I am a PhD candidate in Sociology with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory. I study fascism and authoritarianism in Italy, Spain, and Argentina, examining cultural policy and state patronage. My previous project compared the radicalization of right-wing and left-wing movements in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. The article stemming from this project was published in Critical Sociology. Prior to graduate school, I worked in the New York art world. You can find links to some of my art writing below.

Read my recent piece, "Trump Has a Thin Cultural Vision of the Future," in Jacobin. (Leer en español)

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Grumbach, Matthew. 2026. “The fortunes of radicalization: How the party environment determined the fate of radical movements in the late 20th-century United States.” Critical Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205251396567.

Education
MA, Sociology, UC Berkeley
BA, Sociology, Columbia University