The new power elite - heather gautney

Heather Gautney is Associate Professor of Sociology at Fordham University.

She has written and edited books, opinion essays, and academic articles on US politics, social movements, social inequality, and workforce issues in the entertainment industry.

Gautney was a senior policy advisor to Sen.

Bernie Sanders on his presidential campaign and in the US Senate Budget Committee.

In 2020, she served on the Democratic Partys platform drafting committee and was co-chair of the Biden-Sanders Task Force on Education.