UCLA South Campus Sciences and
IoES antiracism letter
These are initial signatories in a
living document still making its way through departments and across campus. It
is not meant to be representative of all at UCLA who stand in support and are committed
to taking action. This list will be periodically updated.
May 30 - Present, 2020
Dear Students and Colleagues,
We are enraged and horrified at the murder of
George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis. We are enraged and
horrified at the murder of Breonna Taylor, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the
murder of Nina Pop, murders that have occurred amidst a pandemic that is
disproportionately killing Black Americans. We are enraged at the extreme acts
of racist violence on display and we are enraged at the everyday operations of
a white supremacist society that precipitates and seeks to normalize pervasive
suffering and harm targeting Black people.
As scholars dedicated to the study of the
sciences, social sciences, and humanities, we know that there are
intergenerational effects of trauma, and that the longstanding racism and
injustice perpetrated against some of our citizens by police and by others in
positions of power has worked to hobble the very nation we love. However, just
as efforts to reverse the effect of trauma in individuals can reverse even
epigenetic impacts, so we see hope for the possibility that dismantling the
systems of oppression in our country - our counties, our neighborhoods, and our
homes - will bring healing to 'we the people' of all races, religions, and
creeds.
We also know that complicity with these
systems of oppression is deeply rooted in the origins of this country, from the
expulsion and murder of Native Americans, the kidnapping and enslavement of
Black peoples for almost 250 years, to generations of Black and Brown
communities disregarded and destroyed by settler colonialism and the idea of
white supremacy. We seek an immediate end to the perpetration of this injustice
and a healing of our land.
In the face of recent acts of racist violence,
we recommit ourselves to understanding that the wellbeing of all people is
interdependent, and that science and our society are made better by a diversity
of minds, viewpoints, and approaches participating as a team in a non-threatening,
healthy, and welcoming environment. In the words of Black Lives Matter
co-founder Alicia Garza, Ò#BlackLivesMatter doesnÕt mean your life isnÕt
important—it means that Black lives, which are seen as without value
within White supremacy, are important to your liberation. Given the
disproportionate impact state violence has on Black lives, we understand that
when Black people in this country get free, the benefits will be wide-reaching
and transformative for society as a whole.Ó
We want you to know that we share your pain,
your grief, and your outrage. We will work to ensure that our classrooms and
endeavors and workplaces engage and support struggles for racial justice on and
off campus, and that our science and teachings will embrace the strength of our
diversity.
For those who are looking for resources, we
include several below this list of initial signatories.
Signed,
Gina R. Poe,
Ph.D. Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, UCLA
Alan D.
Grinnell, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Barney A.
Schlinger, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Ronald M.
Harper, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Kelsey C.
Martin, M.D., Ph.D., Dean and Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine
Stephanie
Correa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology
Stephanie
White, Ph.D., Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology
Liz Koslov,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and
Department of Urban Planning
Aradhna
Tripati, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of the Environment and
Sustainability and Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Earth,
Planetary, and Space Sciences, American Indian Studies Center, Center for
Diverse Leadership in Science
Priyanga
Amarasekare, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jesse Rissman,
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry &
Biobehavioral Sciences
Deanna Needell,
Ph.D., Professor, Mathematics
Michael Hill,
Ph.D., Professor, Mathematics
Scott H.
Chandler, Ph.D, Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology
Felix E.
Schweizer, Ph.D., Professor Neurobiology, Chair Graduate Interdepartmental
Neuroscience Program
David Glanzman,
Ph.D., Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology, and Neurobiology
Mark Frye,
Ph.D., Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology. Department of
Neurobiology.
Shanna Shaked,
Ph.D., M.A.T., Senior Associate Director, Center for Education Innovation and
Learning in the Sciences
Robert Eagle,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability,
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
Stephanie
Pincetl, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Roy Wollman,
Associate Professor, Departments of Integrative Biology and Physiology and
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Caroline
Beghein, Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space
Sciences
Rebecca Shipe,
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Deepak
Rajagopal, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of the Environment and
Sustainability and Department of Urban Planning
Thomas B.
Smith, Ph.D., Professor,Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and
Department of Ecology and Evolution
Alan Barreca,
Associate Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Karen McKinnon,
Assistant Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Dept.
of Statistics
Jacob Bortnik,
Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Avital Harari,
MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Larone Ellison,
Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Justin Wagner,
MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Brian E.
Kadera, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Kevin Y Njabo,
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Tonya Kane,
Ph.D., Lecturer, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Marco Iacoboni,
M.D. Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Chao Peng,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Dean Buonomano,
Ph.D, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychology
Jack L.
Feldman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Weizhe Hong,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Biological Chemistry and
Neurobiology
Zili Liu, PhD,
Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr.Hasan
Yersiz, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Surgery,
Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplant
Rachel Kennison,
Ph.D., Interim Director, Center for Education, Innovation and Learning in the
Sciences
Daniel T.
Blumstein, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Professor in the
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Morgan W.
Tingley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lawren Sack,
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Institute of the
Environment and Sustainability
William Boyd,
J.D. Ph.D, Professor UCLA School of Law and UCLA Institute of the Environment
and Sustainability
Guido Eibl,
M.D. Professor, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Pablo Saide,
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences and
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
Jasper Kok,
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at UCLA
Marco Velli,
Professor of Space Physics Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, UCLA
Elaine Y.
Hsiao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and
Physiology
Patricia E.
Phelps, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Pavak K Shah,
Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental
Biology
Hakwan Lau,
D.Phil, Professor, Department of Psychology
Andrew
Wikenheiser, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology
X. William
Yang, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Science
Yi-Rong Peng,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Stein Eye Institute
Michael S
Fanselow, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry.
Gal Bitan,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurology.
Catia Sternini,
MD, Professor, Division of Digestive Diseases, Departments of Medicine and
Neurobiology
Vickie M. Mays,
Ph.D., MSPH, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Psychology and Health
Policy & Management, Director, UCLA BRITE Center for Science. Research
& Policy
Nicholas
Brecha, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Neurobiology,
Ophthalmology and Medicine.
Kate Wassum,
PhD, UCLA Psychology
Riccardo
Olcese, PhD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Physiology
Pamela Kennedy,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology
Nanthia
Suthana, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurosurgery,
Psychology, and Bioengineering
M. Belinda
Tucker, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral
Sciences
Mark S. Cohen,
Ph.D., Professor, Staglin Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Departments of
Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Neurology, Radiology, Biomedical
Physics, Psychology and Bioengineering.
Catherine M
Cahill, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences
Daniel H
Geschwind MD PhD, Distinguished Professor, Senior Associate Dean and Associate
Vice Chancellor, Precision Health
Christopher C.
Giza, MD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery,
Interdepartmental Programs for Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Onyebuchi A.
Arah, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Tracy Johnson,
PhD, Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Brenda Larison,
PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Allen Gehret,
PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Michael J. Andrews,
PhD, PIC Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Albert J.
Courey, Professor, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Michelle Basso,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Jerome
Engel,Jr. M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and
Biobehavioral Sciences
Robert M.
Bilder, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral
Sciences and Psychology; Co-Lead, Mind Well pod of the Semel UCLA Health Campus
Initiative
Larry Zipursky,
Ph.D. Department of Biological Chemistry
Igor Spigelman,
Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Section of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry,
UCLA
Emeran A.
Mayer,MD, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Medicine, Physiology and
Psychiatry
Gaston M. U.
Pfluegl Ph.D., Director Life Sciences Core Education Laboratory
Peyman
Golshani, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurology and Semel Institute for
Neuroscience and Human Behavior,
Ye Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral sciences.
Abby Kavner,
PhD, Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
Nader
Pouratian, MD PhD, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Melissa Sharpe,
Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Lara Ray, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Pamela Yeh,
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Michael Alfaro,
PhD, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mikhail
Hlushchanka, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Michael Gandal,
MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences
Ron Brookmeyer,
Ph.D.,Dean and Professor, Fielding School of Public Health
Van Savage,
Ph,D., Professor, Departments of Computational Medicine and of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
Marilyn
Raphael, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography
Ladan Shams,
Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Psychology and BioEngineering
Laura DeNardo,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
Diane M.
Papazian, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology
Rolando de
Santiago, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Instructor and UC Presidential Postdoctoral
Fellow, Department of Mathematics
Alison Lipman,
Ph.D., Lecturer, Dept. of Ecology Evolutionary Biology
Greg Grether,
Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Elissa Hallem,
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and
Molecular Genetics
Palina
Salanevich, PhD, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Marcelo
Chamecki, PhD, Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Jeffrey Donlea,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology
William I.
Newman, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences;
Physics and Astronomy; and Mathematics
Howard C. Jen,
MD MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Diana G.
Rickard, MD MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Thomas J.
OÕDell, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology
Gregory A.
Miller, Distinguished Professor, Dept of Psychology and Dept of Psychiatry and
Biobehavioral Sciences
Xian-Jie Yang,
PhD, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Diana Azurdia,
Ph.D., Director for Inclusion, Graduate Programs in Bioscience
Bogdan
Pasaniuc, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Human
Genetics, Computational Medicine.
Kirk E.
Lohmueller, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary
Biology
Sylvester
Eriksson-Bique, PhD, NSF Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Asgar
Jamneshan, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor,Department of Mathematics
Artem
Chernikov, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
Ricardo
Salazar, Ph. D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics.
Nicholas
Ramsey, Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Alan Garfinkel,
PhD, Professor of Medicine and Integrative Biology and Physiology
Jorge Torres,
PhD, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Hangjie Ji,
Ph.D., PIC Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Susan D. Cochran,
Ph.D., M.S., Professor, Epidemiology and Statistics
Stefano
Filipazzi, Ph.D., Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of
Mathematics
Daniel Hoff,
Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Allison
Carruth, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of English, Institute of the
Environment and Sustainability
Nina Otter,
PhD, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Benjamin
Harrop-Griffiths, Ph.D., Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of
Mathematics
Peter Petersen,
Professor, Department of Mathematics.
Gregory S.
Payne, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Chemistry
Clover May,
Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Jochen Stutz,
Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Terence Tao,
James and Carol Collins Chair, Department of Mathematics
Paul Micevych,
Plumb Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology
Wilfrid Gangbo,
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Heather Zinn
Brooks, Ph.D., CAM Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Daniele
Bianchi, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
James Bisley,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Daniel
McKenzie, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Leif Zinn-Brooks,
Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Joshua
Trachtenberg, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Matt Jacobs,
Ph. D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics.
TIm Austin,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mathematics
Anna Lau,
Professor, Department of Psychology
Ziva
Cooper Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences
Melissa
Paquette-Smith, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Psychology
Jennifer Sumner,
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Alicia
Izquierdo, Professor, Department of Psychology
Jennifer
Silvers, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
James Cameron,
Ph.D., Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Craig Enders,
Professor, Department of Psychology
Bridget
Callaghan, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Jonathan C
King, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Adriana Galvan,
PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology
Sorin Popa,
Professor, Math Dept
Noah White,
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Michelle G
Craske, PhD., Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology &
Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Theodore F.
Robles, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology
Samy Wu Fung,
Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Douglas Black,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular
Genetics
Noa
Pinter-Wollman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
Roger Woods,
M.D., Professor, Departments of Neurology and of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences
Paul Mathews,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor In-Residence, Department of Neurology and The
Lundquist Institute
Matthias Wink,
DPhil, Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Samantha
Butler, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Bennett
Novitch, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Jonathan
Mitchell, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences and Earth,
Planetary and Space Sciences
Lauren Ng,
Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Stan Schein, MD
PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology
Carolyn Houser,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Katherine
Karlsgodt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry
& Biobehavioral Sciences
Yiannis N.
Moschovakis, Prof. Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor, Department of
Mathematics
Carrie E
Bearden PhD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
and Psychology
Steve S. Lee,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology
Istvan Mody,
Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Neurology and Physiology
Tina Treude,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, Department
of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Carole H
Browner, Distinguished Research Professor, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and
Human Behavior and Departments of Anthropology and Gender Studies, UCLA.
Karen H. Gylys,
PhD RN, Professor, School of Nursing
Christina
Palmer, PhD, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Department
of Human Genetics, Institute for Society and Genetics
Jessica Gregg,
M.Ed., Associate Director for Educational Development, Center for Education
Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS)
Katherine Narr,
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Alex Hall,
Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Baljit S. Khakh
PhD, Professor of Physiology
Sandra K. Loo,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Mackenzie Day,
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
Ursula K Heise,
Professor and Chair, Department of English
Carolyn
Parkinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Marcia Meldrum,
PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for Social Medicine and the
Humanities, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Joel Braslow,
MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and History, Center for Social
Medicine and Humanities
Laura Cladek,
Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of
Mathematics
Joseph
DiNorcia, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Minna K. Lee,
MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Michael Willis,
Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Yuen Huo,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology
Thomas
Bradbury, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology
Marco Marengon,
Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Wotao Yin,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mathematics
Nathan Kraft,
Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ippolytos
Kalofonos, MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Center for
Social Medicine and Humanities, International Institute, West LA VAMC
Jane Shevtsov,
Ph.D., Academic Administrator, Life Sciences Core Education
Megan McEvoy,
Ph.D., Professor, Institute for Society and Genetics
Jonathan Aurnou,
PhD, Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences
Lingsen Meng,
Ph.D., Associate professor, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences
Edward Young,
PhD, Professor of Geochemistry/Cosmochemistry, Earth, Planet. Space Sci.
Wen Li, Ph.D.,
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCLA
Michael Hitrik,
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Stephen T.
Smale, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular
Genetics
Catherine
Sandhofer, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology
Harley I
Kornblum, MD, PhD, Professor, Intellectual and Disabilities Resarch Center
Jonathan R.
Hiatt, MD, Professor of Surgery, Vice Dean for Faculty, DGSOM
Enrico G.
Castillo, MD MSHPM, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Center for
Social Medicine and Humanities
Cindy
Yee-Bradbury, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of
Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Larry Hoffman,
PhD, Adjunct Professor; Department of Head & Neck Surgery
Kyle Cavanaugh,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Safiya Noble
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Information Studies, Co-Director UCLA
Center for Critical Internet Inquiry
Ketema Paul,
PhD, Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, UCLA
A. Janet
Tomiyama, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Benjamin
Karney, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology
Peter Narins,
PhD, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and
Physiology, UCLA
Jeff A Long,
PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, UCLA
Lynn K Gordon,
MD, PhD, Professor, Ophthalmology, Senior Associate Dean, Equity and Diversity
Inclusion, DGSOM
Peter Bradley,
PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Paivi
Pajukanta, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Human Genetics
Janet
Sinsheimer PhD, Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Computational
Medicine, Biostatistics
Esteban C.
DellÕAngelica, PhD, Professor, Department of Human Genetics
Rafael Romero,
PhD, Associate Director for Professional Development and Student Engagement,
Undergraduate Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program
Philippe
Bourgois, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA David Geffen School of
Medicine
Andrew J.
Fuligni, PhD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry & Psychology
Cristina A
Ghiani, PhD Associate Professor, Depts of Pathology and Psychiatry
Jon Zou, PhD,
Professor, Department of Psychology
Julienne E. Bower,
Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science
Shane White,
BDentSc, PhD, School of Dentistry
Karen Sears,
PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Nandita Garud,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Donald G. Buth,
Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Blaire Van
Valkernburgh, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Andrea M.
Kasko, PhD, Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Xinshu Grace
Xiao, PhD, Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Felipe Zapata,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kathrin Plath,
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry
Aaron Meyer,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Eric J, Deeds,
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Jingyi Jessica
Li, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics
Huiying Li,
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Jonathan Rubin,
PhD, NSF Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
David Williams,
Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology
Sotiris
Masmanidis, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Sriram
Sankararaman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Valerie
Arboleda MD PhD, Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Depts of Pathology and Human
Genetics
Margot Quinlan,
PhD, Association Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Levon
Nurbekyan, PhD, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Jae Hoon Sul, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Feng Guo, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry; Director of the Biochemistry,
Biophysics, & Structural Biology, Home Area in the Molecular Biology,
Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program and Graduate Programs in Bioscience
James
Lloyd-Smith, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
M. Carrie
Miceli, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology Immunology and Molecular
Genetics.
Stanley F.
Nelson, MD, Professor, Department of Human Genetics
Miguel Angel
Garcia-Garibay, Dean of Physical Sciences, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
Michael
McNitt-Gray, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiological Sciences; Director,
Physics and Biology in Medicine Graduate Program, Home Area in Graduate
Programs in Biosciences
Courtney Clark,
PhD, Lecturer, Department of Psychology
Michael R
Lindstrom, PhD, PIC Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics
Natik Piri,
PhD, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Nickey Woods,
Ed.D., Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Admissions, UCLA Graduate
Division
Amanda Freise,
Ph.D. Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics,
UCLA
Jesse R.
Zamudio, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
April Pyle,
Ph.D. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
James Gober,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Beth Lazazzera,
Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and
Molecular Genetics
Nicholas Russo,
PhD Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
Cat Fong, Ph.D,
Lecturer, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Elisheva Gross,
Ph.D., Director and Lecturer, Applied Developmental Psychology Minor, UCLA
Michelle A.
Rensel, Ph.D. Assistant Adjunct Professor, the Institute for Society and
Genetics
Christine
Dunkel Schetter, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Psychology and Psychiatry
Hannah
Landecker, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Society and Genetics
Linda L. Demer,
MD PhD Professor, Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Bioengineering
Jay Phelan,
Ph.D. Life Sciences Core Curriculum
Leila R.
Fletcher, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Rachel V.
Blakey, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Environment and Sustainability
Hane Lee, PhD, Associate
Clinical Professor, Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Human
Genetics
Joe DiStefano
III, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Medicine
Joseph B.
Watson, Emeritus Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
RESOURCES
● HereÕs a NYT piece about racism from Dr. Brandi Summers, a Black scholar
and professor at UC Berkeley.
● Here is a blog post on racism by Dr. Ebony Elizabeth
Thomas, a Black scholar and professor at the University of PennsylvaniaÕs
Graduate School of Education.
● Here is a link to a book on anti-racism by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi,
a Black scholar and professor at American University, and a website that includes a video of him
speaking.
● Here is information about the Alliance of
White Anti-Racists - LA Chapter - that are active including during
the pandemic.
● Here is
a website with resources on the science and psychological impact of
race-based discrimination www.minorityhealthdisparities.org
● Here is a link to a Decolonizing Science reading list by Dr.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a Black scholar and Professor at the University of
New Hampshire.
● Here is a link to a reading list on Whiteness, Race and Society,
Engaged Pedagogy, Inclusive STEM, and Higher Education by several
scientists from across the country.
●
Here are
links to information on responses to exposure to institutionalized racism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026365/
RESOURCES @UCLA
● Here is a link to the 24/7
Counseling and Psychological Services Line at UCLA - 310-825-0768.
● For mental health related concerns, consider
signing up for STAND: https://depression.semel.ucla.edu/stand_pt.
An online questionnaire is followed by professional care if necessary.
● More resources can be found here: https://bioscience.ucla.edu/wellness
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For
Bioscience Graduate students consider contacting the Behavioral Wellness Center for confidential counseling.
(310) 825-9605.
DONATIONS
Here is a link to donate to the NAACP and ACLU, and one for
the SPLC.