Institute Staff

Katharyne Mitchell

Dean of Social Sciences,
Professor of Sociology

831-459-2919
kmitch@ucsc.edu

Chris Benner

Faculty Director and
Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology

530-574-7585
cbenner@ucsc.edu

Glenn Mitoma

Managing Director,
Institute for Social Transformation

831-459-2065
gmitoma@ucsc.edu

Evin Knight

Director of Operations

831-459-1266
eck@ucsc.edu

Susan Grasso

Research Coordinator

831-459-5991
sgrasso@ucsc.edu

Darío León

Research and Community Coordinator

831-459-5985
dariol@ucsc.edu

Gabriella Alvarez

Research Specialist

galvar18@ucsc.edu

Azucena Beltran

Project Manager,
Community Economic Mobilization Initiative (CEMI)

azrbeltr@ucsc.edu

David Shaw

Right Livelihood College Coordinator,
Ph.D. student in Environmental Studies

daveshaw@ucsc.edu

Allison Arteaga Soergel

Associate Director of Communications and Marketing, Division of Social Sciences

For media inquires contact: asoergel@ucsc.edu

Maggie Ann Desphy

Chancellor’s Undergraduate Intern (CUIP)
Web & Social Media

Karina Diaz Alvarez

Chancellor’s Undergraduate Intern (CUIP)
Web & Social Media

Executive Board

Eva C. Bertram

Associate Professor of Politics

ebertram@ucsc.edu

James Doucet-Battle

Assistant Professor of Sociology

jbattle@ucsc.edu

Madeleine Fairbairn

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

mfairbai@ucsc.edu

Robert W. Fairlie

Professor of Economics

rfairlie@ucsc.edu

Sylvanna M. Falcón

Associate Professor of Latin American & Latino Studies

smfalcon@ucsc.edu

Lars Fehren‑Schmitz

Associate Professor of Anthropology

lfehrens@ucsc.edu

Jennifer A. González

Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture

jag@ucsc.edu

Adriana Manago

Assistant Professor of Psychology

amanago@ucsc.edu

Marc Matera

Associate Professor of History

mmatera@ucsc.edu

Eduardo Mosqueda

Associate Professor of Education

mosqueda@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Visiting Research Fellows & Scholars

Ingrid Behrsin

Research Fellow (2021-2023)

ibehrsin@ucsc.edu

Cheryl Holzmeyer

Research Fellow (2021)

cholzmey@ucsc.edu

Gina Ziervogel

Visiting Scholar (2021)

gziervog@ucsc.edu