Leadership & Staff

Lorrie Frasure, PhD

Director

lfrasure@bunche.ucla.edu

Gaye Theresa Johnson, PhD

Associate Director

Jennifer Thomas, MSW

Assistant Director

Fund Management and Operations Team

Tiffani Mellado

Manager

Eva Nguyen

Senior Contracts & Grants Fund Manager

Darling Sianez

Business & Operations Analyst

Isaiah Bradshaw

Administrative Coordinator

Jacqueline Aguirre

Program Assistant

Student Affairs

Lily Yanez

Student Affairs Officer

Dean Dacumos

Student Affairs Officer (until March 2025)

Research, Projects, and Programs Support Staff

Eric Lee

Senior Data Analyst

Mariah Tso

GIS Specialist

Chinyere Nwonye

Policy Analyst

Monika Rhue

Project Manager

Library & Archives

Stacy Williams

Librarian

Ishmael Ross

Digital Archivist

Jordan Brewington

Oral Historian

Kesheena Doctor

Digital Archivist Assistant 

Postdoctoral Scholars

Izul de la Vega

Postdoctoral Scholar

Audrey Devost

Postdoctoral Scholar

Shazeda Ahmed

Postdoctoral Scholar

Faculty Directors for Bunche Research Initiatives & Programs

Courtney Thomas Tobin

Faculty Co-Director, Bunche Fellow Program (BFP)

Ketema Paul

Faculty Co-Director, Bunche Fellows Program (BFP)

Michael A. Stoll

Faculty Director, Black Policy Project (BPP)

David Turner

Faculty Director, Million Dollar Hoods (MDH)

H. Samy Alim 

Faculty Director, Hip Hop Initiative (HHI)

Robert Cooper

Faculty Director, Arthur Ashe Oral History Project