Faculty

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Regular faculty

Gabriela F Arredondo

  • Title
    • Associate Professor, Latin American & Latino Studies
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Lily Balloffet

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Jeffrey A Erbig

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Sylvanna Falcon

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Fernando I Leiva

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Carlos Martinez

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Cinthya Martinez

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Justin Perez

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Program Committee Chair
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Patricia Pinho

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Catherine Sue Ramirez

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Cecilia M Rivas

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Jessica K Taft

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Emeriti faculty

Jonathan A Fox

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Rosa-Linda Fregoso

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Lourdes Martinez-Echazabal

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Patricia J Zavella

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Affiliated faculty

Michelle Aguilera

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Education Department
  • Campus Email
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Jorge Aladro Font

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Mark Amengual

  • Title
    • Professor and Department Chair
  • Department
    • Languages and Applied Linguistics
  • Campus Email
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Mark D Anderson

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Anthropology Department
  • Campus Email
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Julie Bettie

  • Title
    • Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Department
    • Sociology Department
  • Campus Email
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Jeffrey T Bury

  • Title
    • Department Chair and Professor
  • Department
    • Environmental Studies Department
  • Campus Email
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Saskias Y Casanova

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Psychology Department
  • Campus Email
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Pedro G Castillo

  • Title
    • Professor Emeritus
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Campus Email
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Rebecca G Covarrubias

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Cynthia Cruz

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Education Department
  • Campus Email
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Carolyn Dean

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor
  • Department
    • History of Art/Visual Culture
  • Campus Email
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Grace Peรฑa Delgado

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Maria Elena Diaz

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Campus Email
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Lindsey L Dillon

  • Title
    • Associate Professor of Sociology and Sociology Undergraduate Education Chair
  • Department
    • Sociology Department
  • Campus Email
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Kent H Eaton

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor of Politics
  • Department
    • Politics Department
  • Campus Email
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Gregory S Gilbert

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor
  • Department
    • Environmental Studies Department
  • Campus Email
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Jennifer A Gonzalez

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History of Art/Visual Culture
  • Campus Email
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Maria Gonzalez Pagani

  • Title
    • Teaching Professor
  • Department
    • Languages and Applied Linguistics
  • Campus Email
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Shelly A Grabe

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Kirsten Silva Gruesz

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Daniel Edward Guevara

  • Title
    • Professor Emeritus
  • Department
    • Philosophy Department
  • Campus Email
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Lisbeth Haas

  • Title
    • Professor Emerita
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Campus Email
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Craig W Haney

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor
  • Department
    • Psychology Department
  • Campus Email
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Carla Hernandez Garavito

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Anthropology Department
  • Campus Email
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Karen D Holl

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor
  • Department
    • Environmental Studies Department
  • Campus Email
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Norma Klahn

  • Title
    • Professor Emerita
  • Department
    • Literature Department
  • Campus Email
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Regina D Langhout

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Rodrigo Lazo

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John Leanos

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Film and Digital Media Department
  • Campus Email
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Deborah K Letourneau

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Environmental Studies Department
  • Campus Email
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Daniel T Linger

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Anthropology Department
  • Campus Email
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Amy Joy Lonetree

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Leslie A Lopez

  • Title
    • Continuing Lecturer, PhD Anthropology
  • Department
    • Oakes College
  • Campus Email
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Paul M Lubeck

  • Title
    • Professor Emeritus
  • Department
    • Sociology Department
  • Campus Email
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Marina Magalhรฃes

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)
  • Campus Email
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Andrew S Mathews

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Aims McGuinness

  • Title
    • College Provost, Merrill College
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Campus Email
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Judit Moschkovich

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor, Mathematics Education
  • Department
    • Education Department
  • Campus Email
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Eduardo Mosqueda

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Education Department
  • Campus Email
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Olga Najera Ramirez

  • Title
    • Professor Emerita
  • Department
    • Anthropology Department
  • Campus Email
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Sara J Niedzwiecki

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Matt O’Hara

  • Title
    • Provost, Cowell College
  • Department
    • Cowell College
  • Campus Email
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Marcia Ochoa

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)
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Lucinda Pease-Alvarez

  • Title
    • Professor Emerita
  • Department
    • Education Department
  • Campus Email
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Juan Pedroza

  • Title
    • Associate Professor of Sociology and Graduate Education Chair
  • Department
    • Sociology Department
  • Campus Email
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Juan E Poblete

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Eric Porter

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Campus Email
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Marรญa Puig de la Bellacasa

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
  • Campus Email
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Renya K Ramirez

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Anthropology Department
  • Campus Email
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B Ruby Rich

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Film and Digital Media Department
  • Campus Email
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Alicia Rose Riley

  • Title
    • Associate Professor of Sociology & Core Faculty in Global and Community Health Program
  • Department
    • Sociology Department
  • Campus Email
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Brian Rivera

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Martin Rizzo Martinez

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Film and Digital Media Department
  • Campus Email
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Barbara Rogoff

  • Title
    • UCSC Foundation Distinguished Professor
  • Department
    • Psychology Department
  • Campus Email
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Christian Ruvalcaba

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Languages and Applied Linguistics
  • Campus Email
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Felicity Amaya Schaeffer

  • Title
    • Chair of CRES, Professor of Feminist Studies
  • Department
    • Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Helen Shapiro

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Sociology Department
  • Campus Email
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Amanda M Smith

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Literature Department
  • Campus Email
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Matthew B Sparke

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor of Politics
  • Department
    • Politics Department
  • Campus Email
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Dana Takagi

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Jennifer Taylor

  • Title
    • Professor of Social Documentation
  • Department
    • Film and Digital Media Department
  • Campus Email
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Gustavo O Vazquez

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Film and Digital Media Department
  • Campus Email
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Rasmus G Winther

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Humanities Division
  • Campus Email
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Karen T Yamashita

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Zac Zimmer

  • Title
    • Associate Professor of Literature
  • Department
    • Literature Department
  • Campus Email
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Lecturers

Shankari Patel

  • Title
    • Lecturer
  • Department
    • Latin American & Latino Studies
  • Campus Email
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Last modified: Sep 03, 2025