Vicente Carrillo

Scholar, Artist, & Educator

Vicente Carrillo is a scholar, political educator, and artist. He received his PHD from the UCLA’s department of Chicana/o & Central American Studies. He is currently a University of California President's and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Riverside.

A son of Mexican immigrants, Carrillo was born and raised in the barrio of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles. Drawing from queer urban studies, Latinx performance studies, and women of color feminisms, Vicente examines the gentrifying barrio landscape, queer Latinx belonging, and migrant workers’ grassroots efforts to defend their homes.

Carrillo’s work has been published in Latinx Talk, Latino Studies and caa reviews. He has held academic positions at universities across the United States, including postdoctoral appointments at Emory University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a lecturer position at Smith College.

Contact: vicentec@ucr.edu