Francesca Degiuli is a Faculty Fellow in the Department of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology with an emphasis in Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara in September 2007. Previously, she studied history in Turin, Italy, historical documentary filmmaking at George Washington University in Washington DC and worked in the film industry before returning to university to complete her doctorate.

Francesca’s research interests lie at the intersections of gender, globalization, immigration and work, and are driven by broad questions about the theoretical linkages between political economy and culture. Her dissertation, “Laboring Lives: A Look at Transnational Work Practices: The Case of Eldercare Work in Italy”  is an ethnographic study that expands on these interests. She has published articles in journals such as the European Journal of Women Studies, Work, Employment, and Society and has a chapter in the edited volume Labour, Globalisation, and the New Economy edited by Gyorgy Széll.