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Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Faculty

The UC Merced Critical Race and Ethnic Studies program features world-class faculty, graduate students in the Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Group pursuing a variety of research projects, and advisors who guide students and offer helpful advice on schedules, courses of study, graduate readiness and other issues.

 

Core Faculty
Dr. Christina Baker Dr. Sapana Doshi Dr. Kit Myers

Associate Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies           

 Associate Professor and Chair of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies             Assistant Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

 

  
Dr. Nicosia Shakes Dr. Ma Vang  
Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies           Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies                                                                                                                     

 

Associated Faculty

Dr. Arturo Arias Dr. Lorena Alvarado Dr. Kevin Dawson
Professor of Spanish                                                         Assistant Professor of Music        and Performance Studies

Associate Professor of History                                                

 
Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza Dr. Nigel Hatton Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo
Professor of Sociology                                                                                                                 Associate Professor of Literature and Philosophy                                                                           Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture                                                                               

Dr. Dalia Magaña Dr. Sean Malloy Dr. Maria Martin
Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics                                                       Professor of History                                                                                       Assistant Professor of African History                                                                   

 

Dr. Whitney Laster Pirtle Dr. Mario Sifuentez Dr. Yehuda Sharim
Assistant Professor of Sociology                                                    Associate Professor of History                                                     Assistant Professor of Media and Performance Studies                   

 

Dr. Sabrina Smith Dr. David Torres-Rouff Dr. Zulema Valdez
Assistant Professor of Latin American History                                Associate Professor of History                                                        Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty, and Professor of Sociology  

 

 
Dr. ShiPu Wang   Dr. Ken Yoshida
Professor of Art History / Visual Studies  

Assistant Professor of Art History/Visual Studies                                          

 

Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Paul Almeida Dr. Aditi Chandra Dr. Robin Delugan
Professor of Sociology                                      Assistant Professor of Art History/Visual Studies Associate Professor of Anthropology                     

 
Dr. Edward Flores Dr. Humberto Garcia Dr. Dania Matos
Associate Professor of Sociology                 Associate Professor of English                     Associate Chancellor & Chief Diversity Officer

 

    
Dr. Muey Saeteurn    
Assistant Professor of History