Dear Colleagues: Following the completion of the standard five-year administrative review process, I am pleased to announce that David Yoo has been reappointed to serve as vice provost of the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) for a second term. We thank Vice Provost Yoo for his efforts to build upon and extend the IAC’s … Read more
To: Administrative Officers, Deans, Directors, Department Chairs, Faculty, Vice Chancellors and Vice Provosts Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Shannon Speed to a second term as the Director of the American Indian Studies Center (AISC), effective July 1, 2021. The recent administrative review noted: “Dr. Shannon Speed has sustained … Read more
On September 10, 2018, a research partnership between UCLA Professor Paul Kroskrity and the Village of Tewa began a new phase. Funded by the Institute of American Cultures (IAC) through the UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC), the project “Designing a Dictionary for Tewa Youth” seeks to expand the dictionary documentation for the distinctive language … Read more
The Institute of American Cultures offers in-residence appointments to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. We especially encourage applications that advance our understanding of new social and cultural realities occasioned by the dramatic population shifts of recent decades, including greater heterogeneity within ethnic groups and increased interethnic contact. The 2017-2018 … Read more
The Institute of American Cultures invites applications for support of research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os for 2016-2017. The Institute also invites proposals on interethnic relations that will increase collaboration between the Centers and/or between the Centers and other campus units. The Research Grant Program is on a reimbursement basis only. … Read more
The Institute of American Cultures offers in-residence appointments to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. We especially encourage applications that advance our understanding of new social and cultural realities occasioned by the dramatic population shifts of recent decades, including greater heterogeneity within ethnic groups and increased interethnic contact. Two types … Read more
To: Deans, Faculty, Vice Provosts, Vice Chancellors, Chief Administrative Officers, Institute of American Cultures Staff, and Ethnic Studies Centers Staff I am pleased to announce that Professor M. Belinda Tucker has accepted an offer from Chancellor Block and me to serve in the newly established position of vice provost of the Institute of American Cultures. … Read more
The UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC), in cooperation with UCLA’s four Ethnic Studies Research Centers (American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American Studies, Chicano Studies Research Center) offers fellowships to visiting scholars and researchers to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. We especially … Read more
Spring 2011 ▪ American Indian Studies 187.1/201.1 Thursdays 2:00-4:50 ▪ Public Affairs #1278 Joanne Barker (Lenape [Delaware Tribe of Indians]) Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, San Francisco State University Visiting Scholar, Institute of American Cultures, American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles This seminar will provide a place for students to think through those … Read more
The American Indian Studies Center welcomes Assistant Professor Amy Lonetree as our Institute of American Cultures Visiting Scholar, 2009-10. Professor Lonetree is currently a faculty member at UC Santa Cruz in the American Studies Department. Professor Amy Lonetree email: lonetree@ucsc.edu 3220 Campbell Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095 310-825-7315 (phone), 310-206-7060 (fax) Degrees: Ph.D. Ethnic … Read more