Class Acts
“Since our first cohort in 2017, the CLA’s DEI-focused cluster hires have allowed us to introduce our students to more cutting edge, field-specific expertise related to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the different majors. This allows students to see different concepts from new perspectives and to experience more equity-minded teaching practices in their classes as well. We are excited to welcome our third and most diverse cohort this year!”
— Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, Associate Dean for Diversity and Curriculum
Alexia Arani / Women's, Gender and Queer Studies Department
Specialty Area: Feminist, queer, trans disability studies
Read about Alexia
Alison Cheung / Communication Studies Department
Specialty Area: Rhetorical criticism, rhetorics of race
Read about Alison
Ashley Clemons / English Department
Specialty Area: African American literature
Read about Ashley
Nikhil Deb / Social Sciences Department
Specialty Area: International political economy, development, the environment, resistance, theory, and the Global South
Read about Nikhil
Susana A. López / Psychology and Child Development Department
Specialty Area: Counseling and clinical psychology
Read about Susana
Jorge E. Moraga / Ethnic Studies Department
Specialty Area: Latinx studies, sociology of sport, and media and popular culture
Read about Jorge
John Paul Paniagua / History Department
Specialty Area: Colonial Americas and Atlantic World/Indigenous histories
Read about John
Gabriel Soldatenko / Ethnic Studies Department
Specialty Area: Latinx studies and Latin American philosophy