Savannah is a research and policy associate with the low-wage work program. She recently completed her Ph.D. in sociology from UC Davis. Savannah has significant experience in labor policy research. Her policy research has focused on work and inequality, particularly in areas confronting low-wage workers and their families including irregular work scheduling, shift cuts, gig work, and health and safety. She has co-published various policy briefs on precarious working conditions, including policy briefs for the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research and the Scholars Strategy Network.
The California state government has close to a quarter of a million employees, almost half of whom are women and almost two-thirds of whom are workers of color. But across occupations and throughout the state, many state workers earn well below what is needed to attain a decent standard of living in California.
