Discipline 2015

(former UCI-CPF)

B.A., University of San Diego, Political Science and Philosophy; J.D., California Western School of Law; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Drama

Little Girls and Legal Defendants: Theatricalization and Performances of Innocence in Modern American Culture

Stephen Barker, Professor of Drama, University of California, Irvine

Brown Bag Theatre Company: Performances of Latino/a Student Activism in the Academy

Lonnie Alcaraz, Professor of Drama, University of California, Irvine

B.A., California State University, Fullerton, Communicative Disorders; M.A., University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Special Education; Ph.D., Syracuse University, Special Education and Disability Studies

Trying Times: Disability, Activism, & Education in Samoa, 1970-1980

Beth Ferri, Professor of Inclusive Education and Disability Studies and Vivian May, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Syracuse University

Disability policies, Indigenous women’s activism, and educational institutions in Samoa

Mel Y. Chen, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Susan Schweik, Professor of English, University California, Berkeley

B.S., Truman State University, Justice Systems; M.A, University of Cincinnati., Women’s Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Gender Studies

Gender Based Violence & Submerged Histories: A colonial Genealogy of Violence Against Tutsi women in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

Sondra Hale, Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

The Entanglement of Colonialism & Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sharon Block, Professor of History, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Wesleyan University, Dance; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Folklore; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Performance Studies

Black Power of Hip Hop Dance: On Kinesthetic Politics

Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Professor of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Sounds of Queer (Corp)Orality: Aural-Kinesthetic Politics of Early Hip Hop Dance in Los Angeles, California

Fred Moten, Professor of English, University of California, Riverside

B.A., Vassar College, English and Africana Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness

Blackness and the Writing of Sound in Modernity

David Marriott, Professor of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz

Black Sounds and their Fugitive Lives in Capture

Dennis Childs, Professor of Literature, University of California, San Diego

A.B., Brown University, Anthropology; M.A., University of California, San Diego, Ethnic Studies; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Ethnic Studies

Possible Republics: Tracing the ‘Entanglements’ of Race and Nation in Afro-Latina/o Caribbean Thought and Activism, 1870-1930

Ross Frank, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego

The Empire Strikes Black: Anti-Racism, U.S. Imperialism, and the Entanglements of AfroLatin@ Caribbean Identity, 1895-1975

Robin Derby, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A.S., Bennett College, Interdisciplinary Studies; M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Anthropology; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Anthropology

Ts’msyen Revolution: The Poetics and Politics of Reclaiming

Sonya Atalay, Professor of Anthropology and Jane Anderson, Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Researching, Representing, and Repatriating Ts’msyen Cultural Heritage

Amy Lonetree, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.S., Georgetown University, Foreign Service; M.A., New York University, Performance Studies; Ph.D., New York University, Performance Studies

Dark Mediations: Queer Chicano Performance and the Politics of Style

Tavia Nyong’o, Professor of Performance Studies, New York University

Queer Latino Performance in Reagan’s America

Juana María Rodríguez, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley

(former UCR-CPF)

B.A., Vassar College, Women’s Studies; Ph.D., New York University, American Studies

Economies of Vulnerability: Humanitarian Imperialism and Performance in the Burmese Diaspora

Thuy Linh Tu, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University

Economies of Vulnerability: Humanitarian Imperialism and Performance in the Burmese Diaspora

Mariam Lam, Professor of Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages

(former UCR-CPF)

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, Theater Arts/Molecular & Celullar Developmental Biology; M.A., University of California, San Diego, Latin American Studies; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Theatre

Speaking Bodies: Body Bilinguality and Code-switching in Latin@ Performance

Jorge Huerta, Professor of Theatre and Dance, University of California, San Diego

¡Habla!: Speaking Bodies in Latin@ Dance and Performance

Jacqueline Shea Murphy, Professor of Dance Studies, University of California, Riverside

(former UCLA-CPF)

B.S., Northwestern University, Performance Studies; M.F.A., New School University, Theater Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Theater Studies

Transcultural Performance Disciplines: Embodying AfroAsia in Martial Arts, Theater, Film, and Everyday Practice

Suk-Young Kim, Professor of Theater Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Transcultural Identities: Black Subject Formation through AfroAsian Performance and Martial Arts

Darnell M. Hunt, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., University of California, San Diego, Critical Gender Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Performance Studies

Sonic Negations: Sound, Affect, and Unbelonging Between Mexico and the United States

Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies and Juana María Rodríguez, Gender & Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Violent Dissolutions: Death in the Latina/o American Aesthetic Imaginary

Deborah R. Vargas, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside

B.A., University of California, San Diego, Communication; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles, English; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, English

Posthumous Afterlives: Ecstatic Readings of Post-1945 American Literature

Katherine Kinney, Professor of English, University of California, Riverside

African American Expatriate Culture in Postwar Rome and William Demby’s Transnational Work in Literature, Journalism and the Italian Cinema

Richard Yarborough, Professor of English and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., San Jose State University, Political Science; M.A., San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Ethnic Studies

Wasteland: The Social and Environmental Impact of U.S. Militarism in Laos

Yen Le Espiritu, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego

The Afterlife of Waste in Postwar Spaces

Mariam Beevi Lam, Professor of Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages, University of California, Riverside

(former UCB-CPF)

B.A., University of Hawai’i, Mānoa, Psychology; Ph.D., New York University, American Studies

The Politics of Paradise: Tourism, Image and Cultural Production in Hawai’i

Arlene Davila, Professor of Anthropology, Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University

Tourism, colonialism, capitalism, and cultural production in Hawai’i

Shari Huhndorf, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

(former UCD-CPF)

B.A., Stanford University, Linguistics and minor in Cultural and Social Anthropology; M.A., Stanford University, Cultural and Social Anthropology; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology

States of the Wind: Dust Storms and a Political Meteorology of Contemporary China

Aihwa Ong, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Dust storm and desertification politics in Northeast Asia; air pollution sciences and politics in China & the California Central Valley

Timothy Choy, Professor of Science & Technology Studies, University of California, Davis

B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, Biochemistry/Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Denver, Molecular Biology

Molecular analysis of transcriptional termination by human RNA polymerase II

David Bentley, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver

The Role of HuR in Control of mRNA Fate During Motor Neuron Development

Gene Yeo, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego

(former UCI-CPF)

B.S., California State University, Los Angeles, Microbiology; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles, Biology; Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School, Microbiology and Immunology

Analysis of Virulence-Associated Petrobactin Reacquisition on Bacillus anthracis

Philip Hanna, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School

Exploitation of a unique Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein nanocage for biomedical applications

Celia W. Goulding, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine

B.S., University of Southern California, Chemistry and B.A., Religion; Ph.D., Northwestern University, Chemistry

Cobalt (III) Schiff Base Complexes as Inhibitors of Proteins Involved in Disease Progression

Thomas J. Meade, Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology, Northwestern University

Development and Application of Molecular Imaging Probes for Metal and Redox Biology in Living Animals

Christopher J. Chang, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

B.S., University of Michigan, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Economics; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology

Food Production in the 21st Century: Land-use, Diversity, Pests and Pesticides

Steven D. Gaines, Dean, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara

Pesticides, Land-use, and Human Well-being: Balancing Food Production and Public Health

Matthew Potts, Professor of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley

(former UCD-CPF)

B.A., California State University, Northridge, Biology; Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Microbiology

Fundamental Studies of the Foodborne Pathogen Yersinia enterocolitica and Applied Food Systems Research, Teaching and Outreach in Vietnam and Cambodia

Glenn M. Young, Professor of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis

Small Holder Agricultural Micro Enterprises in Cambodia

James E. Hill, Professor of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis

(former UCLA-CPF)

B.A., Hope College, Biology and Psychology; Ph.D., Michigan State University, Neuroscience

Neuro and gliogenesis in the pubertal rat brain: implications in female reproduction

Cheryl Sisk, Professor of Neuroscience, Michigan State University

Estrogen responsiveness of pubertally born astrocytes

Paul Micevych, Professor of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Psychology and African American Studies; M.A., University of California, San Diego, Experimental Psychology; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Experimental Psychology

The influence of contextual constraint on word recognition during reading

Keith Rayner, Professor of Psychology and Vic Ferreira, Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego

Computation modeling of language comprehension processes

Keith Holyoak, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

(former UCSD-CPF)

B.S., Stanford University, Biological Sciences; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Neurosciences

The Encoding of Spatial, Temporal, and Affective Dimensions in the Dentate Gyrus of the Hippocampus

Andrea A. Chiba, Professor of Cognitive Science and Fred H. Gage, Professor of Genetics, University of California, San Diego

Advancing Biometrics: Investigating the Rhythmic Spiking Activity in Cortical Circuits Underlying the Generation of Non-invasively Measured EEG

Todd Coleman, Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Physics; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Art; Ph.D., Stanford University, Applied Physics

Microfluidic and optofluidic investigation of biological macromolecule phase transitions

Stephen Quake, Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University

Elucidating the relationship between genome organization and gene expression in single cells

Bo Huang, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco

B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Molecular & Cell Biology and Psychology; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Neurosciences

The Spatio-temporal Dynamics of a Neural Network for Response Control

Adam Aron, Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego

Synchronization of Motor and Cognitive Networks in the Human Brain

Philip A. Starr, Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

B.S., Lafayette College, Physics, B.A., Mathematics; M.S., University of Michigan, Physics; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Physics

Topics in Holography and Superconformal Field Theories

Leopoldo Pando Zayas, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

High-energy Theory

Ken Intriligator, Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego

B.S., San Jose State University, Computer Engineering; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles, Electrical and Computer Engineering; M.S., University of Florida, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ph.D., University of Florida, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Low Energy Socially Cognizant Routing for Mobile Ad-hoc Social Networks

Janise McNair, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida

Internet of things and software defined networks

Ramesh Rao, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Tara Javidi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego

B.S., Stanford University, Mathematics; Ph.D., Rutgers University, Mathematics

The Exponential Formula for the Wasserstein Metric

Eric Carlen, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University

Partial Differential Equations and Optimal Transport

Bjorn Birnir, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara

B.S., Yale University, Chemistry and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies; M.S., University of Pennsylvania, Materials Science and Engineering; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Materials Science and Engineering

Form and Function: X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy of Transition Metal-based Nanoparticles

Christopher B. Murray, Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

The Intersection of Nanomaterials Synthesis and Electrochemical Energy Storage (EES) Design

Ram Seshadri, Professor of Materials and Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara and Bruce S. Dunn, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

(former California Alliance-CPF)

B.S., University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering; M.S., California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

On the Role of Delays in Biological Systems: Analysis and Design

Richard M. Murray, Professor of Control & Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology

Delay-based control mechanisms in gene networks

Murat Arcak, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Applied Mathematics; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Applied Mathematics; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Applied Mathematics

Variational and pde methods for big data analysis, classification and image processing

Andrea Bertozzi, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles

Variational methods for machine learning on graphs

Fan Chung Graham, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego

A.B., Harvard University, Chemistry and Physics; A.M., Harvard University, Chemistry; M.S., Cornell University, Applied Physics; Ph.D., Cornell University, Applied Physics

Atomic-resolution two-dimensional mapping of local bonding changes at transition metal oxide interfaces

Darrell G. Schlom, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and David A. Muller, Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University

Atomic-resolution imaging of complex oxide heterostructures

Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

B.S., Harvey Mudd College, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Chemistry

Foundations of thermal time-dependent, ensemble, and thermal density functional theory

Kieron Burke, Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of California, Irvine

Improving warm dense matter calculations

Martin Head-Gordon, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

(former UCM-CPF)

B.S., Kansas State University, Chemistry; M.S., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Chemistry

Insights into Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer from Computation

Jiali Gao, Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Improving Computational Methods for Excited State Dynamics in Condensed Phase

Christine Isborn, Professor of Chemistry and Juan Meza, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced

(former UCR-CPF)

B.S., California Institute of Technology, Astrophysics; M.S., University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Astronomy; Ph.D., University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Astronomy

Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the Local Universe: Global Properties, Nuclear Activity, and the Starburst-AGN Connection

David Sanders, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Reverberation Mapping of High-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei

Gabriela Canalizo, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Anthropology and History; M.A., The University of Chicago, Anthropology; Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Anthropology

The Archeology of a Maroon Reduccion: Colonial Beginnings to Present-day Ruination

Shannon Lee Dawdy, Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago

Spanish colonialism, Black slavery, Maroonage, Colonial archaeology and anthropology; Mexico

Rosemary Joyce, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

(former UCD-CPF)

B.A., Washington and Jefferson College, Cell and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, Cancer Biology and Cell Signaling

The c-MYC proto-oncogene regulates glutamate utilization and glutathione production via microRNA miR-18a in a mouse model of liver cancer

Andrei Goga, Professor of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco

Assessing communication about plant genetics with the Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy (IFAL) at University of California, Davis

Pamela Ronald, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis

(former UCR-CPF)

B.A., California State University, Long Beach, Anthropology; M.A., University of California, Irvine, Anthropology; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Anthropology

Turbulent Science: Temporality, Proximity, and Scientific Practice in Mexico

Mei Zhan, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

Scientific knowledge production and practices in the areas of genetics and toxicology; U.S. and Mexico

Juliet McMullin, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside

(former UCI-CPF)

A.B., Princeton University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; J.D., Hastings Law School; M.A., The University of Chicago, Social Sciences; Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Anthropology

Constructing a Jurisdiction, Creating a Sovereign Caribbean: Constitutional Moments at the Caribbean Court of Justice

Stephan Palmié, Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago

Redefining Sovereignty: Race, Crime and Discourses of (Under)Development in Trinidad & Tobago

Mona Lynch, Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of California, Irvine

B.A., University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa, Interdisciplinary Studies; M.A., University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa, Political Science; Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa, Political Science – Indigenous Politics specialization

Multicultural Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Struggle in Hawaiʻi: The Politics of Astronomy on Mauna a Wākea

Noenoe K. Silva, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa

Telescopophilia: Towards an Indigenous Reading of Astronomy’s Gendered Aesthetic Practices

Mishuana Goeman, Professor of Gender Studies and American Indian Studies and Sharon Traweek, Professor of Gender Studies and History, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Geography and Economics; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Geography; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Geography

Hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet from remote sensing and field measurements

Laurence C. Smith, Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles

Greenland Ice Sheet meltwater runoff dynamics

Kurt Cuffey, Professor of Geography, University of California, Berkeley

(former UCI-CPF in CLS)

B.A., University of California, Davis, Sociology; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Sociology; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Sociology

Tortured Logics: Crafting the U.S. Response to Human Rights Violations during the Argentine Dirty War and the Salvadoran Civil War

Laura Enríquez, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Tortured Logics: Crafting the U.S Response to Human Rights Violations during the Argentine Dirty War and the Salvadoran Civil War

Susan Bibler Coutin, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Anthropology, and Sora Han, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Rice University, Anthropology, Hispanic Studies and Policy Studies; M.P.H., Boston University, International Health; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Anthropology

The Struggle for a Decent Meal: Household Food Consumption in Santiago de Cuba

Carole H. Browner, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

Food Consumption, Obesity, and Chronic Disease in Cuba

Leo Chavez, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Pomona College, Science, Technology, and Society; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology

If These Walls Could Talk: A Global Ethnography of Sea Change

Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Global Sand Extraction and Environmental Inequality in the Anthropocene

Anna L. Tsing, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Critical Race Studies specialization; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology

Mobility and Mobilization: The Politics of Public Transportation in Palestine

Avery Gordon, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Restrictions on Palestinian mobility and resistance against them

Sunaina Maira, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis

(former UCI-CPF)

B.A., University of Maryland, College Park, Psychology; B.A., University of Maryland, College Park, Communication; M.A., Wake Forest University, Business Management; Ph.D., University of Southern California, Urban Education Policy

Black by Popular Demand: An Exploration of Black Student College-Going to the For-Profit Higher Education Sector

William G. Tierney, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California

When Higher Education Grows Up: Towards a New Understanding of College Pathways for Adult Students

Elizabeth Pena, School of Education, University of California, Irvine

(former UCSD-CPF)

B.A., San Diego State University, Anthropology; M.A, San Diego State University., Applied Anthropology; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Socio-Cultural Anthropology

Chasing Blackness: Re-Investing Value and Mexico's Changing Racial Economy

Alejandro Lugo, Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Racial economy, racial discourse, and projects of multicultural citizenship among peoples of indigenous and African descent in Mexico and Latin America

Nancy Postero, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, Feminist Studies and Literature; M.A., New York University, Humanities and Social Thought; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, American Studies and Women's and Gender Studies

Your Work is Not Here: Solidarity Tourism in Occupied Palestine

Barbara Harlow, Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin, and A. Naomi Paik, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tourism, Fragmentation, and the Asymmetries of Solidarity in Occupied Palestine

Gary Fields, Professor of Communication, University of California, San Diego

(former UCR-CPF)

B.A., Stanford University, Human Biology and African American Studies; Ph.D., University of Southern California, Urban Education Policy

Assuming the Trusteeship: Studying the influence of learning and preparation on the decision-making practices of members of public multicampus boards of higher education

William G. Tierney, Professor of Education, University of Southern California

The strategic apex and ideologies of access, diversity, and inclusion in California Higher Education

John Levin, Professor of Education, University of California, Riverside

B.S., Xavier University of Louisiana, Psychology; M.A., Vanderbilt University, Sociology; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Sociology

More than Discrimination: The Significance of Race-Based Stress and Racial Identity for the Mental Health of Black Americans

R. Jay Turner, Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University

Race-Based Stress, Identity, and the Health Implications of Continued Racial Inequality

Gilbert Gee, Professor of Community Health Science and Andrew Fuligni, Professor of Psychology; University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., Fordham University, Comparative Literature; M.F.A., Columbia University, Creative Writing (Nonfiction); Ph.D., New York University, Sociology

Survival and Belonging: The Importance of Neighborhood Ties and Public Spaces to Elders Aging in Place

Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology, New York University

Urban Aging in Place/Mental Health/Community/Social Ties

Claude Fischer, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

B.A, Scripps College., Asian American Studies/Political Science; Ph.D., University of Michigan, American Culture

Ethnographies of Legal Inclusion: Protection, Punishment and Legal Fictions of Asian Immigrant Women

Nadine Naber, Professor of Women & Gender Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago

Of Law’s Protection and Punishment: Gender Violence, Asian Immigrant Women, and the Enforced Safety of the Security State

Leti Volpp, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley