He focuses on race, space, and memory. Arbona is a geographer with a background in architecture and urbanism. Previous to his faculty appointment, Arbona was a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Davis. His dissertation work in the Geography department at UC Berkeley was supported by a Bancroft Library Award and a Ford Foundation Dissertation Year Grant. In addition, Arbona currently collaborates with Demilit (DM), an experimental arts and writing collective.