Jaime Barajas

Undergraduate Education: Chico State

Graduate Program Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies

Research Interest: Joteria Studies, Gay Latino Studies, Chicana Feminist Theory, Women Studies, Gender Studies, Social Justice Research, Education, Contemporary Immigration Policy

Email: empowred.xicano@gmail.com

NURIVETTE A. BRIZUELA

Undergraduate Education: San Jose State University; Sociology,  B.A

Graduate Program Emphasis: Education Emphasis

Research Interest: The education of our chican@ youth. Working towards an equitable platform that will allow them to succeed.

Email: Nurivette_b@yahoo.com

alma Cervantes

Undergraduate Education: California State University Monterey Bay; Spanish Language and Literature

Graduate Program Emphasis: Education

Research Interest: Youth and gang violence in our communities. What's "The real problem" among our youth that is leading them to make the wrong choices?

Email:  almita08ca@yahoo.com

Undergraduate Education: California State University Sacramento; Ethnic Studies w/concentration in Chicano Studies

Graduate Program Emphasis: Education/Policy

Research Interest: I am working on on two different areas of research . One is the Accessibly of public health/ education in the Latino community with a focus on Autism. I am also working on the importance of creating community for migrant students in K -12 in order for them to obtain academic success.

Email:  lilianacruz4@yahoo.com

Laura Duenas

Undergraduate Education: California State University East Bay; Sociology

Graduate Program Emphasis: Education

Research Interest: Topics and Issues that relate to my personal experience as a MeXicana that comes from a family of immigrant parents and was born and raised in California. Example: Transnationalism, Immigration, Femicides,  possible disconnect/differences between generational gaps.                                                                        

 Email: laura.duenas.lopez@gmail.com

Maribel Gomez

Undergraduate Education: University of California, Davis; Chicana & Chicano Studies and Design B.A., Women’s studies minor.

Graduate Program Emphasis: Policy

Research Interest: Art & Culture, Environmental Justice, Food Justice, Gender, Sexuality.

Email:maribel.gomez@sjsu.edu

Blanca Hernandez                                                             

Undergraduate Education:University of California, Davis; Chicana/o Studies, B.A.                          

Graduate Program Emphasis: Policy                                                      

Research Interest: Immigration Policy and its exclusion of U.S. foreign policy in the discussion.  Transnationalism through music (Son Jarocho); a connection to the motherland through music.

 Email: bemhernandez@gmail.com

Malena Hernández Legorreta

Undergraduate Education: Saint Mary's College of , California; Anthropology and Spanish

Graduate Program Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies

Research Interest: My research focus is migration, migrant women and their resistance to imperialism and the state.

Email: malena.legorreta@gmail.com

Juan Carlos Jáuregui

Undergraduate Education: California State University, Sacramento; "Criminal Justice"

Graduate Program Emphasis: Policy

Research Interest: Theoretical frameworks underlinning dehumanization: Internal Colonialism, Conflict Theory, Deschooling Society, Hegemony

Email: jcj.jauregui@gmail.com 

ELEAZAR MARTINEZ

Undergraduate Education: University of California, Davis, Double Major in Anthropology and Chican@ studies B.A.

Graduate Program Emphasis: Policy

Research Interest: Immigration with focus on the 1.5 generation.

Email: Not available 

Isaac trevino

Undergraduate Education: University of Texas Pan American; English

Graduate Program Emphasis: Policy

Research Interest: I am interested immigration research. For example, I focused my MAS 205 research paper on the Repatriation Act of 1930. I am also interested  in comparing the immigrants in the Silicon Valley to those of the Rio Grande Valley.

Email: isaac.trevino84@yahoo.com

ISIDRO ZARAGOZA JR.

Under Graduate Education: The University of Oregon. Spanish B.A. & Business Minor.

Graduate Program Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies

Research Interest: My research interest is the role of school in the internalization of failure among Chicana/o-Latin/o high school students.

Email: izaragoza44@gmail.com 

Under Graduate Education: University of California, Berkeley; Sociology with a minor in Education

Graduate Program Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies

Research Interest: Working in Education can be emotionally and mentally draining, this is why I continue learning about my history to feel proud and to empower my community.

Email: lupesantoyo06@gmail.com