Abel Valenzuela Jr

UCLA, Interim Dean of Social Sciences & Professor. Working w faculty & students to engage Los Angeles and change the world!

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Engaging collaboratively, w inclusive excellence & partnering with other scholars on the important work of policy impact 4 workers. I’m proud to be former @uclairle director & to partner with @UCLALabor on important work leveraging @UCLA to engage the world! @lasocialscience

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

In Cuidad de Mexico, exchanging info, scholarship, & our advocacy expertise on behalf of the undocumented! Viva @Dream_RC and @UCLALabor for their important work! Social Sciences @UCLA engaging the world! @UCLA_Alumni @lasocialscience @darnell_hunt @NarroVictor

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Engaging in Cuidad de Mexico with @UCLALabor, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center in Mexico. Fab Convening. University partnerships with labor, labor centers, & local govts to improve worker lives. Global Solidarity! @TobiasHigbie & @uclalosh

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

I also transferred 2 UC, taught in @aapucla Transfer Summer Prog & wear my transfer pride! Transfer students @UCLA_Alumni r the best, they work hard, they lead, they research, engage & they impact LA & beyond Transfers make UCLA better @uclatransfers @TransferAlumni @UCLATransfer

[Dean Florez @deanflorez]

I transferred from Bakersfield College to UCLA. Thank you @UCLAchancellor for your commitment to folks like myself to land on the shores of Westwood. #uclaalumni

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Conferencing @UCLA_CSRC library 4 Indigenous & Frontline Communities in the Global Struggle 4 Sustainability! Learning from @DrRaulHinojosa & @cvblackucla both professors @UCLAccstudies Frontline communities deserve our attention! @lasocialscience
@UCLA @UCLACollege

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Listening to the amazing professor Rogers from @BrownUniversity give the Wolfenstein lecture in political theory. Engaging James Baldwin & Gunnar Myrdal! Melvin is brilliant! @UCLAPOLISCI @UCLA_Alumni @darnell_hunt @lorriefrasure @lasocialscience

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

⁦@UCLA⁩ celebrating w best students & donor community ⁦@luskinhotella UCLA students make a difference & become proud⁩ ⁦@UCLA_Alumni⁩ Working with ⁦@darnell_hunt⁩ to make UCLA better! Our students need & deserve our support! ⁦⁦⁦@UCLAchancellor⁩

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

I was there! Chancellor Block @UCLAchancellor was great & so was Ariadna (student speaker) & Jorge Ancona - we all shared the stage and represented @UCLA_Nation with #BruinPride. I was very happy to engage and share our work @lasocialscience and, @UCLA_Alumni totally rocks it!

[UCLA Alumni @UCLA_Alumni]

The @UCLA Celebration in Mexico City, led by @UCLAchancellor Gene Block and Associate Vice Chancellor Julie Sina hosted alumni, parents, students, friends and supporters of the university.
#BruinProud

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

@UCLA_Alumni @UCLA @UCLACollege @uclaanderson @UCLAchancellor This was fun, and I believe I got it right! UCLA eight clap is not easy but lots of fun and without a doubt, it is infectious and part of Bruin/UCLA lore. Happy to represent @UCLACollege @UCLAchancellor

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Super proud to represent @UCLACollege and to share the wonderful and excellent work that we do @ucla and connecting with @UCLA_Alumni. Back in Los Angeles by Thursday to see our men’s @UCLAMBB compete and advance in March Madness! Go Bruins! #BruinProud

[UCLA Alumni @UCLA_Alumni]

Thank you Dean @AValenzuelaJr for joining the @UCLA Celebration in Mexico.
#BruinProud

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Jorge and Ariadna were fabulous presenters and I was able to reconnect and meet new friends in DF. @UCLA_Nation is amazing and I was very proud to represent @UCLACollege and @UCLA_Alumni in magical Mexico City. #BruinProud

[UCLA Alumni @UCLA_Alumni]

The @UCLA Celebration in Mexico City featured Dr. Abel Valenzuela Jr., Jorge Ancona ’93 and current student Ariadna Guerrero (Exp. ’23) as speakers.
#BruinProud

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Amazing event & I thank all who attended & the excellent & wonderful colleagues who made this trip what it was - a wonderful Re-engagement with former (and still) Bruins. Super happy to engage & propel @UCLACollege forward. Staff @UCLA_Alumni executed perfectly! @UCLAchancellor

[UCLA Alumni @UCLA_Alumni]

Thank you to the wonderful staff, speakers and guests who made this such a successful celebration in Mexico!
#BruinProud

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

UCLA & IRLE Leading and undertaking research on a key labor market not only abroad, but also in the US. Informal worker are important members of our labor market & deserve dignity, thoughtful interventions, & public policies that make sense and center workers & their own lives.

[UCLA Labor Studies @UCLALaborSd]

Yesterday, Prof. Manuel Rosaldo from @pennstateler presented his research on informal waste picker activism and the consequences of government and private attempts to formalize their labor.

Thanks for joining our first Labor Speaker Series event of the academic year!

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

This @UCLAnewsroom drop was soo nice! Pic in front of James Lawson Worker Justice Center! Many friends & colleagues reaching out w support, former students sending 💕 ! I love and UCLA! https://t.co/tB1OwySe1R @UCLACollege @darnell_hunt @uclairle

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Wow! Super happy & proud - UCLA's impact on Art, Community, & Los Angeles is key to our stature and ranking. I thank fellow UCLA Bruin Alum Bettye Saar 4 her contributions & congratulations for receiving The Du Bois Medal! @darnell_hunt @UCLA_Alumni @UCLAchancellor @BuncheUCLA

[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar @kaj33]

Honored to receive The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal with fellow UCLA Bruin Bettye Saar.

@HenryLouisGates always delivers #UCLA #Harvard

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Almost a month on the job! Everyday, I see excellence, amazing & dedicated staff & administrative leadership moving our great institution forward! I salute our faculty, staff, & students that collectively make us a great university! @ucla @darnell_hunt @UCLAnewsroom @UCLA_Alumni

[UCLA IRLE @uclairle]

UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment director Abel Valenzuela Jr. will transition to serve as interim dean of social sciences at UCLA.

Thank you, @AValenzuelaJr, for advancing the research, teaching and service for public good at UCLA IRLE for the past six years.

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

2nd day on the job in my new leadership post! New office space, new challenges, a great public university & excellence in the social sciences = UCLA! Happy Labor Day; special shout out to all workers who move UCLA adelante! @lasocialscience @darnell_hunt @UCLA @UCLACollege

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

I look forward to joining campus leadership & working closely w colleagues @UCLACollege and the Div Social of Sciences to further our excellence in research, teaching and service. Engaging LA, Changing the World! @darnell_hunt @UCLAchancellor @UCLA_Alumni

[Abel Valenzuela Jr @AValenzuelaJr]

Well done and kudos to the entire Geffen Academy Boy's Soccer Team for their A+ effort. Super proud to be a Geffen Academy Parent. Special shout out to the Girl's Team for advancing to the CIF Semifinals & Quarter Finals in Regionals! Go @GeffenAcademy @UCLAchancellor @UCLA