People – Critical Race & Ethnic Studies

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
Campus Email
- fsg@ucsc.edu

Black Studies Director

Nicholas O Mitchell

Title
- Associate Professor
Campus Email
- nmitchel@ucsc.edu

Undergraduate Director

Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar

Title
- Associate Professor
Campus Email
- jsalaz27@ucsc.edu

Principal Faculty

Sophia Azeb

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- sazeb@ucsc.edu

Micha M Cardenas

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- mcarde14@ucsc.edu

Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar

Pronouns
- he/him
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- jsalaz27@ucsc.edu

Vilashini Cooppan

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Professor
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- vcooppan@ucsc.edu

Josen M Diaz

Pronouns
- she/they
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- jdiaz98@ucsc.edu

Camilla A Hawthorne

Pronouns
- she/they
Title
- Associate Professor of Sociology
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- camilla@ucsc.edu

Christine J Hong

Title
- Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- cjhong@ucsc.edu

Fahima Ife

Pronouns
- she, her
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- fife@ucsc.edu

Jennifer L Kelly

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Feminist Studies Department
Campus Email
- jlkelly@ucsc.edu

Marisol Lebron

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Feminist Studies Department
Campus Email
- malebron@ucsc.edu

Xavier Livermon

Pronouns
- he, him, his, his, himself
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- xlivermo@ucsc.edu

Nicholas O Mitchell

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- nmitchel@ucsc.edu

Jennifer Mogannam

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- jemogann@ucsc.edu

Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- fniumeit@ucsc.edu

Marcia Ochoa

Pronouns
- she/they
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)
Campus Email
- marcia8a@ucsc.edu

Eric Porter

Pronouns
- he, him, his, his, himself
Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- ecporter@ucsc.edu

Felicity Amaya Schaeffer

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Chair of CRES, Professor of Feminist Studies
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- fsg@ucsc.edu

Kriti Sharma

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Associate Professor of Critical Race Science and Technology Studies
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- ksharm35@ucsc.edu

Savannah Shange

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Anthropology Department
Campus Email
- sshangeb@ucsc.edu

M. Ty

Pronouns
- they
Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- mty1@ucsc.edu

Ronaldo V Wilson

Title
- Professor, Director Creative Writing Program
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- rvwilson@ucsc.edu

Alice Yang

Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Professor, History Department
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- ayang@ucsc.edu

Emeriti

Margo J Hendricks

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- Humanities Division
Campus Email
- margoh@ucsc.edu

Karen T Yamashita

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- ktyamash@ucsc.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Alison Alkon

Title
- Associate Teaching Professor of Community Studies
Department
- Community Studies Program
Campus Email
- aalkon@ucsc.edu

Amy Marie Argenal

Title
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Community-Engaged Research and Learning
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- aargenal@ucsc.edu

Arshad Ali

Title
- Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies Education & Civic Education
Department
- Education Department
Campus Email
- arshad@ucsc.edu

Dorian F Bell

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- dbell1@ucsc.edu

Courtney M Bonam

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Psychology Department
Campus Email
- cbonam@ucsc.edu

Roberto de Roock

Title
- Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology
Department
- Education Department
Campus Email
- rderoock@ucsc.edu

Lindsey L Dillon

Title
- Associate Professor of Sociology and Sociology Undergraduate Education Chair
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- lidillon@ucsc.edu