Discipline 2018

(former UCD-CPF)

B.A., International Relations, San Francisco State University; M.A., Sociology-Anthropology, American University in Cairo; Ph.D., Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University

The Architecture of War: U.S. Invasion of Iraq and its Cultural Engineering Project

Ella Shohat, Professor of Art & Public Policy, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, New York University

I investigate the relationship between architecture, archaeology, art, and the politics of militarized visual culture, as they relate to violent neo-cononial and imperial processes in the Middle East.

Caren Kaplan, Professor of American Studies, University of California, Davis

(former UCR-CPF)

B.A., Art History, Scripps College; M.B.A., University of Buckingham; Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of California, Davis

Beyond the Novel: Palestinian Narrative in the Post-Oslo Era

Noha Radwan, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Davis

Play & Dissent: Emerging Forms of Palestinian Narrative

Jeff Sacks, Professor of Comparative Literature & Languages, University of California, Riverside

(former UCI-CPF)

5-year degree, Communication Sciences, University of Siena, Italy; M.A., Theoretical Philosophy, University of Florence, Italy; Ph.D., Philosophy and Theory of Humanities, University of Rome III, Italy

Pragmatism in the Later Wittgenstein

Rosa M. Calcaterra, Professor of Philosophy, University of Rome III, Italy

Social Hinge Epistemology: A Proposal for a Critical Approach to Epistemic Injustice

Annalisa Coliva, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine

B.S., Economics, B.A., German and Political Science minor, Arizona State University; M.A., Culture and Theory, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Culture and Theory (emphases in Feminism and Critical Theory), University of California, Irvine

Toward a Subject of Racism: Case Histories from the Psychoanalytic Clinic, 1930-1970

Jared Sexton, Professor of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine

Psychoanalysis and the afterlife of slavery; case literature as a genre; clinical method and epistemology

Elizabeth Abel, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley

B.A., Art History, Stanford University; M.A., Art History, University of Washington, Seattle; Ph.D., Art History, University of California, Los Angeles

Indigenous Artists, Ingenuity, and Resistance at the California Missions After 1769

Charlene Villaseñor Black, Professor of Art History and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Indigenizing California Mission Art Studies

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

B.A., Ethnic Studies and Sociology, University of California, Riverside; M.A., Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California

Agents of War: Cambodian Refugees and the Containment of Radical Opposition

Dorinne K. Kondo, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and Anthropology, University of Southern California

Cambodian Refugees in the U.S., U.S. Empire, Los Angeles

Mariam B. Lam, Professor of Comparative Literature and Languages, University of California, Riverside

(former UCLA-CPF)

B.A., English, Rutgers University; M.A., English Language & Literature, University of Michigan; Ph.D., English Language & Literature, University of Michigan

Moors, Mulattos, and Post-Racial Problems: Rethinking Racialization in Early Modern England

Michael Schoenfeldt, Professor of English, and Michael Awkward, Professor of Afro-American Literature & Culture and English, University of Michigan

The exploration of racial blackness and racism in early modern English literature and history through comparative analysis with African American literature and culture

Arthur L. Little, Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Mayahuel and Tlahuizcalpanteuctli in the Nahua Codices: Indigenous Readings of Nahuatl Pictorial and Alphabetic Texts

Gerardo Aldana, Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Development of practical guides for reading glyphic Nahuatl (Aztec) texts. These texts will include shorter documents for workshops and students, as well as longer, more comprehensive guides.

Kevin Terraciano, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., Sociology, San Francisco State University; M.A., Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside

Before the New Sky: Protracted Struggle and Possibilities of the Beyond for Palestine's New Youth Movement

Dylan Rodriguez, Professor of Media & Cultural Studies and David Lloyd, Professor of English, University of California, Riverside

Multiscalar dispossession and the intersections of service and political practice for Palestinian refugee youth.

Katharya Um, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

(former UCD-CPF)

B.A., Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Washington; Ph.D., Performance Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Performing (Trans)national Iranianess: The Choreographic Cartographies of Diasporic Iranian Dancers and Performance Artists

Sansan Kwan; Professor of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, University of California, Berkeley

The Politics of Dance in the Iranian Diaspora

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

(former UCR-CPF)

B.A., American Studies and Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., History, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., History, with Emphasis in Latin American & Latino Studies, and American Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

No Somos Animales: Indigenous Survival and Perseverance in 19th Century Santa Cruz, California

Lisbeth Haas, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz

History of Indigenous people of the Monterey Bay area through the 19th Century

Clifford Trafzer, Professor of History, University of California, Riverside

B.A., Africana Studies, California State University, Northridge; M.A., African American Studies, Columbia University; MSc., Political Science and Gender Studies, London School of Economics; Ph.D., African American History, U.S. History, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Strapped: A Historical Analysis of Black Women and Armed Resistance, 1959-1979

Deborah Gray White, Professor of History, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Black History; Women's intellectual history and activism; Black radicalism

Scot Brown, Professor of African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

B.S., Biology and Mathematics, Spelman College; Ph.D., Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

A causative link between inner ear defects and long-term striatal dysfunction

Jean Hébert, Professor of Neuroscience and Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

I research mechanisms of plasticity that help maintain normal brain physiology in the face of environmental insults or intrinsic genetic mutation.

Daniel Feldman, Professor of Neurobiology, University of California, Berkeley

B.S., Conservation and Resource Studies, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Wildlife Science, Oregon State University

Population genetics of American pika (Ochotona princeps): Investigating gene flow and genetic diversity across multiple, complex landscapes

Clinton Epps, Professor of Wildlife, Oregon State University

Selection through space and time: identifying signals of adaptive variation within American pikas (Ochotona princeps)

Michael Nachman, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

(former UCI-CPF)

B.A., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Reed College; Ph.D., Biochemisty, Duke University

Structural and Biochemical Analyses of the Francisella tularensis Virulence Regulators MglA, SspA and PigR

Maria Schumacher, Professor of Biochemistry and Dick Brennan, Professor of Biochemistry, Duke University

Structural investigation of CDI target cell recognition

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

(former UCSD-CPF)

B.A., Biological Anthropology, University of Maryland; Ph.D., Genome Sciences, University of Washington

Next-generation ABO Genetics & Genomics

Debbie Nickerson, Professor of Genome Sciences, Evan Eichler, Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington

Mining paleogenomic datasets for thrifty variants involved in catecholamine resistance

Alan Saltiel, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

(former UCR-CPF)

B.S., Ecology, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu; M.S., Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo; Ph.D., Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo

Cascading effects in mutualistic networks

Paulo Roberto Guimarães Junior, Professor of Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo

The effect of interaction turnover on the robustness of plant-pollination communities

Boris Baer, Professor of Entomology, University of California, Riverside

(former UCSF-CPF)

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

Engineering Advanced Materials using Type III Secretion in Salmonella enterica

Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Computational design of allosteric proteins to respond to new ligands

Tanja Kortemme, Professor of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco

(former UCR-CPF)

B.S., Entomology, Purdue University; M.S., Entomology, North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Entomology, University of California, Riverside

Studies of Northern Fowl Mite Host-Parasite Interactions and Evaluation of Novel Control Strategies in Poultry

Bradley Mullens, Professor of Entomology, University of California, Riverside

Using on-animal sensors to assess ectoparasitie effects on poultry behavior and welfare; developing IPM methods for poultry pests

Alec Gerry, Professor of Entomology, University of California, Riverside

B.A., Environmental Studies, New York University; Ph.D., Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Cornell University

Belowground carbon and nitrogen cycling in forest ecosystems in response to mean annual temperature and nutrient limitation

Timothy J. Fahey, Professor of Natural Resources, Cornell University and Peter Groffman, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, CUNY

Quantifying the role of airborne microbial function in atmospheric nitrogen cycling across socioeconomic and land-use gradients in the state of California

Todd Dawson, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; M.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 as a mechanism to regulate translation at activated synapses

Oswald Steward, Professor of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine

Targeted inhibition of hyper-excitable networks contributing to auditory hypersensitivity in Fragile X Syndrome

Devin Binder, Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Iryna Ethell, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside

B.S., Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Toronto; M.S., Human Genetics, McGill University; Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

The effect of development and ecology on the evolution of ovary size in Drosophila

Cassandra Extavour, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Natural variation in insulin signaling kinetics and its effect on health

David Begun, Professor of Evolution & Ecology, University of California, Davis and John Albeck, Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis

(former UCR-CPF)

B.S., Biology, La Sierra University; M.S., Biology, California State University, San Bernardino; Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Riverside

The Embryotoxic Effects of Harm Reduction Tobacco Products on Osteoblasts Developing from Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Nicole I. zur Nieden, Professor of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside

MicroRNAs as biomarkers of develomental bone toxicity

Martin Riccomagno, Professor of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside

(former UCLA-CPF)

B.S., Biological Engineering, University of Missouri; Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

Mechanisms during cathepsin inhibition and the effects on substrate degradation and breast cancer cell invasion

Manu Platt, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

The dynamics of IFN signaling as a determinant of functional specificity

Alexander Hoffmann, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles

(former UCI-CPF)

B.S., Biochemistry, Ohio State University; Ph.D. Chemistry, Ohio State University

Synthetic Study of Amphidinolides C, C2, C3, and F: Construction of the C1-C9 and the C10-C25 Building Blocks

Craig Forsyth, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University

Transition Metal-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydrocarbamoylation of Olefins: Direct Access to Chiral Functionalized Lactams

Vy M. Dong, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Physics, Cornell University; Ph.D., Astronomy & Astrophysics, and Astrobiology, Pennsylvania State University

A Synergistic Approach to Interpreting Planetary Atmospheres

Steinn Sigurdsson, Professor of Astronomy and James Kasting, Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University

Exoplanets in the Era of JWST and WFIRST

Jonathan Fortney, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.S., Mathematics, Cal Poly Pomona; M.S., Mathematics, Cal Poly Pomona; Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Iowa

Structural Results for the von Neumann Algebras of Poly-Hyperbolic Groups

Ionut Chifan, Professor of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Applications of Product Rigidity to Group von Neumann Algebras

Sorin Popa, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles

(former UCLA-CPF)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Guilan University; M.S., Energy System Engineering, Sharif University of Technology; Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine

High Performance Control Methods to Reduce Spatial Temperature Transients in Emerging Energy

Faryar Jabbari, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine

Feedback control theory for central pattern generator

Tetsuya Iwasaki, Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

(former UCI-CPF)

B.A., Biology, B.S., Biochemistry, California State University, San Bernardino; M.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Delineating mechanisms of cutaneous wound healing and regeneration in adults

Maksim V. Plikus, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine

Predictive multi-scale modeling of skin regeneration

Predictive multi-scale modeling of skin regeneration

(former UCSD-CPF)

B.S., Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Computational Science, Claremont Graduate University

Stochastic Iterative Algorithms for Large-Scale Data

Deanna Needell, Professor of Mathematics, Claremont McKenna College and University of California, Los Angeles

Practical Algorithms for Inference

Rayan Saab, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego

(former UCSC-CPF)

B.S., Physics, B.A. French, Texas A&M University; M.S., Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles

Characterizing Low-mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs and Upgrading NIRSPEC

Ian McLean, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles

Characterizing cold brown dwarf atmospheres and developing precision radial velocity techniques

Andy Skemer, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Claire Max, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.A., Music, B.S., Geology, California Lutheran University; M.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University; Ph.D., Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University

Minor element distribution and site preference in geological and technological crystals

Jonathan Stebbins, Professor of Geological Sciences, Stanford University

Improving DFT Methods: A tool for predicting NMR spectra and diversifying science

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

(former California Alliance UCB-CPF)

B.S., University of California, Riverside, Chemistry; M.S., University of California, San Diego, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Chemistry

Taming Carbene Copper (O)-Kydride Complexes

Guy Bertrand, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego,

Discovery of Direct Transition Metal Catalyzed Aminoborylation Reactions

John Hartwig, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Modeling and Quantification of Anisotropy and Heterogeneity in Geomaterials

Ronaldo I. Borja, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Multi-scale Hydro-mechanical Framework for Porous Materials

Panayiotis Papadopoulos, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

B.A., Biology, Pomona College; M.Phil., Evolutionary Genetics, University of Cambridge; M.S., Energy & Resources, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Energy & Resources, University of California, Berkeley

Land Use in Renewable Energy Planning

Margaret Torn, Professor of Energy & Resources, University of California, Berkeley and Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Land use and conservation planning; remote sensing; mapping biodiversity; carbon sequestration and storage; land use change

Susan Ustin, Professor of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis

(former UCD-CPF)

B.S., Forestry, NanJing Forestry University; Ph.D., Biology, University of Miami

The mathematical modelling of spatial structure of ecological system in heterogeneous environment

Donald L. DeAngelis, Professor of Biology, University of Miami

Experimental and modelling studies on integrating herbicide and biocontrol to better manage invasive plants

Alan Hastings, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis

B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Folklore, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Sociocultural Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Hacking Imaginaries: Codeworlds and Code Work Across the U.S./Mexico Borderlands

Charles L. Briggs, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Politics of race in relation to the knowledge economy, "new" media, and open source movements

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

(former UCM-CPF)

B.S., Anthropology, Psychology, Binghamton University-State University of New York; M.A., Anthropology, California State University, Chico; Ph.D., Anthropology, The Ohio State University

The biological impact of developmental stress: correlations between growth disruptions and mortality risk in bioarchaeology

Clark Spencer Larsen, Professor of Anthropology and Mark Hubbe, Professor of Anthropology, Ohio State University

Childhood stress and mortality risk in prehistoric California

Christina Torres-Rouff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Merced

B.A., Media Studies, Pomona College; M.A., Media Studies, The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Media Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

Sensuous Participation: Queer Youth of Color, Affect, and Social Media

Shanti Kumar, Professor of Radio-TV-Film, The University of Texas at Austin

Online Social Sentiment: Race, Gender, Sexuality

Mizuko (Mimi) Ito, Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine

B.E.S., Environmental Studies, York University; M.A., African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., African Diaspora Studies (Dutch Studies emphasis), University of California, Berkeley

The Political Ecology of Maroon Autonomy: Land, Resource Extraction and Political Change in 21st Century Jamaica and Suriname

Stephen Small, Professor of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Maroon Ecologies: Preservationism, Autonomy, and Legacies of Resistance

Bettina Ng'weno, Professor of African American & African Studies, University of California, Davis

(former UCM-CPF)

B.A., Spanish, Swarthmore College; M.P.H., Maternal and Child Health, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

Producing citizenship position through state immigrant policies: an examination of the relationships between health, policy, citizenship, and race in the United States

Steven P. Wallace, Professor of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

Immigration policy and health

Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor of Sociology and Susana Ramirez, Professor of Public Health Communication, University of California, Merced

B.A., Anthropology with minor in African American Studies, University of Florida; M.A., African & African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin

The Clothes on Her Back: Interpreting Sartorial Practices of Self-Making at the Levi Jordan Plantation

Maria Franklin, Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin

“The Will to Adorn:” A Black Feminist Examination of Sartorial Practices of Self-Making in The African Diaspora

Laurie Wilkie, Professor of Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley, and William White, Professor of Archeology, University of California, Berkeley

B.S.Ed., Human & Social Development: Community Development; Criminology, University of Miami; M.S., Criminal Justice, Florida International University; Ph.D., Public Affairs, Florida International University

Understanding the Organizational Factors That Impact Police-Community Relations

Emel Ganapati, Professor of Public Policy & Administration, Florida International University, and Tim Goddard, Professor of Criminal Justice, Florida International University

Exploring the informal organizational culture and the human dimensions of police departments that impact police-community relations

Jack Glaser, Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley

B.A., Biology, Williams College; M.S., Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Society & Environment, University of California, Berkeley

Breeding Grounds for Biodiversity: Renewing crop genetic resources in an age of industrial food

Alastair Iles, Professor of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley

CRISPR-ing Agriculture: producing science, seeds, and pathways of development

Ryan E. Galt, Professor of Human Ecology and Geography, University of California, Davis

(former UCLA-CPF)

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

Investigations of Retrieval Practice and Transfer of Learning for Rearranged Stimulus-Response Elements

Timothy Rickard, Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego

Exploring How and When Interleaved Practice Enhances Learning, Memory, and Academic Performance

Robert Bjork, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

(former UCB-CPF)

B.A., Anthropology, Sonoma State University; M.A., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Weaving pikyav (to-fix-it): Karuk Basket Weaving in-Relation-with the Everyday World

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

Indigenous ontological understandings of basketry: New directions in museum collection stewardship and repatriation

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

(former UCI-CPF)

B.S., Finance, University of Kansas; M.A., Sociology, Northwestern University; Ph.D., Sociology, Northwestern University

Ruling Sexuality: Law, Expertise, and the Making of Sexual Knowledge

Steven Epstein, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University

Policing of LGBTQ neighborhoods and interactions between LGBTQ people and police in order to explore how policing practices may impact the overrepresentation of LGBTQ people in the penal system

Valerie Jenness, Professor of Criminology, Law &Society, University of California, Irvine

(former UCSF-CPF)

B.S., Psychology, James Madison University; M.A., Experimental Psychology, James Madison University; Ph.D., Psychology, University of California, Riverside

The impact of off-label psychostimulant use on sleep physiology and sleep-related cognitive function

Sara Mednick, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of California, Irvine and Chandra Reynolds, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside

Are racial disparities in cardiovascular risk attributable to the effects of discrimination on sleep?

Wendy Berry Mendes, Professor of Psychiatry and Aric Prather, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco