The Department of Political Science is delighted to announce that Dr. Calla Hummel will join the University of British Columbia as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2024.
Dr. Calla Hummel (xy/xyr, pronounced “zee” and “zir”) studies why and how marginalized people mobilize and influence national politics.
Dr. Hummel blends qualitative and quantitative methods to address questions about comparative political economy, public health, and civil society, with a focus on informal workers and LGBTQ+ communities in Latin America.
Dr. Hummel is the author of Why Informal Workers Organize: Contentious Politics, Enforcement, and the State, from Oxford University Press, which won the 2023 Riker Prize for the Best Book in Political Economy.
Dr. Hummel’s research has been published in Lancet Global Health, BMJ Global Health, the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Health Affairs, Scientific Data, Perspectives on Politics, Latin American Politics and Society, and Latin American Research Review, among others, and supported by grants from sources including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Williams Institute, and the American Political Science Association.
Dr. Hummel received xyr PhD from the Department of Government at the University of Texas.
