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Louis Edgar Esparza
Department of Sociology Office: 323-343-6348
California State University, Los Angeles Fax: 323-343-5155
5151 State University Drive lesparz5@calstatela.edu
Los Angeles, CA 90032 www.louisesparza.net
APPOINTMENTS
DEGREES
RESEARCH
CURRENT:
California State University, Los Angeles, Sociology & Latin American Studies, Assistant Professor, 2011 –
PAST:
University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Lecturer, 2010 – 2011.
Luis Angel Arango Library, Colombia, Researcher, 2007.
Stony Brook University, Sociology, Instructor, 2006 – 2007.
Sophia University, Japan, International Relations, Visiting Scholar, 2004.
Stony Brook University, Ph.D. Sociology, 2010.
Tufts University, BA. Sociology + Peace & Justice Studies, 2003.
Journal articles:
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2012. “Only a Monster: Neutrality and Ethics.” Societies Without Borders 7(2):
229-233.
Shandra, John, Louis Edgar Esparza & Bruce London. 2012. “Non-Governmental Organizations,
Democracy, and Deforestation: A Cross-National Analysis" Society & Natural Resources
25(3): 251-69.
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2010. “God Can be Funny: Repertoires, Religion and Resistance.” Qualitative
Sociology 33(1): 105 – 109.
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2009. "Global Movement Coalitions: The Global South and the World Trade
Organization in Cancun." Societies Without Borders 4(2): 226-247.
Esparza, Louis Edgar and Pablo Lapegna. 2007. "The Limits of the Connected Lives Theory."
Sociological Forum 22(4): 606-611.
Other publications:
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2012. “La Violencia en el Centro del Valle del Cauca, 1948-1965.” Revista de
Estudios Colombianos 39: 63.
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2011. “Ensuring Economic & Social Rights in the US Constitution” in
Sociology and Human Rights: A Bill of Rights for the Twenty-first Century by Judith Blau
and Mark Frezzo (eds). Pine Forge. Pp. 35 -56.
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2011. “Feminism and Democracy.” Human Rights and Human Welfare.
March.

Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2011. “Spontaneity and Abeyance in Tunisia.” Human Rights and Human
Welfare. February.
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2011. “Bring Back Aristide.” Human Rights and Human Welfare. January.
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2009. “Demanding Rights, Withholding Peace: The Colombian Sugarcane
Workers Strike.” In Critical Sociology Spring 2009.
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2009. “To Rise in Darkness: Revolution, Repression, and Memory in El
Salvador, 1920 – 1932.” Mobilization. 14(4):513-14.
Esparza, Louis Edgar. 2009. “Citizenship: Discourse, Theory and Transnational Prospects.”
Contemporary Sociology 38(1): 60-61.
Moncada, Alberto. 2008. The Fallacies of Neoliberalism and the Emergence of Human Rights.
Sociologists Without Borders White Paper. Translated by Louis Edgar Esparza.
Schwartz, Michael and Louis Esparza Edgar. 2008. "Social Movements" in Teaching the Sociology of
Collective Behavior and Social Movements: A Curriculum Guide (3rd edition) by Wood,
Lesley, Paul Almeida and Benita Roth (ed.). Washington, DC: American Sociological
Association Teaching Resources Center.
Dreby, Joanna, Louis Esparza, Hilary Levey, Erynn Masi De Casanova, Owen Whooley and Elizabeth
Williamson. 2007. “Discoveries: New and Noteworthy Research.” Contexts 6(4) 5-9.
Esparza, Louis, Hilary Levey, Erynn Masi de Casanova, Randa Serhan, and Owen Whooley. 2007.
“Discoveries: New and Noteworthy Research.” Contexts 6(3): 6-9.
Schwartz, Michael and Louis Esparza. 2007. "Social Movements" in Teaching the Sociology of Peace,
War, and Military Institutions: A Curriculum Guide (4th edition) by Ender, Morten G., Lynne
Woerhle, and Ryan Kelty (ed.). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association Teaching
Resources Center.
Esparza, Louis, Alwyn Lim and David Roelfs. 2006. "How We Became Intimate With Economic
Sociology." Accounts 5(2): 9-10.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & HONORS
PRESENTATIONS
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Summer stipend, 2010.
Latin American Studies Association & Oxfam America, Dissertation Award, 2010.
University of Denver, Grant to study bilateral trade agreements, 2010-2011.
W. Burghardt Turner Foundation, Grants to study human rights in Colombia, 2007-2010.
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Labor Division, Braverman Award, 2009.
Tinker Foundation, Grant to study human rights in Colombia, 2008.
American Sociological Association, MFP Fellow, 2008.
Sociologists Without Borders, Beatrice and Sidney Webb Award, 2008.
National Science Foundation, Grant to study international trade dynamics, 2004.
Stony Brook University, Advocacy Leadership Award, 2007.
Finalist & Honorable Mentions
Peace & Justice Studies Association, Dissertation Award (Hon. Men.), 2011.
American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education, Dissertation Award (Hon. Men.), 2011.
Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship (finalist), 2009.
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Invited Lectures:
California State University, Los Angeles, American Communities Program, 2011.
National Abortion Federation, Risk Assessment Conference, 2011.
University of Denver, Center on Rights Development, 2011.
SUNY Old Westbury, Sociology Department, 2009.
Columbia University, Human Rights Seminar, 2009.
Boston Public Library, Sociologists Without Borders conference, 2008.
Stony Brook University, Center for Inclusive Education, 2007.
Academic Seminars:
American Anthropological Association, 2012.
American Sociological Association, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
Association of Black Sociologists, 2012.
Brandeis University, Sociology Department, 2004.
City University of New York, Politics and Protest Workshop, 2012.
Columbia University, Workshop on Contentious Politics, 2008.
Eastern Sociological Association, 2005, 2008, 2010.
Hofstra University, Sociology Department, 2007.
International Sociological Association, 2012.
International Studies Association, 2012.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Sociology Department, 2008.
Pacific Sociological Association, 2008.
Rutgers University, Sociology Department, 2007.
Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2006, 2009.
Stony Brook University, Sociology Department, 2011.
Stony Brook University, English Department, 2007.
University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology, 2011.
University of Tennessee, Sociology Department, 2005.
Photography:
Diario Occidente, Cali, Colombia, 2008.
Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 2008.
Stony Brook University, Sociology Department, 2008.
Media:
Echo Park Patch, 2011.
Huffington Post, 2011.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Secretary-Treasurer, Human Rights Section, American Sociological Association, 2012 –
Advisory Board, Societies without Borders, 2008 –
Board of Directors, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2009 – 2011.
Executive Board, Sociologists Without Borders, 2007 – 2011.
Executive Committee, Stony Brook University Senate, 2009.
Executive Board, Stony Brook University Arts & Sciences Senate, 2006 – 2007.
Referee Service for:
Contemporary Sociology
Contexts
Critical Sociology
International Studies Association
Mobilization
National Science Foundation
Political and Legal Anthropology Review
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Qualitative Sociology
Revista de Estudios Colombianos
Sage Publications
Social Problems
Societies Without Borders
Sociological Forum
Sociological Perspectives

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Sociology, PhD: Social Movements, Stony Brook University
International Studies, MA: Human Rights, University of Denver
Development, University of Denver
Latin American Studies, MA: Indigenous Movements, California State University, Los Angeles
Sociology, BA: Research Methods, Stony Brook University
Political Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles
Theory, California State University, Los Angeles
Latin American Studies, BA: Social Movements, California State University, Los Angeles