College of Ethnic Studies Faculty
The College has a dedicated faculty of 47 tenured or tenure track faculty from a range of backgrounds including but not limited to philosophy, history, arts, health sciences, psychology, education, anthropology, sociology, communications, journalism, literature, languages, law, political science, economics, and law. These individuals are committed to the integrated scholar- teacher-community activist model of Ethnic Studies and to multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary approaches to inquiry. Below is a listing of tenured or tenure track faculty members. Additional contact information can be found by using the departmental tabs to the left.
Africana Studies
Antwi Akom (2004), Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Dawn-Elissa Fischer (2007), Ph.D., University of Florida
Shawn Ginwright (2004), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Laura Head (1978), Ph.D., University of Michigan
Serie McDougal (2007), Ph.D., Temple University
Wade Nobles (1976), Ph.D., Stanford University
Theophile Obenga (1998), Ph.D., University Paul Valery, France
Johnetta Richards (1988), Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Oba T’Shaka (1972), Ph.D., Western Institute
*Dorothy Tsuruta (1997), Ph.D., Stanford University
Kevin Washington (2007), Ph.D., Texas A & M University
Aguibou Yansane (1983), Ph.D., Stanford University
American Indian Studies
*Joanne Barker (2003), Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Robert Collins (2006), Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Andrew Jolivette (2003), Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Melissa Nelson (2002), Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Asian American Studies
Danilo Begonia (1970), M.A., San Francisco State University
Laureen Chew (1981), Ed.D., University of the Pacific
Wei Ming Dariotis (2000), Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Lorraine Dong (1987), Ph.D., University of Washington
Daniel Gonzales (1971), J.D., Hastings College of Law
*Marlon Hom (1986), Ph.D., University of Washington
Russell Jeung (2002), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Ben Kobashigawa (1986), Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Mai Nhung Le (1997), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Isabelle Pelaud (2001), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Valerie Soe (1996), M.F.A., School of the Arts Institute of Chicago
Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales (2000), Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Wesley Ueunten (2002), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Grace Yoo (1996), Ph.D., University of San Francisco
Race and Resistance Studies
Rabab Abdulhadi (2007), Ph.D., Yale University
Falu Bakrania (2005), Ph.D., Stanford University
Rafael Diaz (2002), PhD., Yale University
Catriona Esquibel (2005), Ph.D., Stanford University
Jason Ferreira (2005), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
*Amy Sueyoshi (2002), Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Raza Studies
Tomas Almaguer (2000), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
*Teresa Carrillo (1993), Ph.D., Stanford University
Carlos Cordova (1974), Ed.D., University of San Francisco
Jose Cuellar (1990), Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade (2004), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Velia Garcia (1986), Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley
Katynka Martinez (2007), Ph.D., University of California, San diego
Nancy Mirabal (1997), Ph.D., University of Michigan
G. Alejandro Murguia (1991), M.F.A., San Francisco State University
Belinda Reyes (2006), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Roberto Rivera (1970), Ph.D., University of Santa Cruz
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