Faculty
Both the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Bachelor of Arts degree program and the graduate Designated Emphasis are supported by principal and affiliated faculty from Anthropology; Education; Feminist Studies; Film and Digital Media; History; History of Art & Visual Culture; History of Consciousness; Latin American & Latino Studies; Linguistics; Literature; Music; Performance, Play, & Design; Politics; Psychology; and Sociology.
Faculty who wish to affiliate with CRES are invited to apply here.
Department Chair
Felicity Amaya Schaeffer
- Title
- Chair of CRES, Professor of Feminist Studies
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Black Studies Director
Nicholas O Mitchell
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- Associate Professor
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Undergraduate Director
Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar
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- Assistant Professor
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Principal Faculty
Sophia Azeb
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Micha M Cardenas
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- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar
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- he/him
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Vilashini Cooppan
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- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Literature Department
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Josen M Diaz
- Pronouns
- she/they
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Camilla A Hawthorne
- Pronouns
- she/they
- Title
- Associate Professor of Sociology
- Department
- Sociology Department
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Christine J Hong
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Fahima Ife
- Pronouns
- she, her
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Jennifer L Kelly
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- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Feminist Studies Department
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Marisol Lebron
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- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Feminist Studies Department
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Xavier Livermon
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- he, him, his, his, himself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Nicholas O Mitchell
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Jennifer Mogannam
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Marcia Ochoa
- Pronouns
- she/they
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)
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Eric Porter
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- he, him, his, his, himself
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- History Department
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Felicity Amaya Schaeffer
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Chair of CRES, Professor of Feminist Studies
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Kriti Sharma
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Associate Professor of Critical Race Science and Technology Studies
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Savannah Shange
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Anthropology Department
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M. Ty
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- they
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Ronaldo V Wilson
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- Professor, Director Creative Writing Program
- Department
- Literature Department
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Alice Yang
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- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Professor, History Department
- Department
- History Department
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Emeriti
Margo J Hendricks
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- Professor Emerita
- Department
- Humanities Division
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Karen T Yamashita
- Title
- Professor Emerita
- Department
- Literature Department
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Affiliated Faculty
Alison Alkon
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- Associate Teaching Professor of Community Studies
- Department
- Community Studies Program
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Amy Marie Argenal
- Title
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Community-Engaged Research and Learning
- Department
- Sociology Department
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Arshad Ali
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- Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies Education & Civic Education
- Department
- Education Department
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Dorian F Bell
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Literature Department
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Courtney M Bonam
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Psychology Department
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Roberto de Roock
- Title
- Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology
- Department
- Education Department
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Lindsey L Dillon
- Title
- Associate Professor of Sociology and Sociology Undergraduate Education Chair
- Department
- Sociology Department
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Jennifer A Gonzalez
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History of Art/Visual Culture
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Kirsten Silva Gruesz
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- Professor
- Department
- Literature Department
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Rekia Jibrin
- Title
- Assistant Professor Critical Studies of Education
- Department
- Education Department
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Regina D Langhout
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Psychology Department
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Flora E Lu
- Title
- Professor, Environmental Studies
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
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Nidhi A Mahajan
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Anthropology Department
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Marc Matera
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History Department
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Maywa Montenegro
- Title
- Associate Professor of Agroecology and Critical Technology Studies
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
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Josephine H Pham
- Title
- Assistant Professor of Critical Studies in Education
- Department
- Education Department
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Catherine Sue Ramirez
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
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Nirvikar Singh
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- Economics Department
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Amanda M Smith
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Literature Department
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Lecturers and Postdocs
Melisa Casumbal
- Title
- Lecturer
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Naindeep Singh Chann
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Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen
- Title
- Dr.
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Staff
Taylor Yuriko Ainslie
- Title
- Department Manager
- Phone
- 831-459-4725
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- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 403A
Dejon Barber
- Title
- Assistant Manager and Program Coordinator
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- Office Location
- Remote work location, Humanities 1 Room 403B
Graduate Students
Amando Argueta-Vogel
- Title
- Ph.D. Student
- Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
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Mai Jalal Awad
- Title
- Graduate Student
- Department
- Sociology Department
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Leonard Cruz Butingan
- Title
- PhD Candidate
- Department
- History Department
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Jada Cheek
- Title
- Graduate Student
- Department
- Psychology Department
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Xafsa Ciise
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Karen Crespo Triveno
- Title
- PhD Candidate
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
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marina dadico amâncio de souza
- Title
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
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Roxanne Kimberly Dobson
- Title
- PhD Student in Cultural Anthropology
- Department
- Anthropology Department
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Alycia Ellington
- Title
- PhD Student
- Department
- Sociology Department
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Ksenia Fir
- Title
- PhD candidate
- Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
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Arlo Fosburg
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Lilith Anne Frakes
- Title
- PhD student
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
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Robin C Gabriel
- Title
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Department
- Sociology Department
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Kaiya Malou Gordon
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Rebecca Lynn Gross
- Title
- PhD Student
- Department
- Literature Department
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Shaza Noor Hussein
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Brittney Jimenez
- Title
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
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Hans Kuzmich
- Title
- Graduate Student
- Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
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Christopher Allen Lang
- Title
- Graduate Student
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
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Xindi Li
- Title
- PhD Candidate
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
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Alix Emily MacDonald
- Title
- Graduate Student
- Department
- Psychology Department
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Melissa Deann Mack
- Title
- PhD Student
- Department
- Literature Department
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Madison Jarret McCartha
- Title
- PhD Candidate
- Department
- Literature Department
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Kiley McLaughlin
- Title
- Graduate Student, TA
- Department
- Literature Department
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Kristen Nelson
- Title
- PhD Candidate & Graduate Student Instructor
- Department
- Literature Department
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Lalu Esra Ozban
- Title
- PhD Candidate
- Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
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Em Padilla
- Title
- PhD Candidate
- Department
- Feminist Studies Department
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Jihoon Park
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Rowan Powell
- Title
- Ph.D. Student
- Department
- Politics Department
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Elliot Richardson
- Title
- PhD Student
- Department
- History Department
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Brian Rivera
- Title
- PhD Student
- Department
- Literature Department
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Jacob Sirhan
- Title
- PhD Student
- Department
- History of Art/Visual Culture
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Savanna Lynn Solian
- Title
- M.A.
- Department
- Music Department
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Adriane Kelani Stoia
- Title
- PhD Student
- Department
- History Department
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Alissa R. Takesy
- Title
- PhD Student
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
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Sylvane Vaccarino-Ruiz
- Title
- UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellow
- Department
- Psychology Department
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