Karina Kloos

Karina Kloos serves as Executive Director for the Stanford Democracy Hub as well as ePluribus Stanford. Both of these initiatives serve as connective tissue for civic efforts across our campus community, amplifying and elevating our civic purpose, and strengthening our democracy through critical inquiry, constructive dialogue, civic education, and civic and democratic engagement. She also serves as an advisor to student-led Democracy Day and Stanford Political Union.

Karina has co-led the design and implementation of multiple fellowships and service programs at Stanford, as well as programming, campaigns, and research projects in the nonprofit sector. She’s published on land rights; women’s rights; indigenous rights; sustainability; nonprofit evaluation; social movements; and democracy, including the 2014 book, Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America co-authored with Doug McAdam. 

Karina received her PhD in Sociology from Stanford. Having spent more than a decade at the university, she is invested in the vibrancy and health of the campus community, as well as leveraging its research and resources to engage and contribute positively beyond the university.