Steering Committee

Sharon Rose

Professor, Linguistics

• Region of interest: Africa – Ethiopia, Sudan
• Research theme/topic: African languages, phonology, languages in refugee/immigrant communities
• Email:  sxrose@ucsd.edu 

Robert Edelman

Professor, History

• Email: redelman@ucsd.edu 

Fatima El-Tayeb

Professor, Literature and Ethnic Studies

• Research theme/topic: European racial formations, African Diaspora Studies, Queer Theory, Black Feminism, Critical Race Theory, Comparative Diaspora Studies, European Migrant and Minority Cultures, Transnational Feminisms, Film Studies, Muslim Diasporas, Queer of Color Critique, Visual Cultural Studies, Urban Studies, Colonial and Postcolonial Europe, Race and Technology 
• Email :  feltayeb@ucsd.edu 

Erik Gartzke

Professor, Political Science

Research theme/topic: War, peace and international institutions, nuclear security, the liberal peace, alliances, uncertainty and war, deterrence theory, and the evolving technological nature of interstate conflict.

Email : egartzke@ucsd.edu 

Lane Kenworthy

Professor, Sociology

• Region of Interest: Rich democratic nations
• Research Theme/Topic: Living standards, poverty, inequality, social policy, politics
• Email: lane.kenworthy@gmail.com 

Martha Lampland

Professor, Sociology

• Email: mlampland@ucsd.edu 

Nancy Postero

Professor, Anthropology

• Email: npostero@ucsd.edu 

Pamela Radcliff

Professor, History

• Region of interest: Europe and Spain
• Research theme/topic: Social movements, women’s history, democratization, municipalism
• Email: pradcliff@uscd.edu 

Gershon Shafir

Professor, Sociology

• Region of Interest: Middle East
• Research Themes/Topics: ethnicity, human rights, and citizenship. Vigilantism, moral, panics, and racialization in Israel, the US, and Europe.
• Email: gshafir@ucsd.edu