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Shawn Nichols

Shawn Nichols

Continuing Lecturer

Politics Department

Areas of expertise: International Development, Politics, Political Economy of Development, Comparative Politics, Critical Theory


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz Committee: Kent Eaton, Daniel Wirls, Ronnie Lipschutz, and Jan Knippers-Black Master of Arts, International Policy Studies (2004), Middlebury Institute of International Studies Emphasis: International Trade, Conflict Resolution and Negotiations Bachelor of Arts, French and Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC Certificate of European Studies, Universite' de Caen, Caen, France (1 year study abroad) Certi... more »

Ronnie D Lipschutz

Ronnie D Lipschutz

Emeritus Professor of Politics, President & Co-director, Sustainable Systems Research Foundation

Politics Department

Areas of expertise: Energy, Environmental Policy, Foreign Policy, Globalization, International and Global Affairs, Politics, Science and Technology


Biography, Education and Training

Ronnie D. Lipschutz received his Ph.D. in Energy and Resources from UC-Berkeley in 1987 and an SM in Physics from MIT in 1978. He was a faculty member in the Politics Department from 1990-2020. He is now President and Co-director of the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation in Santa Cruz. From 2012-18, Lipschutz was Provost of Rachel Carson College at the University of California, Santa Cruz. During Fall term 2011, he was a Velux Visiting Professor in the Department of Business and Polit... more »

Kent Eaton

Kent Eaton

Distinguished Professor of Politics

Politics Department

Areas of expertise: Latin American and Latino Studies, Comparative Politics, Political Science, Politics


Biography, Education and Training

Stanford University, B.A. International Relations, 1990 Yale University, Ph.D. Political Science, 1998


Areas of expertise: Politics, United States Politics and Government, Political Science


Biography, Education and Training

B.A. Haverford College, 1982 PhD Cornell University, 1988 Congressional Fellow, American Political Science Association, 1993-4.


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 »


Areas of expertise: Politics


Biography, Education and Training

Gary Patton received his BA from Stanford University, as a history major, with Honors in Social Thought and Institutions. He received his JD from Stanford Law School, and he was admitted to the California State Bar in 1971. He is currently practicing environmental law as a sole practitioner in Santa Cruz, California, while also teaching courses as an adjunct professor, in the Politics Department (Legal Studies Major) at the University of California, Santa Cruz. From 1971 to approximat... more »

Anjuli Verma

Anjuli Verma

Assistant Professor of Politics

Politics Department

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Anjuli Verma

Assistant Professor of Politics

acverma@ucsc.edu

831-459-7094


Areas of expertise: Law and Policy, Politics, Legal Studies, United States Politics and Government, Discrimination and Inequality, Philosophy of Science, Drug Policy


Biography, Education and Training

See: Anjuli Verma, PhD - Curriculum Vitae (CV). Anjuli Verma is an Assistant Professor of Politics and teaches in the Legal Studies Program at UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Verma was previously a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program at UC Berkeley School of Law. She received a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society from UC Irvine and a B.A. in Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia. Dr. Verma's research examines legal reform, soci... more »


Areas of expertise: Politics, School Reform and School Policy


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. Education, University of California, Berkeley   M.A. Education, University of California, Berkeley   B.A. Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies and Spanish Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison  

Matthew Lasar

Matthew Lasar

Retired Lecturer on Teaching Recall

History Department

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Matthew Lasar

Lecturer

mlasar@ucsc.edu

831-459-5593


Areas of expertise: History, Politics, World History, United States Politics and Government


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D, Claremont Graduate School

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