Associate Professor, Sociology; Co-Director, Urgent Challenges Collective
- Odilka Santiago is an Assistant Professor at the University of San Diego in the Department of Sociology. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY Binghamton University.
Odilka Santiago is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Urgent Challenges Collective on Homelessness and Housing Insecurity. She holds a Ph.D in Sociology from Binghamton University, State University of New York. Her work focuses on homelessness, housing justice, critical criminology, policing, and racial surveillance. Dr. Santiago is trained as a historical sociologist and ethnographer who uses participatory action to examine how the criminalization of homeless activities affects shelter services and navigation. She has conducted research in New York City and San Diego. Dr. Santiago is active researcher in collaboration with the UCSD Homelessness Hub, Scholar Strategies Network and the California Research Bureau Nexus: where policy meets research.
Areas of Expertise
Critical Criminology, Surveillance Studies, World Historical Sociology, Urban Sociology, Housing Justice, Critical Race Theory, Ethnography, Black Feminism and Gender Studies, Caribbean, Black and (Afro)Latinx studies.
Areas of Interest
Her research interests and areas of specializations include Urban Sociology, Housing Justice, Critical Criminology, Surveillance Studies, Critical Race Theory, Ethnography, Black Feminism and Gender Studies, Caribbean, Black and (Afro)Latinx studies, World Historical Sociology. Dr. Santiago did research on the policing, surveillance and regulation of women in NYC homeless shelters from 2017-to 2020.