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Ethnic Studies Faculty Administrative Committees, 2023-24

Faculty Department Administrative Appointments

  • Department Chair - Andrew J. Jolivette
  • Vice Chair - Sam Museus
  • Director of Graduate Studies - Shelley Streeby
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies - Christen Sasaki
  • Teaching and Institutional Assistant Faculty Advisor - Roy Perez

Colloquium Planning Committee

The Department invites guest lecturers to appeal to a broad departmental and campus audience. These lectures are open to the public and usually scheduled on Wednesdays from 3-5, typically in one of the SSB conference rooms on the ground level. A Colloquium Planning Committee will be formed every year and will be responsible for planning and organizing the Department Colloquium.   If we have job talks, they will take the place of the colloquium that quarter.

  • José I. Fusté
  • Curtis Marez
  • Monika Gosin
  • Shaista Patel
  • Graduate Student Representative - Radhika Marwaha and Citially Solorzano

Graduate Record Committee

  • Shelley Streeby
  • Daphne Taylor-Garcia
  • Holly Okonkwo

Graduate Admissions Committee

  • Sam Museus
  • Chrisopher Perreira
  • Shelley Streeby
  • Graduate Student Representative - Muhammad Yousuf

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

  • Christen Sasaki
  • Ross Frank
  • Roy Perez
  • Monika Gosin

Executive Committee (ExComm) 

The Executive Committee is a non-voting committee whose purpose is to advise the Chair on departmental matters.  It is composed of the Vice Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chief Administrative Officer, and other Ethnic Studies Department staff, as needed. Committee will meet once a quarter or as needed.

  • Sam Museus
  • Shelley Streeby
  • Christen Sasaki
  • Gennie Miranda

Graduate Council

The Ethnic Studies Graduate Council is composed of the Graduate Records Committee and the Graduate Admissions Committee.The Graduate Council will meet at the discretion of the DGS, normally twice a year.

Faculty Campus-wide Committee Assignments

  • Academic Senate Representative - Shaista Patel 
    • Alternate - Holly Okonkwo
  • Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) - José I. Fusté 
    • Alternate - Roy Perez
  • Committee on Academic Personnel - Patrick Anderson
  • Council on Undergraduate Education Representative - Christen Sasaki
  • DEI Committee - Christopher Perreira