Baiyang Li
Baiyang Li, M.S.W., they/them, is a Social Welfare PhD student at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Their research explores the intersections of mental health, chronic absenteeism, and race/ethnicity […]
Carlo Medici
Carlo Medici is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. He is an applied microeconomist working in the areas of labor economics, political […]
Sicong (Summer) Sun
Sicong “Summer” Sun is an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. They hold a Ph.D. in Social Work and a Master of Social Work […]
Hillary Peregrina
Hillary Nicole Peregrina, MA, MSW (she/her/hers) is a doctoral student committed to using developmental perspectives to address mental health disparities among immigrant and refugee adolescents and emerging adults. She obtained […]
Susan Lares-Nakaoka
Dr. Susan Lares-Nakaoka is the Director of Practicum Education in the Department of Social Welfare in the Luskin School of Public Affairs. As a third generation Japanese American/Chicana, her family’s […]
Robert Fairlie
I am a Professor of Public Policy and Economics at UCLA, and a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). I study a wide range of topics including […]
Sherod Thaxton
Sherod Thaxton is Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and former Faculty Director of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. He also […]
José Loya
José Loya is an Assistant Professor in Urban Planning at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs and faculty affiliate with the Chicano Studies Research Center. His research addresses Latino issues […]
Gary M. Segura
Gary Segura served as the Dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA from January 2017 to December 2022. His academic work focuses on issues of political representation […]
Cindy C. Sangalang
Cindy C. Sangalang, PhD, MSW, is an assistant professor of Social Welfare and Asian American Studies at UCLA. Drawing on theory and knowledge across disciplines, her research examines how race, […]