Scott J. Myers-Lipton

Dr. Scott Myers-Lipton is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at San José State University. He is the author of CHANGE! A Student Guide to Social Action (Routledge, 2023, 2nd edition), CHANGE! A Guide to Teaching Social Action (Routledge, 2022) Ending Extreme Inequality (Paradigm 2015), Rebuild America (Paradigm 2009) and Social Solutions to Poverty (Paradigm 2006). He is also the creator and author of the Silicon Valley Pain Index, an annual report on structured inequality in the valley. Dr. Myers-Lipton was the faculty advisor of the SJSU students successful effort to raise San José’s minimum wage from eight to ten dollars, as well as to the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign, an initiative to develop 100,000 prevailing wage jobs for local and displaced workers after Hurricane Katrina. In total, Myers-Lipton has supported his students in winning 17 campaigns from 2006-2023. Dr. Myers-Lipton is the recipient of the Manuel Vega Latino Empowerment Award, San José/Silicon Valley NAACP Social Justice Award, the Elbert Reed Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Santa Clara County, the Changer Maker Award from the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits, the Teaching Effectiveness Award from the SJSU College of Social Sciences, and the SJSU Distinguished Service Award.