Faculty and Staff
Faculty
| Name | Title | Education | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Maeda | Chair and Associate Professor | B.S., Harvey Mudd College; M.A., San Francisco State University, Ph.D., University of Michigan - American Culture | Asian American history and studies, comparative ethnic studies, radical social movements, the 1960s and 70s, transnational culture |
| Arturo Aldama | Associate Chair and Associate Professor | B.A., Evergreen State College; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley - Ethnic Studies | Chicana/o studies, decolonial and border studies, film, literary criticism, cultural studies |
| Elisa Facio | Associate Professor | B.A., University of Santa Clara; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley - Sociology | Chicana sociology, Anzalduan theory, Chicana indigena spirituality, gender and race in post-Soviet Cuba |
| Brian Locke | Lecturer | B.A., Whitman College; M.P.A., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University - American Civilization | Comparative race studies, cultural studies, film, popular culture |
| Doreen Martinez | Assistant Professor | B.A., Mansfield University; M.S., West Virginia University; CAS, Ph.D., Syracuse University - Sociology | Indigenous representations/power/agency, epistemology, cultural consciousness theory, research methods and ethnography |
| Danika Medak-Saltzman | Assistant Professor | B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley - Ethnic Studies | Visual culture, Native histories, Red feminisms, cultural studies, comparative Japan/US colonial histories |
| Emma Perez | Professor | B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles - History | Chicana/o history, decolonial theory, queer theory, feminist studies, creative writing |
| Reiland Rabaka | Associate Professor | B.F.A., University of the Arts; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University | Africana studies, Black popular music studies, Black popular culture, Black radical politics, interdisciplinary critical social theory |
| Seema Sohi | Assistant Professor | B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., University of Vermont; Ph.D., University of Washington - History | Transnational political movements, radicalism, Asian American history |
| Bianca Williams | Assistant Professor | B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Duke University - Anthropology | Black popular culture, Black feminist thought, African diaspora, Black women and mental health practices, critical ethnographic methodologies |
Faculty Emeriti
- William King
- Albert Ramirez
- Salvador Rodriguez del Pino
- Deward Walker
Staff
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Cecilia Valenzuela | Undergraduate Advisor |
| Sandra Lane | Administrative Assistant |
| Christie Ferber | Program Assistant |
| Anisah Ali | Student Assistant |