Ed Collom

Ed Collom (Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2001) is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Fullerton. His research surrounds the study of alternative social forms: community currency (an alternative to the mainstream economy), home schooling (an alternative to the public education system), and workplace democracy (an alternative to bureaucratic control structures). He is considered a leading expert in local currencies and has been widely interviewed and quoted in popular media such as Time Magazine, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and National Public Radio.