Explosivity: Following What Remains, with photographs by Andrea Gaffney, University of Minnesota Press …is out now!
Public book talk for Shaping San Francisco recorded and archived here.
New book chapter with Julie Sze: “Watefront/battlefront: Vallejo’s Black landscapes of resistance against police and environmental violence” out now from Routledge. I give a short encapsulation of this chapter for the Routledge Architecture, Urban Space & Politics channel here.
&…I wrote a small feature on UC Davis memorials in the brand new first issue of the San Francisco Review of Whatever.
Communication
✉︎ Email: jarbona [at] ucdavis [dot] edu *available for video or voice calls by appointment. I have Signal. Se habla español.
Advising
American Studies undergraduate majors: Please reach out if you’d like to schedule an appointment or contact me first with a preliminary draft of your emphasis plan.
Office hours
Mondays at 4pm on Zoom (email me for the link if you’re not in my class) or by appointment in person.
I’m available for other video or in-person appointments (by request). Public or media inquiries, collaboration opportunities, or grad/post-grad research interest: please kindly email me (see above). I can also provide an encrypted Signal link. Thank you!
Pronouns & Pronunciation
he/him/his
My name is in Spanish. It’s pronounced with an audible ‘R’ at the end: Javier. I use Arbona or Arbona-Homar (the H is completely silent and pronounced “Omar” with emphasis on the last syllable, like this: omár). I don’t have a middle name. Arbona is my paternal last name, therefore I’m not “Javier Homar” nor “Professor Homar.” Professor Arbona is fine with me.