Social Sciences

Elisabeth Bacus

Education: B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology; M.A., University of Hawaii, Anthropology; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Anthropology

Dissertation: The Political Economy of Interaction among Late Prehistoric Philippine Polities

Thesis Advisor: Karl Hutterer, Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington

Research Topic: The evolution of complex societies and the role of political processes in their development

Mentor: Patrick V. Kirch, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Lecturer, Institute of Archaeology, University College London

Evelyn Blumenberg

Education: B.A., University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Politics; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Urban Planning; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Urban Planning

Dissertation: Cities of Women: Local Labor Markets and Women's Economic Status

Thesis Advisor: Paul M. Ong, Professor of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Topic: The relationship between public policy and economic equity

Mentor: Sanford Jacoby, Professor of Management, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles

Emily Chao

Education: B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology; B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Rhetoric; M.A., New School for Social Research, Anthropology; Ph.D. University of Michigan, Anthropology

Dissertation: Willful Daughters and Visionary Healers: Ritural, Morality and State Discourse Among the Naxi of Southwest China.

Thesis Advisor: Norma Diamond, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan

Research Topic: Expansion and revision of Willful Daughters and Visionary Healers: Ritural, Morality and State Discourse Among the Naxi of Southwest China.

Mentor: Aihwa Ong, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pitzer College

Frank Sposito

Education: B.A., University of California, Riverside, Psychology and Political Science; M.A., University of California, San Diego, Political Science; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Political Science

Dissertation: A Political Theory of Romanticism: Aesthetics and the Fate of Common Sense in Post-Enlightenment Thought

Thesis Advisor: Tracy B. Strong, Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego

Research Topic: Kant, Liberalism and the Aesthetic Tradition: Understanding How Kant's Aesthetic Thought Contributes to Recent Liberalism

Mentor: Hanna Pitkin, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago

Michael A. Stoll

Education: B.S., University of California, Berkeley, Political Economy; M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, City Planning; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Urban Studies and Planning

Dissertation: Space and Race in Urban Youth Labor Markets: A Test of the Spatial Mismatch and Racial Discrimination Hypotheses

Thesis Advisor: Frank Levy, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Topic: Space and Race in Urban Youth Labor Markets: A Test of the Spatial Mismatch and Racial Discrimination Hypotheses

Mentor: Melvin Oliver, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Urban Poverty, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles

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