The Ethnic Studies Program offers interdisciplinary courses in the study of race and ethnicity, and coordinates courses in race and ethnic studies throughout the University. The Program focuses on the study of African Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, and Native Americans and their roles in the development of the United States. This emphasis provides an opportunity for all students to learn about racial and ethnic minority communities, thus leading to a deeper and nuanced understanding of United States history and society. The program's dedicated faculty members are recognized by students and other faculty for their excellence in teaching, scholarship, service, and advising.
Submissions from 2023
The society for community research and action on a path toward conocimiento: From silences and statements to solidarities in action in U.S community psychology, Jesica S. Fernández
Healing heartburns and radically dreaming the new university into being: Retrospective auto-ethnographic poetries, Jesica S. Fernández, Meghan A. Adams, Chloe R. Gentile-Montgomery, and T. I. Montes
Is there Room for More?: Considering the Need for a Decoloniality Community Psychology Core Competency, Jesica S. Fernández and Janelle M. Silva
Teaching College Students About Asian Pacific American Politics from Multiple Perspectives, John Ishiyama and James S. Lai
Submissions from 2022
A Mujerista Liberation Psychology Perspective on Testimonio to Cultivate Decolonial Healing, Jesica S. Fernández
Dissident women's letter writing as decolonial plurilogues of relational solidarities for epistemic justice, Jesica S. Fernández, Michelle Fine, Monica Eviandaru Madyaningrum, and Nuria Ciofalo
Sociopolitical Development as Emotional Work: How Young Organizers Engage Emotions to Support Community Organizing for Transformative Racial Justice, Jesica S. Fernández and Roderick J. Watts
“And now we resist”: Three testimonios on the importance of decoloniality within psychology, Janelle M. Silva, Jesica S. Fernández, and Angela Nguyen
Submissions from 2021
Resisting the Coloniality and Colonialism of a Westernized Community Psychology: Toward a Critical Racial Justice Praxis, Ann Marie Beals, Dominique Thomas, Jesica S. Fernández, Ciann L. Wilson, and Geraldine Palmer
Testimoniando El Presente under COVID-19: A pedagogical reflection on the Testimonio essay assignment, Jesica S. Fernández
An Introduction to the Special Issue on Racial Justice and Anti-racist Practice in Community Psychology, Jesica S. Fernández and Geraldine (Geri) Palmer
Roots and Routes Toward Decoloniality Within and Outside Psychology Praxis, Jesica S. Fernández, Christopher C. Sonn, Ronelle Carolissen, and Garth Stevens
“This was 1976 reinvented”: The role of framing in the development of a South African youth movement, Ben Kirshner, Tafadzwa Tivaringe, and Jesica S. Fernández
Revisiting Panethnicity: Emerging Political Contours in Asian Pacific American Politics, James Lai
Submissions from 2020
Muxeres en Acción: The Power of Community Cultural Wealth in Latinas Organizing for Health Equity, Jesica S. Fernández, Bianca L. Guzmán, Ireri Bernal, and Yvette G. Flores
Decolonial Feminism as Reflexive Praxis: Lugones's "World"-Travelling as Stories of Friendship in Academia, Jesica S. Fernández, Kara Hisatake, and Angela Nguyen
Madres emprendedoras, entrepreneurial mothers: Reflections from a community-based participatory action research course with Mexican immigrant madres in the Silicon Valley, Jesica S. Fernández, Alma R. Orozco, Patricia Rodriguez, Irene E. Cermeño, and Laura Nichols
Submissions from 2019
Retrospective Autoethnographies: A Call for Decolonial Imaginings for the New University, Deanne Bell, Hugo Canham, Urmitapa Dutta, and Jesica S. Fernández
By Us, For Us: A Photo-Narrative Project of Unity 4 Student Activists at SCU, Haley Howard, Jasmyne Gaston, Rhyann Robinson, Jaia Rovaris, Maddy Nguyen, Danielle Aguilar, and Jesica S. Fernandez
Oppression and Power, Geraldine L. Palmer, Jesica S. Fernández, Gordon Lee, Hana Masud, Sonja Hilson, Catalina Tang, Dominique Thomas, Latriece Clark, Bianca Guzman, and Ireri Bernai
Submissions from 2018
Decolonial pedagogy toward a practice of critical compassion: White students deconstructing white innocence via a family portrait assignment, Jesica S. Fernández
Toward an Ethical Reflective Practice of a Theory in the Flesh: Embodied Subjectivities in a Youth Participatory Action Research Mural Project, Jesica S. Fernández
Documenting Sociopolitical Development via Participatory Action Research (PAR) With Women of Color Student Activists in the Neoliberal University, Jesica S. Fernández, Jasmyne Y. Gaston, Madeline Nguyen, Jaia Rovaris, Rhyann L. Robinson, and Danielle N. Aguilar
Living on the margins of democratic representation: Social connected community responsibility as Civic engagement in an incorporated area, Jesica S. Fernández and Regina Day Langhout
Latinx/Chicanx Students on the Path to Conocimiento: Critical Reflexivity Journals as Tools for Healing and Resistance in the Trump Era, Jesica S. Fernández and Alejandra Magaña Gamero
Submissions from 2016
From Citizens to Elected Representatives: The Political Trajectory of Asian American Pacific Islanders by 2040, Christine Chen, James Lai, Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Alton Wang
Strategies for Systemic Change:Youth Community Organizing to Disruptthe School-to-Prison Nexus, Jesica S. Fernández, Ben Kirshner, and Deana G. Lewis
Shifting Political Terrains in 'the City by the Bay:' Mayor Ed Lee and the Two Convergences of San Francisco Politics, James S. Lai
Thinking through our processes: How the UCSC Community Psychology Research & Action Team strives to embody ethical, critically reflexive anti-racist feminist praxis, Regina Day Langhout, Erin R. Ellison, Danielle Kohfeldt, Angela Nguyen, Jesica S. Fernandez, Janelle M. Silva, David L. Gordon Jr., and Stephanie Tam Rosas
Reconsidering Citizenship Models and the Case for Cultural Citizenship: Implications for a Social Psychology of Social Justice, Regina Day Langhout and Jesica S. Fernández
Photovoice and House Meetings Within Participatory Action Research, Regina Day Langhout, Jesica S. Fernández, Denise Wyldbore, and Jorge Savala
Amanecer Latin@, Anna Sampaio
Submissions from 2015
“It’s a puzzle!” Elementary School-AgedYouth Concept-Mapping the Intersections ofCommunity Narratives, Jesica S. Fernández, Angela Nguyen, and Regina Day Langhout
International Perspectives on Youth Leadership Development Through Community Organizing, Rashida H. Govan, Jesica S. Fernández, Deana G. Lewis, and Ben Kirshner
Submissions from 2014
“A Community with Diversity of Culture, Wealth, Resources, and Living Experiences”: Defining Neighborhood in an Unincorporated Community, Jesica S. Fernández and Regina Day Langhout
Ethnicity, Anna Sampaio
Racing and gendering immigration politics: analyzing contemporary immigration enforcement using intersectional analysis, Anna Sampaio
Submissions from 2013
Latina Political Participation, Anna Sampaio
Latinas and Electoral Politics: Expanding Participation and Power in State and National Elections, Anna Sampaio
Mexican Immigrant Children and Youth's Contributions to a Community Centro: Exploring Civic Engagement and Citizen Constructions, Jocelyn Solís, Jesica S. Fernández, and Lucia Alcalá
Submissions from 2010
Deracialization and Latino Politics: The Case of the Salazar Brothers in Colorado, Eric Gonzalez Juenke and Anna Sampaio
Emerging Pattern or Unique Event? The Power of the Non-Racial Campaign in Colorado, Eric Gonzalez Juenke and Anna Sampaio
Multiplexing Racial and Ethnic Planes: Chinese American Politics in Globalized Immigrant Suburbs, James Lai
Submissions from 2009
A New Gateway: Asian American Political Power in the 21st Century, James Lai
Voting Behavior and Political Participation, James Lai
Submissions from 2006
When Asian Pacific Americans Run: The Suburban and Urban Dimensions of Asian American Candidates in California Local Politics, James Lai and Kim Geron
Women of Color Teaching Political Science: Examining the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Course Material in the Classroom, Anna Sampaio
Submissions from 2004
Transnational Feminisms in a New Global Matrix, Anna Sampaio
Submissions from 2003
Review of ContemporaryAsian American Communities, Edited by Linda Vo and Rick Bonus, James Lai
Crossing Disciplinary Borders: Re-examining Latino/a Studies and Latin American Studies in the 1990s, Anna Sampaio
Submissions from 2002
Beyond Symbolic Representation: A Comparison of the Electoral Pathways and Policy Priorities of Asian American and Latino Elected Officials, Kim Geron and James Lai
Feminismos Filtrados: Regulamento de Corpos das Mulheres em Ciberespaço, Anna Sampaio and Janni Aragón
Conclusion: New Projects and Old Reminders, Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez and Anna Sampaio
Introduction: Processes, New Prospects, and Approaches, Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez and Anna Sampaio
Submissions from 2001
Asian Pacific American Campaigns, Elections, and Elected Officials, James Lai, Wendy K. Tam Cho, Thomas P. Kim, and Okiyoshi Takeda
Crossing Disciplinary Borders: Latino/a Studies and Latin American Studies in the 1990s, Anna Sampaio
Filtered Feminisms: Cybersex, E-commerce and the Construction of Women's Bodies in Cyberspace, Anna Sampaio and Janni Aragón
Submissions from 2000
Asian Pacific Americans and the Pan-Ethnic Question, James Lai
Submissions from 1998
Review of The Political Participation of Asian Americans: Voting Behavior in Southern California, James Lai
The Symbolic Politics of Affirmative Action, Michael B. Preston and James Lai
Submissions from 1997
"To Boldly Go (Where No Man Has Gone Before)": Women and Politics in Cyberspace, Anna Sampaio and Janni Aragón
