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Ethnic Studies Faculty Administrative Committees, 2025-26

Faculty Department Administrative Appointments

  • Department Chair - Yến Lê Espiritu
  • Vice Chair - Ross Frank
  • Director of Graduate Studies - Christopher Perreira
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies - Christen Sasaki
  • Teaching and Institutional Assistant Faculty Advisor - Monika Gosin

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 (Fall 2025)
  • Ross Frank (Winter 2026)
  • Graduate Student Representative - TBD

Graduate Record Committee

  • Christopher Perreira
  • Shaista Patel
  • Holly Okonkwo
  • Daphne Taylor-Garcia
  • Isabella Restrepo

Graduate Admissions Committee

  • Christopher Perreira
  • Ross Frank
  • Shaista Patel
  • José I. Fusté
  • Graduate Student Representative - TBD

Curriculum Committee

  • Christen Sasaki
  • Christopher Perreira
  • Ross Frank
  • Monika Gosin
  • Yến Lê Espiritu
  • José I. Fusté

Lecturer Hiring and Review Committee

  • Christen Sasaki
  • Daphne Taylor-Garcia
  • Sam Museus
  • Monika Gosin
  • Roy Pérez

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.

  • Ross Frank
  • Christopher Perreira
  • Christen Sasaki
  • Yến Lê Espiritu

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 - José I. Fusté 
    • Alternate - Holly Okonkwo
  • Council on Undergraduate Education Representative - Christen Sasaki
  • DEI Committee - Christopher Perreira, José I. Fusté