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Anthropology

Anthropology
Tate, Katherine
Associate professor - Political Science
Areas of Expertise: Research has focused on the electoral behavior of African Americans as well as the politics of race, women, and minority groups. She teaches courses in these fields as well as in American government and urban politics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-1869
Fax:949-824-8762
ktate@uci.edu

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Architecture

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Art

Art
Fernandez, Nohema
Professor, Associate Dean
Areas of Expertise: Music, piano, Latin American and Spanish music, arts and technology
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-4339
Fax:
fernandn@uci.edu

Art
Morales, Alejandro
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano art and culture
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-6901
Fax:949-824-2803
amorales@uci.edu

Art
Ruyter, Nancy Lee
Professor - Art-Dance/Director of UCI Spanish Dance Ensemble
Areas of Expertise: Dance History, particularly American Delsartism and American Modern Dance; Balkan Social and Folk Dance; Mexican Contemporary Concert Dance; Ritual Dance Forms in Mexican and Mexican-American Culture; Flamenco and other Traditional Dance Forms from Spain.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-7285
nlruyter@uci.edu

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Biology

Biology
Ayala, Francisco
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Evolutionary Genetics, Philosophy and Ethics of Science. Professor Ayala also deals with stem cell and cloning research issues as well as the intersection of Science and Religion.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-8293
Fax:
fjayala@uci.edu

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Chemistry

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Chicano/Ethnic Studies

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Bedolla, Lisa Garcia
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: American Politics, Chicana/Latina Politics and Policy
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-9298
Fax:
lgarciab@uci.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Chavez, Leo
Professor/Director - Chicano/Latino Studies Program
Areas of Expertise: Immigration, Labor Issues, Latino Issues
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-4054
Fax:
lchavez@uci.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
James, Anthony
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Urban anthropology, psychological anthropology, sociocultural change, socialization and educational anthropology, comparative ethnicity; Mexico and United States Southwest Ethnohistory.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5930
Fax:
aajames@uci.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Morales, Alejandro
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano art and culture
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-6901
Fax:949-824-2803
amorales@uci.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Ruiz, Vicki
Professor - History/Chicano/Latina Studies
Areas of Expertise: 20th century U.S. history specializing in Chicana/o studies, oral narratives, gender studies, labor, as well as California and the West.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-2865
Fax:
vruiz@uci.edu

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Climate

Climate
Trumbore, Susan E.
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Global environmental change (such as greenhouse warming, the Kyoto Protocol and the carbon cycle, tropical deforestation and its consequences, and in general the role played by land in climate and atmospheric chemistry)
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-6142
Fax:
setrumbo@uci.edu

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Computer Science

Computer Science
Baldi, Pierre
Professor/Director - Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Areas of Expertise: Genomics and Bioinformatics, Combining Medical Research with Information Technology, Cutting-edge Technologies -- such as Telescience and Informatics -- to Empower Physicians in their Daily Practices, Cal-(IT)2
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5809
Fax:
pfbaldi@ics.uci.edu

Computer Science
Dobrian, John Christopher
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: composer, music technology, computer music, experimental music compositions
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7288
Fax:
dobrian@uci.edu

Computer Science
Scherson, Issac D.
Professor - Information and Computer Science
Areas of Expertise: Computer Architecture, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Interconnection Networks, Resource Management/ Planning, Algorithms, Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, Unix)
Languages: Spanish/French/Hebrew/English
Phone:949-824-8144
issac@ics.uci.edu

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Earthquakes/Volcanoes

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Economics

Economics
Sandholtz, Wayne
Professor - Political Science/Director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies
Areas of Expertise: International Relations, Political Corruption, European Union.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-5726
wsandhol@uci.edu

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Education

Education
Charlton
, Suzanne
Lecturer
Irvine
Areas of Expertise: Language Development, Multicultural & Bilingual Education, Foreign Language Instruction.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-3523
shcharlt@uci.edu

Education
James, Anthony
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Urban anthropology, psychological anthropology, sociocultural change, socialization and educational anthropology, comparative ethnicity; Mexico and United States Southwest Ethnohistory.
languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5930
Fax:
aajames@uci.edu

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Engineering

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Environment

Environment
Ericson, Jonathon
Chair, Environmental Analysis and Design
Areas of Expertise: Principal research interests in environmental health sciences, with emphasis on exposure assessment and development of biomarkers. Research has been conducted on establishing the pre-Industrial baseline levels of lead distribution and cadmium, lead in the urban environment through environmental epidemiological survey, the durability of natural glass for nuclear waste containment, and GIS/remote sensing.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-1000
Fax:
jeericso@uci.edu

Environment
Ingram, Helen
Professor - Urban/Regional Planning
Areas of Expertise: Research interests include: (1) Transboundary national resources, particularly on the US/Mexican border,(2) Water resources and equity, (3) Public policy design and implementation, (4) The impact of policy upon democracy and public participation.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-1434
Fax:
hingram@uci.edu

Environment
Trumbore, Susan E.
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Global environmental change (such as greenhouse warming, the Kyoto Protocol and the carbon cycle, tropical deforestation and its consequences, and in general the role played by land in climate and atmospheric chemistry)
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-6142
Fax:
setrumbo@uci.edu

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Film and Television

Film and Television
Bruce-Novoa, Juan
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano Literature and Film. Cultural Production of Hispanics in the U.S.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-4762
Fax:949-824-2803
jbruceno@uci.edu

Film and Television
Navajas, Gonzalo
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Spanish and European Film, Modern Spanish Literature, Intellectual History within a European Context, Contemporary Aesthetic Theory
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-8228
Fax:
gnavajas@uci.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
de Alba, Alicia Gaspar
Associate Professor - English/American Studies in the Cesar Chavez Center
Areas of Expertise: Associate Professor, English and American Studies in the Cesar Chavez Center Expertise: Chicano popular history, border consciousness, popular culture, gender and sexuality, writing.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-3491
Fax:310-825-2449
agdealba@ucla.edu

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History/U.S./Latin America/World

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Rodriguez, Jaime
Professor of history
Areas of Expertise: Nation-building in the Spanish Americas.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7204
Fax:949-824-2865
jerodrig@uci.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Ruiz, Vicki
Professor - History/Chicano/Latina Studies
Areas of Expertise: 20th century U.S. history specializing in Chicana/o studies, oral narratives, gender studies, labor, as well as California and the West.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-2865
Fax:
vruiz@uci.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Sereseres, Caesar D.
Associate Professor - Political Science/Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Areas of Expertise: U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Latin American Relations, Mexican-American Politics, National Security Issues, Coercive Diplomacy and Political Violence.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-6334
cdserese@uci.edu

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Housing

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Immigration

Immigration
Bean, Frank
Director-Center for Research on Immigration, Population, Public Policy
Areas of Expertise: He is former Director of the Center for U.S/Mexico Border and Migration Research at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Bean's current research examines four areas: the intersection of race/ethnicity in the United States, immigration and U.S. welfare patterns, migration within and from Mexico, and the effects of immigration on labor markets.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7497
Fax:949-824-4717
fbean@uci.edu

Immigration
Chavez, Leo
Professor/Director - Chicano/Latino Studies Program
Areas of Expertise: Immigration, Labor Issues, Latino Issues
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-4054
Fax:
lchavez@uci.edu


Immigration
Rumbaut, Ruben

Professor - Sociology
Irvine
Areas of Expertise: Immigration, Children of Immigrants, Ethnic Mobility, Citizenship and National Membership, Population Research.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-2495
rrumbaut@uci.edu

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Journalism

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Law

Law
Morrill, Calvin
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Law and Society; Organizational Change, Conflict, Decision Making; Youth Conflict and Culture; Ethnography; Collective Action and Social Movements in Organizations; Social Networks in Public Health Contexts; Alternative Dispute Resolution
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824- 9322
Fax:
calvin@uci.edu

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Linguistics

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Literature

Literature
Arora, Shirley
Professor Emerita - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Globalization, Labor, Social Movements, Racism, and Latin American Studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-4757
Fax:310-206-3092
arora@humnet.ucla.edu

Literature
Benitez, Ruben
Professor Emeritus - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Spanish and Spanish-American literature.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-1358
Fax:310-206-4757
rbenitez@humnet.ucla.edu

Literature
Bruce-Novoa, Juan
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano Literature and Film. Cultural Production of Hispanics in the U.S.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-4762
Fax:949-824-2803
jbruceno@uci.edu

Literature
Cortinez, Veronica
Associate Professor - Spanish and Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Colonial and contemporary Latin American literature.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-3132
Fax:310-206-4757
cortinez@humnet.ucla.edu

Literature
Ferreira, Ana Paula
Chair - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Professor Ferreira is Associate Professor of Portuguese Studies (Portuguese, Brazilian and Lusophone African Literatures), Critical Theory and Women's Studies, and presently Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California Irvine, where she has been teaching since 1989.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7265
Fax:949-824-2803
apferrei@uci.edu

Literature
Guerra-Cunningham, Lucia
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Latin American women writers, the Latin American novel, Feminist Theory, Imaginaries of the city in Latin America
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5560
Fax:
lcunning@uci.edu

Literature
Hamilton, Michelle
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Medieval Span, including writers, poets and philosophers of the Arabic and Hebrew Golden Age, contemporary Moroccan culture including women's songs and weddings
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-9451
Fax:
michellh@uci.edu

Literature
King, Katherine C.
Associate Professor - Classics
Areas of Expertise: Comparative literature, Greek and Latin epic, Greek tragedy, French, German, Greek, medieval literature, women's studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-5071, 825-1101
Fax:310-825-9754
king@humnet.ucla.edu

Literature
Monleon, José
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Spanish
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-6939
Fax:310-206-4757
monleon@humnet.ucla.edu

Literature
Morales, Alejandro
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano art and culture
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-6901
Fax:949-824-2803
amorales@uci.edu

Literature
Novak, Maximillian
Professor - English
Areas of Expertise: 17th and 18th-century studies, novel restoration and 18th century literature, Jewish-American literature.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-1975
Fax:
novak@humnet.ucla.edu

Literature
Sefami, Jacobo
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Latin American Poetry, Latin American Jewish Writers
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7244
Fax:
jsefami@uci.edu

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Medicine

Medicine
Baldi, Pierre
Professor/Director - Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Areas of Expertise: Genomics and Bioinformatics, Combining Medical Research with Information Technology, Cutting-edge Technologies -- such as Telescience and Informatics -- to Empower Physicians in their Daily Practices, Cal-(IT)2
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5809
Fax:
pfbaldi@ics.uci.edu

Medicine
De La Maza, Luis M.
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Sexually transmitted diseases, Chlamydia, Herpes, Infectious Diseases
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7450
Fax:
lmdelama@uci.edu

Medicine
Duel, Barry

Assistant Professor
Medicine
UC Irvine
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric Urology including Urinary Incontinence and Minimally Invasive Surgery; Urological problems in Children with ADHD and Spina Bifida.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:714-456-2991
bduel@uci.edu

Medicine
Ericson, Jonathon
Chair, Environmental Analysis and Design
Areas of Expertise: Principal research interests in environmental health sciences, with emphasis on exposure assessment and development of biomarkers. Research has been conducted on establishing the pre-Industrial baseline levels of lead distribution and cadmium, lead in the urban environment through environmental epidemiological survey, the durability of natural glass for nuclear waste containment, and GIS/remote sensing.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-1000
Fax:
jeericso@uci.edu

Medicine
James, Anthony
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Urban anthropology, psychological anthropology, sociocultural change, socialization and educational anthropology, comparative ethnicity; Mexico and United States Southwest Ethnohistory.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5930
Fax:
aajames@uci.edu

Medicine
Manetta, Alberto
Professor OB/GYN
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Manetta has a special interest in gynecologic malignancies and complex pelvic surgeries.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 714-456-8019
Fax:
amanetta@uci.edu

Medicine
Vaca, Federico
Assistant Clinical Professor
Areas of Expertise: Adult and childhood injury prevention, sports injuries and traffic safety. Also deals with child seats, seatbelts and crash tests.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 714-456-5239
Fax:
fevaca@uci.edu

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Music/Dance

Music/Dance
Dobrian, John Christopher
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: composer, music technology, computer music, experimental music compositions
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7288
Fax:
dobrian@uci.edu

Music/Dance
Fernandez, Nohema
Professor, Associate Dean
Areas of Expertise: Music, piano, Latin American and Spanish music, arts and technology
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-4339
Fax:
fernandn@uci.edu

Music/Dance
McKayle, Donald
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Choreography of Dance, Modern Dance
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-6798
Fax:
dmckayle@uci.edu

Music/Dance
Ruyter, Nancy Lee
Professor - Art-Dance/Director of UCI Spanish Dance Ensemble
Areas of Expertise: Dance History, particularly American Delsartism and American Modern Dance; Balkan Social and Folk Dance; Mexican Contemporary Concert Dance; Ritual Dance Forms in Mexican and Mexican-American Culture; Flamenco and other Traditional Dance Forms from Spain.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-7285
nlruyter@uci.edu

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Nutrition

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Politics/Political Science

Politics/Political Science
Bedolla, Lisa Garcia
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: American Politics, Chicana/Latina Politics and Policy
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-9298
Fax:
lgarciab@uci.edu

Politics/Political Science
Sandholtz, Wayne
Professor - Political Science/Director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies
Areas of Expertise: International Relations, Political Corruption, European Union.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-5726
wsandhol@uci.edu

Politics/Political Science
Sereseres, Caesar D.
Associate Professor - Political Science/Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Areas of Expertise: U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Latin American Relations, Mexican-American Politics, National Security Issues, Coercive Diplomacy and Political Violence.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-6334
cdserese@uci.edu

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Psychology/Psychiatry

Psychology/Psychiatry
Thompson, Leslie
Assistant Professor - Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Areas of Expertise: Huntington's disease, Achondroplasia.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-6756
lmthomps@uci.edu

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Public Health

Public Health
De La Maza, Luis M.
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Sexually transmitted diseases, Chlamydia, Herpes, Infectious Diseases
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7450
Fax:
lmdelama@uci.edu

Public Health
Ericson, Jonathon
Chair, Environmental Analysis and Design
Areas of Expertise: Principal research interests in environmental health sciences, with emphasis on exposure assessment and development of biomarkers. Research has been conducted on establishing the pre-Industrial baseline levels of lead distribution and cadmium, lead in the urban environment through environmental epidemiological survey, the durability of natural glass for nuclear waste containment, and GIS/remote sensing.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-1000
Fax:
jeericso@uci.edu

Public Health
James, Anthony
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Vector-borne diseases, genetic control strategies, malaria and dengue fever.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5930
Fax: 949-824-2814
aajames@uci.edu

Public Health
Manetta, Alberto
Professor OB/GYN
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Manetta has a special interest in gynecologic malignancies and complex pelvic surgeries.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 714-456-8019
Fax:
amanetta@uci.edu

Public Health
Morrill, Calvin
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Law and Society; Organizational Change, Conflict, Decision Making; Youth Conflict and Culture; Ethnography; Collective Action and Social Movements in Organizations; Social Networks in Public Health Contexts; Alternative Dispute Resolution
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824- 9322
Fax:
calvin@uci.edu

Public Health
Thompson, Leslie
Assistant Professor - Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Areas of Expertise: Huntington's disease, Achondroplasia.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-6756
lmthomps@uci.edu

Public Health
Vaca, Federico
Assistant Clinical Professor
Areas of Expertise: Adult and childhood injury prevention, sports injuries and traffic safety. Also deals with child seats, seatbelts and crash tests.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 714-456-5239
Fax:
fevaca@uci.edu

 

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Race and Gender

Race and Gender
de Alba, Alicia Gaspar
Associate Professor - English/American Studies in the Cesar Chavez Center
Areas of Expertise: Associate Professor, English and American Studies in the Cesar Chavez Center Expertise: Chicano popular history, border consciousness, popular culture, gender and sexuality, writing.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-3491
Fax:310-825-2449
agdealba@ucla.edu

Race and Gender
Ferreira, Ana Paula
Chair - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Professor Ferreira is Associate Professor of Portuguese Studies (Portuguese, Brazilian and Lusophone African Literatures), Critical Theory and Women's Studies, and presently Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California Irvine, where she has been teaching since 1989.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7265
Fax:949-824-2803
apferrei@uci.edu

Race and Gender
Guerra-Cunningham, Lucia
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Latin American women writers, the Latin American novel, Feminist Theory, Imaginaries of the city in Latin America
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5560
Fax:
lcunning@uci.edu

Race and Gender
Hamilton, Michelle
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Medieval Span, including writers, poets and philosophers of the Arabic and Hebrew Golden Age, contemporary Moroccan culture including women's songs and weddings
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-9451
Fax:
michellh@uci.edu

Race and Gender
King, Katherine C.
Associate Professor - Classics
Areas of Expertise: Comparative literature, Greek and Latin epic, Greek tragedy, French, German, Greek, medieval literature, women's studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-5071, 825-1101
Fax:310-825-9754
king@humnet.ucla.edu

Race and Gender
Morrill, Calvin
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Law and Society; Organizational Change, Conflict, Decision Making; Youth Conflict and Culture; Ethnography; Collective Action and Social Movements in Organizations; Social Networks in Public Health Contexts; Alternative Dispute Resolution
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824- 9322
Fax:
calvin@uci.edu

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Religion

Religion
Ayala, Francisco
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Evolutionary Genetics, Philosophy and Ethics of Science. Professor Ayala also deals with stem cell and cloning research issues as well as the intersection of Science and Religion.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-8293
Fax:
fjayala@uci.edu

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Research

Research
Baldi, Pierre
Professor/Director - Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Areas of Expertise: Genomics and Bioinformatics, Combining Medical Research with Information Technology, Cutting-edge Technologies -- such as Telescience and Informatics -- to Empower Physicians in their Daily Practices, Cal-(IT)2
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-5809
Fax:
pfbaldi@ics.uci.edu

Research
Ayala, Francisco
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Evolutionary Genetics, Philosophy and Ethics of Science. Professor Ayala also deals with stem cell and cloning research issues as well as the intersection of Science and Religion.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-8293
Fax:
fjayala@uci.edu

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Social Welfare/Children

Social Welfare/Children
Bean, Frank
Director-Center for Research on Immigration, Population, Public Policy
Areas of Expertise: He is former Director of the Center for U.S/Mexico Border and Migration Research at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Bean's current research examines four areas: the intersection of race/ethnicity in the United States, immigration and U.S. welfare patterns, migration within and from Mexico, and the effects of immigration on labor markets.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-7497
Fax:949-824-4717
fbean@uci.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Rumbaut, Ruben

Professor - Sociology
Irvine
Areas of Expertise: Immigration, Children of Immigrants, Ethnic Mobility, Citizenship and National Membership, Population Research.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-2495
rrumbaut@uci.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Tate, Katherine
Associate professor - Political Science
Areas of Expertise: Research has focused on the electoral behavior of African Americans as well as the politics of race, women, and minority groups. She teaches courses in these fields as well as in American government and urban politics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-1869
Fax:949-824-8762
ktate@uci.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Vaca, Federico
Assistant Clinical Professor
Areas of Expertise: Adult and childhood injury prevention, sports injuries and traffic safety. Also deals with child seats, seatbelts and crash tests.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 714-456-5239
Fax:
fevaca@uci.edu

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Sociology

Sociology
Morrill, Calvin
Professor/Department Chair
Areas of Expertise: Law and Society; Organizational Change, Conflict, Decision Making; Youth Conflict and Culture; Ethnography; Collective Action and Social Movements in Organizations; Social Networks in Public Health Contexts; Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824- 9322
calvin@uci.edu

Sociology
Rumbaut, Ruben

Professor - Sociology
Irvine
Areas of Expertise: Immigration, Children of Immigrants, Ethnic Mobility, Citizenship and National Membership, Population Research.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-2495
rrumbaut@uci.edu

Sociology
Tate, Katherine
Associate professor - Political Science
Areas of Expertise: Research has focused on the electoral behavior of African Americans as well as the politics of race, women, and minority groups. She teaches courses in these fields as well as in American government and urban politics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-1869
Fax:949-824-8762
ktate@uci.edu

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Urban Development

Urban Development
Ingram, Helen
Professor - Urban/Regional Planning
Areas of Expertise: Research interests include: (1) Transboundary national resources, particularly on the US/Mexican border,(2) Water resources and equity, (3) Public policy design and implementation, (4) The impact of policy upon democracy and public participation.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 949-824-1434
Fax:
hingram@uci.edu

 

 
 

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