Ph.D. (2023) Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside
Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Contemporary Maya and Ladino Labor Migrations in Southern California’s Inland Empire (1980-2022).”
M.A. (2017) Political Science, California State University, Northridge.
Thesis: “Latino Candidates and Co-Ethnic Voter Turnout in California Congressional Elections: 2008-2014.”
Single-Subject Teaching Credential (2013) Social Science, California State University, Los Angeles
B.A (2006) Ethnic Studies, Cal Poly Humboldt
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Non-Academic Work Experience
Youth Advocate, Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). Asian-Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles (AAAJLA), March 2014-September 2017.
Substitute Teacher, High School Social Science, Los Angeles Unified School District, 2007-2014.
PUBLICATIONS
Accepted
Orellana. Julio. “Critical Latinx Politics and Political Science” In-Print (March 2024). Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science. Edward Elgar Publishing
Works in Progress
Orellana. Julio. “Critical Contexts: Maya and Ladino Guatemalan Labor Migrations in the Inland Empire.” Forthcoming (2024). Latinx Futures in Southern California’s Inland Empire Studies in Subaltern Latina/o Politics Series on the Inland Empire from Oxford University Press.
De Lara, Juan. Pozos, Patricia. Orellana, Julio (eds.). Forthcoming (2024). Latinx Futures in Southern California’s Inland Empire Studies in Subaltern Latina/o Politics Series on the Inland Empire from Oxford University Press.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Student Researcher, Latinx Futures: The Civil, Cultural, and Political Stakes for Southern California Latinx Communities, Latino and Latin American Studies Research Center-UCR, July 2021-Present
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
“Critical Contexts: Maya and Ladino Guatemalan Labor Migrations in the Inland Empire.” Panel chair and presenter: The Inland Empire: Contradictions of Neoliberal Capitalism, the Latinx Civil Society Project, and the Potentiality of Transformation. Western Political Science Association: Unity in the Midst of Disunity: The Role of Political Science in Democracy. San Francisco, 2023.
“Guatemalan Labor Migrations in Southern California.” Panel: Migrants and Access to Welfare and Integration. Latin America Studies Association: América Latina y el Caribe: Pensar, Representar y Luchar por los Derechos. Vancouver, Canada, 2023.
“El Capitalismo Neoliberal, Los Migrantes Guatemaltecos Laborales y Sus Asociaciones En El Sur de California.” Critical Political Economy Working Group: University of California, Riverside (UCR); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). Mexico City, Mexico, May 2022
“Guatemalan Mayan Migrant Organizing in Southern California.” Panel: Central American Subalterns Confronting Crises of Democracy and Development. Latin America Studies Association: Polarización Socioambiental Y Rivalidad Entre Grandes Pontencia. Online, 2022.
“From the Land of Eternal Spring to Neoliberal Southern California: Indigenous Guatemalan Migrant Organizing in Southern California.” National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies: 50 Years of Activist Scholarship. Online, 2022.
“Indigenous Guatemalan Civil Society in Southern California.” Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting: Lighting Up the New Dawn-Recover, Reconcile, and Rebuild @75. Portland, Oregon, 2022.
“Guatemala Migrant Organizing” (Abstract Accepted). Latino Studies Association. Conference canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic, 2020
“Guatemalan Organizing in Los Angeles” (Abstract Accepted). Central American Studies Conference, University of California, Irvine. Conference canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic, 2020.
“Guatemalan Migrant Organizing in the Midwest.” Latinx Politics: Resistance, Disruption and Power (virtual conference). Latinx Project, New York University. Virtual Conference, 2020.
“Border Struggles in Urban Geographies among the Guatemalan Diaspora in the U.S.” American Studies Association Annual Meeting: 2019 Build as We Fight. Honolulu, Hawaii, 2019.
“Guatemalan Transnational Activists: 1980s-Present.” Latin American Studies Conference, Study of the Americas: Latinx Politics, Experiences, and Expressions in the United States. California State University, San Bernardino, 2019.
HONORS, AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Faculty First-Look Scholar, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, 2022-2023
Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Scholar, California State University, 2017-2018.
Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar, California State University, 2016-2017.
Man of the Year, Humboldt State University, 2005-2006