Institute Staff
Chris Benner
Faculty Director andProfessor of Environmental Studies and Sociology
530-574-7585
cbenner@ucsc.edu
Ned LeBlond
Managing Director,Institute for Social Transformation
and Campus + Community
319-321-4356
nleblond@ucsc.edu
Galina Hale
Associate Faculty Director,Institute for Social Transformation
and Professor of Economics
gbhale@ucsc.edu
Darío León
Research and Community Coordinator,Institute for Social Transformation
and Center for Labor and Community
831-459-5985
dariol@ucsc.edu
Vicente Vega
Administrative Research Coordinator,Institute for Social Transformation and
Center for Labor and Community
vvega@ucsc.edu
Jessica De La Cruz
Administrative Research Coordinator, Institute for Social Transformation andUCSC California Climate Action Grants
jesdelac@ucsc.edu
Belle Esters
Programs and Outreach Intern,Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program
Double major in Psychology and Sociology
Allison Arteaga Soergel
Associate Director of Communications and Marketing, Division of Social SciencesFor media inquires contact: asoergel@ucsc.edu
Executive Board
Peter Christensen
Associate Professor,Department of Economics
pechrist@ucsc.edu
Jorge Menna Barreto
Assistant Professor,Art Department
Environmental Art + Social Practice MFA
jomebarr@ucsc.edu
Audrie Lin
Assistant Professor,Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology
audrielin@ucsc.edu
