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Caroline Luce

Academic Administrator Areas of Expertise: Caroline Luce is a historian whose work sits at the intersection of labor history, Jewish studies, and digital humanities. She served as Chief Curator of Mapping…

Chris Zepeda-Millan

Labor Studies Department Chair Associate 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….

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…

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…

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…

Kendrick Roberson

Unit 18 Faculty Areas of Expertise: As a community activist, Dr. Roberson currently holds two elected positions. In 2019, he was elected to be the chair of the city of…

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…

Chris Newman

Unit 18 Faculty Areas of Expertise: Chris Newman is the Legal Director & General Counsel for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) based in its Los Angeles office. He…

Victor Narro

Academic Administrator, Project Director at UCLA Labor Center Areas of Expertise: A nationally known expert on immigrant rights and low-wage workers, Victor Narro has been involved with immigrant rights and…