About
About
Born and raised in the East Los Angeles barrio of Boyle Heights, Chris Zepeda-Millán was the first Chicano to receive a Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Cornell University. His research on social movements, Latino politics, and immigration policy has been published in top political science and interdisciplinary academic journals. Professor Zepeda-Millán first book, Latino Mass Mobilization: Immigration, Racialization, and Activism (Cambridge University Press 2017) received multiple national honors, including the coveted Ralph J. Bunche Award for best book on ethnic and cultural pluralism from the American Political Science Association (APSA), the Best Book on Race and Immigration Award from the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (REP) Section of the APSA, and the prestigious Charles Tilly Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements. He is also the co-author of Walls, Cages, and Family Separation: Immigration Policy in the Trump Era (Cambridge University Press).
Professor Zepeda-Millan holds appointments in the Departments of Public Policy, Chicana/o Studies, Political Science, Sociology, and is the chair of the UCLA Labor Studies Program. In 2023, he founded and presently serves as the faculty director of the UCLA Strategic Research Lab, a capacity-building training hub and network for applied researchers from labor and other social movements. He is currently working on several research papers related to Latinx immigrants, labor unions, and strikes.
Professor Zepeda-Millan holds appointments in the Departments of Public Policy, Chicana/o Studies, Political Science, Sociology, and is the chair of the UCLA Labor Studies Program. In 2023, he founded and presently serves as the faculty director of the UCLA Strategic Research Lab, a capacity-building training hub and network for applied researchers from labor and other social movements. He is currently working on several research papers related to Latinx immigrants, labor unions, and strikes.
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