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Areas of expertise: Social Movements, Social Theory, Political Theory, Affect Studies, Activism, Sexuality, Queer Studies


Biography, Education and Training

2000 - Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago1989 - M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago1986 - B.A., in Government, Wesleyan University with High Honors Deborah Gould is Professor and Chair of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz (and affiliated faculty in Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Politics). She received her PhD from the University of Chicago in Political Science in 2000 and was a post-doctoral Harper-Schmidt Fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts a... more »


Areas of expertise: Urban studies, Environmental History, Social Theory, Sustainability


Biography, Education and Training

Hillary Angelo is an urban-environmental sociologist who studies understandings of the environment and their relationship to large-scale spatial and social transformations. Her work offers a social-theoretical perspective on socio-ecological questions through both historical and contemporary research on urban greening, sustainability planning and policy, infrastructure, and climate change. Her research is also particularly attuned to the politics of the built enviro... more »


Areas of expertise: Science and Technology, Social Theory, Social Movements, Science Studies, Art Photography/Photography as Critical Practice, Activism, Environmental Justice, Cultural Studies, Political Theory, Visual Culture


Biography, Education and Training

Before joining the History of Consciousness Department I was Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Director of the Institute for Science and Society, and Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Priority Cluster EcoSocieties at the University of Nottingham, UK, following appointments at the University of Leicester, Cardiff Universty, and the Free University of Berlin, Germany, where I also earned his PhD.   I have been a Leverhulme Fellow in the UK and an Alexander-von-... more »

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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