Jessica Ordaz

Call for Proposals Submissions due: Oct. 1, 2021 Editors: Arturo J. Aldama and Jessica Ordaz Violence, Migration, and Detention during Trump’s 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,...

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!

Please note the following corrections to the linked article about Dr. Ordaz: CHANGE, “systemic and cultural forms of conversation and activism” to “systemic and institutional forms of oppression and activism” CHANGE “These spaces need to be mandatory” to “These spaces are essential” CHANGE “At the heart of ethnic studies is...

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’s Studies, History...