Sunset Village: Canyon Point, Courtside, Delta Terrace

People To Know

Kasani Autrey

kautrey@orl.ucla.edu

Resident Director

Sunset Village

Lake Luther

lluther@orl.ucla.edu

Resident Director

Sunset Village

Paolina Ochoa

pochoa@orl.ucla.edu

Assistant Resident Director

Sunset Village

Layla Price

lprice@orl.ucla.edu

Assistant Resident Director

Sunset Village

Dr. Jessica Harris

jharris@gseis.ucla.edu

Faculty-In-Residence

Sunset Village East

Jessica C. Harris is Associate Professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change in the School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. Through her research,

Jessica aims to disrupt systems of domination embedded throughout post-secondary education. Her research agenda, which focuses on race, racism, and its intersections in higher education, is concentrated on three areas: Multiraciality in postsecondary contexts, the intersections of race, gender, and campus sexual assault, and the mis/use of theory to advance racial equity in higher education.

She is currently focusing her research on Women of Color student survivors’ experiences with campus sexual violence, including their experiences with reporting, healing, processing, and prevention of sexual violence.

Jessica was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and moved to Los Angeles to attend Occidental College. She graduated from Occidental with a M.A. in Critical Race Studies. Jessica was heavily involved in student activities at Occidental. After graduating college, she pursued her M.Ed. in College Student Affairs at Pennsylvania State University. At Penn State, Jessica fell in love with research and decided to next pursue her PhD in Higher Education at Indiana University. She has worked at UCLA for nine years and has lived on the UCLA campus as a FIR for seven years. In her free time, you can find Jessica working out (Peloton!), reading, and spending quality time with her family.

Dr Jessica Harris

Dr. José Loya

JoseLoya@luskin.ucla.edu

Faculty-In-Residence

Sunset Village West

José Loya is an Assistant Professor in Urban Planning at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs and faculty affiliate with the Chicano Studies Research Center. His research addresses Latino issues in urban areas by connecting ethno-racial inequality and contextual forces at the neighborhood, metropolitan, and national levels. On his free time, he enjoys hiking and playing basketball.

Headshot of Dr. Jose Loya.