Kevan Aguilar
Assistant Professor of History 
Kevan Aguilar
Assistant Professor of History 
Research Interests

Transnational Mexican History; the Spanish Civil War; Racial Formations; Indigeneity; Immigration/Exile; Revolution and Radicalism

Isabel Almeida
Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies
Isabel F. Almeida
Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies
Research Interests

Latina pregnancy, reproductive health, pregnancy anxiety, stress, mental health, health psychology

Stanley Bailey
Professor of Sociology
Stanley Bailey
Professor of Sociology
Research Interests

Race and Ethnicity (Comparative and International Perspectives), Sociology of Religion, Immigration, Latin America

Frank Bean
Professor of Sociology and Economics
Frank D. Bean
Professor of Sociology and Economics
Research Interests

International Migration, Demography, Racial & Ethnic Relations, Economic Sociology, Family

Catherine Benamou
Professor of Film & Media Studies
Catherine Benamou
Professor of Film & Media Studies
Research Interests

Latin American and Latina/o Film & media, Transnational flows and diasporic spectatorship, Orson Welles, media ethnography and historical reconstruction

Alex Borucki
Professor of History
Alex Borucki
Professor of History
Research Interests

African Diaspora, Colonial Latin America, Early Modern Atlantic World

Susan K. Brown
Professor of Sociology
Susan K. Brown
Professor of Sociology
Research Interests

International migration, educational inequality, urban sociology

Lee Cabatingan
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Anthropology
Lee Cabatingan
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Anthropology
Belinda Campos
Professor and Chair of Chicano/Latino Studies
Belinda Campos
Professor and Chair of Chicano/Latino Studies
Research Interests

Culture; Relationships; Positive Emotion; Health

Anita Casavantes Bradford
Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History
Anita Casavantes Bradford
Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History
Research Interests

Transnational and Comparative Latinx History; Immigration, Race and Ethnicity; Critical Refugee Studies; Childhood, Gender and Family; Religion and Politics

Leo Chavez
Professor of Anthropology
Leo Chavez
Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests

International migration, Latin American immigrants, medical anthropology, transnational communities, breast and cervical cancer beliefs, analysis of visual images

David H. Colmenares
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
David H. Colmenares
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Research Interests

Colonial Mexico, Mesoamerican Studies, Visual Culture, Antiquarianism, Early Modern Iberia

Susan B. Coutin
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Susan B. Coutin
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Louis Desipio
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Political Science
Louis Desipio
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Political Science
Research Interests

Ethnic Politics, Latino Politics, Immigration, Naturalization, U.S. electoral politics

Michael Dessen
Professor of Music
Michael Dessen
Professor of Music
Research Interests

Composition, networked music, the Asian American creative music movement and African diasporic collaboration.

Glenda Flores
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies
Glenda Flores
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies
Research Interests

Latina/o Sociology; Immigration; Middle-Class Minorities; Race, Gender & Class; Education; Work and Occupations

Alexander David Huezo
Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies
Alexander David Huezo
Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies
Research Interests

Environmental justice studies, war on drugs, U.S. militarism, latin american studies, ethnography, geospatial analysis

Nicole T. Hughes
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Nicole T. Hughes
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Research Interests

Early Modernity; Colonial Mexico; Colonial Brazil; Theater History; Festive Studies

Felix Jean-Louis III
Assistant Professor of History
Felix Jean-Louis III
Assistant Professor of History
Research Interests

Haiti, African American, Caribbean, African Diaspora, Afro-Europe, Afro-Francophone, Diaspora, Race Making, Gender

Adriana M. Johnson
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Adriana M. Johnson
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Research Interests

Brazil, Postcolonial Latin American literature, culture and film

Keiji Kunigami
Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies
Keiji Kunigami
Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies
Research Interests

Brazilian & Japanese Cinema, Critical Race Theory, Film and Media Theory, Critical Theory, Silent Cinema, Decoloniality, Cinematic Embodiment, Asian-Latin American Studies

Abigail Lapin Dardashti
Assistant Professor of Art History
Abigail Lapin-Dardashti
Assistant Professor of Art History
Research Interests

Modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino/a/x art and architecture, history of African diasporic art in Latin America, transnationalism, migration, racial formation, activism, critical race theory, postcolonial

Genesis Lara
Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies
Génesis Lara
Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies
Research Interests

African diaspora studies, Caribbean history and diaspora studies, postcolonial and revolutionary studies

Horacio Legrás
CLACS Director and Professor of Spanish
Horacio Legrás
CLACS Director and Professor of Spanish
Research Interests

Latin American Culture. Psychoanalysis. Philosophy. Political Theory. Popular Culture and Insurgency. Photography

Viviane Mahieux
Associate Professor of Spanish
Viviane Mahieux
Associate Professor of Spanish
Research Interests

Modern and contemporary Latin American literature, with a focus on Mexico

William Maurer
Department Chair and Professor of Anthropology
William Maurer
Department Chair and Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests

Anthropology of law; globalization; Caribbean; anthropology of money and finance; gender and kinship

Rachel O'Toole
Associate Professor of History
Rachel O'Toole
Associate Professor of History
Research Interests

Colonial Latin America, African Diaspora, Gender & Sexuality

Rocío Pichon-Riviere
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Rocío Pichon-Riviere
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Research Interests

Literature and visual culture (including graphic novels and other comics), trans and queer theory, feminismo descolonial and Latinx feminism, medical humanities, graphic medicine, transformative justice.

Mamyrah Prosper
Assistant Professor of Global & International Studies
Mamyrah Prosper
Assistant Professor of Global & International Studies
Research Interests

Specializes in research on social movements in the Caribbean and Latin America - particularly Black and Haitian social movements

Ana Elizabeth Rosas
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History
Ana Elizabeth Rosas
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History
Research Interests

Chicana/o Comparative History, Immigration, Ethnicity

Ruben Rumbaut
Professor of Sociology
Ruben Rumbaut
Professor of Sociology
Research Interests

U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Latin American Relations, Mexican-American Politics, Orange County Homeless and a Community Study of Mexican Americans (on Mt. Vernon St.) in San Bernardino

Chelsea Schields
Assistant Professor of History
Chelsea Schields
Assistant Professor of History
Research Interests

Caribbean; Europe; decolonization; gender and sexuality; race; oil; global history

Patricia Seed
Professor of History
Patricia Seed
Professor of History
Research Interests

Mapping: History & Design, Game Design, Navigation

Jacobo Sefamí
Department Chair and Professor of Spanish
Jacobo Sefamí
Department Chair and Professor of Spanish
Research Interests

Modern and Contemporary Latin American Poetry/ Mexican Literature/ Spanish American Literature

Caesar D. Sereseres
Associate Professor of Political Science
Caesar D. Sereseres
Associate Professor of Political Science
Research Interests

U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Latin American Relations, Mexican-American Politics, Orange County Homeless and a Community Study of Mexican Americans (on Mt. Vernon St.) in San Bernardino.

Eraldo Souza dos Santos
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Eraldo Souza dos Santos
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Research Interests

Political Theory, Intellectual History, Politics of Translation, Civil Disobedience, Global Histories of Protest, Anti-Protest Rhetoric

Mariángeles Soto-Díaz
Lecturer of Art (Painting)
Mariángeles Soto-Díaz
Lecturer of Art (Painting)
Research Interests

Painting

Etel Solingen
Professor of Political Science
Etel Solingen
Professor of Political Science
Research Interests

International Relations Theory, International Political Economy, International Cooperation, Macropolitics/Institutions, Comparative Politics, World Politics and Regional Orders

Edward Telles
Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Edward Telles
Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Research Interests

Immigration, race, ethnicity, latin america, latinos

Heidi Tinsman
Professor of History
Heidi Tinsman
Professor of History
Research Interests

Latin America, Gender & Sexuality, World History

Julio Torres
Professor of Spanish
Julio Torres
Professor of Spanish
Research Interests

Heritage/Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Cognition, Task-Based Language Learning, Curriculum & Instruction

Mercedes Trigos
Assistant Professor of English
Mercedes Trigos
Assistant Professor of English
Research Interests

Heritage/Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Cognition, Task-Based Language Learning, Curriculum & Instruction