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David T Brundage

User David T Brundage

User Professor Emeritus , Research Professor of History

Departments 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

Lora Bartlett

User Lora Bartlett

User Associate Professor

Departments Education Department

Areas of expertise: Education, Labor and Social Movements, Immigration, Sociology


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. Education, U.C. Berkeley M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction, Secondary English University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA B.A. English Literature University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Gail B Hershatter

User Gail B Hershatter

User Research Professor and Distinguished Professor of History Emer.

Departments 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

Eleonora Pasotti

User Eleonora Pasotti

User Professor

Departments Politics Department

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

User Dana Frank

User Research Professor and Professor Emerita

Departments History Department

Press Contact

User Dana Frank

User Research Professor and Professor of History Emerita

User 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

User Megan McNamara

User Instructional Designer, Continuing Lecturer

Departments Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), Sociology Department

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


Biography, Education and Training

Megan McNamara (any pronouns) is an instructional designer with expertise in large lecture course development, online and in-person pedagogies, equitable and accessible design, academic integrity, and flipped classroom/active learning techniques. She particularly enjoys partnering with faculty who are seeking to enhance belonging and engagement in their courses. In addition to her work with the TLC, Megan serves as a Continuing Lecturer delivering a variety of popular courses in the Sociology m... more »

Steven McKay

User Steven McKay

User Professor, Director, UCSC Center for Labor and Community

Departments 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

User Alice Yang

User Chair and Professor, History Department, Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories

Departments 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

Juned Noor M Shaikh

User Juned Noor M Shaikh

User Associate Professor

Departments History Department

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

User Christopher Benner

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

Departments 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)

Zoe Zhao

User Zoe Zhao

User Assistant Professor

Departments Sociology Department

Areas of expertise: Labor and Social Movements, Digital Media, Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies, Gender Studies, China


Biography, Education and Training

Mengyang (Zoe) Zhao is an activist scholar specializing in the intersections of technology, work, and social movements in a global context. Their current book project delves into platform-based video game services in China. Their art practice leverages gamification to reimagine ways of commoning and queering the care infrastructure.

Michael A. McCarthy

User Michael A. McCarthy

User Director of Community Studies

Departments 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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