Alma and Clifford Pearson Distinguished Speakers Series

Dr. Lisa García Bedolla is an associate professor of political science and Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on the political incorporation of Latinos and other racial/ethnic groups in the United States, with a particular emphasis on the intersection of race, class and gender.

She is author of Fluid Borders: Latino Power, Identity, and Politics in Los Angeles, which won the American Political Science Association’s Ralph Bunche Award for the best book in political science on ethnic and cultural pluralism and a best book award from the American Political Science Association’s Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section.

Bedolla's articles have appeared in numerous journals and edited volumes, and she has received fellowships and grants from the National Science Foundation, UCLA’s Institute of American Cultures, the James Irvine Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Huntington Library and the American Political Science Association.

Admission is free.