In 1996 he founded the UCLA Center for EthnoCommunications where he serves as director and professor.

(Published by the UCLA Center for Civil Society).

It is part of the UCLA Center for World Languages.

In response, he established the UCLA Center for Hidden Camera Research, another example of how emerging technologies are shifting documentary practice.

The establishment of the UCLA Center for Vaccine Research.

He is also a research fellow of the UCLA Center for India and South Asia.

UCLA Center for Economic History.

UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.

He is also the co-director of the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics.

Visiting dance groups perform at the Shrine Auditorium and the UCLA Center for the Arts.