Vivian Chin
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
Mills Hall Room 338, 510.430.3206, vchin@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Asian American, Asian Diaspora, and Pacific Islander literature and history; cultural studies;
race and gender studies; popular culture
Melinda Micco
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
Mills Hall Room 341, 510.430.3324, melinda@mills.edu
Professional Interests: American Indian history; film studies and literature; multiracial identity studies; ethnic identity
in tribal communities; indigenous women, nationally and internationally; enrolled member of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Julia C. Oparah
Professor of Ethnic Studies Department Head
Mills Hall Room 343, 510.430.3163, jsudbury@mills.edu
Professional Interests: African diaspora studies, Black British studies, black feminist theory,
women of color organizing, transnational prison-industrial complex, women and transgender prisoners
Déborah Berman Santana
Professor of Ethnic Studies On sabbatical Spring 2013
Mills Hall Room 345, 510.430.3162, santana@mills.edu
Economic sustainability, political sovereignty, and environmental justice; theory and practice of community activism; historical legacy of racism and
colonialism; militarism and the environment; Latin America and the Caribbean (especially Puerto Rico) and US Latinas/os;
comparative studies: US Pacific territories; peoples of color in the US
Visiting Scholars
Darshan Campos
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Mills Hall Room 345, 510.430.3162, dcampos@mills.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 10:45-12:00
Professional Interests: Social movement theory, strategy, and history; women of color political mobilizations; activism against violence in forms such as policing and militarism; cinema, literature, and cultural production; Latino/a genders and sexualities; transnationalism, third worldism, and decolonialism
Staff
Jean Wong Departmental Coordinator, Ethnic Studies Department Departmental Web Liaison, Web Publishing Mills Hall Room 340, 510.430.2080, ethnic@mills.edu
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