Kara Dellacioppa, Ph.D.
Title: Professor and Chair
Department: Sociology
Email: kdellacioppa@csudh.edu
Phone: (310) 243-3937
Contact Preference: Email
Areas of Expertise
Interdisciplinary Studies, International Affairs, Globalization, Mexican Politics, Contemporary Social Movements
Professional Background
Dr. Dellacioppa has been teaching at CSUDH since 2003. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of social movements, political culture, and globalization. She has written and published several articles in peer-reviewed and scholarly journals such as Latino Studies and Social Justice. Her books include This Bridge Called Zapatismo (Lexington Books, 2009) and Cultural Politics and Resistance in the 21st Century (Palgrave MacMillan, 2011).
Currently, Dellacioppa is conducting a historical research project about political repression in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on a ACLU lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department (CAPA v. Gates) regarding the infiltration and monitoring of 140 community organizations in the Los Angeles area.
International Experience
Two years of field work in Mexico City
Languages
English, Spanish
Education
Ph.D, Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara
M.A., Sociology, UC Santa Barbara
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