Berkeley
Berkeley
Alarcón, Norma
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Comparative ethnic studies. Feminist critical
theory. Cultural criticism. Studies of Chicanas/Latinas and women
of color. (also affiliated with Department of Spanish and Portuguese
and Department of Women's Studies)
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-642-0708, 643-0796
nalarcon@uclink.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Arteaga, Alfred
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Chicano poetics. Nation, ethnicity, and linguistics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-643-0796
arteaga@socrates.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Barrera, Mario
Emeritus Professor
Areas of Expertise: American ethnic film. Ethnicity and film. Screenwriting
Languages: English
Phone:510-642-9134, 643-0796
mythos@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Lopez, Ian Haney
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Law and race in America. Critical race theory.
Legal history of the Los Angeles Chicano Power Movement.
Languages: English
Phone:510-643-2669
ian.haneylopez@law.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Muñoz, Carlos
Emeritus Professor
Areas of Expertise: Ethnic and racial politics. Multiculturalism.
Diversity, immigration, and affirmative action
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-642-9134, 643-0796
cmjr@uclink.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Rodriguez, Celia
Chicano Studies
Areas of Expertise: Mexico. Chicano art history
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-643-0957
chr@uclink.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Saldívar, José
Professor
Areas of Expertise: English
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-643-5000, 643-0796
saldivar@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Saragoza, Alex
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Concentration of wealth and power in Mexico.
Mexican migration Transnational ideology and representation
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-642-2519, 643-0796
alexsara@uclink.berkeley.edu
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Davis
Davis
de la Mora, Sergio
Assistant Professor of Chicano/a Studies
Areas of Expertise: de la Mora has been choosing Mexican and Latino
film and video for screening since 1995, working primarily through
Cine Accion, a San Francisco based nonprofit organization devoted
to the promotion of Latin American and Latino film. He is an established
authority in Mexican cinema, recognized both in Mexico and elsewhere.
He has written numerous articles on Mexican film that have appeared
in Jump Cut, Film Quarterly, and the Journal of Film and Video.
His current book project is titled "Virile Nationalism: Mexican
Cinema, the State, and the Formation of a National Consciousness."
He is also completing a study on the politics of programming for
U.S. Latino film festivals.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:530-754-8743
sedelamora@ucdavis.edu
Davis
Feenstra, Robert
Professor - Economics
Areas of Expertise: His research interests focus on indigenous peoples,
economic and political development, indigenous transnational migration
to the U.S. and California, and critical theory of cultural pluralism
in Mexico and Latin America. Researcher for the National Institute
of Anthropology and History. Director of the Regional Unit of Popular
Cultures. In the late 1990s, under the sponsorship of the International
Fund for Agricultural Development, he co-authored with UC Berkeley's
professor Alain de Janvry a study on the impact of 1992 agricultural
reforms on peasants and indigenous peoples of Mexico.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:530-752-0357, 752-3237
svarese@ucdavis.edu
Davis
Hernández-Avila, Inés
Professor
Areas of Expertise: The professor's scholarship and creative work
focuses on cultural/intellectual connections between Chicanas, Native
American women and indigenous women of Mexico. The associate professor
of Native American studies is also known for her work on issues
of identity and representation in relation to indigenismo (being
indigenous) and mestizaje (being of mixed race) in the Chicana/o
community. Her current research/creative projects include a book
looking at the roots of "danza Azteca" in the U.S., on the Conchero
dance tradition of Mexico and a book on a national movement of writers
in indigenous languages in Mexico known as ELIAC (Escritores en
Lenguas Indigenas or Writers of Indigenous Languages).
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:530-752-4394
ighernandez@ucdavis.edu
Davis
Ridell, Ada Sosa
Senior Lecturer Emerita - Chicana/o Studies Program
Areas of Expertise: Professor Sosa Ridell has expertise in California
Chicana/o politicians, the U.S.-Mexican border, female political
elites in Mexico and the United States and Mexico's political system.
She has served on committees of the Western Political Science Association
and the American Political Science Association, and is founder and
lifetime member of the National Association for Chicano Studies,
where she currently chairs its editorial board. She is a founding
member and past chair of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
(Active Women in Academia and Social Change), and founder and organizer
of the 1995 Chicana/Latina Summer Research Institute.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:916-361-0125
asosarid@aol.com
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Irvine
Irvine
Chavez, Leo
Professor/Director - Chicano/Latino Studies Program
Areas of Expertise: Immigration, Labor Issues, Latino Issues
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-4054
lchavez@uci.edu
Irvine
Bedolla, Lisa Garcia
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: American Politics, Chicana/Latina Politics and
Policy
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-9298
lgarciab@uci.edu
Irvine
Morales, Alejandro
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano art and culture
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-6901
amorales@uci.edu
Irvine
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
vruiz@uci.edu
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles
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
otto@ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
eavila@ucla.edu
Los Angeles
Calderón, Hector
Professor - Spanish/Portuguese
Areas of Expertise: Chicano and Latin American literature.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:310-206-2194
calderon@humnet.ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
leobard@ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
gmo@csrc.ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
reynaldo@csrc.ucla.edu
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Merced
(Campus to open in Fall 2004)
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Riverside
Riverside
Arrizon, Alicia
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Latin American/Chicano literature and culture.
Languages: English
Phone:909-787-4577
alicia@ucrac1.ucr.edu
Riverside
Bonacich, Edna
Professor - Sociology\Ethnic Studies
Areas of Expertise: Race/ethnic relations, labor, immigration, social
change.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:909-787-4373
edna.bonacich@ucr.edu
Riverside
Navarro, Armando
Professor/Chair
Areas of Expertise: Chicano politics, social change/community organizing.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:909-787-4577 x1826
armando.navarro@ucr.edu
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San Diego
San Diego
Mariscal, Jorge (George)
Associate Professor - Literature; Director - Chicano/a~Latino/a
Arts and Humanities Program
Areas of Expertise: Chicano/Mexican cultures in the United States,
history and role of Latinos in the U.S. military, Spanish and Latin
American concepts of "race," U.S. social movements
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: 858 - 534-3210
Web blog: http://jorgemariscal.blogspot.com/
gmariscal@ucsd.edu
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San Francisco
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Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
Armbruster-Sandoval, Ralph
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Globalization, Labor, Social Movements, Racism,
and Latin American Studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:805-893-5709
ralpharm@hotmail.com
Santa Barbara
Barvosa-Carter, Edwina
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Contemporary, Social and Political Theory, Intellectual
History, and Chicana/o Studies.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:805-893-5546
barvosa@chicst.ucsb.edu
Santa Barbara
Broyles-González, Yolanda
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Philosophy and Social Theory, Intellectual History,
and Chicano/a Studies
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:805-893-2073
broyles@chicst.ucsb.edu
Santa Barbara
Garcia, Mario
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Chicano Studies and American race and ethnicity.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:805-8930-2471, 893-4074
garcia@history.ucsb.edu
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Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Arredondo, Gabriela
Assistant Professor - Latin American/Latino Studies
Areas of Expertise: U.S. social and cultural history; Chicana/o
history; critical race and ethnicity theories; im/migration history;
Latina/os in the U.S.; Chicana feminisms; "borderlands" studies,
particularly intersections with gender and race.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:831-459-5319
gfarredo@cats.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz
Gruesz, Kirsten
Associate Professor - Literature
Areas of Expertise: Comparative Americas studies, Chicano/Latino
literatures and cultures, 19th-century U.S. literature, poetry and
translation, genre theory.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:831-459-2225
ksgruesz@cats.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz
Marez, Curtis
Assistant Professor - American Studies
Areas of Expertise: Chicano studies, cultural theory, popular culture,
theories of race and representation, modernism and postmodernism,
modern U.S. literature.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:831-459-5223
cfmarez@cats.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz
Navarro, Marta
Lecturer
Areas of Expertise: Latin American literature, Mexican/Chicano culture,
Latina/Chicana issues.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:831-459-3538
martan@cats.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz
Pastor, Jr., Manuel
Professor - Latin American/Latino Studies
Areas of Expertise: Macroeconomic stabilization in Latin America;
distribution, democracy, and growth in the developing world; Cuban
economic reform; Mexican economic reform; urban poverty and regional
development; Latinos in the urban U.S.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:831-459-5919
mpastor@cats.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz
Trujillo, Larry
Lecturer - Community Studies
Areas of Expertise: Chicana/o studies, ethnic studies, grassroots
community organizations, prison-industrial complex, student development,
Chicano music Karen Tei Yamashita, Assistant Professor in Literature/Creative
Writing History and anthropology of Japanese immigration to Brazil,
Asian American literature, modern fiction, playwriting.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:831-45 9-5608
larryt@cats.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz
Zavella, Patricia
Professor - Latin American/Latino Studies
Areas of Expertise: Gender, work, and family; race-ethnicity; Chicana/o
studies; U.S.-Mexico transnational migration, poverty, sexuality.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:831-459-4182, 459-2855
zavella@cats.ucsc.edu
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