Meeting with UNAM on Migration & Inequality
DATE
Wednesday, August 17
Objectives
Present Migration and Inequality as core topics for research cooperation between the UC and UNAM, highlighting their relevance to the UC as Hispanic-Serving Institutions and to UC Merced as a campus located in California’s Central Valley
Update participants on progress of UC-UNAM Migration & Inequality Working Group, first convened in Spring 2022
Discuss the Working Group agenda and outline calendar of upcoming activities through Spring 2023
Participants from UNAM
- Gabriela Ríos, Academic Director for the Humanities
- Francisco Trigo, Vice Provost for International Affairs
- Graciela Martínez Zalce, Director of the Center for Research on North America (CISAN)
- Fernando Lozano, Director of the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research (CRIM)
Participants from University of California and Alianza MX
- Juan Muñoz, Chancellor, UC Merced
- Luanna K. Putney, Associate Chancellor & Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, UC Merced
- Marjorie Zatz, Interim Vice Chancellor and Research and Economic Development, UC Merced
- Garett Gietzen, Director, Office of International Affairs
- Tracey Osborne, Director of UC Center for Climate Justice; Associate Professor and Presidential Chair, UC Merced
- Zenaida Aguirre- Muñoz, Professor of Cognitive Science, UC Merced
- Josue Medellín, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, UC Merced
- Maria Cortes, Student, UC Merced
- Angela Flores, Student, UC Merced
- Gabriel Lopez, Student, UC Merced
- Isabel Studer, Director, UC Alianza MX; Professor of the School of Public Policy, UC Riverside
- Aaron Melaas, Associate Director of Research and Innovation, UC Alianza MX
- Anaid Linares, Research Engagement Coordinator, UC Alianza MX
