Dr. Steven Osuna

Main Courses:

  • Critical Criminology (Soc. 342)
  • Modern Sociological Theory (Soc. 357)
  • Sociology of Migration and Immigration (Soc. 358)
  • The Transnational Latino Experience in the Caribbean: Imperialism, Reform, and Revolution (CHLS 430 – Cuba Study Abroad Course) 

Research Interests:

  • Racism and political economy, globalization and immigration; policing and criminalization; social theory

Education:

  • Ph.D., Sociology, Black Studies Doctoral Emphasis, UC Santa Barbara, 2015
  • M.A., Sociology, UC Santa Barbara, 2011
  • M.A., Chicana/o Studies, CSU Los Angeles, 2008
  • B.A., Chicana/o Studies, Option: Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, CSU, Los Angeles, 2005

Publications

  • Articles
    • Leisy Abrego and Steven Osuna, “The State of Exception: Gangs as a Neoliberal Scapegoat in El Salvador,” The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Vol. 29, Issue 1 (Fall/Winter 2022).
    • Steven Osuna,  “,” Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis, Vol. 1, Issue 3 (2022): Article 4. 
      • Honorable Mention, Outstanding Marxist Sociology Award, 2022-23, ASA Section on Marxist Sociology 
    • Steven Osuna, Journal of World Systems Research, 21(1) (2021).
    • Steven Osuna, “,” Race & Class, 61(4) (2020).
    • Steven Osuna, Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, 4(1) (2019).
    • Steven Osuna, Special Issue of Ethnicities: Latino Formation in the U.S.: Laboring Classes, Migration & Identities 15(2) (2015).
  • Book chapters
    • Steven Osuna, “Class Suicide: The Black Radical Tradition, Radical Scholarship, and the Neoliberal Turn,” In Gaye T. Johnson and Alex Lubin, (2017).
    • Steven Osuna, “Obstinate Transnational Memories: How Oral Histories Shape Salvadoran-Mexican Subjectivities,” In Alicia Estrada et. al. (2017). 
    • Steven Osuna, “They’re Not Solving the Problem, They’re Displacing It: An Interview with Alex Sanchez.” In Jordan D. Camp and Christina Heatherton, (2016).
  • Reviews
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    • Steven Osuna, “,” NACLA Report on the Americas, 55:3 (2023).
    • Steven Osuna, “,”&Բ;American Quarterly, 74, no. 1 (2022).
    • Steven Osuna, Boom California (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2020).  
  • Other
    • Steven Osuna, “Clyde Woods: The People’s Prof!”, Vol. 8, No 1-2 (2021)

Media

  • Millennials are Killing Capitalism, ,December 14, 2023.
  • Millennials are Killing Capitalism, , July 6, 2023.
  • Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2022.
  • Millennials are Killing Capitalism, May 12, 2022,
  • The World, April 20, 2022.
  • The Checkout, April 3, 2022.
  • Trés Mall, June 21, 2021. 
  • CSF Collective, January 4, 2021.
  • Daniel Hernandez, LA Times, September 29, 2020.