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David T Brundage

David T Brundage

Professor Emeritus , Research Professor of History

History Department

Areas of expertise: Immigration, Class, Colonialism, Discrimination and Inequality, History, Labor and Social Movements, US History


Biography, Education and Training

B.A. Reed College M.A. University of Warwick Ph.D. UCLA

Gail B Hershatter

Gail B Hershatter

Research Professor and Distinguished Professor of History Emer.

History Department

Areas of expertise: Asian Studies, China, Communism, Cultural Studies, Pacific Rim, Gender Studies, Oral History, History, Labor and Social Movements, Sexuality


Biography, Education and Training

B.A. Hampshire College M.A. Stanford University Ph.D. Stanford University


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

Dana Frank

Dana Frank

Research Professor and Professor Emerita

History Department

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Dana Frank

Research Professor and Professor of History Emerita

dlfrank@ucsc.edu


Areas of expertise: Labor and Social Movements, Social Justice, US History


Biography, Education and Training

M.A., Ph.D. Yale University B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz

Megan McNamara

Megan McNamara

Continuing Lecturer, Instructional Designer

Sociology Department, Teaching & Learning Center (TLC)

Areas of expertise: Sociology, Sexuality, Affect Studies, Class, Discrimination and Inequality, Labor and Social Movements, Race, Sexism and Gender Bias


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., Sociology, UCSC (2016) M.A., Sociology, UCSC (2010) M.A., Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation, California Institute of Integral Studies (2005) B.A., Language Studies, UCSC (1998) EMT-P, State of California (P17390) and NREMT (2001-Present)

Steven Mc Kay

Steven Mc Kay

Professor, Director, UCSC Center for Labor and Community

Sociology Department, Center for Labor and Community

Areas of expertise: Sociology, Labor and Social Movements, Immigration, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Globalization, Gender Studies


Biography, Education and Training

2001 - Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison1996 - M.A., Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison1989 - B.A., Political Economy of Industrial Societies, University of California - Berkeley  

Alice Yang

Alice Yang

Chair, History Department, Professor of History, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories

History Department, Stevenson College, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Areas of expertise: History, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Asian American Pacific Islander History, Comparative Politics, California History, Colonialism, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies, Labor and Social Movements, Oral History


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., M.A.T. Brown University M.A., Ph.D. Stanford University


Areas of expertise: India and Indian Studies, Marxism, World History, Colonialism, Labor and Social Movements, Urban studies


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D, University of Washington, Seattle M.A., University of Chicago  B.A, University of Pune


Areas of expertise: Globalization, Labor and Social Movements, Latin American and Latino Studies, Political Economy of Development


Biography, Education and Training

Born in Santiago, Chile, I am a transnational Chilean.  PhD in Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA in Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst BA in Economics, American University (Washington D.C).

Christopher Benner

Christopher Benner

Professor, Dorothy E. Everett Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship Chair, Director, Everett Program for Technology and Social Change, Director, Institute for Social Transformation

Environmental Studies Department, Sociology Department

Areas of expertise: Urban studies, Labor and Social Movements, Sociology, Environmental Justice, Globalization, Community-based Research, Science and Technology, Social Justice, Political Economy of Development, Activism


Biography, Education and Training

Dr. Chris Benner is the Dorothy E. Everett Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship, and a Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  He currently directs the Everett Program for Technology and Social Change and the Institute for Social Transformation.  His research examines the relationships between technological change, regional development, and the structure of economic opportunity, focusing on regional labor markets and the... more »


Areas of expertise: Sociology, African Diaspora, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, African American / Black Studies, Immigration, Activism, Discrimination and Inequality, Labor and Social Movements


Biography, Education and Training

PhD: Geography and Science and Technology Studies, UC Berkeley (2018) MPA: Brown University (2010) AB: International Relations and Africana Studies, Brown University (2009)

Michael A. McCarthy

Michael A. McCarthy

Director of Community Studies

Sociology Department

Areas of expertise: Social Theory, Political Theory, Capitalism, Democracy, Community Studies, Class, Personal and Social Identities, Labor and Social Movements, Finance


Biography, Education and Training

2021-23, Berggruen Institute Research Fellow, University of Southern California   2014, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany   2013 PhD Sociology, New York University   2005 BA Sociology (Political Science minor), University of California, Los Angeles   2003 AA Sociology, Fullerton College  

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