Research

• Autonomous and Indigenous Networks Across the World
  Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
  Srinivasan explores ‘autonomous technology and infrastructures’ through collaboration with the Rhizomatica group in the Oaxaca region of Mexico. They have been able to develop indigenous and non-western local mobile phone infrastructures, showing how mobile phones can support people to connect with family, friends, and other people on the ‘margins’.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Ramesh Srinivasan
  (Updated: Apr 07 2023)

• Diversifying the Classics
  College of Letters and Science: Humanities
  Diversifying the Classics promotes the vibrant, Spanish-language theatrical tradition developed on both sides of the Atlantic. The project seeks to foster awareness and appreciation of Hispanic classical theater in Los Angeles and beyond, expanding the canon to include the heritage of US Latino communities.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Barbara Fuchs
  (Updated: Apr 19 2023)

• Latin American Criminal Justice Project
  School of Law
  The goal of this project is producing knowledge that can be used by researchers and policy-makers about how Latin American criminal justice systems are actually working.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Ingrid Eagly
  (Updated: Apr 26 2023)

• Ancient Agriculture and Paleoethnobotany Laboratory
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  The Ancient Agriculture and Paleoethnobotany Laboratory (AAPL) is a collaborative research space dedicated to the investigation of agricultural systems and communities in the past, as well as the analysis of archaeological plant remains.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Sonia Zarrillo
  (Updated: Apr 28 2023)

• Undocumented Migration Project
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  The Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) is a long-term anthropological study of clandestine movement between Latin America and the United States that uses ethnography, archaeology, visual anthropology, and forensic science to understand various aspects of unauthorized border crossings including the many forms of violence and suffering.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Jason De León
  (Updated: Apr 28 2023)

• Mesoamerican Lab
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  The lab's current project is The Origins of Social Inequality in Early Formative Mesoamerica, which is an investigation of sociopolitical dynamics in Mesoamerica’s earliest settled villages, dated from 1600 to 1000 BC.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Richard Lesure
  (Updated: May 03 2023)

• Rock Art Archive
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  The Archive possesses extensive private collections, donated in the interest of research and conservation. A partial history of the archive and of rock art studies is discernible in our extensive correspondence records, site reports, site records, and research reports.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Jo Anne Van Tilburg
  (Updated: May 03 2023)

• Culture, Neuroscience, and Psychosis
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  The main objective of this project is to develop an innovative research and research training program that integrates both sociocultural and neuroscience perspectives, in the study of psychosis and psychotic disorders among Latinos.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Alex Kopelowicz
  (Updated: May 17 2023)

• Studying Sociodemographic Trends Among Mexican Immigrants
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  Anne Pebley and her coworkers analyzed sociodemographic trends among Mexican immigrants who were deported or voluntarily returned to Mexico over a nearly 20-year period spanning the presidential administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Anne Pebley
  (Updated: May 24 2023)

• The Ricardo Montejano Collection: Social Movements and Mexican Rural and Native Cultures
  UCLA Library
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the preservation of 3,300 audio recordings that document Mexican social movements and indigenous cultures through the voices of social activists, peasants, indigenous Mexicans, musicians, traditional physicians, and guardians of traditional culture.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Oct 17 2023)

• Leaders and Militants of Mexican Anarchism: The Flores Magón Brothers
  UCLA Library
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the digitization and publishing of five collections to further Casa del Ahuizote’s mission to recover neglected histories of Mexican emancipatory movements. Anarchism and other radical movements were repressed in Mexico, and materials documenting its history are both rare and fragile.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Oct 24 2023)

• Preserving Tijuana’s Culturo-Historical Archives
  UCLA Library
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the digitization of materials from the Archivo Histórico de Tijuana. The archives include VHS and CD video recordings, audiocassette tapes, vinyl records, photographs, and other documents dating back to the late 19th century, with the majority dating from the 1950s onward.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Nov 02 2023)

• Visualizing Memory: Indigenous Resistance in Chiapas, Mexico (1998-2009)
  UCLA Library
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the cataloguing of videotapes from the Chiapas Media Project (CMP)/Promedios archive held in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. CMP/Promedios facilitates the production and distribution of audiovisual works through regional media centers built by Zapatista communities in Chiapas.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Nov 02 2023)

• Ethnomusicology Archive: Photographic Collection
  UCLA Library
  This Ethnomusicology Archive Photographic Collection represents a selection of images from the UCLA Ethnomusicology's Archive's large photo collection.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Lisa McAulay
  (Updated: Jan 22 2024)

• Determinants of Migration and Economic Integration
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  Changes in global labor markets and economic conditions, as well as individual circumstances can alter migration patterns in unanticipated ways. This project investigates the causes of the dramatic decline in Mexico-U.S. migration over the past decade and the associated changes in the profile of migrants arriving in the U.S.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Andrés Villarreal
  (Updated: Jul 01 2024)

• Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS)
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  The Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) is a longitudinal, multi-thematic survey representative of the Mexican population at the national, urban, rural and regional level. Currently, the MxFLS contains information for a 10-year period, collected in three rounds: 2002, 2005-2006 and 2009-2012. A fourth wave is planned.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Teresa Seeman
  (Updated: Sep 23 2024)

• Picturing Mexican America
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  This cluster of digital humanities projects focuses on the history of Mexican Los Angeles and includes a mobile app that displays archival images of 19th-century Mexican Los Angeles based on the user's location. The team comprises students, educators, volunteers, journalists, researchers, activists, and developers.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Marissa López
  (Updated: Oct 02 2024)

• Center for Mexican Studies
  International Institute
  The UCLA Center for Mexican Studies is dedicated to organizing and sponsoring research on Mexico, faculty and student exchanges with Mexican universities, and Mexico-related events at UCLA. The Center promotes collaborative and bilateral research on Mexican social, cultural and economic issues, relations between the U.S. and Mexico.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rubén Hernández-León
  (Updated: Apr 28 2025)

Education/Training

• UCLA Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center
  School of Medicine
  Pacific AETC works to expand the number and ability of healthcare professionals and organizations in the Pacific region to provide high-quality HIV-related services to increase access to healthcare and decrease health inequities.
  Project Contact:

  Project website

  Tom Donohoe

• Music of Mexico Ensemble
  UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
  The Music of Mexico Ensemble features mariachi music in a variety of musical styles from various regions of Mexico, including son jalisciense, son huasteco, bolero, ranchera, and huapango. This performance course is designed to familiarize and expose musicians to the repertoire, technique, and musical styles of the mariachi tradition.
  Project Contact:

  Project website

  Jesús Guzmán

• Mariachi de Uclatlán
  UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
  Founded informally in 1961 and first introduced as a formal course of study in 1964, Mariachi de Uclatlán is the first ensemble of its kind to be established at an academic university and is dedicated to the performance and preservation of traditional Mexican music, culture, and heritage at UCLA.
  Project Contact:

  Project website

  Jesus Guzman

• Center for Mexican Studies
  International Institute
  The UCLA Center for Mexican Studies is dedicated to organizing and sponsoring research on Mexico, faculty and student exchanges with Mexican universities, and Mexico-related events at UCLA. The Center promotes collaborative and bilateral research on Mexican social, cultural and economic issues, relations between the U.S. and Mexico.
  Project Contact:

  Project website

  Rubén Hernández-León

Service

• Diversifying the Classics
  College of Letters and Science: Humanities
  Diversifying the Classics promotes the vibrant, Spanish-language theatrical tradition developed on both sides of the Atlantic. The project seeks to foster awareness and appreciation of Hispanic classical theater in Los Angeles and beyond, expanding the canon to include the heritage of US Latino communities.
  Project Contact:

  Project website

  Barbara Fuchs

Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

• Autonomous and Indigenous Networks Across the World
  Research
  Srinivasan explores ‘autonomous technology and infrastructures’ through collaboration with the Rhizomatica group in the Oaxaca region of Mexico. They have been able to develop indigenous and non-western local mobile phone infrastructures, showing how mobile phones can support people to connect with family, friends, and other people on the ‘margins’.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Ramesh Srinivasan
  (Updated: Apr 07 2023)

School of Law

• Latin American Criminal Justice Project
  Research
  The goal of this project is producing knowledge that can be used by researchers and policy-makers about how Latin American criminal justice systems are actually working.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Ingrid Eagly
  (Updated: Apr 26 2023)

College of Letters and Science: Humanities

• Diversifying the Classics
  Research| Service|
  Diversifying the Classics promotes the vibrant, Spanish-language theatrical tradition developed on both sides of the Atlantic. The project seeks to foster awareness and appreciation of Hispanic classical theater in Los Angeles and beyond, expanding the canon to include the heritage of US Latino communities.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Barbara Fuchs
  (Updated: Apr 19 2023)

School of Medicine

• UCLA Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center
  Education|
  Pacific AETC works to expand the number and ability of healthcare professionals and organizations in the Pacific region to provide high-quality HIV-related services to increase access to healthcare and decrease health inequities.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Tom Donohoe
  (Updated: Feb 03 2023)

International Institute

• Center for Mexican Studies
  Research, Education
  The UCLA Center for Mexican Studies is dedicated to organizing and sponsoring research on Mexico, faculty and student exchanges with Mexican universities, and Mexico-related events at UCLA. The Center promotes collaborative and bilateral research on Mexican social, cultural and economic issues, relations between the U.S. and Mexico.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rubén Hernández-León
  (Updated: Apr 28 2025)

College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences

• Ancient Agriculture and Paleoethnobotany Laboratory
  Research
  The Ancient Agriculture and Paleoethnobotany Laboratory (AAPL) is a collaborative research space dedicated to the investigation of agricultural systems and communities in the past, as well as the analysis of archaeological plant remains.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Sonia Zarrillo
  (Updated: Apr 28 2023)

• Undocumented Migration Project
  Research
  The Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) is a long-term anthropological study of clandestine movement between Latin America and the United States that uses ethnography, archaeology, visual anthropology, and forensic science to understand various aspects of unauthorized border crossings including the many forms of violence and suffering.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Jason De León
  (Updated: Apr 28 2023)

• Mesoamerican Lab
  Research
  The lab's current project is The Origins of Social Inequality in Early Formative Mesoamerica, which is an investigation of sociopolitical dynamics in Mesoamerica’s earliest settled villages, dated from 1600 to 1000 BC.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Richard Lesure
  (Updated: May 03 2023)

• Rock Art Archive
  Research
  The Archive possesses extensive private collections, donated in the interest of research and conservation. A partial history of the archive and of rock art studies is discernible in our extensive correspondence records, site reports, site records, and research reports.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Jo Anne Van Tilburg
  (Updated: May 03 2023)

• Culture, Neuroscience, and Psychosis
  Research
  The main objective of this project is to develop an innovative research and research training program that integrates both sociocultural and neuroscience perspectives, in the study of psychosis and psychotic disorders among Latinos.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Alex Kopelowicz
  (Updated: May 17 2023)

• Studying Sociodemographic Trends Among Mexican Immigrants
  Research
  Anne Pebley and her coworkers analyzed sociodemographic trends among Mexican immigrants who were deported or voluntarily returned to Mexico over a nearly 20-year period spanning the presidential administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Anne Pebley
  (Updated: May 24 2023)

• Determinants of Migration and Economic Integration
  Research
  Changes in global labor markets and economic conditions, as well as individual circumstances can alter migration patterns in unanticipated ways. This project investigates the causes of the dramatic decline in Mexico-U.S. migration over the past decade and the associated changes in the profile of migrants arriving in the U.S.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Andrés Villarreal
  (Updated: Jul 01 2024)

• Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS)
  Research
  The Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) is a longitudinal, multi-thematic survey representative of the Mexican population at the national, urban, rural and regional level. Currently, the MxFLS contains information for a 10-year period, collected in three rounds: 2002, 2005-2006 and 2009-2012. A fourth wave is planned.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Teresa Seeman
  (Updated: Sep 23 2024)

• Picturing Mexican America
  Research
  This cluster of digital humanities projects focuses on the history of Mexican Los Angeles and includes a mobile app that displays archival images of 19th-century Mexican Los Angeles based on the user's location. The team comprises students, educators, volunteers, journalists, researchers, activists, and developers.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Marissa López
  (Updated: Oct 02 2024)

UCLA International Education Office

• Spanish: Spanish in the Mexican Context
  TravelStudyProgram
  Spend a summer in Merida, Mexico, for your study of Spanish language or Mexican literature. In addition, you will participate in several cultural excursions to the most important Mayan ruins, the Yucatecan cenotes, and protected wildlife reserves.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Jimena Rodriguez
  (Updated: Mar 31 2022)

• Contemporary Mexico
  EducationAbroadProgram
  An intriguing experience with Mexico’s people and politics awaits in Mexico City, a mosaic of modern and historic culture. This five-week summer program mixes class time with a flurry of activities and trips.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Danilo Bonilla
  (Updated: May 09 2023)

• Field Research In Mexico
  EducationAbroadProgram
  Ready for adventure? Got a research topic in mind? Take your curiosity and ideas to Mexico, where a diverse population, rich ecology, and fascinating history provide compelling possibilities for research.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Danilo Bonilla
  (Updated: May 10 2023)

• Leadership in Social Justice and Public Policy
  EducationAbroadProgram
  Build leadership skills and explore social justice in the powerhouse political centers of Mexico City and Sacramento. Combining coursework and on-the-ground experience, learn how the politics and culture of Mexico inform California public policy-making.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Danilo Bonilla
  (Updated: May 12 2023)

• Community Health in Mexico
  EducationAbroadProgram
  Turn interests in health, human rights, and justice into a career path. In Puerto Escondido, speak with locals about health, nutrition, education, and access to care in their community.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Danilo Bonilla
  (Updated: May 12 2023)

• National Autonomous University of Mexico
  EducationAbroadProgram
  Popular subjects include anthropology, indigenous culture studies, psychology, economics, and US-Mexico relations. For more practical experience, add an internship related to art, marketing, or aiding refugees, women, and children.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Danilo Bonilla
  (Updated: Jan 26 2024)

UCLA Library

• The Ricardo Montejano Collection: Social Movements and Mexican Rural and Native Cultures
  Research|
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the preservation of 3,300 audio recordings that document Mexican social movements and indigenous cultures through the voices of social activists, peasants, indigenous Mexicans, musicians, traditional physicians, and guardians of traditional culture.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Oct 17 2023)

• Leaders and Militants of Mexican Anarchism: The Flores Magón Brothers
  Research|
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the digitization and publishing of five collections to further Casa del Ahuizote’s mission to recover neglected histories of Mexican emancipatory movements. Anarchism and other radical movements were repressed in Mexico, and materials documenting its history are both rare and fragile.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Oct 24 2023)

• Preserving Tijuana’s Culturo-Historical Archives
  Research|
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the digitization of materials from the Archivo Histórico de Tijuana. The archives include VHS and CD video recordings, audiocassette tapes, vinyl records, photographs, and other documents dating back to the late 19th century, with the majority dating from the 1950s onward.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Nov 02 2023)

• Visualizing Memory: Indigenous Resistance in Chiapas, Mexico (1998-2009)
  Research|
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the cataloguing of videotapes from the Chiapas Media Project (CMP)/Promedios archive held in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. CMP/Promedios facilitates the production and distribution of audiovisual works through regional media centers built by Zapatista communities in Chiapas.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Nov 02 2023)

• Ethnomusicology Archive: Photographic Collection
  Research|
  This Ethnomusicology Archive Photographic Collection represents a selection of images from the UCLA Ethnomusicology's Archive's large photo collection.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Lisa McAulay
  (Updated: Jan 22 2024)

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

• Music of Mexico Ensemble
  Education
  The Music of Mexico Ensemble features mariachi music in a variety of musical styles from various regions of Mexico, including son jalisciense, son huasteco, bolero, ranchera, and huapango. This performance course is designed to familiarize and expose musicians to the repertoire, technique, and musical styles of the mariachi tradition.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Jesús Guzmán
  (Updated: Oct 04 2024)

• Mariachi de Uclatlán
  Education
  Founded informally in 1961 and first introduced as a formal course of study in 1964, Mariachi de Uclatlán is the first ensemble of its kind to be established at an academic university and is dedicated to the performance and preservation of traditional Mexican music, culture, and heritage at UCLA.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Jesus Guzman
  (Updated: Dec 13 2024)