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

 

ALUMNI 

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