IAC Fall Forum

You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) annual Fall Forum, featuring 2025–26 postdoctoral scholars and center representatives from UCLA’s four ethnic studies research centers. This event will feature a live Q&A.

• Jessica Cattelino, Director of the CSW|Streisand Center, “Honova and Panatu: Water Stories, Water Justice.” Dr. Cattelino will be interviewed by Chloe Badze, Deputy Director of the American Indian Studies Center.
• Sophia Armen, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Asian American Studies Center, “Refugee/Citizen/Migrant: Making Middle Eastern-American Race Amidst Mass Displacement, Violence, and Resistance.”
• G.S. Pōmaikaʻi Hanakahi Gushiken, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Asian American Studies Center, “Queer Indigenous Sovereignties: Māhū Pedagogies and Hawaiian Decolonial Futures.” Both postdoctoral scholars will be interviewed by Karen Umemoto, Director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
• Joey Jennings, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, “Rewriting the Verse: Black Futures, Black Women, and the Politics of Hip-Hop.” Jennings will be interviewed by Lorrie Frasure, Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.
• Chantiri Abarca, Senior Officer of Community-Engaged Research at UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and Steven Carmona Mora, CSRC Program Manager of Community-Engaged Research, “California Freedom Summer Participatory Action Research Project. Moderator: César Oyervides-Cisneros, Senior Administrator of Campus Initiatives, Chicano Studies Research Center

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