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Recent HSI Initiative Faculty Hires

The CSRC began the 2023-24 academic year by taking steps to diversify the faculty pipeline, facilitate rigorous research, and achieve public impact. On October 2, 2023, we hosted a welcome reception for thirteen new faculty and six new postdoctoral scholars (listed below). Most of these new hires were made possible by Chancellor Block’s HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution) Infrastructure Investments and the commitment of faculty volunteers who served on search and selection committees. As rising stars in their fields, these assistant professors and postdoctoral scholars will be critical in nurturing up-and-coming Latinx and other first-generation scholars. The CSRC serves as a hub for interdisciplinary scholarship and community-building for this scholarly network. Additional hires as part of this initiative are forthcoming.

Starting  July 1, 2023

Name

 Department

 

Isabella Arzeno-Soltero

Civil and Environmental Engineering

https://www.cee.ucla.edu/ucla-civil-and-environmental-engineering-welcomes-new-assistant-professor-isabella-arzeno-soltero/

Giancarlo Cornejo

Gender  Studies

https://gender.ucla.edu/person/giancarlo-cornejo/

Rebecca Foote

English

https://english.ucla.edu/people-faculty/foote-rebecca/

Tatiana Londoño

Social Welfare

https://luskin.ucla.edu/person/tatiana-londono

Rodrigo Ranero

Spanish and Portuguese

https://international.ucla.edu/cwl/person/2874

https://rodrigoranero.com/

Michelle Torres

Political Science

https://polisci.ucla.edu/person/michelle-torres/

Starting  July 1, 2024

Name

Department

 

Stepfanie Aguillon

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/person/stepfanie-aguillon/

Dan Bustillo

Gender Studies

https://www.humanities.uci.edu/news/uci-doctoral-student-wins-latino-excellence-and-achievement-award

https://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/fellowship-recipients/fellows-pages/bustillo-dan.html

Jaime Castrellon

Psychology

https://www.psych.ucla.edu/faculty-page/jcastrellon/

Steven Chavez

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

https://samueli.ucla.edu/people/steven-anthony-chavez/

Yessica Garcia Hernandez

Chicana/o and Central American Studies

https://yessicagarciahernandez.com/

https://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/fellowship-recipients/fellows-pages/garciahernandez-yessica.html

Oscar Leong

Statistics

https://www.oscarleong.com/

Valerie Tornini

Institute for Society and Genetics / Integrative Biology and Physiology

https://www.valerietornini.com/

https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/valerie-tornini/