UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Drawing on national data from the 2024 American Community Survey PUMS data, this brief compares the workforce composition and hourly wages of Latinas and non-Hispanic white men. It provides estimates for all workers, as well workers with bachelor’s degrees or higher in three occupations in which Latinas are well represented within the workforce.

The California Freedom Summer Participatory Action Research Project wrapped up its 30-week program in September Student leaders in the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center’s California Freedom Summer (CFS) Participatory Action Research Project concluded a 30-week program on September 4, 2026. The program included a paid, 10-week summer internship that incorporated research and youth voter registration...

The state has seen H-2A agricultural worker recruitment increase by nearly 1,000% since 2008, raising concerns about job access and economic security for local workforce. Photo courtesy of UFW Washington State.

Aztlán presents original research that is relevant to or informed by the Chicano experience. An interdisciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, Aztlán focuses on scholarly essays in the humanities, social sciences, and arts, supplemented by thematic pieces in the dossier section, an artist’s communiqué, a review section, and a commentary by the editor, Joshua Javier Guzmán. Aztlán seeks ways to bring Chicano studies into critical dialogue with Latino, ethnic, American, and global studies.

On June 29, 2026, David K. Yoo, vice provost of the UCLA Institute of American Cultures, announced the reappointment of Veronica Terriquez, professor of urban planning and Chicana/o and Central American studies, as director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC).