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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.

Faculty Spotlight

Ruth Milkman, labor sociologist, gives lecture on the state of the labor movement in the 2020s

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Ruth Milkman, labor sociologist, gives lecture on the state of the labor movement in the 2020s

Faculty Spotlight 1

By Labor Studies

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Ruth Milkman, labor sociologist, gives lecture on the state of the labor movement in the 2020s

Faculty Spotlight 1

By Labor Studies

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  • Heather Berg profile picture

    Heather Berg

    Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Labor Studies

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor, Gender, and Sexuality | Social Movements

  • Jennifer Jihye Chun profile picture

    Jennifer Jihye Chun

    Professor of Asian American Studies and Labor Studies, Chair

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor and Race | Labor, Gender, and Sexuality | Social Movements

  • Virginia Espino profile picture

    Virginia Espino

    Unit 18 Faculty

    Areas of Expertise:

    Health Activism | Labor, Gender, and Sexuality

  • Loretta Gaffney profile picture

    Loretta Gaffney

    Unit 18 Faculty

    Areas of Expertise:

    Storytelling for Activists | Working Class Literature

  • Trevor Griffey profile picture

    Trevor Griffey

    Unit 18 Faculty

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor and Higher Education | Labor and Race | Social Movements

  • Lucero Herrera profile picture

    Lucero Herrera

    Senior Research Analyst - UCLA Labor Center

    Areas of Expertise:

    Future of Work | Labor, Gender, and Sexuality

  • Tobias Higbie profile picture

    Tobias Higbie

    Professor of History and Labor Studies, IRLE Director

    Areas of Expertise:

    Social Movements | Working Class History

  • Robin D. G. Kelley profile picture

    Robin D. G. Kelley

    Professor

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor and Race | Social Movements

  • Tia Koonse profile picture

    Tia Koonse

    Unit 18 Faculty, Legal and Policy Research Manager at UCLA Labor Center

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor Law

  • Paolo Marinaro profile picture

    Paolo Marinaro

    Unit 18 Faculty

    Areas of Expertise:

    Future of Work | Labor Politics | Social Movements

  • Katherine Marino profile picture

    Katherine Marino

    Associate Professor of History and Labor Studies

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor and Race | Labor, Gender, and Sexuality

  • Justin McBride profile picture

    Justin McBride

    Academic Administrator, Project Director at UCLA Labor Studies

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor Politics | Strategic Labor Research

  • Rosemarie Molina profile picture

    Rosemarie Molina

    Unit 18 Faculty

    Areas of Expertise:

    Future of Work | Labor Politics

  • Victor Narro profile picture

    Victor Narro

    Academic Administrator, Project Director at UCLA Labor Center

    Areas of Expertise:

    Immigration | Labor Law

  • Chris Newman profile picture

    Chris Newman

    Unit 18 Faculty

    Areas of Expertise:

    Future of Work | Labor Law

  • Gaspar Rivera-Salgado profile picture

    Gaspar Rivera-Salgado

    Academic Administrator, Project Director at UCLA Labor Center

    Areas of Expertise:

    Future of Work | Immigration | Social Movements

  • Kendrick Roberson profile picture

    Kendrick Roberson

    Unit 18 Faculty

    Areas of Expertise:

    Future of Work | Labor Politics | Labor and Race

  • Sarah T. Roberts profile picture

    Sarah T. Roberts

    Associate Professor of Gender Studies, Labor Studies, and Information Studies

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor Politics | Labor, Gender, and Sexuality

  • Raymond Rocco profile picture

    Raymond Rocco

    Professor Emeritus of Political Science

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor Politics | Social Movements

  • Janna Shadduck-Hernandez profile picture

    Janna Shadduck-Hernandez

    Project Director at UCLA Labor Center

    Areas of Expertise:

    Education | Immigration

  • Kristoffer (Kit) Smemo profile picture

    Kristoffer (Kit) Smemo

    Unit 18 Faculty

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor Politics | Social Movements | Working Class History

  • Veronica Terriquez profile picture

    Veronica Terriquez

    Professor of Urban Planning, Chicana/o & Central American Studies, and Labor Studies

    Areas of Expertise:

    Education | Immigration

  • Abel Valenzuela profile picture

    Abel Valenzuela

    Professor, Dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences

    Areas of Expertise:

    Immigration | Labor Politics | Social Movements

  • Saba Waheed profile picture

    Saba Waheed

    Director of the UCLA Labor Center

    Areas of Expertise:

    Future of Work | Labor and Higher Education | Labor, Gender, and Sexuality | Storytelling for Activists

  • Kent Wong profile picture

    Kent Wong

    Academic Administrator, Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships at UCLA Labor Center

    Areas of Expertise:

    Immigration | Labor and Race | Social Movements

  • Noah D. Zatz profile picture

    Noah D. Zatz

    Professor of Law and Labor Studies

    Areas of Expertise:

    Labor Law | Labor and Race | Labor, Gender, and Sexuality

  • Chris Zepeda-Millan profile picture

    Chris Zepeda-Millan

    Professor of Public Policy, Chicana/o & Central American Studies, and Labor Studies

    Areas of Expertise:

    Immigration | Labor Politics | Social Movements | Strategic Labor Research