Veronica Terriquez Reappointed as CSRC Director
On June 29, 2026, the Insitute of American Cultures sent a campus-wide Bruin Post announcing the reppointment of Veronica Terriquez, professor of urban planning and Chicana and Chicano and Central American studies, as director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Veronica Terriquez to a second term as the director of the Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC), effective July 1, 2026.
The recent administrative review noted Dr. Terriquez "has shown herself to be a campus leader generating collaborative efforts across campus that make the CSRC a hub of scholarly, intellectual, and academic social life. She has also worked to bring UCLA to other regions and communities of California, advocating for the university by both supporting young scholars and supporting community-based academic work. She has proven herself to be not just a visionary leader, but an effective and inspiring one as well."
Among her many accomplishments, Professor Terriquez has provided key leadership to three major initiatives: the Latina Futures 2050 Lab, UCLA's efforts as an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), and the California Freedom Summer Participatory Action Research Project. All three projects are deeply collaborative, community-based, and policy-oriented.
Through a partnership with the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, and with support from the California Latino Legislative Caucus, Latina Futures has advanced scholarship, leadership development, and community engagement focused on the pressing issues facing Latinas and their communities. For HSI at UCLA, Professor Terriquez has played a critical role helping to secure faculty appointments across the campus working with numerous professional schools and the UCLA College. Along with her team, "Dr. T," as she is affectionately known by her students, has been a guiding force for the California Freedom Summer project that has worked with hundreds of youth and community partners across the state to develop research skills and nonpartisan civic knowledge.
I am grateful to Professor Terriquez for her ongoing leadership as the director of the Chicano Studies Research Center and know that she will continue to serve the CSRC community with distinction.
Sincerely,
David K. Yoo
Vice Provost for the Institute of American Cultures