UCLA Institute for American Cultures & Ethnic Studies Centers Annual Fall Forum

You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) annual Fall Forum, featuring 2024–25 Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows at UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers. Featured speakers will be interviewed by faculty experts, followed by a live Q&A.

“Forestry and its Environmental Impacts in Chile: Experiences from the Mapuche Community” by Dr. Pablo Millalen Lepin (Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, American Indian Studies Center). Interviewer: Rodrigo Ranero, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese

“Sikh Media: Sovereignty, Religion, and Race” by Dr. Randeep Singh Hothi (Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Asian American Studies Center). Interviewer: Purnima Mankekar, Professor of Anthropology

“Creating Pathways for Underrepresented Students in Higher Education: The Role of Undergraduate Research” by Dr. Audrey Devost (Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies). Interviewer: Ketema Paul, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

“Cultivating Learning Environments for Adolescents' Critical Race Consciousness” by Dr. Bernardette Pinetta (Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Chicano Studies Research Center). Interviewer: Veronica Terriquez, Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Urban Planning