessibility must be understood not only as a matter of compliance, but as a design ethic centered on lived experience. Overall, this project calls for more inclusive, adaptive, and user-informed campus planning that prioritizes mobility and equity for all students—moving beyond outdated ADA compliance and superficial, man-made architectural aesthetics.