Professor, Social Sciences, Anthropology, and Humanities, Pasadena City College Lauren Arenson completed her Ph.D. at the University of Southern California in Intercultural Education. In addition to her years of teaching…

Professor, English, UCLA Christopher Looby is Professor of English at UCLA. He specializes in US American literature as well as in queer studies. He directs a summer travel study program,…

Graduate Student, English, UCLA Samantha Solis is a graduate student in the UCLA English Department. She works on contemporary American fiction and Latinx literature.

Graduate Student, Architecture and Urban Design Will Davis studies the architectural dimensions folklore and warfare in the twentieth century. He is a PhD candidate in Architectural History at the University of California, Los…

Assistant Professor, Chicana/o Studies, UCLA Genevieve Carpio is Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies at UCLA, where she works on questions related to spatial theory and histories of relational racial formation. She holds…

Assistant Professor and Associate Director of cityLAB/Urban Humanities Initiative, Architecture & Urban Design, UCLA Gustavo Leclerc is an architect and an artist. He was a fellow at Harvard University in…

Professor, History, El Camino College John Baranski is Professor of History at El Camino College in Torrance, California. In his classes, as in his research, he examines the relationship between…

Graduate Student, Architecture & Urban Design, UCLA Melissa Rovner is a California Architect, researcher, and PhD student in Architecture at UCLA-AUD. Her research focuses on American cities, and on housing in particular,…

Lecturer, Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA Michelle Smith is a Continuing Lecturer in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. Prior to joining the department, she taught at University of…