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Jennifer L Derr

Jennifer L Derr

Associate Professor; Founding Director, Center for the Middle East and North Africa at UC Santa Cruz (2019-2024)

History Department

Areas of expertise: Disease and Immunity, Science Studies, Environmental Studies, Biomedical Sciences, Capitalism, Colonialism, History, Water


Biography, Education and Training

Education B.S. in Biological Sciences, Stanford University M.A. in Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University Ph.D. in History, Stanford University


Areas of expertise: Political Theory, History of Philosophy, Capitalism, Democracy


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., Political Science. University of California at Berkeley, 2003 M.A., Political Science. University of California at Berkeley, 1996 B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Economics and Political Science. University of Minnesota, 1995

Daniel Friedman

Daniel Friedman

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Founder and Director, LEEPS lab

Economics Department

Areas of expertise: Capitalism, Economics, Experimental Economics, Evolution, Game Theory, Mathematical Modeling, Finance


Biography, Education and Training

please see personal web page.

Muriam H Davis

Muriam H Davis

Associate Professor

History Department

Areas of expertise: North Africa, Middle East Studies, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Capitalism, European Studies


Biography, Education and Training

2004-2006: MA in Arab Studies, Georgetown University 2006-2008: MA in Culture and Theory, University of California, Irvine 2008-2015: PhD in History, NYU  2015-2016: Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute 

Matthew B Sparke

Matthew B Sparke

Distinguished Professor of Politics, Co-Director of Global and Community Health

Politics Department, Global & Community Health

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Allison Soergel

asoergel@ucsc.edu


Areas of expertise: Capitalism, Globalization, Border Studies, Critical Theory, Health and Wellness, Disease and Immunity, Death/Mortality Studies, Discrimination and Inequality, International and Global Affairs, Political Economy of Development


Biography, Education and Training

Matt Sparke is a Professor of Politics at UCSC. He was was born in Tonbridge, England in 1967. He was educated at a state comprehensive school in Tunbridge Wells, then at the University of Oxford (where David Harvey was his main mentor), and then at the University of British Columbia (where Derek Gregory was his PhD advisor). He joined the faculty in International Studies and Geography at the University of Washington in 1995.  After 22 years in Seattle, he move... more »


Areas of expertise: Urban studies, Democracy, Capitalism, Multiculturalism, Immigration


Biography, Education and Training

  Katharyne Mitchell is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her PhD in Geography from UC Berkeley and her BA in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University. Before joining UCSC she was a professor and the chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Washington, Seattle. She has held positions as the Simpson Professor of Public Scholarship and the Director of Canadian Studies at the University of Washingto... more »


Areas of expertise: Politics, Capitalism, Science and Technology, Ethics


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., Politics, University of California Santa Cruz, California, USA, 2024.   M.A., Politics, University of California Santa Cruz, California, USA, 2022.   M.Sc., International Relations Theory (with Distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, 2016 Dissertation Title: International Security Dialectics: Contradiction and Paradox in an Era of Globalized Risk and Populist Nationalism   B.A., Philosophy, Macquarie University, Syd... more »

Michael A. McCarthy

Michael A. McCarthy

Associate Professor and 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  

David M Lau

David M Lau

Lecturer, College Nine

College Nine

Areas of expertise: Poetry, Capitalism, Labor and Social Movements, Globalization, International and Global Affairs


Biography, Education and Training

Poet, essayist, and editor David Lau is a continuing lecturer at College Nine, where he has taught courses since 2007. His books are Virgil and the Mountain Cat and Still Dirty. He is the co-editor of Lana Turner: a Journal of Poetry and Opinion. His poetry and essays have appeared in many publications, including New Left Review, Boston Review, Literary Hub, and The Margins.  

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