UCLA IRLE Visiting Scholars
The IRLE Visiting Scholars Program hosts researchers from other institutes or universities in short-term residencies of one month up to a year. Visiting researchers are sponsored by one or more IRLE units as they engage with topics related to labor and economic justice.
During their residencies, scholars are encouraged to exchange ideas, methods and perspectives with UCLA faculty and students. The program fosters intellectual networks across institutions and borders, strengthening the global community of labor researchers.
Research Affiliates
IRLE Research Affiliates form a community of scholars conducting research and dialogue on issues of work and employment. Though most are based at UCLA, the IRLE network extends nationally and globally.
2025 IRLE Visiting Scholars

Eli Revelle Yano Wilson
Eli Revelle Yano Wilson is an Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of New Mexico. His research explores how race, culture, and social inequality intersect in today’s changing work settings. Dr. Wilson’s writing has been published in journals such as Social Problems, Work, Employment and Society, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Qualitative Sociology. He is the author of three books, including Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer, and Front of the House, Back of the House: Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers.

Brady Collins
Brady Collins is an associate professor at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona and a researcher who examines labor conditions in ethnic enclaves. His recent work focuses on retail workers in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. Collins is a former policy analyst at Korean Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA). He earned a Ph.D. in urban planning at UCLA and an MA in public policy at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Previous Visiting Scholar Cohorts
2024-2025
2017-2018

Susanne Pernicka

Craig Zabala
2016-2017

Zeynep Sisli

Paolo Marinaro

Jorge Carrillo Viveros
2015-2016

Roberto Véras de Oliveira

Ju Kong
2014-2015

Rebecca Oliver

Xingguo Li

Huaying Wei

Laysha Ostrow

Minor Mora-Salas

Helge Schwiertz
2013-2014













