Chicano/Latino Alumni
We provide a vehicle for Chicano/Latino alumni from the University of California at
Irvine to reconnect with the university and former classmates, exchange information,
and meet new people. Our goals are to:
- Serve as mentors to current students
- Advocate on behalf of the Chicano/Latino community on campus
- Assist the university in the recruitment and retention of Chicano/Latino students
at UCI
- Sponsor social networking events throughout the year
Join the UCI Chicano/Latino Alumni Club on Facebook. For more information, please contact Ramon Munoz at rrmunoz@uci.edu. Please provide full name as it appears on University records and year of graduation.
UCI Chicano/Latino Alumni Club
2017
Mark Anthony Ocegueda, Ph.D. in History
Assistant Professor of History, California State University, Sacramento
Dissertation: Sol y Sombra: San Bernardino's Mexican Community, 1880-1960.
2016
Edelina M. Burciaga, Ph.D. in Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado, Denver
Dissertation: The Latino Undocumented 1.5-generation: Navigating Belonging in New
and Old Destinations
Jonathan Calvillo, Ph.D. in Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology of Religion, Boston University School of Theology
Dissertation: Diverging Pathways of Assimilation: The Influence of Religious Affiliation
on the Ethnic Identity of Mexican Immigrants.
Cathery Yeh, Ph.D. in Education
Assistant Professor, Attallah College of Educational Studies, Chapman University
Dissertation: Mathematics, Language, and Learning: A Longitudinal Study of Elementary
Teachers and their Mathematics Teaching Practices
2015
Alfredo Carlos, Ph.D. in Political Science
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Chicano and Latino Studies, California
State University, Long Beach
Dissertation: Economic Democracy: From Continual Crisis to a People Oriented Economy
Raul Perez, Ph.D. in Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of Denver
Dissertation: Navigating the Hurtline: Race in American Stand-up Comedy from Civil
Rights to Color-Blindness
2014
Alejandra Albarran, Ph.D. in Education.
Dissertation: Improving School Readiness through Parent Education Programming: Understanding
the Role of Community-Based Organizations in a Large Urban City Center
Maria Amon, PhD. in Drama.
Placement: Lecturer, Department of Chicano and Chicano Studies, San Diego State University
and
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Dramatic Arts, San Diego City College
Dissertation: Little Girls and Legal Defendants: Theatricalization and Performances
of Innocence in Modern American Culture
Dana Nakano, Ph.D. in Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Stanislaus
Dissertation: A Matter of Belonging: Dilemmas of Race, Assimilation, and Substantive
Citizenship among Later Generation Japanese Americans
2012
Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Ph.D. in Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology and the Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean & Latin
American Studies, University of Connecticut
Dissertation: Latino Student Politics: Constructing Ethnic Identities in Organizations
2011
Nicolas Bravo, Ph.D. in History
Dissertation: Spinning the Bottle: Ethnic Mexicans and Alcohol in Prohibition Era
Los Angeles
2010
Armando Ibarra, Ph.D. in Political Science
Placement: Associate Professor, School for Workers, University of Wisconsin Extension
Dissertation: Poverty in the Valley of Plenty: Mexican Families and Migrant Work in
California
