Laura Romo to Head the Chicano Studies Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara

The University of California at Santa Barbara has appointed Laura Romo the new director of the Chicano Studies Institute. Dr. Romo is an associate professor of education at the university. The Institute, formed in 1969, facilitates interdisciplinary research on the Chicano/Latino experience in California and the United States.

Professor Romo has been on the university’s faculty since 2003. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from UCLA.