Berkeley
Berkeley
Organista, Kurt
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Chicano/Latino psychosocial problems. Acculturation
and adjustment of ethnic minorities to American society. Minority
mental health. Cognitive-behavioral therapy. Depression in Latinos.
HIV prevention with Mexican migrant laborers/Latinos
Languages: English
Phone:510-643-6671 642-4341
drkco@uclink.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Schepner-Hughes, Nancy
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Critical Medical Anthropology. Anthropology
of violence. Madness and culture. Inequality and marginality. Childhood
and the family.
Languages: English
Phone:510-642-8431 642-3391
nsh@sscl.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Viteri, Fernando
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Iron deficiency, prevention, and correction.
Whole-body micronutrient metabolism and interactions. Iron, zinc,
copper, folate, vitamin E.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-642-6900, 642-6490
viteri@nature.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Woodward-Lopez, Gail
Associate Director
Areas of Expertise: Areas of expertise include maternal and child
health, curriculum development, training, education and evaluation.
She is bilingual and has worked extensively with the Latino community
in California and Latin America. Dr. Woodward-Lopez can speak on
nutrition, breastfeeding, overweight children, among other health-related
topics. She's familiar with Mexican-American eating habits.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-642-2915
gwlopez@nature.berkeley.edu
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Davis
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Irvine
Irvine
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
fbean@uci.edu
Irvine
Rumbaut, Ruben
Professor - Sociology
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
Irvine
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
ktate@uci.edu
Irvine
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
fevaca@uci.edu
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles
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
rbecerra@ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
solorzano@gseis.ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
ctelles@mednet.ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
torres@sppsr.ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
abel@ucla.edu
Los Angeles
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
vigil@ucla.edu
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Merced
(Campus to open in Fall 2004)
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Riverside
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San Diego
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San Francisco
San Francisco
Ramos-Gomez, DDS, Francisco
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric dentistry serving underserved communities;
clinical and research on early childhood caries (baby bottle tooth
decay); dental surgeon and health educator
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-476-6826
ramos@itsa.ucsf.edu
San Francisco
Villela, MD, Teresa
Assistant chair - Family/Community Medicine - SFGH Medical Center
Areas of Expertise: Educator, primary care physician and expert
on medical care with attention to cultural awareness and needs
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-206-6881
terevil@itsa.ucsf.edu
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Santa Barbara
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Santa Cruz
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Cooperative Extension
Cooperative Extension
Marzolla, Michael
4-H Youth Advisor, Santa Barbara County
Area of Expertise: Youth development; informal education, environmental
education, diversity training, community development and educational
material development
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: (805) 692-1730
ammarzolla@ucdavis.edu
Cooperative Extension
Valdez, Isela
4-H Youth Advisor, Sutter-Yuba counties
Area of expertise: Youth development programs
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone: (530) 822-7515
ixvaldez@ucdavis.edu
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