Professor Guarnizo is interested in the economic and
political sociology of international migration and development.
His research focuses on migrants’ mode of socioeconomic
incorporation and political participation, the relationship
between migration and citizenship, and migration and
socioeconomic change and inequality at the local, national, and
transnational scales. His work combines quantitative and
qualitative methods in migrants’ places of origin and
destination. He has studied these processes among Latin Americans
in the United States and the European Union, as well as in s.
Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH is the Director of the Center for
Healthcare Policy and Research and Professor of Family and
Community Medicine at the University of California, Davis. She
serves on the executive committee for the UC Davis Comprehensive
Cancer Center, and is a member of the US Preventive Services Task
Force. She received her MD from UC San Francisco and her MPH in
epidemiology from UC Berkeley.
J. Edward Taylor received his degree in Agricultural and Resource
Economics from UC Berkeley in 1984. His research interests
include economic development, immigration, and rural poverty.
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Gregory Clark received his degree in Economics from Harvard
University in 1985. His main current research, detailed in his
new book, The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of
Social Mobility, uses the information content of surnames to
estimate the rate and nature of inter-generational social
mobility in a variety of societies, including the USA.
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Angela Harris received her degree from the University of Chicago
Law School in 1986. Her research focuses on critical legal
theory, examining how law can reinforce and challenge
subordination on the basis of race, gender, sexuality, class, and
other dimensions of power and identity.
Ross A. Thompson’s research focuses on the applications of
developmental research to public policy concerns, including
school readiness and its development, early childhood
investments, and early mental health.
David Campbell, a political scientist, is associate dean for
social/human sciences in the College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis.
Campbell was raised in Tennessee and New Jersey, and received a
bachelor’s degree (1978) in political science from Westminster
College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He holds a master’s
degree from The Ohio State University (1980) and a doctoral
degree from the University of Oregon (1984), both also in
political science.
Katherine Conger received her degree in Sociology from Iowa State
University in 1993. Her research focuses on the quality and
course of sibling relationships; interpersonal processes in
families emphasizing the linkages between family stress and
adolescent adjustment; and observational research methods.
Rand Conger received his degree in Sociology from the University
of Washington in 1976. His research focuses on social and
economic stress; life course development; family interaction
processes; and family research methods.
Mary Jackman received her degree in Sociology from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison in 1972. Her research focuses on political
sociology and social inequality.
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Peter Lindert’s current research focuses on the causes and
effects of modern fiscal redistribution and the history of
inequality, political voice and economic growth.
Philip Martin received his degree from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1975. His research focuses on: immigration,
farm labor, and economic development.
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Deb Niemeier received her degree in Civil and Environmental
Engineering from the University of Washington in 1994. Her
research focuses on the impact of low income families’ access to
transport on jobs, healthcare, and schools.
Vicki Smith received her degree in Sociology from UC Berkeley in
1987. Her areas of specialization include employment, pathways to
work, and inequality.
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Thomas Timar received his degree in Educational Policy (Law and
Finance) from UC Berkeley. His research centers on education
finance, policy, and governance.
Nicole Woolsey Biggart joined the Graduate School of Management
in 1981 as one of the School’s first faculty members. On June 1,
2010, she assumed the Chevron Chair in Energy Efficiency, which
directs the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center. She served as dean
of the Graduate School of Management from July 1, 2003, to June
30, 2009. She held the Jerome J. and Elsie Suran Chair in
Technology Management from 2002 to June 2010.
