Elena Skapoulli

Elena Skapoulli is an Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She holds a Ph.D. from UCSB and specializes in Sociolinguistics, with a focus on gender identity, youth culture, and globalization. Her research examines linguistic practices and ideologies related to intersectional inequalities, social inclusion, and gender performance among young women in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts.

Her interdisciplinary approach combines ethnography, discourse analysis, and textual analysis to explore themes of multiculturalism and intersectional justice. She teaches courses such as SOC 164 (Sociology of Education), SOC 145 (Social Inequalities), and SOC 185G (Theories of Gender and Inequality). Her office is located at SSMS 3010.