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Join us for Undergraduate Coffee Hour!

Sept. 11, 2024

Department of Ethnic Studies Professor Jessica Ordaz , Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, is hosting a monthly coffee hour for department majors, minors, and prospective students. Stop by Ketchum (KTCH) 277 between 10-11am on October 3 and November 7 to grab some coffee, pastries (vegan + GF options) and connect...

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Jessica Ordaz & Alejandro Portillos Washington Post Op-Ed: Immigration and Customs Enforcement鈥檚 #Pride tweet conceals a violent history

June 29, 2021

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Call for Proposals for Book Project due Oct. 1, 2021

June 29, 2021

Call for Proposals Submissions due: Oct. 1, 2021 Editors: Arturo J. Aldama and Jessica Ordaz Violence, Migration, and Detention during Trump鈥檚 Reign of Terror and Beyond Although rooted in a long history and lineage of state violence and immigration enforcement, the Trump administration (2016-2020) enacted countless examples of white supremacy,...

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Washington Post Op-Ed: Yesika Ordaz on the larger history of medical neglect and immigration enforcement

Sept. 18, 2020

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Dr. Yesika Ordaz accepted for a summer fellowship at Duke University!

April 22, 2019

Dr. Yesika Ordaz has been accepted for a summer fellowship program at Duke University called, Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement (SITPA). Congrats Dr. Ordaz!

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"Migrant detention-center issues not new, scholar says" Article on Dr. Ordaz

Jan. 29, 2019

Please note the following corrections to the linked article about Dr. Ordaz: CHANGE, 鈥渟ystemic and cultural forms of conversation and activism鈥 to 鈥渟ystemic and institutional forms of oppression and activism鈥 CHANGE 鈥淭hese spaces need to be mandatory鈥 to 鈥淭hese spaces are essential鈥 CHANGE 鈥淎t the heart of ethnic studies is...

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Welcoming our new Assistant Professor specializing in Chicano/a History, Immigration and Carcerality Studies, Jessica Ordaz!

July 26, 2018

Dr. Ordaz grew up in Brentwood, California. She is the granddaughter of bracero agricultural laborers and the daughter of migrant workers. At the age of 18 she left home to pursue higher education and became a first gen college student at UC Santa Barbara triple majoring in Women鈥檚 Studies, History...