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Chris Newman

Continuing Lecturer Email: newman@ndlon.org Areas of Expertise: Chris Newman is the Legal Director & General Counsel for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) based in its Los Angeles office….

Victor Narro

Academic Administrator Email: vnarro@irle.ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: A nationally known expert on immigrant rights and low-wage workers, Victor Narro has beeninvolved with immigrant rights and labor issues for over 40…

Rosemarie Molina

Continuing Lecturer Email: roseamolina@gmail.com Areas of Expertise: Rosemarie Molina is a movement strategist, organizer, educator, and founder of Movement Builders Collective, a network of experienced movement practitioners who partner with…

Justin McBride

Academic Administrator Email: jgmcbride1@ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: Justin McBride, PhD, is the Program Manager of the UCLA Strategic Research Lab and a former Campaign Manager for the AFL-CIO’s organizing department….

Paolo Marinaro

Unit 18 Lecturer Areas of Expertise: Paolo Marinaro is a Lecturer in the UCLA Department of Labor Studies and a labor rights expert with over a decade of experience building…

Tia Koonse

Unit 18 Faculty, Legal and Policy Research Manager at UCLA Labor Center Areas of Expertise: Tia Koonse is the Legal and Policy Research Manager at the UCLA Labor Center, where…

Lucero Herrera

Academic Administrator, Research Director at the UCLA Labor Center Email: luceroherrera@ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: Lucero Herrera is the Research Director at the UCLA Labor Center, bringing over a decade of…

Trevor Griffey

Unit 18 Faculty Email: trevorg@ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: Trevor Griffey, PhD, is a Lecturer in Labor Studies at UCLA and US History at UC Irvine. He serves as the Vice…

Loretta Gaffney

Continuing Lecturer Email: lgaffney@g.ucla.edu Areas of Expertise: Loretta Gaffney studies contemporary working-class literature, reading, and critical university studies. Her classes reimagine disciplines and topics traditionally taught in English departments (literature,…

Virginia Espino

Continuing Lecturer Areas of Expertise: Virginia Espino is a Continuing Lecturer in Labor Studies and Chicana, Chicano, and Central American Studies at UCLA. The daughter of Mexican parents, she was…