## About [The Center for Ethnic Studies (CES)](https://ethnicstudies.osu.edu/ "Link to Center for Ethnic Studies website") brings together three units for collaboration and cooperation in research, programming, teaching, and student support: [Latinx Studies](https://latino-astudies.osu.edu/ "Link to the Latina/o Studies Program Website"), [Asian American Studies](https://asianamericanstudies.osu.edu/ "Link to the Asian American Studies Program Website"), and [American Indian Studies](https://americanindianstudies.osu.edu/ "Link to the American Indian Studies Program Website"). Historically, these academic programs came into being in higher education as the result of civil rights movements that advocated not only for equality for these groups throughout society, but also for a wider societal understanding of the complex histories, experiences, literatures, arts, and cultures of these diverse populations. CES continues in this tradition by working to expand what all of us can know about the nexus of racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, and sexual difference through research and teaching. As interdisciplinary programs, we include faculty and students from many fields and colleges at OSU. In addition to research and teaching, our faculty and students are involved in community education and outreach efforts as well as collaborative projects in humanities and performance research, forging new pathways in higher education. CES works with partners across the university to advance the study of persistent inequalities that fuel continued underrepresentation for many; to deepen our humanities-based knowledge and understanding of American Indians, Latinas/os, and Asian Americans; and to explore the dynamic interconnections for these populations between their lives in the U.S. and other parts of the globe. --- ## The Center for Ethnic Studies Faculty and Affiliates * [[Namiko Kunimoto]], Director * Pranav Jani, Program Director for [[Asian American Studies (AAS)]] * Paloma Martinez-Cruz, Program Director for [[Latinx Studies (LS)]] * [[Elissa Washuta]], Program Director for [[American Indian Studies (AIS)]] * Marti Chaatsmith * Francisco Gómez-Bellengé * Shannon Gonzales-Miller * Yolanda Zepeda * Affiliated Faculty * Amna Akbar * Matt Anderson * Anna Babel * Harshavardhan Bhat * [[Katherine Borland]] * Vera Brunner-Sung * Jian Chen * [[Jeffrey H. Cohen]] * [[Ignacio Corona]] * Fernanda Diaz-Basteris * Patricia Enciso * [[Víctor M. Espinosa]] * Marc Johnston Guerrero * [[Jesus J. Lara]] * Guisela Latorre * [[John N. Low]] * Kenneth A. Madsen * Miranda Martinez * [[Nancy Mendoza]] * Lucy Murphy * Gina Osterloh * Arnulfo Pérez * [[Martin Joseph (Joe) Ponce]] * Ana Puga * Carlos Rivas * Daniel Rivers * Dinorah Sanchez Loza * Peter Sayer * Mytheli Sreenivas * Binaya Subedi * Christine Warner * [[Anna Willow]] * Ulises Juan Zevallos-Aguilar * Graduate Research Associate * [[Asia Adomanis]], PhD Candidate, History of Art