Professor, University of California, Merced
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Founder, RCL Lab

Tanya Golash-Boza, Ph.D

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Photos of Tanya Golash-Boza by Veronica Adrover, UC Merced

























Tanya Golash-Boza is a scholar who focuses on gaining a deep understanding of systems of oppression and exploitation. As a writer, speaker, and teacher, she tells stories of people and of systems to help colleagues, students, readers, and listeners understand how racism and capitalism structure our lives and what we need to do to change this country and the world.

She is currently working on a study funded by the National Science Foundation that explores how gentrification and neighborhood change shape the reintegration trajectories of formerly incarcerated men. This research combines interviews with 75 formerly incarcerated men in Washington, DC with Census data, ACS data, and a housing survey. For updates, see the Mapping Gentrification page.
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To learn more about all of her research projects, please visit her Research Projects page.
ORCID page: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1952-175X
E-scholarship page: https://escholarship.org/search?q=golash-boza&type_of_work=article
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SY4FRAgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Racism, Capitalism, and the Law (RCL) Lab Website: RacismCapitalismLaw.com
Tanya Golash-Boza is also a generous mentor who is able to distill years of experience and insight into practical advice - much of which can be found at her blog, Get a Life, PhD.


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Enjoying a trip with my family to the site of an ancient Incan fortress called Puka Pukara just outside of Cusco, Peru.