Kevin B. Anderson (born 1948) is an American sociologist, Marxist humanist, author, and professor.

Anderson is Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Feminist studies at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

[1][2] Anderson attended Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey[citation needed] and attained a BA degree in history from Trinity College (Connecticut) and an MA degree and a PhD in sociology from the City University of New York Graduate Center.

He has also written widely on Marxist theory, Michel Foucault, the Frankfurt School, and contemporary developments in the U.S. and Europe.

Anderson obtained American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship[4] and International Erich Fromm Prize[5] in 1996 and 2000 respectively, and National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant in 2001.