Richard Sullivan received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He earned a Masters in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his Bachelor's degree from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.
Dr. Sullivan regularly teaches a large-enrollment Introduction to Sociology course as well as upper division classes on social movements, higher education, and political sociology. He also teaches social theory at the graduate level.
Political Sociology, Education, Social Movements, and Labor Studies. His previous research focused on the social movement dynamics of labor movement revitalization, union organizing among white-collar workers and immigrants working in garment industry sweat shops. He is now working on several projects in the arena of public sociology. This work includes producing a podcast, publishing a regular newsletter, and writing a book that addresses the need to improve the sociological literacy of the general public.