Department of Critical Race and Political Economy

Critical Race and Political Economy (CRPE) introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of race, colonialism, migration, and political economy. This curriculum provides a comparative and relational framework for examining law, policing, education, housing, political economy, arts, media, and representation in local and global contexts.

Within the CRPE major, each student may complete a pathway in CRPE, in Africana Studies, or in Critical Social Thought. Minors are available in CRPE, Africana Studies, and Latinx Studies. Advanced seminars allow students to use this framework for in-depth study of a particular pathway.

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Critical Race and Political Economy faculty and staff

Department head(s)

David Hernández

Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy
Faculty Director of Community Engagement
Co-chair of Critical Race and Political Economy

Ren-yo Hwang

Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy
Co-chair of Critical Race and Political Economy

Department Faculty

Ximena Abello Hurtado

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy

Meredith Coleman-Tobias

Assistant Professor of Religion

Justin Crumbaugh

Chair of Spanish, Latina/o and Latin American Studies
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies

Iyko Day

Elizabeth C. Small Professor of English
Chair of English
Affiliated Faculty, Critical Race & Political Economy

Pilar Eguez Guevara

Visiting Assistant Professor in Critical Race and Political Economy

Kristie A. Ford

Professor of Sociology and Critical Race and Political Economy
Director of the Center for Intergroup Dialogue

Satyananda J. Gabriel

Professor of Economics

Lexi Holloway

Mount Holyoke Fellow
Visiting Instructor in Critical Race and Political Economy

Lynda Pickbourn

Associate Professor of Gender Studies
Chair of Gender Studies

Vanessa Rosa

Associate Professor of Latinx Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy

Kate Singer

Mary Lyon Professor of Humanities

Sarah Stefana Smith

Assistant Professor of Gender Studies
on leave spring 2024

Preston H. Smith II

Class of 1926 Professor of Politics

Lucas Wilson

Professor of Economics and Critical Race and Political Economy on the Ford Foundation

Staff

Bridget Barrett

Academic Department Coordinator

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