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The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles

Staff

The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles employs a team of highly qualified researchers, all with the goal of promoting a better understanding of our multicultural metropolis.

Fernando J. Guerra, Ph.D.

Director

fguerra@lmu.edu

Brianne Gilbert, M.A.

Senior Research Associate

brianne.gilbert@lmu.edu

Melissa Woehrstein, M.A.

Research Project Manager

mwoehrst@lmu.edu

Tizoc DeAztlan

Research Project Manager: Community Outreach Specialist

rdeaztla@lmu.edu

Maria-Pia Sotomayor

Administrative Assistant/ Communications Coordinator

msotomay@lmu.edu

Cynthia Benavides

Research Project Manager

cbenavid@lmu.edu

Michael Karg

Director of Development for Constituent Programs

Mason Stockstill

Associate Director of Communications and Media Relations

mason.stockstill@lmu.edu

Clay Stalls

Curator, LCSLA Research Collection Archives & Special Collections Department

wstalls@lmu.edu

David R. Ayón

Senior Fellow

david.ayon@lmu.edu

Mara A. Cohen-Marks, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow

mara@metropolitantrends.org

Matt A. Barreto, Ph.D.

Research Scholar

mbarreto@washington.edu

Stephen Nuño, Ph.D.

Research Scholar

stephenanuno@gmail.com

Nathan Woods, Ph.D.

Research Scholar

nwoods@welchon.com

Chris Zepeda-Millán

Dissertation Fellow

jcz5@cornell.edu

Andreas Kidane

Rains Scholar

akidane@lion.lmu.edu

David Quimbayo

Rains Scholar

dquimbay@lion.lmu.edu