Eliza Rodriguez, Professor Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies and BCLA Associate Dean for DEI and Faculty Development
Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson is Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies and BCLA Associate Dean for DEI and Faculty Development. She is the coauthor of "Funny Looking: Humor, Queer Latina/o Camp, and Ugly Betty." She is the editor of "Stunned Into Being: Essays on the Poetry of Lorna Dee Cervantes" and coeditor of "The Un/making of Latina/o Citizenship: Culture, Politics, and Aesthetics." Her latest book project, "Style, Aesthetics, and the Body: Chicana/o/x Cultural Production and the Making of Latinidad" examines the way style and aesthetics work on the body to create individual and collective forms of subjectivity, paying particular to the way Chicana/o/x cultural production works to articulate a critical, solidarity-driven Latinidad. Her latest essay “I Love You Like Chicanos Love Morrissey”: Affect, World-making, and Latinidad,”can be found in the ASAP journal.
Lauren Sinclair, BCLA Assistant Dean of Student Success
Lauren earned her B.S. in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon, her M.A. in TESOL and Ph.D. in International Education from New York University. She is dedicated to supporting holistic student success, and has taught core academic writing, philosophy, and history courses.