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Sheldon Kamieniecki

Sheldon Kamieniecki

Dean Emeritus, Division of Social Sciences, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies Department

Social Sciences Division, Environmental Studies Department

Areas of expertise: Electoral Politics, Environmental Policy, Political Science


Biography, Education and Training

BIOGRAPHY Sheldon Kamieniecki was Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz between 2006 and 2017. Before that, from 1981 to 2006, he was a member of the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California (USC). He was Chair of the Political Science Department and the founding Director of the Environmental Studies Program at USC. He received the Raubenheimer Award for Outstanding Senior Faculty in the College of Letters, Arts and Sc... more »


Areas of expertise: Comparative Politics, Democracy, Electoral Politics, European Politics, Urban studies, Labor and Social Movements


Biography, Education and Training

PhD Political Science, Columbia University MSc Philosophy, London School of Economics BSc Economics, London School of Economics


Areas of expertise: United States Politics and Government, Politics, Electoral Politics, US History


Biography, Education and Training

    Melanie Jean Springer received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 2006. She began her academic career in the Political Science department at Washington University in Saint Louis. In the Fall of 2013, she joined the Politics faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She specializes in American Politics. Her research and teaching interests include American political development, political history, voting and elections, state politics and policym... more »

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