Health & Welfare Policies

Countries around the world create policies to promote healthy, well-educated, and well-nourished populations, but not all policies are created equal and UCSC researchers are interested in what makes them different and what their divergent outcomes are in terms of health and well-being.

We know that social protection varies widely across countries. Some countries provide free and high-quality healthcare and education, as well as a minimum income to all citizens. Others provide meager benefits to few citizens, and enforce harsh exclusions from healthcare and welfare services on migrants. In some countries the state is the main provider of social protection, while in others it is private-sector providers or the family that have more prominent roles.

We are interested in how these variations shift over time, particularly in the context of globalization and all the associated forms of pro-market policy-making that are widely understood and critiqued in terms of ‘neoliberalism’. Comparisons of social, welfare and healthcare policies in the U.S. and Western Europe with those in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and East Asia also therefore interest our faculty as indicators of broader shifts both towards and away from neoliberal norms.

Chris Benner

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Environmental Studies Department
• Campus Email
  • cbenner@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Urban studies

David L Bernick

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Associate Teaching Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • dbernick@ucsc.edu

Heather E Bullock

• Title
  • Director, Blum Center on Poverty, Social Enterprise, & Participatory Governance
• Department
  • Psychology Department
• Campus Email
  • hbullock@ucsc.edu

Melissa L. Caldwell

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Anthropology Department
• Campus Email
  • lissa@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Russia

Carlos E Dobkin

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Economics Department
• Campus Email
  • cdobkin@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Computational Economics

James Doucet-Battle

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Sociology Department
• Campus Email
  • jbattle@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Sociology

Shelly Grabe

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Psychology Department
• Campus Email
  • sgrabe@ucsc.edu

Brent M. Haddad

• Title
  • Professor of Environmental Studies
• Department
  • Environmental Studies Department
• Campus Email
  • bhaddad@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Water Policy and Management

Muriam Haleh Davis

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • History Department
• Campus Email
  • muhdavis@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • North Africa

Grant Hartzog

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • hartzog@ucsc.edu

Rebecca A London

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Sociology Department
• Campus Email
  • rlondon@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Schools and Academic Achievement

Juan Manuel Pedroza

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Sociology Department
• Campus Email
  • j.pedroza@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Sociology

Jennifer Maytorena Taylor

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Film and Digital Media Department
• Campus Email
  • jtaylo5@ucsc.edu

Megan Colleen Moodie

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Anthropology Department
• Campus Email
  • mmoodie@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Ethnography

Jaimie Morse

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Sociology Department
• Campus Email
  • jmorse1@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Sociology

Mary Beth Pudup

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Community Studies Program
• Campus Email
  • pudup@ucsc.edu

S. Ravi Rajan

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Environmental Studies Department
• Campus Email
  • srrajan@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Environmental Human Rights

Alicia R. Riley

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Assistant Professor & Core Faculty in Global and Community Health Program
• Department
  • Sociology Department
• Campus Email
  • ariley3@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Health and Wellness

Magy Seif El-Nasr

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Professor and Department Chair
• Department
  • Computational Media
• Campus Email
  • mseifeln@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Human Computer Interaction

Thomas Serres

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Politics Department
• Campus Email
  • tserres@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Comparative Politics

Nirvikar Singh

• Title
  • Distinguished Professor
• Department
  • Economics Department
• Campus Email
  • boxjenk@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Economics

Matt Sparke

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Politics Department
• Campus Email
  • msparke@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Capitalism

Anjuli Verma

• Title
  • Assistant Professor of Politics
• Department
  • Politics Department
• Campus Email
  • acverma@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Law and Policy