Advisory Committee | Chicano Studies Institute

Dolores Inés Casillas

Professor of Chicana/o Studies
CSI Director

1705 South Hall

U.S. Spanish-language media; Chicana and Latina popular culture; radio and sound practices; racial politics of language; accent studies; language learning technologies.

Critical Race Studies in Education SKILLS

Mark Shishim

Academic Initiatives Director
CSI Advisory Committee Member

Aida Hurtado

Professor of Chicana/o Studies
Luis Leal Endowed Chair
CSI Advisory Committee Member

1709 South Hall

Equity issues in education for Chicanas/os, Chicana feminist theory, media representations of Latinos & other ethnic & racial groups, social identity, including ethnic identity

Critical Race Studies in Education

Dana Mastro

Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
Professor of Communication
Chair, CSI Advisory Committee

SSMS 4413

Media Psychology; Media Effects on Stereotyping, Identity, & Race/Ethnicity; Intergroup Communication; Content Analysis

Mario Castellanos

Executive Director of OEP
CSI Advisory Committee Member

1501 South Hall

The Office of Education Partnerships (OEP) has a mission of increasing college-going rates for students who are primarily low-income and/or will be the first in their families to pursue higher education.

Daina Sanchez

Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies

1707 South Hall

Transnational Migration and Children of Immigrants; Identity and Community Formation; Oaxaca, Los Angeles

Critical Race Studies in Education Undergraduate Research Fellows

Amy Gonzales

Associate Professor in Communication
CSI Associate Director

Effects of social interaction via communication technologies on individual identity, social support and well being.

Veronica Castillo-Muñoz

Associate Professor of History
CSI Advisory Committee Member

HSSB 4238

Interested in analyzing the intersections of race, gender, regional, and transnational migration in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands.