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Addressing issues distinct to the Los Angeles area, Los Angeles Unified SSN draws on faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students from the metropolitan region at institutions including USC, UCLA, Pomona, Occidental College, Loyola, and UC-Irvine. Los Angeles Unified SSN focuses primarily on labor and immigration, homelessness and urban poverty, and civic engagement and diversity.

Leaders
Hunter
Marcus Anthony Hunter
University of California, Los Angeles
Members
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Skye Allmang
University of California, Los Angeles
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Phillip M. Ayoub
Occidental College
Bashi Treitler
Vilna Bashi Treitler
University of California, Santa Barbara
Thomas J Billard
Thomas J Billard
University of Southern California
Bolzendahl
Catherine Bolzendahl
University of California, Irvine
Burch
Patricia Burch
University of Southern California
C. Saguy
Abigail C. Saguy
University of California, Los Angeles
Dar
Luciana Dar
University of California, Riverside
Dasgupta
Kushan Dasgupta
University of Southern California
Dreier
Peter Dreier
Occidental College
García
Rocío R. García
University of California, Los Angeles
Gehlbach
Hunter Gehlbach
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Martin Gilens
University of California, Los Angeles
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Benjamin A. T. Graham
University of Southern California
Gratias
Matthew Gratias
University of Southern California
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Amy Green
The Trevor Project
Harris
Kevan Harris
University of California, Los Angeles
Hasen
Richard L. Hasen
University of California, Irvine
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Alfredo Huante
University of Southern California
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Alvaro Huerta
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Nadia Young-na Kim
Loyola Marymount University
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Charis Elizabeth Kubrin
University of California, Irvine
Lavariega Monforti
Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti
California Lutheran University
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Alice Lépissier
University of California, Santa Barbara
Lichterman
Paul Lichterman
University of Southern California
Littlejohn
Krystale Littlejohn
Occidental College
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David S. Meyer
University of California, Irvine
Mildenberger
Matto Mildenberger
University of California, Santa Barbara
Nasif
Noelle Nasif
University of California, Santa Barbara
O'Leary
Pamela O'Leary
Stanford University
Owens
Ann Owens
University of Southern California
Pastor
Manuel Pastor
University of Southern California
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Morgan Polikoff
University of Southern California
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Keramet Reiter
University of California Irvine
Victoria Reyes
Victoria Reyes
University of California, Riverside
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Debanjan Roychoudhury
University of California, Los Angeles
Sager
Rebecca Sager
Loyola Marymount University
Shorette II
C. Rob Shorette II
California State University
Smith
Eric R.A.N. Smith
Sriram
Shyam Sriram
University of California, Santa Barbara
Stokes
Leah C. Stokes
University of California, Santa Barbara
Sykes
Bryan L. Sykes
University of California, Irvine
Turney
Kristin Turney
University of California, Irvine
Wade
Lisa Wade
Occidental College
Walker
Edward Walker
University of California, Los Angeles
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Benjamin R. Weiss
University of Southern California
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Juliet Alice Williams
University of California, Los Angeles
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Anthony James Williams
University of California, Los Angeles
Yoshikawa
Sarah Yoshikawa
Loyola Marymount University
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Nancy Wang Yuen
Biola University
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Chris Zepeda-Millán
University of California, Los Angeles

Latest Contributions

Why We Should All Use They/Them Pronouns

  • Juliet Alice Williams
  • Abigail C. Saguy
SSN Commentary,

Hearing on California Criminal Justice Reform: Potential Lessons for the Nation in California

  • Charis Elizabeth Kubrin
SSN Testimony,

How Immigrants Give American Companies a Powerful Boost Against Chinese Rivals

  • Benjamin A. T. Graham
SSN Commentary,

Why Domestic Violence Victim Advocates Recommend Services They Know Don’t Work

  • Benjamin R. Weiss
SSN Key Findings Brief,

How Racial Stereotypes in Popular Media Affect People — and What Hollywood Can Do to Become More Inclusive

SSN Key Findings Brief,

Latest in the News

"Why Buying Greenland Wouldn’t Really Help the U.S. Economy (Even If It Were for Sale)," Benjamin A. T. Graham (with Jonathan N. Markowitz), Washington Post, August 29, 2019.
"Prison Shift Raises Crucial, Unresolved Questions," Charis Elizabeth Kubrin, Orange County Register, April 22, 2013.
"Rap Lyrics on Trial," Charis Elizabeth Kubrin (with Erik Nielson), New York Times, January 13, 2014.
"A Potential Censorship or Criminalization of Rap Music," Charis Elizabeth Kubrin, New York Times, December 3, 2014.
"Is the Ferguson Effect a Myth?," Charis Elizabeth Kubrin (with Tracy Sohoni), Baltimore Sun, September 10, 2015.

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