Authors

Dr. Chris Benner

Dr. Benner is the director of the Institute for Social Transformation and the Everett Program for Technology and Social Change at UC Santa Cruz, where he is also the Dorothy E. Everett Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship, and a professor of environmental studies and sociology.

He has co-authored five books with Manuel Pastor, including Equity, Growth and Community: What the Nation Can Learn From America's Metro Areas, and Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements Matter. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Dr. Manuel Pastor

Dr. Pastor is the director of the Equity Research Institute (ERI) at the University of Southern California where he is also a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity and the inaugural holder of the Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change.

He has co-authored five books with Chris Benner, including Equity, Growth and Community: What the Nation Can Learn From America's Metro Areas, Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements Matter, and Charging Forward: Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles, and a Just Future (The New Press). Pastor is also the author of State of Resistance: What California's Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America's Future (The New Press). He lives in Los Angeles.

Research team

  • Austin Mendoza

    Data Analyst, USC Equity Research Institute

  • Bita Minaravesh, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow, USC Equity Research Institute

  • Priyanka Mohanty

    Executive Director, UAW Center for Manufacturing a Green Economy (Formerly Affiliate Scientist at LBNL)

  • Eden Pan

    Data Analyst, USC Equity Research Institute

  • Meg Slattery, Ph.D.

    Energy Systems, UC Davis

Special acknowledgments

Affiliated Faculty: Dr. Juan De Lara (USC) and Dr. Veronica Terriquez (UCLA)

Powering Prosperity researchers: Maggie Jones (Research Associate), Rebecca Lee (Managing Director, New Energy Nexus California), Priyanka Mohanty (Research and Policy Analyst, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy), Margaret Slattery (PhD Candidate, UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute), and Carol Zabin (Senior Advisor, UC Berkeley Labor Center) with Vijay Dhar (Li Bridge Director, New Energy Nexus) and Carrie Hamilton (PhD Candidate, UC Santa Cruz)

The New Press: zakia henderson-brown (Senior Editor), Derek Warker (Director of Publicity), and Josh Zajdman (The New Press)

Communications and website: Gladys Malibiran
(Communications Manager, USC ERI), Paris Viloria
(Project Assistant, USC ERI), and Debora Gotta
(Communications Coordinator, USC ERI)

Media support: Santiago Rivera (New Heights Communications) and Allison Soergel (UC Santa Cruz)

Project consultant: Elizabeth Brennan

Administration: Jazmin Polido (Office Assistant, USC ERI), Eunice Velarde Flores (Office Manager, ERI), Amber Arias (Admin Budget Assistant, USC ERI), Rhonda Ortiz (Managing Director, USC ERI)