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  • Professor
  • 1710 South Hall
  • Professor

Race, labor, empire, social movements, urban studies, Latin American studies, Central America, Marxism, liberation theology

  • (805) 722-4556
  • 1706 South Hall
  • Assistant Professor
Maya social movements and resistance, extractivist industries, migration, and forced displacement, Guatemala, Central American Studies, U.S.-Mexico border
  • Professor Emerita
  • Professor
  • Faculty Graduate Advisor

U.S. Spanish-language media; Chicana and Latina Popular Culture; Radio & Sound Practices; Racial Politics of Language; Accent Studies; Langauge Learning Technologies; and Ethnic Studies within K-12 schools.

  • 1705 South Hall
  • https://ucsb.zoom.us/my/casillas
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  • Associate Professor

Chicana/o and Latina/o Performance Studies, Visual Culture and Cultural Studies, Afro-Latina/o Diaspora Studies, Chicana/Latina Feminisms, Chicana/o and Latina/o Theater History and Ethnomusicology, Dramaturgy, Acting Methodology

Mario T. Garcia
  • Professor

Chicano history, race and ethnicity, southwestern history, autobiography, Latino religion

  • Assistant Professor

Immigration; Latinx Sociology; Intersectionality; Medical Sociology; Sociology of Mental Health; Aging; Social Determinants of Health

  • South Hall 1708
  • Professor

20th Century American Literature

U.S. Ethnic Literature

Cultural Studies & Critical Theory

Chicana/o & U.S. Latina/o Studies

Gender & Sexuality Studies

  • 1702 South Hall
Elaina Hersey
  • Financial/Office Assistant

Handles: 

  • Payroll
  • Reimbursements
  • Procurement
  • Orders supplies
  • Handles mail distribution
 
  • (805) 893-8880
  • 1714 South Hall
  • Graduate Program Advisor

You should contact the Graduate Advisor for: 

  • Academic records
  • Childcare Reimbursement requests
  • Cubicle assignments
  • Employment records
  • Forms and petitions
  • General guidelines on advancing, defending, and filing paperwork
  • Practice qualifying exams
  • Referral to campus resources
  • If you are thinking about submitting a petition to Graduate Divison
  • If you are looking for guidance on submitting paperwork for advancing or defending
  • If you are looking for guidance on submitting a request to go on academic leave or filing leave
  • If you have a general question regarding University policy regarding Graduate students or TAs
  • If you have had an issue with your paycheck (TAs only)
  • If you need help with regards to departmental resources including keys, email, cubicle, mailbox, and academic files.

You should contact your Faculty Graduate Advisor for: 

  • You are looking for general advising regarding your degree progress and/or academic goals
  • A problem rises affecting your academic work
  • There is a change in your study plan or degree objective
  • (805) 893-5269
  • 1720 South Hall
Aída Hurtado
  • Department Chair
  • Professor
  • Luis Leal Endowed Chair

Equity issues in education for Chicanas/os, Chicana feminist theory, media representations of Latinos & other ethnic & racial groups, social identity, including ethnic identity

  • (805) 893-8807
  • 1709 South Hall

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Affiliated Faculty

Edwina Barvosa
Feminist Studies
edwina.barvosa@ucsb.edu

Rudy V. Busto
Religious Studies
rude@religion.ucsb.edu

Leo Cabranes-Grant
Theater & Dance and Spanish & Portuguese
cabranes@theaterdance.ucsb.edu

Richard Duran
Education
duran@education.ucsb.edu

Victor Rios
Sociology
vrios@soc.ucsb.edu

Laura Romo
Education
lromo@education.ucsb.edu

Denise A. Segura
Sociology
segura@soc.ucsb.edu

Roberto Strongman
Black Studies
rstrongman@blackstudies.ucsb.edu

Cristina Venegas
Film & Media Studies
venegas@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu

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Veronica Castillo-Muñoz
History
castillomunoz@history.ucsb.edu

Miroslava Chavez-Garcia
History
mchavezgarcia@chicst.ucsb.edu

Andres J. Consoli
Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology
aconsoli@ucsb.edu

Ben Olguín
English
ben.olguin@english.ucsb.edu

Rebeca Mireles Rios
Education
rmireles@education.ucsb.edu

Willian I. Robinson
Sociology
wirobins@soc.ucsb.edu

Jennifer Tyburczy
Feminist Studies
jtyburczy@femst.ucsb.edu