Alumni
During the past two decades, over 130 graduate students have earned doctoral degrees from UC Berkeley's Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies. Although a few alumni now work in law and politics, the vast majority are academics and educators. Today these alumni teach at virtually every UC campus and at many public universities in the United States and abroad. They have also been widely hired at private universities and colleges, from Cornell and NYU on the East Coast to Claremont and USC on the Pacific Coast.
- Alemseged Abbay, 1996
- Assistant Professor, History, Frostburg State (Frostburg, MD)
- Arturo Aldama, 1996
- Associate Professor and Director of CSERA, Ethnic Studies, CU Boulder
- Nerissa Balce, 2002
- Assistant Professor, Asian and Asian American Studies, SUNY Stony Brook
- Ingrid Banks, 1997
- Associate Professor, Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara
- Marisa Belausteguigoitia Rius, 2000
- Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Milledge Bennett, 1999
- high school teacher, History and Art, Catlin Gable Day School
- Hershini Bhana Young, 1999
- Associate Professor, English, SUNY Buffalo
- Birgit Brander Rasmussen, 2003
- Assistant Professor, Comparative Ethnic Studies & English Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Jonathan Brennan, 1997
- Instructor, English, Mission College (Santa Clara, California)
- Amalia Cabezas, 1998
- Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, UC Riverside
- Sylvia Chan, 2009
- UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Studies, UC Santa Cruz
- Grace Chang, 2000
- Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, UC Santa Barbara
- Juliana Chang, 1995
- Assistant Professor, English, Santa Clara University
- Michael Chang, 2001
- Attorney, Office of Civil Rights, US Department of Education (Chicago)
- Sara Clarke Kaplan, 2005
- Assistant Professor, African American Studies and Research Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Charlotte Cote, 2002
- Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Washington
- Perlita Dicochea, 2005
- Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, Santa Clara University
- Iyko Day, 2007
- Assistant Professor, English, Mount Holyoke College
- Harvey Dong, 2002
- Lecturer, Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley; Manager, East Wind Books, Berkeley
- Kirstie Ann Dorr, 2006
- Assistant Professor, Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Jill Esbenshade, 2001
- Associate Professor, Sociology, San Diego State University
- Angelina Fa, 1999
- Chair, Asian American Studies, City College of San Francisco
- Toeutu Faaleava, 2003
- Director, McNair Program, Academic Affairs, Portland State University
- Jason Ferreira, 2003
- Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
- Timothy Fong, 1992
- Professor of Ethnic Studies, Director of Asian American Studies, and Director of Social Science, California State University, Sacramento
- Lula Fragd, 1994
- Black feminist critic
- Montye Fuse, 1997
- Senior Lecturer, English, Arizona State University
- Rayne Galbraith, 2003
- Attorney, Civil rights, criminal defense, Ed Fox & Associates
- Angela Gallegos-Castillo, 2002
- Senior Research Associate, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
- Elizabeth Garcia, 2002
- Director, Multicultural Center; Dean, Cultural Affairs, Connecticut College
- Reid Gómez, 1999
- Writer
- Vernadette Gonzalez, 2004
- Assistant Professor, American Studies, University of Hawai'i, Manoa
- Alexandro Gradilla, 2004
- Assistant Professor, Chicano Studies, CSU Fullerton
- Kent Haldan, 2000
- Instructor, History, Diablo Valley College
- Laura Hall, 1995
- Lecturer, American Studies, University of New Mexico
- Lisa Hall, 1997
- Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, Wells College
- David Hernandez, 2005
- Assistant Professor, Chicana / Chicano Studies, UCLA
- Eungie Joo, 2002
- Director and Curator, Education and Public Programs, New Museum of Contemporary Art
- Priya Kandaswamy, 2006
- Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, Portland State University
- Gary Kawaguchi, 1995
- Media Research Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, Royal University of Phnom Penh
- Arlene Keizer, 1996
- Associate Professor, English, American Civilization, and Africana Studies, Brown University
- Jodi Kim, 2004
- Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside
- Joon Kim, 1999
- Associate Professor, Sociology, Colorado State University
- Jeannine King, 1999
- Assistant Professor, English, St. Mary's College of California
- Josh Kun, 1998
- Associate Professor, Departments of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California, Annenburg
- Clement Lai, 2006
- Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning and Asian American Studies, Cornell University
- Dulcinea Lara, 2006
- Assistant Professor, History, New Mexico State University
- Irene Lara, 2003
- Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, San Diego State University
- Alberto Ledesma, 1996
- Assistant Professor, Human Communications, Cal State-Monterey Bay
- David Leonard, 2002
- Assistant Professor, Comparative Ethnic Studies, Washington State University
- Amy Lonetree, 2002
- Assistant Professor, American Studies, UC Santa Cruz
- Cesar Lopez, 2002
- Assistant Professor, Chicano Studies, San Diego Mesa College
- Edrik Lopez, 2008
- Assistant Professor, English Department, Fairfield University
- Susana Loza, 2004
- Assistant Professor, Media Culture, Humanities, Arts & Cultural Studies, Hampshire College
- Eithne Luibhéid, 1998
- Director, Committee on LGBT Studies, Women's Studies, University of Arizona
- Claudia May, 1996
- Senior Lecturer, Honorary Lecturer, Theology and Culture, Birmingham Christian College, University of Birmingham
- Danika Medak-Saltzman, 2008
- Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, CU Boulder
- Melinda Micco, 1995
- Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, Mills College
- Dian Million, 2004
- Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Washington
- Eulàlia Moles, 2004
- Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow; Visiting Professor, French & Francophone Studies, UCLA
- Kenneth Mostern, 1995
- Political consultant
- Dory Nason, 2008
- Assistant Professor, First Nations Studies Program, University of British Columbia
- Mimi Nguyen, 2004
- Assistant Professor, Gender & Women's Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Eliza Noh, 2002
- Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
- Rani Neutill, 2007
- Lecturer, History and Literature, Harvard University
- Nancy Ordover, 1997
- Assistant Director of Research and Federal Policy, Gay Men's Health Crisis Center
- Gin Pang, 1997
- Fellow (former), Project Director, Leadership Development Program Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, New Voices
- Rhacel Parrenas, 1998
- Professor, Asian American Studies, UC Davis
- Isabelle Pelaud, 1998
- Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University
- Kurt Peters, 1994
- Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies/Native American Studies, Oregon State University
- Minh-Ha Pham, 2006
- Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow, Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
- Darby Price, 1998
- Adjunct faculty, Ethnic Studies, Laney College
- Jasbir Puar, 1999
- Assistant Professor, Women & Gender Studies, Rutger's State University of New Jersey
- Catherine Ramirez, 2000
- Assistant Professor, American Studies, UC Santa Cruz
- Timothy Randazzo, 2005
- Academic Program Coordinator, Office of Student Development, UC Berkeley
- Annette Reed, 1999
- Director, Native American Studies, California State University, Sacramento
- Victor Rios, 2005
- Assistant Professor, Sociology, UC Santa Barbara
- Rowena Robles, 2003
- AMCS Fellow/Instructor, American Cultures, Loyola Marymount University
- Dylan Rodriguez, 2001
- Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside
- Juana Rodriguez, 1998
- Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies, UC Davis
- Hilda Mercedes Romero, 2008
- UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Feminist Studies, UC Santa Cruz
- Horacio Roque Ramirez, 2001
- Assistant Professor, Chicana and Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara
- Larry Salomon, 2005
- Lecturer, Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
- Jared Sexton, 2002
- Assistant Professor, African American Studies/Film and Media Studies, UC Irvine
- Irum Shiekh, 2004
- Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA
- Harriet Skye, 2007
- Vice President, Intertribal Programs, United Tribes Technical College
- Connie So, 2000
- Senior Lecturer, Department of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington
- James Sobredo, 1998
- Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, California State University, Sacramento
- Lilia Soto, 2008
- UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow in Chicana/o Studies, UCLA
- Caridad Souza, 1995
- The Africana and Latino Studies Department, SUNY Oneonta
- Winona Stevenson, 2000
- Professor, University of Saskatoon
- Caroline Streeter, 2000
- Professor, University of Saskatoon
- Daphne Taylor-Garcia, 2008
- UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Chicana and Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara
- Wesley Ueunten, 2007
- Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, San Francisco State
- Caroline Valverde, 2002
- Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, UC Davis
- Yolanda Venegas, 2004
- Pregraduate Programs Counselor, Graduate Information Program, UC Santa Cruz
- Jennifer Vest, 2000
- Assistant Professor, Philosophy, University of Central Florida
- María Villaseñor, 2006
- Assistant Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, CSU Monterey Bay
- Frederick "Rickey" Vincent, 2008
- Educator, author, radio host and historian
- Oliver Wang, 2004
- Assistant Professor, Sociology, CSU Long Beach
- Sunn Shelly Wong, 1994
- Associate Professor, English, Asian American Studies, Cornell University
- Alexandra Witkin-New Holy, 1997
- Assistant Professor, Center for Native American Studies, Montana State University
- Matthew Wray, 2000
- Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Harvard University
- Kathleen Yep, 2002
- Assistant Professor, Sociology, Asian American Studies, Pitzer College
- Jonathan Yorba, 2000
- Director, Education and community programs, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts