Meet the Board Members
Meet the Institute Fellows
Professor Bruce Cain
Robson Chair, UCB, Director UCDC program, Washington Center
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Professor Troy Duster
Past President, American Sociological Association |
Dolores Huerta
Co-Founder, United Farm Workers |
Hannah-Beth Jackson
Co-founder and president of two non-profit organizations, IRCD and Speak Out California, Hannah-Beth is committed to advancing a positive and responsible dialogue in California politics. Prior to this she served in the California Legislature from 1998-2004, representing the 35th Assembly District. She was one of the legislature's leading advocates of environmental protections, women's rights and civil liberties earning a reputation as a strong and effective advocate for justice, fairness and opportunity regardless of age, gender or ethnicity. In November 2008, she came within a hair's breath of winning the 19th State Senate district. She resides in Santa Barbara with her husband, Court Judge George Eskin.
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Professor George Lakoff
Cognitive Scientist
University of California, Berkeley
Author, "Don't Think of an Elephant" and "Moral Politics" |
Professor Marta Lopez-Garza
Associate Professor, Women's and Chicano/a Studies
California State University, Northridge |
Dean Melvin Oliver
Dean of Social Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara |
Professor Carlos Perez
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies
California State University, Fresno |
Rosemary Shahan
President, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety Foundation |
Parke Skelton
Political Consultant
SG&A Campaigns |
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Dave Johnson
Dave researches and writes about corporate influence on democracy, and the activities of the “conservative movement” network of foundations and think tanks and the extent of their influence on American society. He has investigated and reported on the Right's ongoing attacks on public education and teacher unions and trial attorneys and the tort legal system. Dave is also a Fellow with the Commonweal Institute working on progressive messaging. He is a frequent public speaker, talk-radio personality and a leading participant in the progressive blogging community. He is the lead blogger at Seeing the Forest and Speak Out California and writes at other progressive outlets including MyDD, Huffington Post, DailyKos, AlterNet, BuzzFlash, Smirking Chimp, OpEd News and Common Dreams.
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