Lata Murti
2 + 2 Recruitment and Retention Coordinator and Lecturer
Areas of Teaching and Research:
- Race and Ethnicity
- Race, Class, and Gender
- Intersectionality
- Qualitative Methods
- Asian American Studies
- Immigration
- Social Inequality
- Globalization
Contact Information
- Office: Bldg. 27, Rm. 12P
- Phone: 805-756-0965
- Email: lmurti@calpoly.edu
About Lata Murti
A public sociologist, Dr. Murti is the founder and primary facilitator of Climbing Vine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training, Editing, and Tutoring. She is also a co-editor for McGraw Hill's Sociology in the News blog as well as a project assistant with Our Roots-Our Routes: Living Histories of Belonging and Cultural Sustainability on California's Central Coast. On the fourth Thursday of every month, you can hear Dr. Murti on KCBX public radio's Central Coast Voices, for which she is one of four hosts.
Education
- Ph.D. in American Studies and Ethnicity with a Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies, University of Southern California
- M.A. in American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California
- B.A. with Honors in Humanities, University of Kansas
- B.A. with Honors in Spanish, University of Kansas
Courses Taught
- SOC 110: Comparative Societies
- SOC 222: Social Theory
- SOC 305: Social Movements
- SOC 311: Sociology of Gender and Sexualities
- SOC 315: Global Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOC 327: Social Change