Research Bio

Christian Paiz is a social historian with research interests in Chicanx/Latinx and Labor Studies, and in U.S. social movements in the 20th century. He recently published book, The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) follows the Filipino/a and Mexican farmworkers who powered the United Farm Worker movement (1960s-1980s) in Southern California’s Coachella Valley. The book received the Pacific Coast Branch Award from the American Historical Association, and an Honorable Mention from the International Labor History Book Award. I have published in Kalfou, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Foundry, and Modern American History. He has received support from the Ford Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the UC Humanities Research Initiative, and the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. 

At UC Berkeley, he teaches courses on Latinx Studies, U.S. social movements, inter-racial history, and historical methods. In 2025, he received the David Blackwell Award. Prior to university roles, he was a high school teacher in the Coachella Valley Unified School District. 

Research Expertise and Interest

comparative Latino studies, United States history, social movement history, historical methods