UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

On June 29, 2026, David K. Yoo, vice provost of the UCLA Institute of American Cultures, announced the reappointment of Veronica Terriquez, professor of urban planning and Chicana/o and Central American studies, as director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC).

Aztlán presents original research that is relevant to or informed by the Chicano experience. An interdisciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, Aztlán focuses on scholarly essays in the humanities, social sciences, and arts, supplemented by thematic pieces in the dossier section, an artist’s communiqué, a review section, and a commentary by the editor, Joshua Javier Guzmán. Aztlán seeks ways to bring Chicano studies into critical dialogue with Latino, ethnic, American, and global studies.

The state has seen H-2A agricultural worker recruitment increase by nearly 1,000% since 2008, raising concerns about job access and economic security for local workforce. Photo courtesy of UFW Washington State.

You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) annual Fall Forum on Wednesday, October 7, 3-4 p.m. Online via Zoom.

The research analysis, sponsored by Latina Futures 2050 Lab at UCLA, examined compensation patterns of more than 1 million physicians across the United States.

In her new book (Russell Sage Foundation, 2026), CSRC Director Veronica Terriquez offers a rich examination of how youth organizing groups enable low-income, second-generation immigrant adolescents to collectively exercise political power alongside their non-immigrant peers and adult allies.