Gregory K. Freeland, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
freeland@callutheran.edu
(805) 493-3477
Swenson 227
Areas of expertise: Social movements, civil rights and music, and electoral politics
About
Gregory Freeland, PhD is the Uyeno-Tseng Professor of Global Studies and Professor in the Department of Political Science for California Lutheran University. Interests are social movement studies, culture and politics in the United States, and International Politics. Classes taught include International Politics, Global Studies, and Music and the Civil Rights Movement. Freeland has done faculty development seminars in Tunisia and Rwanda. Publications include Music and Black Community in Segregated North Carolina: "It's all right..." (2023); co-editor of International Environmental Justice: Competing Claims and Perspectives (2013); Organized and led student travel seminars to Cuba and Jamaica and is currently involved in studying and researching music and politics. Currently serves as President of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara.
Education
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Expertise
- American Politics: African-American Politics and American Politics.
- Comparative Politics: Latin American/Caribbean Region.
Publications
Freeland, Gregory, and Fred Gordon, eds. International Environmental Justice:Competing Claims and Perspectives. St. Albans Hertfordshire, UK, ILM Publications. (forthcoming August 2012).
"Community Members Draw the Line: Redistricting by a Ventura County Community Task Force" SAGE Open, June 2014.
“Music and the Rise of Caribbean Nationalism: The Jamaican Case” Jonkonnu Arts Journal, v. 1, #1, 2013.
“Negotiating Place, Space, and Borders: The New Sanctuary Movement” Latino Studies, v. V8, #4. (Winter 2010). Pp. 485-508.
“We’re a Winner: Popular Music and the Black Power Movement” Social Movement Studies. Summer, v. 8, #3. 2009. Pp. 261-288.
“Preparedness for Rain During Sunny Weather: Caribbean Environmental Sustainability in a Nuclear Age” Caribbean Development Review. December 2007, v. 1, #1. Pp. 164-179.
“Lutherans and the Southern Civil Rights Movement” Journal of Lutheran Ethics. v. 6, #11. November, 2006.