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The state of California recently enacted legislation (SB 2374) creating a pathway for Californian higher education institutions to be designated as California Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander-serving institutions. The Department's very own Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani has...Read more about Dr. Tsuchitani Plays Important Role Moving Forward State Support for AA and NHPI Students

Doctoral Student Sarah Halabe has published a book review in the most recent issue of Journal of Asian American Studies.

Halabe's essay carefully considers an important new book in the field of Critical SWANA Studies, entitled Rethinking Arab American Activism, by...Read more about Sarah Halabe Publishes Book Review in JAAS

Victoria Huynh's paper, “The Criminal Refugee and the Limits of State Protection,” has been selected by a committee of her American Studies Association peers as the winner of the Gene Wise-Warren Susman Award for Best Paper Presented by a Graduate Student at the...Read more about Congratulations to Victoria Huynh!

The work doctoral student Alex Rocha-Alvarez does with farmworkers in Watsonville was featured on Monterey ABC affiliate KSBW.

Alex returned to Watsonville after earning her BA at Yale and began a photography project inspired by her upbringing. She visited...Read more about Alex Rocha-Alvarez Featured on Network News!

California is on the cusp of legally turning Jewishness into an ethnic designation. California bill SB 1387, which proposes adding “Jewish” to state-mandated demographic forms, is currently sitting on the Governor’s desk, awaiting his signature, having already passed the State Legislature...Read more about Prof. Feldman Reflects on SB 1387

Fullerton College has appointed Dr. Ziza Delgado Noguera as its Dean of the Division of Ethnic Studies and Student Equity. Dr. Delgado Noguera earned her PhD in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley, writing a brilliant dissertation on the history of the Third World Liberation Front. ...Read more about Ziza Delgado Noguera (PhD '16) Named Dean of Ethnic Studies at Fullerton College

This funded project centers the voices and experiences of Mexican American residents in the South Texas borderlands. It examines how border militarization shapes the lived realities of U.S. citizens in these border communities.

Congratulations Lilliana on your award and...Read more about Professor Rodriguez awarded with UC Regents Junior Faculty Fellowship

The Ethnic Studies Department is proud to announce that Irene Franco Rubio has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

Selected from a pool of over 3,000 applicants nationwide, Irene is one of only 30 exceptional immigrants...Read more about Irene Franco Rubio awarded prestigious 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy has been elected to the Executive Board of the Organization of American Historians (OAH). The OAH is the largest scholarly organization devoted to the history of the United States, and to promoting excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and...Read more about Prof. Choy Elected to OAH Executive Board

Students from CLS 190: Latinx Immigrant Youth participated in a panel discussion with students at Albany High School, members of the Conexión Latina student group. Conexión Latina aims to support Latinx students navigate academia.

We are very happy to be supporting and...Read more about Ethnic Studies Students Support Albany High's Conexión Latina student group

As of Feburary 11, 2026, Dr. Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani has been appointed to serve as co-chair of the UC Office of the President (UCOP) systemwide Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Initiative Advisory Board. An initiative of UCOP's Graduate,...Read more about Dr. Lisa Hirai Tscuhitani appointed as co-chair of the UCOP AANAPISI Initiative Advisory Board

UC Berkeley professor Juana María Rodriguez was just dedicated an article for her work, titled "The surprising way a professor & her students are preserving centuries of LGBTQ+ history," on the LBGTQNation website.

Come join us in celebrating not only this feature, but all of her...Read more about Professor Juana María Rodriguez Showcased and Praised in LGBTQNation Article

What began as a summer study abroad program became a cross-continental storytelling project for a group of Berkeley Social Sciences students who turned their experiences studying immigration and identity into a multimedia zine. They used the digital journal to document their personal...Read more about Berkeley Social Sciences students use storytelling to document border experiences in study abroad program

On the evening of October 15, a sold-out audience heard Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy, who this year is a Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow at the Huntington Library, deliver a public lecture entitled, “Inventor of Magic Food: The Life and Legacy of Filipina Food Scientist Maria...Read more about A Haven for the Humanities

KQED has recently published an article highlighting the Incarceration to College program and its impact. The...Read more about This UC Berkeley Student Could Be the First to Graduate While Incarcerated

Lila Thulin of Berkeley News has just profiled a fabulous new work by Long Le-Khac. Long's just published a 1,900-entry dataset that will enable scholars and students to investigate which works are discussed as "Asian American," and what's left out.

For...Read more about Long Le-Khac Featured in Berkeley News