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Agriculture

Agriculture
Hecht, Susanna B.
Professor - Urban Planning
Areas of Expertise: Agricultural economics, Amazonian ecosystems, anthropology, geography, resource-based rural development, international development studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4676
Fax:310-206-5566
sbhecht@ucla.edu

Anthropology
Ana, Otto Santa
Assistant Professor - Cesar Chavez Center - Chicana/Chicano Studies
Areas of Expertise: Anthropologist, social linguist, dialects, the interface of language and social structure, language acquisition and development, ethnic dialect formation, languages and language policy issues.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-8225
Fax:310-825-2449
otto@ucla.edu

Anthropology
Donnan, Christopher B.
Professor - Anthropology
Areas of Expertise: Archaeology, cultural change, South America and Spanish.
Phone: 310-825-9644, 825-1991
Languages: Spanish/English
Fax:
cdonnan@arts.ucla.edu

Anthropology
Ehret, Christopher
Professor - History/Associate Director - James S. Coleman African Studies Center
Areas of Expertise: East Africa, African linguistics, anthropology, Swahili
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4093, 310-825-4601
Fax:
ehret@history.ucla.edu

Anthropology
Hammond, Peter B.
Professor Emeritus - Anthropology
Areas of Expertise: Ethnology, applied anthropology, ethnic stratification, Africa, African diaspora, gay and lesbian studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-794-9165
Fax:310-206-7833
phammond@ucla.edu

Anthropology
Kennedy, Gail E.
Associate Professor - Anthropology
Areas of Expertise: Biological anthropology, hominid paleotology, early Native Americans, Africa.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4860
Fax:310-206-7833
kennedy@anthro.ucla.edu

Anthropology
Vigil, James Diego
Professor - Anthropology/Director - Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
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: 310-825-4997
Fax:310-206-7833
vigil@ucla.edu

Architecture
Adelson, Marvin
Professor Emeritus, Architecture/Urban Design
Areas of Expertise: Theory evaluation, psychology and communication decision theory; futurist.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7932
Fax:
madelson@ucla.edu

Art
Baca, Judith
Professor-World Arts/Cultures, Artistic Director - Social/Public Art Resource Center
Areas of Expertise: Studio art, muralism, art history and arts management.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-822-9560
Fax:310-827-8717
judybaca@ucla.edu

Art
Klein, Cecelia F.
Professor - Art History
Areas of Expertise: Pre-Colombian Latin America, Oceanic and Native North American Art, gender and warfare in Aztec visual ideology.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8233, 310-206-6905
Fax:310-206-1903
cklein@humnet.ucla.edu

Art
Kunzle, David M.
Professor - Art History
Areas of Expertise: History of modern art, folk and popular Europe, art of socialist Chile, 19th and 20th century American, European and Latin American Art.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8232, 310-206-6905
Fax:310-206-1903
kunzle@humnet.ucla.edu

Biology
Aguilera, Renato
Assistant Professor - Molecular/Cellular/Developmental Biology
Areas of Expertise: n/a
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-3724
Fax:
renato@ucla.edu

Biology
Gonzalez, Elma
Professor, Biology
Areas of Expertise: Plant cell biology
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-3922
Fax:310-206-3987
gonzalez@biology.lifesci.ucla.edu

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Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Avila, Eric
Assistant Professor - Chicano Studies
Areas of Expertise: Chicano history and history of Los Angeles.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-9106
Fax:310-825-2449
eavila@ucla.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Calderón, Hector
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano and Latin American literature.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-2194
Fax:310-206-4757
calderon@humnet.ucla.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Estrada, Leobardo
Associate Professor - Urban Planning
Areas of Expertise: Survey methodology, Chicano studies, sociology, demography, Geographic Information Systems
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-6574
Fax:310-206-5566, 310-825-8574
leobard@ucla.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Hernandez, Guillermo
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese; Director - Chicano Studies Research Center
Areas of Expertise: Chicano/Mexican issues, Mexican Corridos
Phone: 310-825-3903, 310-206-1314
Languages: Spanish/English
Fax:
gmo@csrc.ucla.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Macias, Reynaldo
Professor - Chicano/a Studies; Chair - Cesar Chavez Center: Interdisciplinary
Areas of Expertise: Bilingual education, teacher supply and demand, Chicanos and schooling, adult literacy, language choice and population projections.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-4573
Fax:310-825-2449
reynaldo@csrc.ucla.edu

Chicano/Ethnic Studies
Santa Ana, Otto
Assistant Professor - Cesar Chavez Center - Chicana/Chicano Studies
Areas of Expertise: Anthropologist, social linguist, dialects, the interface of language and social structure, language acquisition and development, ethnic dialect formation, languages and language policy issues.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-8225
Fax:310-825-2449
otto@ucla.edu

Climate
Mechoso, Carlos R.
Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Large-scale dynamics, numerical weather prediction, El Niño.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-3057
Fax:310-206-5219
mechoso@atmos.ucla.edu

Computer Science
Cardenas, Alfonso
Professor, Computer Science
Areas of Expertise: Data management systems, program languages and software systems; systems analysis, management information systems.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7550 310-825-2660
Fax:
cardenas@cs.ucla.edu

Computer Science
Peccei, Roberto
Vice Chancellor, Research
Areas of Expertise: Nanosystems, varied research, physics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7943
Fax:310-206-6030
rpeccei@conet.ucla.edu

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Economics
de la Torre, Jose
Professor - Management
Areas of Expertise: International business. He is the director of the Center for International Business Education and Research.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4507, 310-206-8518
Fax:
jose.de.la.torre@anderson.ucla.edu

Economics
Edwards, Sebastian
Professor - Economics; Anderson Graduate School of Management
Areas of Expertise: International development
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-6797, 310-825-2507
Fax:
sebastian.edwards@anderson.ucla.edu

Economics
Harberger, Arnold C.
Professor - Economics
Areas of Expertise: Public finance, economic development, international economics, problems of economic policy in developing countries, analysis of efficiency and incidence effect of taxation, cost-benefit analysis of investment projects, public policy research.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7520, 310-825-1011
Fax:harberger@econ.ucla.edu

Economics
Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raul
Professor - Urban Planning/Founding director of UCLA's North American and Integration Center
Areas of Expertise: Politics, political economy of regional integration dynamics in various parts of the world, including debt, trade and migration and relations between the U.S., Mexico and other Latin American countries, NAFTA and the World Bank.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8956, 310-206-4609, 310-206-4611
Fax:310-825-8574
hinojosa@ucla.edu

Education
Artiles, Alfredo J.
Assistant Professor - Educational Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Teaching of handicapped children and urban education.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:
Fax:

Education
Gutierrez, Kris
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Language and literacy.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7467
Fax:
gutierrez@gseis.ucla.edu

Education
Macias, Reynaldo
Professor - Chicano/a Studies; Chair - Cesar Chavez Center: Interdisciplinary
Areas of Expertise: Bilingual education, teacher supply and demand, Chicanos and schooling, adult literacy, language choice and population projections.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-4573
Fax:310-825-2449
reynaldo@csrc.ucla.edu

Education
Solorzano, Daniel
Associate Professor - Social Sciences/Comparative Education
Areas of Expertise: Race and ethnic relations, social mobility. He oversees the Boyle Heights Education Institute project.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-7855, 310-825-2624
Fax:
solorzano@gseis.ucla.edu

Education
Santa Ana, Otto
Assistant Professor - Cesar Chavez Center - Chicana/Chicano Studies
Areas of Expertise: Anthropologist, social linguist, dialects, the interface of language and social structure, language acquisition and development, ethnic dialect formation, languages and language policy issues.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-8225
Fax:310-825-2449
otto@ucla.edu

Education
Torres, Carlos Alberto
Professor - Social Sciences/Comparative Education
Areas of Expertise: Latin America education.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-5791, 310-825-4571
Fax:310-206-6859
torres@gseis.ucla.edu

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Environment
Bennett, Charles F.
Professor Emeritus - Geography
Areas of Expertise: Ecosystems, biogeography, conservation, Latin America. Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-3525, 310-825-1071
Fax:
chasben@ucla.edu

Film and Television
Noriega, Chon
Professor - Film/Television
Areas of Expertise: Portrayal of Latinos in film and television.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7061
Fax:310-825-3383
cnoriega@tft.ucla.edu

Film and Television
Preloran, Jorge
Professor Emeritus - Theater/Film/Television
Areas of Expertise: Film production in Central and South America, documentary filmmaking and international filmmaking.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-6852
Fax:

Film and Television
Valenzuela, Jose Luis
Professor - Theater/Film/Television
Areas of Expertise: Latino theater issues, directing, performing.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-7291
Fax:310-825-3383
jlvalenzuela@tft.ucla.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Avila, Eric
Assistant Professor - Chicano Studies
Areas of Expertise: Chicano history and history of Los Angeles Fluency: fair. Couldn't give an extensive interview in Spanish.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-9106
Fax:310-825-2449
eavila@ucla.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Baca, Judith
Professor-World Arts/Cultures, Artistic Director - Social/Public Art Resource Center
Areas of Expertise: Studio art, muralism, art history and arts management.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-822-9560
Fax:310-827-8717
judybaca@ucla.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
de Alba, Alicia Gaspar
Associate Professor - English/American Studies - Cesar Chavez Center
Areas of 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

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Ehret, Christopher
Professor - History/Associate Director - James S. Coleman African Studies Center.
Areas of Expertise: East Africa, African linguistics, anthropology, Swahili.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4093, 310-825-4601
Fax:
ehret@history.ucla.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Gomez-Quinones, Juan
Professor - History
Areas of Expertise: American history, Chicano history, social and labor, Mexican history.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4362, 310-825-4601
Fax:

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Klein, Cecelia F.
Professor - Art History
Areas of Expertise: Pre-Colombian Latin America, Oceanic and Native North American Art, gender and warfare in Aztec visual ideology.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8233, 310-206-6905
Fax:310-206-1903
cklein@humnet.ucla.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Kunzle, David M.
Professor - Art History
Areas of Expertise: History of modern art, folk and popular Europe, art of socialist Chile, 19th and 20th century American, European and Latin American Art.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8232, 310-206-6905
Fax:310-206-1903
kunzle@humnet.ucla.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Moya, Jose
Associate Professor - History
Areas of Expertise: Argentina.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-9607, 825-4601, 206-1643
Fax:
moya@history.ucla.edu

History/U.S./Latin America/World
Wohl, Robert A.
Professor - History
Areas of Expertise: 19th/20th century European history, Italy, France, popular culture, literature and theater, psychoanalysis and history.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-3568, 310-825-4601
Fax:
rwohl@ucla.edu

Housing
Valenzuela, Abel
Associate Professor-Urban Planning/Associate Director-The Study of Urban Poverty
Areas of Expertise: Immigration and housing (especially pertaining to Latinos), population demographics, labor studies, environmental policy, community and economic development international migration; immigrants in the urban economy; urban poverty; welfare reform; social policy; race, ethnicity and social inequality.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-8224
Fax:310-825-2449
abel@ucla.edu

Immigration
Telles, Edward
Assistant Professor - Sociology
Areas of Expertise: Undocumented immigrants.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-2918, 310-825-1313
Fax:
telles@soc.ucla.edu

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Law
Gomez, Laura
Professor - Law
Areas of Expertise: Sociology of law, race and ethnic relations, deviance and social control.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4255
Fax:
gomez@law.ucla.edu

Law
Lopez, Gerald
Professor - Law
Areas of Expertise:
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-7285
Fax:
lopez@law.ucla.edu

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Literature
Calderón, Hector
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano and Latin American literature.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-2194
Fax:310-206-4757
calderon@humnet.ucla.edu

Literature
Hernandez, Guillermo
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese; Director - Chicano Studies Research Center
Areas of Expertise: Chicano/Mexican issues, Mexican Corridos.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-3903, 310-206-1314
Fax:
gmo@csrc.ucla.edu

Literature
Werner, Stephen D.
Professor - French
Areas of Expertise: 18th century.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-794-8919
Fax:310-825-9754
werner@humnet.ucla.edu

Medicine
Barrio, Jorge
Professor - Radiological Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Nuclear medicine and radiology.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4167
Fax:
jbarrio@mednet.ucla.edu

Medicine
Carranza, Fermin
Professor Emeritus, Dentistry
Areas of Expertise: Periodontist, histologist.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-5543
Fax:310-206-3282

Medicine
Correa, Ana Maria
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Areas of Expertise: Neuroscience.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-4072
Fax:310-794-9612
nani@ucla.edu

Medicine
Dirksen, Ellen R.
Professor, Neurobiology
Areas of Expertise: Neurobiology
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-9565
Fax:310-825-2224
dirksen@mednet.ucla.edu

Medicine
Fitten, L. Jaime
Adjunct Associate Professor, Geriatrics
Areas of Expertise: Geriatrics, aging, Alzheimer's disease, dementia and depression.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 818-891-7711 x7097
Fax:310-829-2015
jfitten@ucla.edu

Medicine
Hayes-Bautista, David
Professor - Director The Center for the Study of Latino Health
Areas of Expertise: Medical sociology, social, health, economic and political issues dealing with Latinos and Chicanos; AIDS, research and demographics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-794-0663 310-794-0664
Fax:310-794-2862
dhayesb@ucla.edu

Medicine
Morales, Armando
Adjunct Professor - Psychiatry\Biobehavioral Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Child homicide, gang violence and Hispanic mental health.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-0466
Fax:

Medicine
Segundo, Jose P.
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology
Areas of Expertise: Nervous system.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-9582
Fax:310-825-2224
segundo@ucla.edu

Medicine
Torres-Gil, Fernando
Professor - Social Welfare; Associate Dean - Academic Affairs/Public Policy
Areas of Expertise: Gerontology, the politics of aging, long-term care and services to the elderly, social policy, health care, social security and welfare reform
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-1994, 310-794-9305
Fax:310-206-5773
torres@sppsr.ucla.edu

Medicine
Vargas, Jorge
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Areas of Expertise: Parasitic infections, pediatrics and surgery.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-6134
Fax:
jvargas@mednet.ucla.edu

Medicine
Vinuela, Fernando
Professor, Radiological Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Therapeutic neuroradiology.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-6576
Fax:
fvinuela@mednet.ucla.edu

Music/Dance
Dosamantes-Beaudry, Irma
Professor - World Arts and Culture
Areas of Expertise: Dance therapy, interdisciplinary and cross cultural arts studies, psychological and psychoanalysis.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-1333, 310-825-3951
Fax:310-825-7507
irmad@arts.ucla.edu

Music/Dance
Hernandez, Guillermo
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese; Director - Chicano Studies Research Center
Areas of Expertise: Chicano/Mexican issues, Mexican Corridos.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-3903, 310-206-1314
Fax:
gmo@csrc.ucla.edu

Music/Dance
Loza, Steven
Professor, Ethnomusicology
Areas of Expertise: Traditional and contemporary music from the Caribbean, Cuba, Mexico and Latin America and Mexican American music.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-1082
Fax:310-206-4738
sloza@ucla.edu

Music/Dance
Ponce, Walter
Professor, Music
Areas of Expertise: Piano, performance.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-2312
Fax:310-206-4738
wponce@juno.com

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Politics/Political Science
Gonzalez, Edward
Professor Emeritus - Political Science
Areas of Expertise: Cuba.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4331
Fax:310-825-0778

Politics/Political Science
Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raul
Professor - Urban Planning/Founding director of UCLA's North American and Integration Center
Areas of Expertise: Politics, political economy of regional integration dynamics in various parts of the world, including debt, trade and migration and relations between the U.S., Mexico and other Latin American countries, NAFTA and the World Bank.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8956, 310-206-4609, 310-206-4611
Fax:310-825-8574
hinojosa@ucla.edu

Politics/Political Science
Rocco, Raymond
Associate Professor - Political Science
Areas of Expertise: Political Science.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-9282
Fax:310-825-0778
rocco@polisci.ucla.edu

Politics/Political Science
Sawyer, Mark
Assistant Professor - Political Science
Areas of Expertise: Race, politics, African diaspora, Cuba Recently organized a conference about the African presence in Latin America.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-6629
Fax:310-825-0778
msawyer@polisci.ucla.edu

Psychology/Psychiatry
Artiles, Alfredo J.
Assistant Professor - Educational Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Teaching of handicapped children and urban education.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:
Fax:

Psychology/Psychiatry
Dosamantes-Beaudry, Irma
Professor - World Arts and Culture
Areas of Expertise: Dance therapy, interdisciplinary and cross cultural arts studies, psychological and psychoanalysis.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-1333, 310-825-3951
Fax:310-825-7507
irmad@arts.ucla.edu

Psychology/Psychiatry
Grijalva, Carlos
Professor - Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Research and teaching focus primarily on the brain's role in psychosomatically related diseases, such as ulcers and anorexia nervosa; recovery of functions after brain damage, eating behavior and gastrointestinal functions.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8277, 310-206-9552
Fax:310-206-5895
grijalva@psych.ucla.edu

Psychology/Psychiatry
Morales, Armando
Adjunct Professor - Psychiatry\Biobehavioral Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Child homicide, gang violence and Hispanic mental health.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-0466
Fax:

Psychology/Psychiatry
Telles, Cynthia
Assistant Professor - Director - Spanish Speaking Psycho-Social Clinic
Areas of Expertise: Latino health issues.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4568, 310-825-6501
Fax:
ctelles@mednet.ucla.edu

Psychology/Psychiatry
Vigil, James Diego
Professor - Anthropology/Director - Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
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: 310-825-4997
Fax:310-206-7833
vigil@ucla.edu

Public Health
Fitten, L. Jaime
Adjunct Associate Professor, Geriatrics
Areas of Expertise: Geriatrics, aging, Alzheimer's disease, dementia and depression.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 818-891-7711 x7097
Fax:310-829-2015
jfitten@ucla.edu

Public Health
Grijalva, Carlos
Professor - Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Research and teaching focus primarily on the brain's role in psychosomatically related diseases, such as ulcers and anorexia nervosa; recovery of functions after brain damage, eating behavior and gastrointestinal functions.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8277, 310-206-9552
Fax:310-206-5895
grijalva@psych.ucla.edu

Public Health
Hayes-Bautista, David
Professor - Director The Center for the Study of Latino Health
Areas of Expertise: Medical sociology, social, health, economic and political issues dealing with Latinos and Chicanos; AIDS, research and demographics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-794-0663 310-794-0664
Fax:310-794-2862
dhayesb@ucla.edu

Public Health
Morales, Armando
Adjunct Professor - Psychiatry\Biobehavioral Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Child homicide, gang violence and Hispanic mental health.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-0466
Fax:

Public Health
Segundo, Jose P.
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology
Areas of Expertise: Nervous system.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-9582
Fax:310-825-2224
segundo@ucla.edu

Public Health
Telles, Cynthia
Assistant Professor - Director - Spanish Speaking Psycho-Social Clinic
Areas of Expertise: Latino health issues
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4568, 310-825-6501
Fax:
ctelles@mednet.ucla.edu

Public Health
Torres-Gil, Fernando
Professor - Social Welfare; Associate Dean - Academic Affairs/Public Policy
Areas of Expertise: Gerontology, the politics of aging, long-term care and services to the elderly, social policy, health care, social security and welfare reform.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-1994, 310-794-9305
Fax:310-206-5773
torres@sppsr.ucla.edu

Public Health
Vargas, Jorge
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Areas of Expertise: Parasitic infections, pediatrics and surgery.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-6134
Fax:
jvargas@mednet.ucla.edu

Race and Gender
Alvarez, Rodolfo
Professor - Sociology
Areas of Expertise: Societal organization, race, gender and class discrimination.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-1472
Fax:
alvarez@soc.ucla.edu

Race and Gender
de Alba, Alicia Gaspar
Associate Professor - English/American Studies - Cesar Chavez Center
Areas of 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
Gomez, Laura
Professor - Law
Areas of Expertise: Sociology of law, race and ethnic relations, deviance and social control
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4255
Fax:
gomez@law.ucla.edu

Race and Gender
Hammond, Peter B.
Professor Emeritus - Anthropology
Areas of Expertise: Ethnology, applied anthropology, ethnic stratification, Africa, African diaspora, gay and lesbian studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-794-9165
Fax:310-206-7833
phammond@ucla.edu

Race and Gender
Ortiz, Vilma
Associate Professor - Sociology
Areas of Expertise: Co-director of a 30-year longitudinal and two-generational study examining socio-economic mobility and ethnic identity among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles and San Antonio; race, ethnic minorities, sex and gender.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-5218
Fax:
vilma@soc.ucla.edu

Race and Gender
Sawyer, Mark
Assistant Professor - Political Science
Areas of Expertise: Race, politics, African diaspora, Cuba. Recently organized a conference about the African presence in Latin America.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-6629
Fax:310-825-0778
msawyer@polisci.ucla.edu

Race and Gender
Solorzano, Daniel
Associate Professor - Social Sciences/Comparative Education
Areas of Expertise: Race and ethnic relations, social mobility. He oversees the Boyle Heights Education Institute project.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-7855, 310-825-2624
Fax:
solorzano@gseis.ucla.edu

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Research
Aguilera, Renato
Assistant Professor - Molecular/Cellular/Developmental Biology
Areas of Expertise: n/a
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-3724
Fax:
renato@ucla.edu

Research
Cardenas, Alfonso
Professor, Computer Science
Areas of Expertise: Data management systems, program languages and software systems; systems analysis, management information systems.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7550 310-825-2660
Fax:
cardenas@cs.ucla.edu

Research
Carranza, Fermin
Professor Emeritus, Dentistry
Areas of Expertise: Periodontist, histologist.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-5543
Fax:310-206-3282

Research
de la Torre, Jose
Professor - Management
Areas of Expertise: International business. He is the director of the Center for International Business Education and Research.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4507, 310-206-8518
Fax:
jose.de.la.torre@anderson.ucla.edu

Research
Grijalva, Carlos
Professor - Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Research and teaching focus primarily on the brain's role in psychosomatically related diseases, such as ulcers and anorexia nervosa; recovery of functions after brain damage, eating behavior and gastrointestinal functions.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8277, 310-206-9552
Fax:310-206-5895
grijalva@psych.ucla.edu

Research
Peccei, Roberto
Vice Chancellor, Research
Areas of Expertise: Nanosystems, varied research, physics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7943
Fax:310-206-6030
rpeccei@conet.ucla.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Becerra, Rosina
Professor - Social Welfare/Director - Center for Child/Family Policy
Areas of Expertise: Social gerontology, child welfare, evaluation of welfare reform, policy issues in health and mental health, relationship between social work and ethnic communities.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-7975
Fax:310-206-5445
rbecerra@ucla.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Solorzano, Daniel
Associate Professor - Social Sciences/Comparative Education
Areas of Expertise: Race and ethnic relations, social mobility. He oversees the Boyle Heights Education Institute project.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-7855, 310-825-2624
Fax:
solorzano@gseis.ucla.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Telles, Cynthia
Assistant Professor - Director - Spanish Speaking Psycho-Social Clinic
Areas of Expertise: Latino health issues.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4568, 310-825-6501
Fax:
ctelles@mednet.ucla.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Torres-Gil, Fernando
Professor - Social Welfare; Associate Dean - Academic Affairs/Public Policy
Areas of Expertise: Gerontology, the politics of aging, long-term care and services to the elderly, social policy, health care, social security and welfare reform
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-1994, 310-794-9305
Fax:310-206-5773
torres@sppsr.ucla.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Valenzuela, Abel
Associate Professor-Urban Planning/Associate Director-The Study of Urban Poverty
Areas of Expertise: Immigration and housing (especially pertaining to Latinos), population demographics, labor studies, environmental policy, community and economic development international migration; immigrants in the urban economy; urban poverty; welfare reform; social policy; race, ethnicity and social inequality.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-8224
Fax:310-825-2449
abel@ucla.edu

Social Welfare/Children
Vigil, James Diego
Professor - Anthropology/Director - Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
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: 310-825-4997
Fax:310-206-7833
vigil@ucla.edu

Sociology
Alvarez, Rodolfo
Professor - Sociology
Areas of Expertise: Societal organization, race, gender and class discrimination.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-1472
Fax:
alvarez@soc.ucla.edu

Sociology
Gomez, Laura
Professor - Law
Areas of Expertise: Sociology of law, race and ethnic relations, deviance and social control
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4255
Fax:
gomez@law.ucla.edu

Sociology
Lopez, David
Associate Professor - Sociology
Areas of Expertise: Current Latin America issues.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-1416
Fax:
dlopez@soc.ucla.edu

Sociology
Ortiz, Vilma
Associate Professor - Sociology
Areas of Expertise: Co-director of a 30-year longitudinal and two-generational study examining socio-economic mobility and ethnic identity among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles and San Antonio; race, ethnic minorities, sex and gender.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-5218
Fax:
vilma@soc.ucla.edu

Sociology
Telles, Edward
Assistant Professor - Sociology
Areas of Expertise: Undocumented immigrants.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-2918, 310-825-1313
Fax:
telles@soc.ucla.edu

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Urban Development
Adelson, Marvin
Professor Emeritus, Architecture/Urban Design
Areas of Expertise: Theory evaluation, psychology and communication decision theory; futurist
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7932
Fax:
madelson@ucla.edu

Urban Development
Estrada, Leobardo
Associate Professor - Urban Planning
Areas of Expertise: Survey methodology, Chicano studies, sociology, demography, Geographic Information Systems.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-6574
Fax:310-206-5566, 310-825-8574
leobard@ucla.edu

Urban Development
Harberger, Arnold C.
Professor - Economics
Areas of Expertise: Public finance, economic development, international economics, problems of economic policy in developing countries, analysis of efficiency and incidence effect of taxation, cost-benefit analysis of investment projects, public policy research.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-7520, 310-825-1011
Fax:harberger@econ.ucla.edu

Urban Development
Hecht, Susanna B.
Professor - Urban Planning
Areas of Expertise: Agricultural economics, Amazonian ecosystems, anthropology, geography, resource-based rural development, international development studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-4676
Fax:310-206-5566
sbhecht@ucla.edu

Urban Development
Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raul
Professor - Urban Planning/Founding director of UCLA's North American and Integration Center
Areas of Expertise: Politics, political economy of regional integration dynamics in various parts of the world, including debt, trade and migration and relations between the U.S., Mexico and other Latin American countries, NAFTA and the World Bank.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-825-8956, 310-206-4609, 310-206-4611
Fax:310-825-8574
hinojosa@ucla.edu

Urban Development
Valenzuela, Abel
Associate Professor-Urban Planning/Associate Director-The Study of Urban Poverty
Areas of Expertise: Immigration and housing (especially pertaining to Latinos), population demographics, labor studies, environmental policy, community and economic development international migration; immigrants in the urban economy; urban poverty; welfare reform; social policy; race, ethnicity and social inequality.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 310-206-8224
Fax:310-825-2449
abel@ucla.edu