Faculty

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Regular faculty

Gabriela F Arredondo

Title
- Associate Professor, Latin American & Latino Studies
Campus Email
- gfarredo@ucsc.edu

Lily Balloffet

Title
- Associate Professor
Campus Email
- lballoff@ucsc.edu

Jeffrey A Erbig

Title
- Associate Professor
Campus Email
- jerbig@ucsc.edu

Fernando I Leiva

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- fleiva@ucsc.edu

Carlos Martinez

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- cmart195@ucsc.edu

Cinthya Martinez

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- cmartin7@ucsc.edu

Justin Perez

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- jdaperez@ucsc.edu

Patricia Pinho

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- ppinho@ucsc.edu

Catherine Sue Ramirez

Title
- Professor & Chair
Campus Email
- cathysue@ucsc.edu

Cecilia M Rivas

Title
- Associate Professor
Campus Email
- cmrivas@ucsc.edu

Jessica K Taft

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- jtaft@ucsc.edu

Emeriti faculty

Jonathan A Fox

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- jafox@ucsc.edu

Rosa-Linda Fregoso

Title
- Research Professor/Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- rfregoso@ucsc.edu

Lourdes Martinez-Echazabal

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- lourdes@ucsc.edu

Patricia J Zavella

Title
- Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- zavella@ucsc.edu

Affiliated faculty

Michelle Aguilera

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Education Department
Campus Email
- miaguile@ucsc.edu

Jorge Aladro Font

Title
- Professor
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- jaladro@ucsc.edu

Mark Amengual

Title
- Professor and Department Chair
Department
- Languages and Applied Linguistics
Campus Email
- amengual@ucsc.edu

Mark D Anderson

Title
- Professor
Department
- Anthropology Department
Campus Email
- mda@ucsc.edu

Julie Bettie

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- jbettie@ucsc.edu

Jeffrey T Bury

Title
- Department Chair and Professor
Department
- Environmental Studies Department
Campus Email
- jbury@ucsc.edu

Saskias Y Casanova

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Psychology Department
Campus Email
- scasanov@ucsc.edu

Pedro G Castillo

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- pcastle@ucsc.edu

Rebecca G Covarrubias

Title
- Professor
Department
- Psychology Department
Campus Email
- rgcovarr@ucsc.edu

Cynthia Cruz

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Education Department
Campus Email
- ccruz3@ucsc.edu

Carolyn Dean

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- History of Art/Visual Culture
Campus Email
- csdean@ucsc.edu

Maria Elena Diaz

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- mediaz@ucsc.edu

Lindsey L Dillon

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- lidillon@ucsc.edu

Kent H Eaton

Title
- Distinguished Professor of Politics
Department
- Politics Department
Campus Email
- keaton@ucsc.edu

Robert W Fairlie

Title
- Professor
Department
- Economics Department
Campus Email
- rfairlie@ucsc.edu

Gregory S Gilbert

Title
- Professor
Department
- Environmental Studies Department
Campus Email
- ggilbert@ucsc.edu

Jennifer A Gonzalez

Title
- Professor
Department
- History of Art/Visual Culture
Campus Email
- jag@ucsc.edu

Maria Gonzalez Pagani

Title
- Teaching Professor
Department
- Languages and Applied Linguistics
Campus Email
- vgpagani@ucsc.edu

Shelly A Grabe

Title
- Professor
Department
- Psychology Department
Campus Email
- sgrabe@ucsc.edu

Kirsten Silva Gruesz

Title
- Professor
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- ksgruesz@ucsc.edu

Daniel Edward Guevara

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Philosophy Department
Campus Email
- guevara@ucsc.edu

Lisbeth Haas

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- lhaas@ucsc.edu

Craig W Haney

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Psychology Department
Campus Email
- psylaw@ucsc.edu

Carla Hernandez Garavito

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Anthropology Department
Campus Email
- chern133@ucsc.edu

Karen D Holl

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Environmental Studies Department
Campus Email
- kholl@ucsc.edu

Norma Klahn

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- nklahn@ucsc.edu

Regina D Langhout

Title
- Professor
Department
- Psychology Department
Campus Email
- langhout@ucsc.edu

Rodrigo Lazo

Title
- Professor
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- rolazo@ucsc.edu

John Leanos

Title
- Professor
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
Campus Email
- jleanos@ucsc.edu

Deborah K Letourneau

Title
- Professor
Department
- Environmental Studies Department
Campus Email
- dletour@ucsc.edu

Daniel T Linger

Title
- Professor
Department
- Anthropology Department
Campus Email
- touro@ucsc.edu

Amy Joy Lonetree

Title
- Professor
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- lonetree@ucsc.edu

Leslie A Lopez

Title
- Continuing Lecturer, PhD Anthropology
Department
- Oakes College
Campus Email
- lesliel@ucsc.edu

Paul M Lubeck

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- lubeck@ucsc.edu

Marina Magalhães

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)
Campus Email
- mmagalhe@ucsc.edu

Andrew S Mathews

Title
- Professor
Department
- Anthropology Department
Campus Email
- amathews@ucsc.edu

Aims McGuinness

Title
- College Provost, Merrill College
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- amcguinn@ucsc.edu

Judit Moschkovich

Title
- Distinguished Professor, Mathematics Education
Department
- Education Department
Campus Email
- jmoschko@ucsc.edu

Eduardo Mosqueda

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Education Department
Campus Email
- mosqueda@ucsc.edu

Olga Najera Ramirez

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- Anthropology Department
Campus Email
- olga@ucsc.edu

Sara J Niedzwiecki

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Politics Department
Campus Email
- sniedzwi@ucsc.edu

Matt O’Hara

Title
- Provost, Stevenson College
Department
- Stevenson College
Campus Email
- mdohara@ucsc.edu

Marcia Ochoa

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)
Campus Email
- marcia8a@ucsc.edu

Lucinda Pease-Alvarez

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- Education Department
Campus Email
- pease@ucsc.edu

Juan Pedroza

Title
- Associate Professor and Sociology Graduate Education Chair
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- j.pedroza@ucsc.edu

Juan E Poblete

Title
- Professor and Chair
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- jpoblete@ucsc.edu

Eric C Porter

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- ecporter@ucsc.edu

María Puig de la Bellacasa

Title
- Professor
Department
- History of Consciousness Department
Campus Email
- mpuigdel@ucsc.edu

Renya K Ramirez

Title
- Professor
Department
- Anthropology Department
Campus Email
- renya@ucsc.edu

B Ruby Rich

Title
- Professor
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
Campus Email
- brrich@ucsc.edu

Alicia Rose Riley

Title
- Assistant Professor & Core Faculty in Global and Community Health Program
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- ariley3@ucsc.edu

Martin Rizzo Martinez

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
Campus Email
- mrizzo@ucsc.edu

Barbara Rogoff

Title
- UCSC Foundation Distinguished Professor
Department
- Psychology Department
Campus Email
- brogoff@ucsc.edu

Michael E Rotkin

Title
- Lecturer/Field Studies Coord
Department
- Community Studies Department
Campus Email
- openup@ucsc.edu

Christian Ruvalcaba

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Languages and Applied Linguistics
Campus Email
- chruvalc@ucsc.edu

Felicity Amaya Schaeffer

Title
- Chair of CRES, Professor of Feminist Studies
Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Campus Email
- fsg@ucsc.edu

Helen Shapiro

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- hshapiro@ucsc.edu

Amanda M Smith

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- asmith25@ucsc.edu

Matthew B Sparke

Title
- Distinguished Professor of Politics
Department
- Politics Department
Campus Email
- msparke@ucsc.edu

Dana Takagi

Title
- Professor
Department
- Sociology Department
Campus Email
- takagi@ucsc.edu

Jennifer Taylor

Title
- Professor of Social Documentation
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
Campus Email
- jtaylo5@ucsc.edu

Gustavo O Vazquez

Title
- Professor
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
Campus Email
- gvazquez@ucsc.edu

Rasmus G Winther

Title
- Professor
Department
- Humanities Division
Campus Email
- rgw@ucsc.edu

Karen T Yamashita

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- ktyamash@ucsc.edu

Zac Zimmer

Title
- Associate Professor of Literature
Department
- Literature Department
Campus Email
- zaazimme@ucsc.edu

Last modified: Apr 03, 2025