Christian Paiz

Christian Paiz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on farmworker movements, inter-racial relations, and US labor history. He is the author of The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement (2023), which examines farmworker activism in California's Coachella Valley through a multiethnic lens. His work bridges Latinx Studies, Asian American Studies, and social movement history.

Paiz teaches courses on race & ethnicity in Western North America, US social movements, and critical pedagogy. Recent media engagements include podcasts like New Books in Latinx Studies (2023) and Latino Studies with Christian Paiz (2023), as well as features in OC World and PBS KQED.

His research methodologies emphasize oral histories and community-based narratives, as seen in his 2023 article on grief in Coachella Valley farmworker communities. Office hours are Tuesdays 2-4pm in 534 Social Sciences Building.