Department/College/UnitGraduate Studies Division

TitlePh.D. Candidate

AffiliationGraduate

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationLatin American & Latino Studies

Primary Office LocationMerrill College Academic Building
123

Mail StopMerrill/Crown Faculty Services

Biography, Education and Training

M.A.-Mexican American Studies

San Jose State University 

B.A.-Sociology and Chicano Studies

Fresno State

Research Interests

Policing, Gangs, Violence, School to Prison Pipeline, Latino Politics, Central Valley Politics

Teaching Interests

As Lead Instructor

Ethnic Studies 30: Introduction to Chicanx/Latinx Studies

Legal Studies 10: Introduction to Legal Process

As Teaching Assistant

Legal Studies 10: Introduction to Legal Process

Politics 20: American Politics

Politics 21: Governing the Golden State 

Politics/Legal Studies 120A: Congress, President, and the Court in American Politics 

Politics/Legal Studies 120B: Society and Democracy in American Political Development 

Politics/Legal Studies 120C: State and Capitalism in American Political Development