Associated Resources

Nella Van Dyke

School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

Nella Van Dyke

Primary contact information

Secondary contact information

  • Name: Tonya Luiz
  • Title: Public Information Representative
  • Email: tluiz@ucmerced.edu
  • Primary Phone: (209) 228-4408
  • Secondary Phone: (209) 658-9101

Associated Topics

Background

Nella Van Dyke is a key source for stories involving hate crimes and social movements. Specifically, she studies how collective action (such as union movements) influence social environment. Rather than examine what has occurred, Van Dyke delves deeply into the factors that lead to results related to protests, hate crime and social movements in general.