Research

Research within the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies examines the way that race, as a system of domination, is intimately tied to issues of gender, class, sexuality, migration, indigeneity, and colonialism. Our faculty and student researchers interrogate historical and contemporary manifestations of white supremacy and explain how systems of domination and acts of resistance create and recreate racial subjects.


Faculty member Laura Pulido standing next to a giant globe

Research Across Disciplines

The Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies is interdisciplinary by nature, and our faculty members often engage in research across multiple disciplines.

Interdisciplinary Opportunities
IRES faculty member Lynn Fujiwara talking to readers at a book signing

Explore Our Research

Read the latest research from the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies.

Recent Work



News

INDIGENOUS, RACE, AND ETHNIC STUDIES - The College of Arts and Sciences is investing in its Latinx studies courses by hiring nine new tenure-track faculty members. Meet Bernadette Calafell, who's coming from Gonzaga University in Washington.
INDIGENOUS, RACE, AND ETHNIC STUDIES - The College of Arts and Sciences is investing in its Latinx studies courses by hiring nine new tenure-track faculty members. Meet Arifa Raza who is one of nine Latinx studies-related tenure-track professors who are part of CAS’s investments in a growing academic field.
INDIGENOUS, RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY - Sensors collect data on all sorts of information, including gait consistency, body temperature, heart rate, and more. But where is the ethical line between using sensor data to help an athlete improve their performance—and even avoid injury—and that same data being used to sideline them or used as surveillance of behavior?