Executive Committee

Laura Cuesta

Information: Executive Committee Term: 2023-2026; lcuesta@ssw.rutgers.edu; Associate Professor; School of Social Work; Research Interests: Her research focuses on understanding how countries approach social problems emerging from dramatic changes in family structure, especially the increasing proportion of children being raised apart from one of their parents (usually their father), and the extent and consequences of these rapid transformations of families worldwide.

Information: Executive Committee Term: 2025-2028; elsa.candelario@rutgers.edu; Associate Professor; School of Social Work

Information: Executive Committee Term: 2025-2028; jl3134@lcs.rutgers.edu; Associate Professor; LCS; Research Interests: Latinx Urban Culture and History; Barrios; Gentrification; Comparative Ethnic Studies; Social and Cultural Theory; Architecture and Urban Design; Aesthetics and Visual Culture.

Information: Executive Committee Term: 2023-2024; kenneth.sebastian.leon@rutgers.edu; Associate Professor; Latino & Caribbean Studies and Criminal Justice Program; Research Interests: crimes of the powerful; political economies of justice systems; carceral studies; race and justice; food systems

Information: andrea.rm@rutgers.edu; Assistant Professor; Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; Research Interests: Environmental planning and policy, governance, international development, planning theory, political institutions, qualitative research, water planning and policy

Information: Executive Committee Term: 2025-2028; yonaira.rivera@rutgers.edu; Associate Professor; School of Communication and Information; Research Interests: Reducing health inequities and improving the well-being of Latinx and underserved communities through health communication initiatives.