Discipline 2017
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(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.M., Vocal Performance, Rice University; M.A., Musicology, University of Iowa; Ph.D., Musicology, University of California, Davis
Dissertation:Gestures of Inclusion: Blindness, Music, and Pedagogy in Nineteenth-Century Thought
Thesis Advisor:Carol A. Hess, Professor of Music, University of California, Davis
Research Topic:Gestures of Inclusion: Blindness, Music, and Pedagogy in the Nineteenth-Century United States
Mentor:Walter Clark, Professor of Music, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Michael AccinnoB.A., Philosophy, Cornell University; Ph.D., Philosophy, Stanford University
Dissertation:Missing in Action: Agency, Race, and Recognition
Thesis Advisor:Helen Longino, Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University
Research Topic:Self-Defense as Civil Disobedience: Domestic Violence, Survival, and State Punishment
Mentor:Mel Y. Chen, Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Alisa BierriaB.A., English with an option in Film, Oklahoma State University; M.F.A., Creative Writing (Fiction), San Diego State University; M.A., Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation:Native American Embodiment in Educational and Carceral Contexts: Fixing, Eclipsing, and Liberating
Thesis Advisor:Thomas Biolsi, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Research Topic:The Contemporary History and Politics of Indigenous Dance in Prisons
Mentor:Jacqueline Shea Murphy, Professor of Dance, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Tria Blu Wakpa(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.A., Dance and English, Barnard College; M.A., Gender and Culture, Goldsmiths, University of London; Ph.D., Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University
Dissertation:Choreographic Legacies: (Dis)embodied Assemblages of Queer and Colonial Histories
Thesis Advisor:Janice Ross, Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University
Research Topic:My research emerges at the intersection of dance studies, queer theory, and critical race theory to focus on the (dis)embodied transmissions of affective histories in performance. My work on choreographic legacies employs practice-based research to analyze how choreographically embedded legacies of the Western canon circulate across time to uphold and/or contest the sociopolitical imperatives of European imperialism transnationally.
Mentor:Anthea Kraut, Professor of Dance, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Rebecca Chaleff(former UCD-CPF)
Education:B.S., Physiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles; M.P.H., International Health, Morehouse School of Medicine; Ph.D., Medical Anthropology with Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of California, San Francisco/Berkeley
Dissertation:"I Only Want Two": Aesthetics, Race, and Sterilization in Brazil
Thesis Advisor:Ian Whitmarsh, Professor of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Research Topic:Reproductive and Sexual Affective Engagements: Anthropological and Theatrical Collaborations
Mentor:Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Ugo F. EduB.A., English, York University; M.A., Social & Political Thought, York University; Ph.D., History of Consciousness (Feminist Studies and Visual Studies emphases), University of California, Santa Cruz
Dissertation:Laughing at Meat and Fury: A Materialist Critique of U.S. Lynching Culture
Thesis Advisor:Gina Dent, Professor of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Topic:lynching reenactments and memorials, political violence and assemblage, and the libidinal economy of the U.S. empire-state
Mentor:Bridget Cooks, Professor of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Erin Gray(former UCI-CPF)
Education:B.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Sociology, Universidad de Chile; Ph.D., Politics with emphases in Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz
Dissertation:Passing for Free, Passing for Sovereign: Blackness and the Formations of the Nation
Thesis Advisor:Vanita Seth, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Topic:19th C race/gender surveillance regimes; theories of sovereignty and abolition; visual studies
Mentor:Jared Sexton, Professor of African American Studies and Sora Han, Professor of Criminology, Law, & Society, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Sandra HarveyB.A., American Studies, Macalester College; M.A., American Culture, University of Michigan; Ph.D., American Culture, University of Michigan
Dissertation:The Samoan Cause: Colonialism, Culture and Rule of Law
Thesis Advisor:Nadine Naber, Professor of Gender & Women's Studies and Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Damon Salesa, Professor of Pacific Studies and History, University of Auckland
Research Topic:Empire, indigeneity, gender, colonialism, militarism and law
Mentor:Keith Camacho, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for Kirisitina SailiataDual B.A., Italian, Russian and Linguistics (Philology), City University of New York; M.A., History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., History of Consciousness (Literature and Feminist Studies emphasis), University of California, Santa Cruz
Dissertation:L'Italia Meticcia: Being and Belonging in the Black Mediterranean
Thesis Advisor:Gina Dent, Professor of Feminist Studies, and Carla Freccero, Professor of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Topic:Crisis and the Canon: Shifting Representation Regimes in the Black Mediterranean
Mentor:Lilith Mahmud, Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for SA SmytheB.A., Critical Studies, University of Southern California; M.A., Critical Studies, University of Southern California; Ph.D., American Culture, University of Michigan
Dissertation:Sights of Racial Violence: New Media Technologies and Acts of Watching, Memory, and Legitimation
Thesis Advisor:Lisa Nakamura, Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan
Research Topic:Emerging media technologies; racial violence and visuality; memory and spectatorship practices
Mentor:Sarita See, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Wendy SungB.A., Biological Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo; M.S., Biological Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo; Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dissertation:Proximate and evolutionary causes of sexual size dimorphism in the crab spider Mecaphesa celer
Thesis Advisor:Eileen Hebets, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Research Topic:Malaria as a driver of phenotypic diversity in a California lizard
Mentor:Carolin Frank, Professor of Natural Sciences, and Danielle Edwards, Professor of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced
See Profile for Marie-Claire Chelini(former UCD-CPF)
Education:B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Chicago; Ph.D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Dissertation:The role of sexual imprinting in speciation: lessons from Peromyscus deer mice
Thesis Advisor:Hopi Hoekstra, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Research Topic:The evolutionary origin of sexually dimorphic gene regulation
Mentor:Artyom Kopp, Professor of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Emily K. Delaney(former UCSC-CPF)
Education:B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Dissertation:The Interaction between HIV Proteins and Two Viral Restrictions Factors: CA-MxB and Vif-A3F
Thesis Advisor:Yong Xiong, Professor Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Research Topic:Building a mechanistic understanding of circadian timekeeping
Mentor:Carrie Partch, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Seth Rubin, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
(former UCSD-CPF)
Education:B.S., Biology, California State University of San Marcos; Ph.D., Virology, Harvard University
Dissertation:Adaptive Evolution of the SIV Envelope Protein During Early SIV Infection
Thesis Advisor:Welkin E. Johnson, Professor of Biology, Boston College
Research Topic:Examining the Evolution of HIV Drug Resistance using the Pacific Biosciences Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT) Deep Sequencing Platform
Mentor:Davey Smith, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
B.S., Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University in St. Louis
Dissertation:Characterization of autophagy-dependent and independent roles of ATG5 in controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Thesis Advisor:Christina L. Stallings, Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis
Research Topic:Stabilization of HIF-1a to overcome neonatal susceptibility to Group B Streptococcus
Mentor:Victor Nizet, Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Jacqueline KimmeyB.S., Psychology, University of Georgia; M.A., Lifespan Developmental Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Ph.D., Lifespan Developmental Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dissertation:Anatomical and Neurochemical Investigation of the Brain in Autism
Thesis Advisor:Rajesh K. Kana, Professor of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Research Topic:Sex differences and neurodevelopmental predictors of anxiety in autism spectrum disorder
Mentor:David G. Amaral, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Lauren E. LiberoB.A., Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Aquatic Populations and Population Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Ecology, University of Florida
Dissertation:Causes and Consequences of Communication for the Organization of Amazonian mixed species bird flocks
Thesis Advisor:Scott K. Robinson, Professor of Biology, University of Florida
Research Topic:Evaluating Signal Complexity: Do Alarm Calls Convey Detailed Information about Predator Threat?
Mentor:Eileen Lacey, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Ari E. MartínezB.S., Chemistry, (Biochemistry emphasis), Southern Adventist University; Ph.D., Biochemistry, Loma Linda University
Dissertation:Palmitic Acid Activation of Dendritic Cells: Implication for Type 2 Diabetes
Thesis Advisor:Marino De Leon, Professor of Basic Sciences, and William Langridge, Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry, Loma Linda University
Research Topic:The role of free fatty acids in the function of gonadotropes
Mentor:Pamela Mellon, Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Dequina Angelina Nicholas(former UCSD-CPF)
Education:B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah
Dissertation:Mechanisms of Immune Evasion Mediate By HIV-1 Vpu
Thesis Advisor:Vicente Planelles, Professor of Pathology, University of Utah
Research Topic:Evolutionary approaches to probe the HIV-1 Env, Nef and SERINC5 relationship
Mentor:John Guatelli, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Peter RamirezB.S., Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation:Characterization of rhomboid proteases and surface proteins of Trichomonas vaginalis
Thesis Advisor:Patricia Johnson, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:Study of the innate immune responses to Trichomonas vaginalis
Mentor:Victor Nizet, Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
B.S., Biological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., Biomedical Science, University of California, Irvine
Dissertation:Melanoma growth is regulated by the RboJ GTPase
Thesis Advisor:Anand Ganesan, Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Research Topic:Mathematical Modeling of stochastic initiation and growth arrest of melanocytic nevi
Mentor:Arthur Lander, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Rolando Ruiz-VegaB.S., Biology, Queen's University; M.S., Biology, Queen's University; Ph.D., Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, University of California, San Diego
Dissertation:The ecology and evolution of top-down and bottom-up control in mountain lakes
Thesis Advisor:Jonathan Shurin, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:Variation within species and its impact on ecosystem services
Mentor:Eric Palkovacs, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
See Profile for Celia Symons(former UCB-California Alliance CPF)
Education:B.S., Physics, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., Physics, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Irvine
Dissertation:Quantum-Field Effects in Ultrafast Nonlinear X-Ray and Optical Spectroscopy of Molecules
Thesis Advisor:Shaul Mukamel, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Research Topic:Developing new quantum-mechanically based methods for prediction of chemical and material
Mentor:Martin Head-Gordon, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley and Teresa Head-Gordon, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Kochise Cameron Lee BennettB.S., Applied Mathematics, San Francisco State University; M.A., Mathematics, San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation:Posets, Polytopes and Positroids
Thesis Advisor:Lauren Williams, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, and Federico Ardila, Professor of Mathematics, San Francisco State University
Research Topic:Stochastic Matroid and Polyhedral Theory
Mentor:Jesus De Loera, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Anastasia ChavezB.S., Physics and Mathematics, University of Arizona; M.A., Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dissertation:Optical materials with a genome: nanophotonics with DNA-stabilized silver clusters
Thesis Advisor:Elisabeth Gwinn, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Topic:Learning from biology: biomimetic polymer materials for enhanced light harvesting
Mentor:Gabriel A. Montaño, Materials Physics and Applications, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Atul N. Parikh, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Material Science & Engineering, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Stacy M. CoppB.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Dissertation:Radio Frequency Devices Using Thin-Film, Magnetic and Magnetoelectric Composites
Thesis Advisor:Shan X. Wang, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University
Research Topic:Ultrafast All-Electrical Switching of Magnetic Memory Bits
Mentor:Jeffrey Bokor, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
See Profile for Amal El-GhazalyB.S., Physics, Bilkent University; M.S., Physics, Koc University; Ph.D., Physics, University of Washington
Dissertation:Fixing the Standard Model: From Dark Matter to the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe
Thesis Advisor:Ann Nelson, Professor of Physics, University of Washington
Research Topic:Models of Dark Matter: Combining Information from High- and Low-Energy Experiments
Mentor:Tim Tait, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Seyda Ipek(former UCD-CPF)
Education:B.A., Asian Studies, Cornell University; M.S., Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle; Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle
Dissertation:The Milky Way in SDSS and in N-body Models
Thesis Advisor:Željko Ivezić, Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle
Research Topic:Mapping the Dark Matter in the Milky Way using Next-Generation Cosmological Simulations
Mentor:Christopher Fassnacht, Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Sarah R. Loebman(former UCLA-CPF)
Education:B.S., Astronomy, University of Southern California; Ph.D., Planetary Science, University of Arizona
Dissertation:Radiation and dynamics in Titan's atmosphere: Investigations of Titan's present and past climate
Thesis Advisor:Joellen Russell, Professor of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Research Topic:Paleoclimate and planetary atmospheres
Mentor:Aradhna Tripati, Professor of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Jonathan Mitchell, Professor of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
See Profile for Juan Manuel LoraB.S., Chemistry, University of Michigan; Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
Dissertation:Structural Characterization of the Nitrogenase Molybdenum-Iron Protein
Thesis Advisor:Douglas C. Rees, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Research Topic:Fragment-Based Drug Discovery
Mentor:Seth Cohen, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Christine N. Morrison(former UCI-CPF)
Education:B.S., Physics, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dissertation:Testing galaxy formation and the nature of dark matter with satellite galaxies
Thesis Advisor:Tommaso Treu, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Topic:The nature of dark matter and galaxy formation on small scales
Mentor:James Bullock, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Michael Cooper, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Anna Mercedes Nierenberg(former UCSC-CPF)
Education:B.S., Physics and Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Arizona
Dissertation:Imaging Planet Formation Inside the Diffraction Limit with Non-Redundant Masking
Thesis Advisor:John Eisner, Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
Research Topic:Discovering and Characterizing Protoplanetary Systems with Novel Imaging Techniques
Mentor:Claire Max, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz
See Profile for Steph Sallum(former UCM-CPF)
Education:B.S., Geography, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; M.A., Physical Geography, Hunter College of the City of University of New York; Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Dissertation:Carbon and nitrogen dynamics from slow pools of soil organic matter in a temperate forest: pyrogenic organic matter and root litter.
Thesis Advisor:Jeffrey A. Bird, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Research Topic:Terrestrial controls of fire-derived carbon exported from land to rivers
Mentor:Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Professor of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, and Sanjai Parikh, Professor of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Fernanda SantosB.A., Environmental Sciences, Barnard College; Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation:Reconstructing past Earth and planetary surface temperatures with cosmogenic noble gases
Thesis Advisor:David Shuster, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley
Research Topic:Where and how do glaciers erode? Studying glacial quarrying through geochemical sediment tracking
Mentor:Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis
See Profile for Marissa TremblayB.A., Political Science, Columbia University; M.A., International Affairs, Columbia University; Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Yale University
Dissertation:Citizen-Suspect: Publics, Politics, and the Transnational Security State in East Africa
Thesis Advisor:Kamari Clarke, Professor of Global & International Studies, Carleton University, and Doug Rogers, Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
Research Topic:Surveillance, policing, and militarized urbanisms; Islam, Africa, and the racialized geopolitics of the war on terror; elites, diplomacy, and transnational governance
Mentor:Kristin Peterson, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Samar Al-BulushiB.A., American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; M.Ed., Student Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Education, University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation:California Tribal Nations and the University: Examining Institutional Relationships, Responsibility and Reciprocity
Thesis Advisor:Sylvia Hurtado, Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:California Tribes and the University: Decolonizing Institutional Relationships and Responsibility
Mentor:Frances Contreras, Professor of Education Studies, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Theresa Ambo(former UCD-CPF)
Education:B.A., English & History, University of Missouri; M.A., African American and African Studies, Ohio State University; Ph.D., African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation:The Racial Life of Things
Thesis Advisor:Brandi Catanese, Professor of African American Studies and Dance, Theater & Performance Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Research Topic:Fashioning the Black Masculine
Mentor:Susan Kaiser, Professor of Gender, Sexuality, & Women Studies and Textiles & Clothing, University of California, Davis
B.A., History and Anthropology, Howard University; M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida
Dissertation:Representation, Heritage, and Archaeology among the Wolaita of Ethiopia
Thesis Advisor:Steven A. Brandt, Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida
Research Topic:The Archaeology of Plantation Landscapes and Seascapes in St. Croix, USVI
Mentor:J. Cameron Monroe, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz
See Profile for Justin DunnavantB.A., Government, New Mexico State University; M.A., Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico; Ph.D., Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation:Sı eres Genízaro: Race, Indigeneity, and Belonging in northern New Mexico
Thesis Advisor:Pauline Strong, Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
Research Topic:Sı eres Genízaro: Recognition, Belonging, and Genízaro Indigeneity in northern New Mexico
Mentor:James F. Brooks, Professor of History and Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
See Profile for Gregorio Gonzales(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.A., Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation:Deprivation and Depravation: Moral Policing of Formerly Incarcerated Black Women
Thesis Advisor:Vilma Ortiz, Professor of Sociology, and Abigail Saguy, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:“I Came Back to Life”: Race, Gender, and Necropolitical Transformations in the Carceral State
Mentor:Ellen Reese, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Susila Gurusami(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.S., Biology, University of California, Los Angeles; M.P.H., Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation:Stress, Neighborhood Context, and Breast Cancer Risk among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women
Thesis Advisor:Gilbert C. Gee, Professor of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:Immigration Policy and the Health of Ethnic Minorities
Mentor:Bruce Link, Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Brittany N. MoreyB.A., Government, Dartmouth College; M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
Dissertation:The Promise of Gender Progress: the civilizing project of sexual and gendered citizenship in Mexico
Thesis Advisor:Nancy Postero, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
Research Topic:The contradictions between the Law of Access of Women to a Life Free of Violence passed in 2007 and Mexico's recent push to implement alternative justice methods
Mentor:Lisa Rofel, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A., Anthropology, University of Notre Dame; M.A., Anthropology, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
Dissertation:HIV/AIDS and LGBT Rights in Peru's Upper Amazon
Thesis Advisor:Tom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
Research Topic:Queer Amazonia: Transactional Selves and Transnational Lives in Peru and Argentina
Mentor:Sylvanna Falcón, Professor of Latin American and Latino/a Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
(former UCR-CPF)
Education:B.A., Women's & Gender Studies and Sociology, American University; M.A., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation:Outed & Outside: The Lives of LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Thesis Advisor:Gloria González-López, Professor of Sociology, and Debra Umberson, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Research Topic:LGBTQ Youth, Child Welfare, and Homelessness
Mentor:Jane Ward, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of California, Riverside
See Profile for Brandon Andrew RobinsonB.A., Philosophy, San Diego State University; M.A., Latin American Studies, San Diego State University; Ph.D., History, University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation:Indigenous Mine Workers in the Guanajuato-Michoacán Region, 1550-1800
Thesis Advisor:Kevin Terraciano, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:Indigenous Workers in a Regional and Global Context
Mentor:Dana Velasco Murillo, Professor of History, University of California, San Diego
See Profile for Fernando Serrano(former UCI-CPF in CLS)
Education:B.A., Political Science: Chicana and Chicano Studies, Arizona State University; M.Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Arizona State University; Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation:Legitimizing Immigration Control: Empathy, Morality, and Criminality at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Thesis Advisor:Vilma Ortiz, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Topic:Policing Membership Across Borders: The Symbolic and Substantive Effects of Latinos in Immigration Control
Mentor:Valerie Jenness, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Nancy Rodriguez, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine
See Profile for Irene I. Vega