Meet the Team
Contact us
Email: transform@ucsc.edu
Address:
Institute for Social Transformation
1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Oakes College Academic Building
Division of Social Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Galina Hale (she, her, hers)
Faculty Director, Professor of Economics and Coastal Science and Policy, Co-Director of Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN)
Ned LeBlond (he, him, his)
Executive Director, Institute for Social Transformation and Campus + Community
319-321-4356, nleblond@ucsc.edu
Evin Knight (she, her, hers)
Director of Operations, Institute for Social Transformation
831-459-1266, eck@ucsc.edu
Erika Katske (she, her, hers)
Training Coordinator, Institute for Social Transformation
Darรญo Leรณn (he, him, his)
Research and Community Coordinator, Institute for Social Transformation and Center for Labor and Community
dariol@ucsc.edu
Azucena Beltran (she, her, hers)
Project Manager, Institute for Social Transformation
Jessica De La Cruz (she, her, hers)
Administrative Research Coordinator, Institute for Social Transformation and UC Santa Cruz California Climate Action Grants
Vicente Vega (he, him, his)
Administrative Research Coordinator, Institute for Social Transformation and Center for Labor and Community
Communications support
Allison Arteaga Soergel
- Title
- Associate Director of Communications and Marketing
- Department
- Social Sciences Division
- Campus Email
Laney Mae Velazquez
- Title
- Marketing Specialist
- Department
- University Advancement
- Campus Email
Kameron Raymond King Tessier
- Department
- Institute for Social Transformation
Founding faculty
Katharyne W Mitchell
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- Sociology Department
- Campus Email
Christopher Benner
- Title
- Professor of Sociology
- Department
- Sociology Department
- Campus Email
Executive board
Hillary L Angelo
- Title
- Associate Professor of Sociology
- Department
- Sociology Department
- Campus Email
Lora Bartlett
- Title
- Department Chair and Associate Professor
- Department
- Education Department
- Campus Email
Peter Christensen
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Economics Department
- Campus Email
Cecilia M Rivas
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
- Campus Email
Carla Hernandez Garavito
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Anthropology Department
- Campus Email
Natalia Ocampo-Penuela
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
- Campus Email
Jeremy Yamashiro
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Psychology Department
- Campus Email
Marc Matera
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
Jorge Mascarenhas Menna Barreto
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
Sara J Niedzwiecki
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Politics Department
- Campus Email
Audrie Lin
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
- Campus Email
Richard Li
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Statistics
- Campus Email
