Affiliated Faculty are recognized community-engaged scholars at UCLA whose research and/or teaching is embedded in the principles of reciprocal community engagement. The Center seeks to create and strengthen visibility and connection among these faculty to strategically advance community-engaged research and teaching at UCLA.


Leisy Abrego
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies


Stephen Acabado
Anthropology


Hannah Appel
Anthropology


Patricia Arroyo Calderon
Spanish and Portuguese


Andrew Atkeson
Economics


Eric Avila
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies


Bryonn Bain
African American Studies, World Arts and Culture


Matt Barreto
Political Science


Maylei Blackwell
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies


Tria Blu Wakpa
World Arts and Culture/Dance


Aomar Boum
Anthropology


Arleen Brown
Community Engagement and Research Program (CERP) of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), David Geffen School of Medicine


Keith Camacho
Asian American Studies


Enrico Castillo
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Social Medicine and Humanities


Michelle Caswell
Information Studies


Jessica Cattelino
Anthropology


Robert Chao Romero
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies


Sophia Cheng
Asian American Studies


Jennifer Chun
Asian American Studies


Greg Cohen
Spanish and Portuguese


Dana Cuff
Architecture and Urban Design, CityLAB


Jason De Leon
Anthropology


J.R. DeShazo
Public Policy, Luskin Center for Innovation


Grace Deukmedjian
Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine

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Jason Dorio

School of Education and Information Studies


Ugo Edu
African American Studies


Mahtash Esfandiari
Statistics


Christopher Evans
Psychiatry and Psychology


Annamarie Francois
Center X, School of Education and Information Science


Stephanny Freeman
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science

Barbara Fuchs
English, Spanish and Portuguese


Cecily Gallup
Division of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Resident and Fellow Global Health Education, David Geffen School of Medicine

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Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez

School of Education and Information Studies


Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies


David Gere
World Arts & Cultures/Dance


Mishuana Goeman
Gender Studies, American Indian Studies


Silvia R. González
Luskin Center for Innovation


Elisheva Gross
Psychology


Cecile Guedon
European Languages and Transcultural Studies


Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Theater, Film and Television


Alex Hall
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences


Helena Hansen
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, Center for Social Medicine


Ursula Heise
English


Tobias Higbie
History, Labor Studies

Jasmine Hill
Public Policy and Sociology


Risa Hoffman
Infectious Diseases, Global Health Program, David Geffen School of Medicine


Tyrone Howard
Education


Adriana Izquierdo
David Geffen School of Medicine


Chris Jadallah
School of Education and Information Studies


Jennifer Jay
Civil & Envir Engineering


Gaye Theresa Johnson
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies


Kevin Kane
Visual and Performing Arts Education


David Kim
European Languages and Transcultural Studies


Ji Young Kim
Spanish and Portuguese


Tamar Kremer-Sadlik
Anthropology and Interdepartmental Program-Social Science


Gustavo Leclerc
cityLAB


Rachel Lee
English


Michael Lens
Urban Planning


Lené Levy-Storms
Departments of Social Welfare and Medicine/Geriatrics


Marissa Lopez
English and Chicana/o Studies


Reynaldo Macias
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies


Natalie Masuoka
Political Science, Asian American Studies


Lauri Mattenson
Writing Programs


Folasade P. May
Medicine-Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine


Lauren Lee McCarthy
Design | Media Arts

Uri Mcmillan
English, African American Studies, and Gender Studies


Sharon Merkin
Geriatric Medicine

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Jocelyn Meza

Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences


Rashmita Mistry
Education


Andrea Moudarres
European Languages and Transcultural Studies


Lauren Ng
Psychology


Lisa Nguyen
Community-Based Clinical Education, Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry


Tawny Paul
History

Claudia L. Peña
Claudia Pena
Law School

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Flavia Queiroz Pirih

School of Dentistry


Meredith Phillips
Public Policy


Bill A. Piskorowski
Public Health and Community Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry


Tara Prescott-Johnson
Writing Programs


Todd Presner
European Languages and Transcultural Studies


Karen Quartz
Education


Nina Rabin
Immigrant Family Law Clinic


Lara Ray
Psych-Clin, Psych-Behav Neuroscience


Avis Ridley-Thomas
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies


Amy Ritterbusch
Social Welfare


Rafael Romero
Neuroscience


Amy Rowat
Integrative Biology & Physiology


Ananya Roy
Luskin School of Public Affairs/Urban Planning & Social Welfare, Institute on Democracy and Inequality


Cindy Sangalang
Social Welfare


Asma Sayeed
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures


Jessica Schwartz
Musicology


Kristen Schwarz
Urban Planning


Nick Shapiro
Society and Genetics


Aparna Sharma
World Arts and Cultures


David Shorter
World Arts & Cultures


Desi Small-Rodriguez
Sociology and American Indian Studies


Tom Smith
Inst of the Environment & Sustainability / Ecology & Evolionary Biology / Center for Tropical Research


Sung-Ock Sohn
Asian Languages and Cultures


Shannon Speed
Anthropology and Gender Studies, American Indian Studies


Ramesh Srivasanan

Information Studies


Carla Suhr
Spanish and Portuguese

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April Thames
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences


Veronica Terriquez
Luskin School of Public Affairs, Chicano Studies Research Center


Aradhna Tripati
Center for Diverse Leadership in Science, IoES, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences.


Karen Umemoto
Asian American Studies Center


Abel Valenzuela, Jr
Institute on Research on Labor and Employment


Marques Vestel
Urban Planning


Erica Weaver
English


Traci Wells
Global Health Program, David Geffen School of Medicine


Laura Wray-Lake
Social Welfare


Pamela Yeh
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology


David Yoo
Institute of American Cultures, Asian American Studies and History


Hijab Zubairi
Division of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Resident and Fellow Global Health Education, David Geffen School of Medicine


Maite Zubiaurre
European Languages and Transcultural Studies