Chris Zepeda-Millan
Professor of Public Policy, Chicana/o & Central American Studies, and Labor Studies Areas of Expertise: Chris Zepeda-Millan was born and raised in the East L.A. barrio of Boyle Heights and…
Social Movements
Kent Wong
Academic Administrator, Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships at UCLA Labor Center Areas of Expertise: Kent Wong is the Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships and former Director…
Abel Valenzuela
Professor, Dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences Areas of Expertise: Abel Valenzuela Jr. is a professor of Urban Planning and Chicana/o Studies and the former director of UCLA’s Institute…
Kristoffer (Kit) Smemo
Unit 18 Faculty Email: ksmemo@ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: Kristoffer (Kit) Smemo is a historian of labor, politics, and popular culture in the United States. His first book Making Republicans Liberal:…
Raymond Rocco
Professor Emeritus of Political Science Areas of Expertise: Raymond Rocco focuses on the relationships between globalization, democracy, citizenship and marginalized communities, with an emphasis on Latin American communities in the…
Gaspar Rivera-Salgado
Academic Administrator, Project Director at UCLA Labor Center Areas of Expertise: Gaspar Rivera-Salgado is currently the Project Director at UCLA Labor Center, labor studies lecturer at the Institute for Research…
Paolo Marinaro
Unit 18 Faculty Areas of Expertise: Paolo Marinaro is a Lecturer at the UCLA Labor Studies Program. His research focuses on issues related to trade union practices, alternative strategies of…
Robin D. G. Kelley
Professor Email: rdkelley@history.ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: My research has explored the history of social movements in the U.S., the African Diaspora, and Africa; black intellectuals; music and visual culture; Surrealism,…
Trevor Griffey
Unit 18 Faculty Areas of Expertise: I’m an historian of 20th-century U.S. social movements, with a focus on labor, race, and the U.S. West. Before moving to Southern California, I…
Heather Berg
Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Labor Studies Email: heatherberg@g.ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: Heather Berg is a feminist studies scholar writing about labor, sexuality, and social struggle. Her first book,…