Faculty
The UCLA Department of Labor Studies is administratively housed within the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) with active collaboration from the UCLA Center for Labor Research & Education (the Labor Center). Classes are taught in large part by Project Directors at the UCLA Labor Center, as well as additional in-house lecturers, visiting faculty, and affiliated faculty in other departments.
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Heather Berg
Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Labor Studies
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Jennifer Jihye Chun
Professor of Asian American Studies and Labor Studies
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Virginia Espino
Unit 18 Faculty
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Loretta Gaffney
Unit 18 Faculty
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Trevor Griffey
Unit 18 Faculty
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Lucero Herrera
Senior Research Analyst - UCLA Labor Center
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Tobias Higbie
Professor of History and Labor Studies, IRLE Director
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Tia Koonse
Unit 18 Faculty, Legal and Policy Research Manager at UCLA Labor Center
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Caroline Luce
Academic Administrator
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Paolo Marinaro
Unit 18 Faculty
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Justin McBride
Academic Administrator, Project Director at UCLA Labor Studies
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Rosemarie Molina
Unit 18 Faculty
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Victor Narro
Academic Administrator, Project Director at UCLA Labor Center
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Chris Newman
Unit 18 Faculty
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Gaspar Rivera-Salgado
Academic Administrator, Project Director at UCLA Labor Center
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Kendrick Roberson
Unit 18 Faculty
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Raymond Rocco
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
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Kristoffer (Kit) Smemo
Unit 18 Faculty
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Saba Waheed
Director of the UCLA Labor Center
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Noah D. Zatz
Professor of Law and Labor Studies
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Chris Zepeda-Millan
Chair and Associate Professor of Public Policy, Chicana/o & Central American Studies, and Labor Studies
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