ACADEMIC TRAINING

Degrees

• Ph.D. (2023) Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside
  1. 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.
  1. 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

SELECTED GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. $120,000. 2023-2025
• Ford Foundation Dissertation Year Fellowship. $28,000. 2023 (Respectfully Declined)
• UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship. $46,000. 2023 (Respectfully Declined)
• Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. $26,000. 2022
• Edna Bonacich Graduate Award, University of California, Riverside. $1,200. 2022.
• California State University, Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Mini-Grant $1,900. 2021
• Latino and Latin American Studies Research Center-Working Group Grant $7,000 “Mesoamerican Theory and Praxis Working Group.” 2021
• Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California, Riverside. 2017-2021.

SPEAKING INVITATIONS

• UC President’s Postdoctoral and Ford Fellowship Panel: Invited Speaker. Department of English. University of California, Santa Barbara. 2023.
• First Gen Friday Presentation: UCR Wellness Center. University of California, Riverside. 2019.
• Teaching Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Guest lecture Ethnic Studies Department. University of California, Riverside. 2020
• Ethnic Studies Graduate Proseminar: Navigating the Job Market. University of California, Riverside. 2022.
• Dissertation Intensive: Participant Experiences Panel. Graduate Success, University of California, Riverside. 2022.

STUDENT MENTORSHIP 

• Graduate Student Mentor, Chicano Link Peer Mentor Program-University of California, Riverside, 2021-2022
• Student Mentor, Community College 2 PhD Mentorship Program (CC2PhD), University of California, Los Angeles, 2017-2019

LEADERSHIP

• Member: Central American Studies Working Group-University of California, Santa Barbara-Fall 2023-Present
• Board Member: Latino and Latin American Studies Research Center-University of California, Riverside-Fall 2019-2023

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Studies Association
• Latin American Studies Association
• National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
• Western Political Science Association

LANGUAGES

• English – fluent/native
• Spanish – fluent/native