UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

Structuring College Access: The Market Segment Model and College Board Geomarkets
2025-04-21 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCLA Murphy Hall Room 3312
The Structure of College Choice (Zemsky & Oedel, 1983) created “Geomarkets” and the “Market Segment Model.” Geomarkets carve states and metropolitan areas into smaller geographic units, meant to define local recruiting markets. The Market Segment Model predicts how student demand for a particular college varies by Geomarket, based on the socioeconomic characteristics of households. Geomarkets became an input for two College Board products that help colleges recruit students. First, the Enrollment Planning Service (EPS) software recommends specific Geo-markets and high schools from which colleges should recruit. Second, the Student Search Service sells the contact information of prospective students – referred to as “student lists” – and colleges can filter by Geomarket to determine which prospect profiles they purchase. We draw from scholarship on quantification, particularly the discussions of correlation and homophily by Chun (2021), to conceptualize how recruiting products incorporate Geomarkets.

We address two research questions: What is the socioeconomic and racial variation between Geomarkets and how does this variation change over time? How does the socioeconomic and racial composition of included versus excluded prospects vary when student list purchases filter on particular Geomarkets? We answer RQ1 by analyzing Census data from 1980, 2000, and 2020. We answer RQ2 using data on student lists purchased by public universities, which we collected by issuing public records requests. We utilize a quantitative case study design. Metropolitan areas are cases. Analyses consist of descriptive statistics and interactive maps.

"New Wave" Documentary Screening, Book Signing, and Panel Discussion
2025-04-19 18:30 - 22:00 | Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Q&A with filmmaker Elizabeth Ai, moderated by UCLA Assistant Professor Thuy Vo Dang. Book signing with Ai for the film’s companion publication, “New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora,” will begin at 6:30 p.m.

For a group of young, rebellious Vietnamese Americans in the 1970s and 1980s, the struggle to find identity took root in a community of musicians with big hair, vibrant fashion and synthesized beats. A culture clash was born, playing out in the careers and lives of New Wave musicians, documented in Elizabeth Ai’s kinetic film that skillfully weaves together the challenges of intergenerational understanding in the search for the American dream. The anchor of this mesmerizing film is its use of archival materials, a portal into a changing community grappling with transformation. Ai’s role as filmmaker and subject reveals raw personal questions from the aftermath of the Vietnam War, joining a growing artistic and archival response to retelling a community’s experiences and histories.

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event.

6:30 PM Book Signing

7:30 PM Screening

9:00 PM Panel

Info Session – National Board Certification Support
2025-04-19 10:00 - 11:30 | California
A free information session for educators interested in pursuing National Board Certification in 2025-2026. Find out if National Board Certification is right for you and if UCLA can help to support you on your journey, with our online support cohorts.

Information Studies Colloquium: The Landscape of Data Reuse in Information Retrieval: Motivations, Sources, and Evaluation of Reusability with Tianji Jiang
2025-04-17 14:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Abstract:

Sharing and reusing research data can effectively reduce redundant efforts in data collection and curation, especially for small labs and research teams conducting human centered system research, and improve the replicability of evaluation experiments. Building a sustainable data reuse process and culture relies on frameworks that encompass policies, standards, roles, and responsibilities, all of which must address the diverse needs of data providers, curators, and reusers.

Previous studies have found that people’s data sharing and reuse practices differ by the research fields they are in, making it challenging to construct infrastructures that effectively support data sharing in interdisciplinary research communities. As part of his dissertation study, Tianji investigated the data reuse practices of experienced researchers in the field of Information Retrieval (IR), a typically interdisciplinary area where data sharing and reuse are common. This talk will present his preliminary findings from an interview study with 21 researchers from diverse demographic backgrounds, institutions, and career stages, focusing on their motivations, experiences, and concerns regarding data reuse.

Bio:

Tianji Jiang is a doctorate candidate in Information Studies at UCLA, advised by Professor Anne Gilliland. Before joining UCLA, he graduated with his B.M. in Information Management and Information System from Peking University, China in 2019.

Tianji’s research interests focus on research data management, data sharing and reuse, sociometric, academic library services, and digital humanities. He is particularly interested in building community capacity and knowledge infrastructure for data curation, sharing, and reuse through better understanding of people’s data behaviors. Currently he is working on his dissertation “Understanding data reuse practices of IR researchers”. He is also conducting several projects focused on developing tools and methods to identify various data behaviors (e.g., data sharing and data reuse) through bibliographic records.

Tianji Jiang is also working as a research and instruction technology consultant for UCLA Humanities Technology to provide technology support to research and instruction in the division of Humanities.

Early-Career Scholar Series Presenter: Laura Chávez-Moreno Ph.D. and Advanced-Career Scholar Facilitator Daniel Solorzano Ph.D.
2025-04-11 10:00 - 11:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Room 3320
In this talk, Prof. Laura Chávez-Moreno will present the different strands of her research agenda, exploring the key questions that guide her work. She will also discuss the broader implications of this research for the education field.

Laura Chávez-Moreno is an award-winning scholar, qualitative social scientist, and assistant professor in the Departments of Chicana/o & Central American Studies and Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education. Dr. Chávez-Moreno’s research has been published in top-tier academic journals and recognized with prestigious awards from organizations such as the American Educational Research Association and the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation. In 2023, she received the Alan C. Purves Award from the National Council of Teachers of English for her article, “The continuum of racial literacies: Teacher practices countering whitestream bilingual education,” published in Research in the Teaching of English. This annual award honors the article deemed most significant in advancing the field. Dr. Chávez-Moreno has taught at all levels of schooling, from elementary and secondary to tertiary and older-adult education. Her five years as a high school Spanish teacher in the School District of Philadelphia included writing district curriculum and serving on boards of community organizations. Dr. Chávez-Moreno’s book, How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America, published by Harvard Education Press, won the 2025 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Early Career Book of the Year Award.

Refreshments will be served. Please direct questions to Dr. Deborah Southern, desouth@ucla.edu

Information Studies Colloquium: Virtual Landscape: Simulating Space with Painting & Technology with Emma Webster
2025-04-10 14:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Please join us for our next IS Colloquium on Thursday, April 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Reading Room, 3340 Moore Hall. There will be refreshments to follow.

Abstract:

Webster, an artist of fantastical landscapes, will discuss her practice of concretizing the virtual in paint and give an overview of her creative process in the studio. The talk will explore the origins of the virtual, digital space as avatar, and the new frontiers of sculpting with technology.

Bio:

Emma Webster was born in 1989 in Encinitas, California, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She graduated with her BA from Stanford University in 2011 and received her MFA in Painting from Yale University in 2018.

Webster’s work is part of various public collections around the world, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, California; Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio; Xiao Museum, Rizhao, China; Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China; The Warehouse, Dallas, Texas; and the Groeninghe Art Collection, Bruges, Belgium.

Webster has two current solo exhibitions this spring: That Thought Might Think with Petzel in New York and Vapors with Perrotin in Hong Kong. Other recent solo exhibitions include Perrotin, Hong Kong (2025); Perrotin, Paris (2024); Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2023); Perrotin, Dosan Park, Seoul (2022); Stems Gallery, Brussels (2021); and Alexander Berggruen, New York (2021). Group exhibitions include Petzel, New York (2023); Max Hetzler, Berlin (2023); Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego (2022) among others.

In 2021, Webster published Lonescape: Green, Painting, & Mourning Reality, a collection of musings on landscape and image-making in an increasingly digital world. Both this artist book and her eponymous monograph, published by Perrotin in 2024, are available online.

Media Archival Studies: Media Preservation and Visibility Research
2025-04-09 11:00 - 12:00 | UCLA SEIS Building IS Library
Talk: Media Archival Studies: Media Preservation and Visibility Research

Wednesday, April 9th, 2025, 11:00 am

Location: IS Library, GSEIS Building, UCLA

This presentation examines recent movements in media archives and representational visibility advocacy. I argue that media archival research is subject to social pressures that have historically limited diversity and access, along several line such as what we recognize as an appropriate medium of historical memory, who has been allowed to save memory of their experience, and who has held domain over what became historical. However, when historians and archivists take a coalitional approach to preservation and access, the media archive is capable of revivifying, recirculating, and re-presencing a standing reserve of voices that hold the potential to play a role in political mobilization. This talk discusses case studies in radio and television collection stewardship and curation, and how research and preservation are being influenced by emerging pressures in AI policy and Copyright across federal and regulatory discourses.

Speaker Bio:

Josh Shepperd is Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair of Media Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also the Director, Library of Congress RPTF. He is the author of Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting (University of Illinois Press), which received the 2024 BEA Book Award and placed as a runner-up or finalist for four other book awards. He is co-writing the official History of Public Broadcasting for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Current, and is the founding Associate Editor of Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture (University of California Press). Josh directs the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force and Sound Submissions Project.

For questions or more information, please contact Dr. Noopur Raval, SEIS raval@seis.ucla.edu

California’s Early Wealth Account System Summit: Pathways to Promise
2025-04-09 08:00 - 16:30 | The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre, 2700 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, California, 95816, United States
Join the UCLA CalKIDS Institute, California State Treasurer’s Office, and California Child Savings Account Coalition at our April 9th summit in Sacramento.

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UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning Spring 2025 Webinar Series: Recess for All: Promoting Social and Emotional Growth Through Evidence-Based Interventions
2025-04-03 15:30 - 16:30 | California
California’s recent legislation protecting recess for all children marks a crucial step in promoting children’s health and well-being. Recess is more than just a break from academics — it is a vital opportunity for social and emotional development, self-regulation, and peer relations. For children with disabilities, recess is as important as classroom learning, providing a natural setting where targeted interventions can support social, emotional, and behavioral growth. This talk will explore Remaking Recess and other evidence-based social skills interventions that have been successfully implemented in public schools. These interventions not only benefit children with disabilities but also enhance the recess experience for all students.

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Spring Quarter Instruction Begins
2025-03-31 00:00 - 23:59 | California

César Chávez Day
2025-03-28 00:00 - 23:59 | California

UCLA Community School Quinceañera
2025-03-27 15:00 - 19:00 | UCLA Community School, 700 S. Mariposa Ave, Los Angeles, California, 90005, United States
Celebrate the “Quinceañera,” or 15th Birthday of the UCLA Community School. In Latin America, this is a joyful rite of passage and transition to adulthood. As a school turning 15, the UCLA Community School will celebrate its journey in creating a powerful and affirming environment for students, families and educators. We hope you join us in celebrating our past and present, while committing to a future where all students thrive. There will be two gatherings on the 27th, a Biliteracy Fair (3-5pm) and a Partner Reception (5-7pm). We will also be unveiling a special documentary photography project entitled, THRIVING, by renowned photographer Isadora Kosofsky.

The Biliteracy Fair (3-5pm) will begin in the Lower School Quad with an Open House that invites guests to visit classrooms and view student’s multilingual projects. Additionally, the event will include family biliteracy workshops, learning stations, and other activities led by students, as well as a special musical performance by the Grammy Award-winning Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band. A Mariachi Band will close out the party, along with refreshments and cake. All members of our community are invited to attend.

The Partner Reception (5-7pm) will start in the Cocoanut Grove with Welcoming Remarks, a panel of founding school members, and a video presentation. During this time, the school will also be presented with the new UCLA Community Partner Banner, with local media present to document the milestone. Guests will then move to the RFK Paul Schrade Library to learn more about the school from students, parents, and educators and enjoy refreshments. This event requires an RSVP and will include leaders from UCLA, LAUSD, local government and philanthropic organizations.

Please RSVP here by March 3rd and reach out to Brenda Benitez (bbenitez1@ucla.edu) with any questions. We are so grateful for your continued support and look forward to celebrating with you!

Early-Career Scholar Series Presenter: Kyle Halle-Erby Ph.D. and Advanced-Career Scholar Facilitator John Rogers Ph.D.
2025-03-14 10:00 - 11:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Room 3320
In this session, the focus will be a research talk about an in-progress paper from my dissertation study called “New Trouble: The Construction of Newness and the Imperative to Find Solidarity with Insurgency.” Based on an ethnographic study of specialized high school programs for recently-arrived immigrant young people, I argue that the construction of “newness” is a strategy for dominating, structuring, and having authority over Indigenous and Latinx children as part of the ongoing project of U.S. state formation through conquest. This argument relies on in-depth analysis of Gedeón Sacalxot Tepaz’s story, which include his migration from Guatemala to Los Angeles, his experiences with work and immigration court, and with attending, leaving, and returning to school. These arguments draw conceptually on abolition and relationality. Abolition is engaged to think about praxis in this context and to identify students’ goals as a practice of futurity around which solidarity can be forged between educators and immigrant communities.

Kyle Halle-Erby, PhD., is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Education. He studies language policy and planning using critical Black and Indigenous frameworks. His research focuses on educational language policy in public schools for young people who have recently immigrated into the United States.

Refreshments will be served. Please direct questions to Dr. Deborah Southern, desouth@ucla.edu

Winter Quarter Instruction Ends
2025-03-14 00:00 - 23:59 | California

Learning Café: A Community-Engaged Scholarship Series with Priscilla P. Avitia, Blair Black, Ana Elizabeth Lara, Riona Tsai, and Sam Stroud
2025-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Join us for our monthly Learning Café series highlighting the community engaged work of our faculty and graduate students. Listen, learn and engage with the work of our school.

Featuring Priscilla P. Avitia, Blair Black, Ana Elizabeth Lara, Riona Tsai, and Sam Stroud

As part of Faculty Organizing for Community Archives Support (FOCAS) and with the support of the Mellon Foundation, the UCLA Community Archives Lab administers paid internships for second-year MLIS students at community archives across Los Angeles, including La Historia Historical Society Museum, Visual Communications, the Skid Row History Museum and Archive, the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, and the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives. This program represents a transformation in archival education by centering non-dominant archival traditions and the needs of minoritized students and communities. In this moderated panel discussion, the five current Mellon interns will discuss their experiences in community archives, as well as the impact of their internships on their career trajectories and the future of the archival profession.

Celebrating 50 Years of Learning from Coach Wooden
2025-03-08 08:30 - 15:00 | UCLA Moore Hall Reading Room, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
This year marks 50 years since Coach Wooden announced his retirement, just days before his team won UCLA’s 10th basketball championship. This makes it an opportune time to celebrate his long-standing achievements and to be re-inspired by his exemplary coaching practices and philosophy.

Please join us in a special event organized by UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies honoring and learning from Coach’s accomplishments, on and off the court. The event will bring together Wooden’s former athletes, coaches and associates who will share their experiences with Coach as a teacher and his inspiration for coaching practices. The event also brings together researchers who will present their research on Coach Wooden.

RSVP HERE: https://www.greenvelope.com/card/.public-66a5b5d199a040218655da25568759d537323835333034#card_1

Thinking Gender 2025: “Gendered Labors and Transnational Solidarities”
2025-03-07 08:30 - 18:00 | James West Alumni Center, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
The Information Studies Department is cosponsoring the Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center’s 2025 Thinking Gender Conference. We are thrilled to announce that registration is now open for Thinking Gender 2025: “Gendered Labors and Transnational Solidarities.”

Event Details:

Date: Friday, March 7, 2025

Time: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Location: James West Alumni Center, The Collins Conference Room325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

This year, we invite attendees to a day of dynamic student presentations and a keynote address by labor rights organizer Adriana Paz Ramírez of the International Domestic Workers Federation.

We kindly ask you to share our event flier (attached) and registration link with your communities: Thinking Gender 2025 Registration.

The conference, Thinking Gender 2025: “Gendered Labors and Transnational Solidarities,” will explore the rich repertoire of organizing strategies and spotlight contemporary and historical campaigns led by precarious workers worldwide. This event convenes feminist, queer, and BIPOC scholars, artists, and organizers to reflect on labor solidarity and care, imagining a more livable and equitable society.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning Spring 2025 Webinar Series: Early Literacy Screening in CA
2025-03-06 15:30 - 16:30 | California
​California’s early literacy screening requirement (CA Ed Code 53008) takes effect in the 2025-2026 school year for all California public school students in grades K-2. For students who struggle to learn to read, it’s imperative that they have an educational experience that accelerates their learning, which can include more intensity, frequency, and duration of reading and literacy instruction, all while attending to students’ language, social-emotional, and behavioral needs. This talk features Honorable Senator Anthony Portantino (ret.) and distinguished panelists who provide key insights into what the law requires for K-2 screening, implementation tips to support teachers and administrators, and broad implications for educator preparation programs and professional development.

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Information Studies Colloquium: Book Talk - "Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why it Desperately Needs a Reformation" with Professor Greg Epstein
2025-03-06 14:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Please join us for our next IS Colloquium on March 6, 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Reading Room, 3340 Moore Hall. There will be refreshments to follow.

Bio

Greg M. Epstein serves as Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, where he advises students, faculty and staff members on ethical and existential concerns from a humanist perspective.

Citizen Ashe Film Screening
2025-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 | UCLA Northwest Auditorium, 350 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, California, 90024, United States
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025

Time: 6:00 pm – Reception; Citizen Ashe Film Screening / Discussion to follow from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Location: UCLA Northwest Auditorium, 350 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Refreshments will be served. Attendance is complimentary; registration is required. We kindly request your RSVP by Wednesday, February 25, 2025.

On behalf of Arthur Ashe Legacy Project @UCLA, we are pleased to invite you to a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Arthur Ashe’s Historic Wimbledon Victory. This event commemorates one of the most significant milestones in tennis history and the enduring impact of Arthur Ashe’s legacy.

Arthur Ashe, one of UCLA’s most influential alumni, was not only a groundbreaking tennis champion but also a tireless advocate for social justice, civil rights, health, and education. Ashe’s legacy goes beyond his remarkable athletic achievements, including becoming the first African American man to win Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Australian Open. He used his platform to challenge the systemic inequities of his time and fought for marginalized communities both on and off the tennis court. Ashe was particularly outspoken on issues of racial inequality, apartheid, HIV/AIDS awareness, and the importance of education. Many of the systemic issues Ashe fought for — racial injustice, access to healthcare, educational inequities, and global human rights — continue to inflict harm on individuals and communities across the world.

Join us for an exclusive celebration paying tribute to Ashe’s extraordinary contributions to the world and learn more about the ongoing impact of his legacy through the Arthur Ashe Legacy Project at UCLA. The evening will feature a reception followed by a film screening of Citizen Ashe, a biography that highlights his life and enduring influence.

Introductory Movie:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/js3mzcv4s0wfanmoqci6k/Welcome-to-the-Ashe-Project-at-UCLA.mov?rlkey=[REDACTED]&e=1&st=9d286fy9&dl=0

Information Studies Colloquium: Frank Gilbreth, Fatigue Elimination, and Consuming and Producing "Information" Systematically (1892-1924) with Jimein Tina Wei Ph.D. candidate
2025-02-27 02:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Please join us for our next IS Colloquium on February 27, 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Reading Room, 3340 Moore Hall. There will be refreshments to follow.

Bio

Jiemin Tina Wei is a PhD candidate in Harvard University’s Department of the History of Science, where she is completing her dissertation on the history of fatigue in the workplace. Her research has received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council. Prior to graduate school, she worked at Google, Stanford University, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Abstract

In the 1910s, an “efficiency craze” swept the United States, as debates erupted over the veracity and ethical, social, and economic consequences of a new system of managing human labor newly coined as “Scientific Management.” As these dramas raged over the theories of the consultant Frederick Winslow Taylor and his colleagues, bricklayer-turned-franchise-owner Frank Gilbreth had been tinkering away on alternative solutions to the “labor problem.” Contracted to implement efficiency improvements at the New England Butt Company in 1912 and 1913, he used this testing ground to introduce his new method for finding “the One Best Way to do work.” Armed with photography assistants, he sought to transition the focus in his field of Scientific Management from “time studies” of the stopwatch to “motion studies” of the camera. Both Taylor and Gilbreth aimed at efficiency, but Gilbreth’s motion study approached efficiency through a different plane of analysis: space, not time. For Frank and his wife Lillian Gilbreth, one achieved work efficiency by manipulating the lines and shapes of the body. Although generated in a seemingly top-down context—by an efficiency engineer creating systematized and objective knowledge about workers’ bodies—Frank Gilbreth’s photographs and their paraphernalia captured how workers both resisted and collaborated with the sometimes-bumbling Gilbreth and his obsessive, eccentric methods. The Gilbreths’ pursuit of “fatigue elimination” through the motions of the human body involved gathering, storing, and generating vast stores of what they called research “information.” To contain, sort, and selectively retrieve this torrent of “information” with efficiency, the Gilbreths had to apply their own methods of “fatigue elimination” to their own work as researchers.

Learning Café: A Community Engaged Scholarship Series with Thuy Vo Dang
2025-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Join us for our monthly Learning Café series highlighting the community engaged work of our faculty and graduate students. Listen, learn and engage with the work of our school.

Featuring IN-PERSON PANELISTS:

Thuy Vo Dang, Assistant Professor of Information Studies and Asian American Studies/Project PI

Angela-MinhTu D. Nguyen, Volunteer at Los Angeles Public Library–Chinatown Branch

Joanna Fabicon, Senior Librarian, Children’s Services at Los Angeles Public Library, UCLA Lecturer

Candice Mack, Senior Librarian, Young Adult/Teen Services at Los Angeles Public Library, UCLA Lecturer

Mads Le, Ph.D. and MLIS student, UCLA Information Studies

VIRTUAL PANELISTS:

Shirley Ly, Children’s Librarian–Echo Park Branch, Los Angeles Public Library

Kim Chu, public librarian and Viet Storytime Club member

The panel will present a UCLA Center for Community Engagement Social Impact Collaborative grant project that supports an international peer collective of Việt storytime facilitators. This collective arose from a need to build community to address feelings of isolation in the struggle to research, translate, plan programming, and manage collections. For immigrant and minority communities, language-appropriate resources are essential to foster a foundation of cultural identity and a sense of belonging, alongside promoting literacy and early learning skills. By developing and promoting culturally sustaining bilingual Vietnamese storytimes, the collective provides a model of uplifting diverse community’s cultures, stories, and songs in order to foster communal joy, which is inseparable from individual heritage, resilience, and empowerment. The exploratory grant phase enables UCLA researchers to bring together Việt storytime facilitators with Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) experts as partners.

UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning Spring 2025 Webinar Series: Cradle-to-Career Data System
2025-02-21 15:30 - 16:30 | California
The UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning is excited to announce our Spring 2025 Webinar Series kicks off with a webinar on the California Cradle-to-Career Data System (C2C) to share with our research and policy community! The C2C data system connects individuals and organizations with trusted information and resources, providing insights into critical milestones in the pipeline from early care to K–12 to higher education, skills training, and employment. C2C empowers individuals to reach their full potential and fosters evidence-based decision-making to help California build a more equitable future.

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Information Studies Colloquium: "Art as a Tool for Empowerment and Social Change" with Professor Michael Massenburg
2025-02-20 14:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Please join us for our next IS Colloquium on February 20, 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Reading Room, 3340 Moore Hall. There will be refreshments to follow.

AbstractMichael Massenburg uses art as a tool for empowerment and social change by exploring themes ofBlack identity, culture, and social justice. His work challenges stereotypes and celebrates AfricanAmerican experiences, fostering pride and resilience within marginalized communities. Massenburgaddresses systemic oppression through mixed media paintings and public art, encouraging dialogue oninequality and social transformation.Massenburg also views art as a tool for healing, allowing individuals to process trauma and findempowerment through creative expression.Through mentorship, Massenburg inspires younger generations to use art for activism and change,encouraging them to challenge the status quo and amplify their voices. His art serves as both areflection of personal and collective strength and a catalyst for social progress.

BioMichaelMassenburg was born in San Diego, raised in South Central Los Angeles, and lives in Inglewood. He pursued his studies at California State University, Long Beach, and the Otis School of Art and Design. Michael began his career at the Watts Towers Arts Center, influenced by the Watts Rebellion, the Black Art Movement of the 1960s, and the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising. He developed his social practice through art-making, teaching, lectures, community organizing, and activism for various organizations and causes. Massenburg’s interest is in historical, cultural, and personal narratives. His art practice fluctuates between painting, collage, photography, and assemblage. He incorporated various materials from found objects with traditional practices. Michael has exhibited in galleries, universities, and museums, completed private commissions, and created public art projects throughout the United States and abroad. One of his most recent exhibitions was for the Dak’Art 14th Edition Biennial of Contemporary African Art in Dakar, Senegal. Some of his work included public art commissions for Metro, DCA, Kia Forum, and the Intuit Dome in Inglewood. He receives various grants and awards, including the Art Matters Foundation, New York, Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, and California Arts Council. He was recently honored by the city of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs COLA Individual Master Artist Project Grantee for an exhibition for summer 2023.

Presidents’ Day
2025-02-17 00:00 - 23:59 | California

Early-Career Scholar Series Presenter: Arlyn Moreno Luna PhD. and Advanced-Career Scholar Facilitator Cecilia Rios Aguilar PhD.
2025-02-14 10:00 - 11:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Room 3320
In this session, Dr. Moreno Luna will explore the concept of spatial (in)justice in the context of community colleges and present preliminary findings from a national longitudinal analysis on degree attainment at these institutions, along with future research. She invites feedback, questions, and reflections to refine the theorization and clarity of the presentation.

Dr. Moreno Luna is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA, working under the mentorship of Dr. Rios Aguilar. Her research employs quantitative methods to investigate access, experiences, and outcomes in higher education for historically underrepresented students. Dr. Moreno Luna has developed and validated an innovative instrument to measure college adjustment, contributing to the field’s understanding of student success. Current projects focus on the college transition experiences of Latina students at an elite public four-year institution and the STEM identity and belonging of Latinx students at a rural community college. She received her PhD in Education from UC Berkeley in the critical studies of race, class, and gender program

Refreshments will be served. Please direct questions to Dr. Deborah Southern, desouth@ucla.edu

Information Studies Colloquium with Professor Gregory Pierce
2025-02-13 14:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Please join us for our next IS Colloquium on February 13, 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Reading Room, 3340 Moore Hall. There will be refreshments to follow.

POSTPONED: Building Pathways to Higher Education: CALKids in Public Schools
2025-02-07 10:00 - 15:00 | UCLA Kerkoff Grant Salon, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Join us at the Southern California Regional Convening

Acquire awareness and knowledge of the CalKIDS program

Learn how to integrate CalKIDS into your TK-12 programming

Gain tools and resources to engage students in CalKIDS

The California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS) is a children’s savings account program which provides eligible participants with college savings accounts, including seed deposits, to help pay for future qualified higher education expenses.

Registration & Refreshments: 10 AM

Program: 10:30 AM- 3 PM

Free Parking & Lunch Provided

Early-Career Scholar Series Presenter: Dr. Cinthya Salazar and Advanced-Career Scholar Facilitator Dr. Ozan Jaquette
2025-01-31 10:00 - 23:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Room 3320
During this session, Cinthya Salazar will present a paper in progress that she is co-authoring with Cindy Barahona from Texas A&M University. Using longitudinal data from 23 undocumented students with and without DACA, Salazar and Barahona seek to understand how participants experience legal violence during their college graduation process and its effects on post-graduation life. Specifically, the research questions guiding this investigation are: (a) In what ways do undocumented students graduating from college with and without DACA experience legal violence through their transition out of higher education? and (b) How does legal violence influence the post-graduation experiences of undocumented college graduates with and without DACA? During the session, Salazar will discuss the findings on this investigation and engage in conversations with attendees about the implications of this work for higher education research, policy, and practice.

Dr. Cinthya Salazar (ella/she) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education within UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies. Dr. Salazar’s research focuses on the mechanisms used by undocumented students to access, persist, and succeed in higher education. She uses participatory action research and engages undocumented students as co-researchers to generate localized student success models that can promote their college retention.

Refreshments will be served. Please direct questions to Dr. Deborah Southern, desouth@ucla.edu

Kenneth Karmiole in Archival Studies: Roots & Culture(s): Leaning In/Reaching Out
2025-01-30 16:30 - 18:00 | UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join us for Kenneth Karmiole in Archival Studies: Roots & Culture(s): Leaning In/Reaching Out with Dr. Etienne Joseph

Introduction by: Thuy Vo Dang; Assistant Professor, and Anne J. Gilliland; Professor

The focus on difference and cultural specificity in contemporary archival praxes is both good and necessary as part of the movement toward the decolonization of ‘the archive’. However, especially in the polarized social and political conditions in which we find ourselves, it is also important that immediate intra-community concerns do not obfuscate potential cross-community solidarities grounded in our common humanity. Through a living example, this paper reflects on how leaning into principles and practices rooted in a specific diasporic culture can support the further development of a community-focused archival practice that explores solidarities across cultural lines.

For more information, please contact us at (310) 206-0375.
