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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…

Noah D. Zatz

Professor of Law and Labor Studies Areas of Expertise: Noah Zatz’s interests include employment & labor law, welfare law and antipoverty policy, critical race & feminist theory, and liberal political…

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…

Saba Waheed

Director of the UCLA Labor Center Areas of Expertise: Saba Waheed is the director of the UCLA Labor Center. Prior to this role, she spent 11 years as the center’s…

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…

Veronica Terriquez

Professor of Urban Planning, Chicana/o & Central American Studies, and Labor Studies Areas of Expertise: Dr. Veronica Terriquez directs UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center and is co-founder of the UCLA…

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:…

Janna Shadduck-Hernandez

Project Director at UCLA Labor Center Areas of Expertise: Janna Shadduck-Hernández’s interests lie in the intersections between labor, immigration, student and community activism, and the arts. Presently she is a…

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…

Sarah T. Roberts

Associate Professor of Gender Studies, Labor Studies, and Information Studies Email: sarah.roberts@ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: Sarah T. Roberts, Ph.D. is an associate professor at UCLA (Gender Studies, Information Studies, Labor…