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Chris Zepeda-Millán

Associate Professor Office: Public Affairs 6383 Email: czm@ucla.edu Phone: (310) 825-7667 ZepedaMillan.com Chris Zepeda-Millán is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Chicana/o & Central American Studies, Public Policy, Political Science,…

Abel Valenzuela Jr.

Dean of Social Sciences & Professor Professor of Labor Studies, Urban Planning, and Chicana/o and Central American Studies Office: 2300 Murphy Hall Email: avalenzuela@college.ucla.edu Phone: (310) 825-4017 Abel Valenzuela Jr. is…

Robert Chao Romero

Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, and Professor Office: 7353 Bunche Hall Links: Robert Chao Romero received his Ph.D. from UCLA in Latin American history and his Juris Doctor from U.C….

Veronica Terriquez

Professor & Director, Chicano Studies Research Center veronica.terriquez@ucla.edu Veronica Terriquez joins UCLA from UC Santa Cruz, where she was an associate professor of sociology. She received her doctorate in sociology…

Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda

Professor Office: A241 Bunche Hall Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda is a Professor in the UCLA Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies. Born in Mexico and raised in Chicago, he received a B.A….

Alicia Gaspar de Alba

Professor Office: 7367 Bunche Hall Email: agdealba@ccas.ucla.edu Phone: (310) 206-3491 Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a celebrated writer and scholar. A founding faculty member and former chair of the…

Yessica Garcia Hernandez

Assistant Professor Yessica Garcia Hernandez is Assistant Professor of Latinx Sexualities, Popular Culture, and Performance Studies in the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies. She is also an award-winning…

Jason De León

Professor Office: Haines Hall 364 Phone: (310) 825-5447 Undocumented Migration Project I am an anthropologist interested in the violent social process of undocumented migration from Latin America to the United…

Kency Cornejo

Associate Professor kcornejo@ccas.ucla.edu Kency Cornejo is Associate Professor of Latinx/Latin American art and expressive culture in the Department of Chicana/o & Central American Studies at UCLA. Her research and teaching…

Laura Chávez-Moreno

Assistant Professor LauraChavezMoreno.com Laura Chávez-Moreno is an award-winning, qualitative social researcher and assistant professor in the Departments of Chicana/o & Central American Studies and Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prof. Chávez-Moreno researches, writes,…