Graduate Student Directory

Jennifer Gottlieb
  • Title
    • PhD Student
  • Division Social Sciences Division
  • Department
    • Latin American & Latino Studies
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Crown College Admin Building, 213
  • Office Hours Winter 2024: Weds 11:30am-12:30pm Fri 2:30pm-3:30pm
  • Mail Stop Crown College Admin Office

Research Interests

Carribean Migrations, Sexual Migrations, Queer and Feminist Theories, AfroLatine populations, Aesthetics, Music, and Performance, Latine Queer Belonging and Placemaking, Cultural Studies. 

Biography, Education and Training

Education 

Ph.D. Student in Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California Santa Cruz

M.A. in Chicano/a Studies, emphasis in Comparative Ethnic Studies, California State University of San Jose

Thesis "Reflections of LGBTQ+ Latinx/Chicanx Peoples in Maintaining Culture, Identity, and Community throughout a Global Pandemic"

B.A. in Humanities and Communications, emphasis in Practical and Professional Ethics, California State University of Monterey Bay

Honors, Awards and Grants

Regents Fellowship, University of California Santa Cruz (Fall 22)

Dolores Huerta Center, Research Cluster, University of California Santa Cruz (Fall 23) 

Teaching Interests

Teaching Assistant Experience

  • Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS1)
  • Introduction to Chicanx & Latinx Studies (LALS 10)
  • Diego Rivera: Art and Social Change in Latin America (LALS 75)
  • Hip Hop History (LALS 79)

Lecturer Experience (California State University of Monterey Bay) 

  • Introduction to Ethnic Studies
  • Chicano/Latinx History