Armando Mejia, Lecturer
Email: armando.mejia@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-205B
Pronouns: he/him/his
Main Courses:
- SOC 427 (Social Movements and Activism)
- SOC 449 (Political Sociology)
- SOC 356 (Classical Sociological Theory)
- SOC 357 (Modern Sociological Theory)
- SOC 420 (Social Stratification)
- SOC 436 (Racism, Power, and Inequality)
- SOC 346 (Race, Class & Gender)
- SOC 341 (Central American and Caribbean People in the U.S)
- SOC 317 (International Social Problems & Conflict)
- SOC 100 (Principles of Sociology).
Research & Teaching Interests:
- Political Sociology; Social Movements and Activism; Urban Sociology and the Planning of Cities; Environment, Public Health, and Justice; Social Stratification and Inequality; Sociology and Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; Sociology and Politics of U.S Latino/a/x Populations and Latin America; Comparative Political Economy; Globalization and Development Studies; Social Theory; and Qualitative Research Methods.
Education:
- Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science & Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- M.A., Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- M.C.P., Master of City Planning, University of California, Berkeley
- B.A., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Publications:
- Latino Americans and Political Participation (Co-Edited, Sharon Ann Navarro, PhD.). ABC-CLIO Press.
Awards/Honors:
- Scholarly Intersection Grant, College of Liberal Arts, CSULB: 2019, 2017, and 2016
- Fund for Latino Scholarship Grant, American Political Science Association, 2015
- Vilas Travel Grant, University of Wisconsin, 2010
- Multicultural Teaching Scholar Fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2007
- Graduate Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2004-2007.