Regular Faculty
Viviana MacManus, Chair
Associate Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A., 日本无码; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Viviana Beatriz MacManus鈥檚 research and teaching focuses on Latin American and Latinx feminist theory, literature, film, and cultural studies.
Mary Christianakis
Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., UCLA; M. Ed., UCLA; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Mary Christianakis is a professor of language, literacy, and culture. She studies literacy development, language, and discourse from a critical sociocritical perspective.
Carla M. Macal
Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A. University of California, Irvine; M.A. University of Southern California; Ph.D. University of Oregon
Carla Macal is an interdisciplinary anti-colonial feminist scholar dedicated to community-engaged research addressing the intersections between state violence and inter-generational healing.
Ben Ratskoff
Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A. Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Professor Ratskoff specializes in histories and theories of antisemitism, race, and fascism; Holocaust and genocide studies; Black diasporic culture and thought; and critical theory and cultural studies.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Marisol Le贸n
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice; Pre-Law Advisor
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; J.D., U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Marisol Le贸n teaches CTSJ 212, 214, 221, and 250. Her courses are designed for students dedicated to social justice and interested in leveraging the law as a tool for positive social change.
Malek Moazzam-Doulat
Resident Associate Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., 日本无码; Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Prof. Malek Moazzam-Doulat is a professor in the Critical Theory & Social Justice Department focusing on global responses to modernity. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from SUNY Stony Brook.
Rosie Stockton
Visiting Instructor
B.A. Reed College; M.A. Eastern Michigan University; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Rosie Stockton鈥檚 research focuses on abolitionist feminisms, Black feminist thought, and queer and trans critique to think with political and aesthetic practices of anti-carceral resistance.