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Fae Myenne Ng’s Orphan Bachelors Continues to Soar!

September 24, 2024
Fae Myenne Ng’s Orphan Bachelors, the brilliant and beautiful memoir of one of the Department’s continuing lecturers, continues to soar–racking up recognition and awards wherever it travels. The book has recently received the 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and the 2024...Read more about Fae Myenne Ng’s Orphan Bachelors Continues to Soar!

Juana Maria Rodriguez featured in the Daily Cal

September 19, 2024
An author-meets-critics event about Professor Juana Maria Rodriguez’s book Puta Life was recently featured in The Daily Californian.

Digital Exhibit Features the Chicano Studies Library

September 19, 2024
A remarkable digital humanities project about Berkeley’s own Chicano Studies Library has just launched! It’s called Bibliopolítica: A Digital History of the Chicano Studies Library, and it features a fabulous...Read more about Digital Exhibit Features the Chicano Studies Library

Keith Feldman featured on NPR

September 4, 2024

A recent episode of NPR’s “Code Switch,” entitled “What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves,” featured an extensive interview with our own Keith Feldman. You can check out the episode here!

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Daniel Woo, PhD ’20, soaring at Hunter College

September 4, 2024
We’ve just learned that Daniel Kiho Woo (PhD 2020) has recently been appointed the inaugural Helen Zia Distinguished Lecturer in Asian American Studies and Deputy Director of the Asian American Studies Program & Center at Hunter College! Congratulations, Daniel, on this major honor, and...Read more about Daniel Woo, PhD ’20, soaring at Hunter College

Dr. Wayne Silao Jopanda, ’14, Joins SJSU

August 12, 2024
We are excited to share that Dr. Wayne Silao Jopanda, a 2014 UC Berkeley’s Ethnic Studies undergraduate alumnus, has joined San Jose State University as an Assistant Professor in Asian American Studies.

Dr. Jopanda earned his PhD in Cultural Studies from UC Davis studying the continuous

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The Strikers of Coachella’s continued impact in the world!

June 25, 2024

Professor Christian Paiz’s book, The Strikers of Coachella, has received the American Historical Association-Pacific Coast Branch first book award. Congratulations, Christian!

Also, Christian was a guest on a great...Read more about The Strikers of Coachella’s continued impact in the world!

Nicholas Vargas Co-Authors New Policy Brief

June 25, 2024
Professors Nicholas Vargas and Gina Ann Garcia (Berkeley School of Education) have just published an important new policy brief: California’s Non-College Goers: Latinos Surpass Other...Read more about Nicholas Vargas Co-Authors New Policy Brief

Pablo Gonzalez Featured in Berkeley Letters & Science

June 25, 2024
Berkeley Letters & Science recently interviewed Pablo Gonzalez about his background, his Chicano Studies history course, and the inspiring children’s book project about Chicana history his students undertook in Fall 2023.
Not only are the books in classrooms around the Bay Area–...Read more about Pablo Gonzalez Featured in Berkeley Letters & Science

Remembering Manuel R. Delgado

April 22, 2024

Remembering Manuel R. Delgado

(December 28, 1940 – October 28, 2024)

The Delgado family is sad to announce the passing of Manuel R. Delgado on October 28,...Read more about Remembering Manuel R. Delgado

Mario Barrera, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies (1939-2024)

April 22, 2024

In Memoriam

Mario Barrera, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies, passed away on March 29, 2024, in Ventura, California. He was one of the founders of the field of Chicano Studies whose influential writings shaped the discipline. He was our respected and beloved...Read more about Mario Barrera, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies (1939-2024)

Claire Chun interviews Dr. Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu

April 12, 2024

diaCritics, the online publication of DVAN (the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network) has published a rich and robust conversation between Ethnic Studies doctoral student Claire Chun and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at

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Lisa Ng and David Maldonado Recognized as Outstanding GSIs

April 12, 2024
Ethnic Studies undergraduate classrooms are vital, complex, and energizing sites of learning; those lucky enough to teach our students routinely bring commitment, creativity, and curiosity to the work.

Larissa Nez publishes “Reuniting & Returning: Balancing our Universe through Weaving”

April 5, 2024
Second-year PhD student, Larissa Nez, recently authored the essay, “Reuniting & Returning: Balancing our Universe through Weaving,” featured in the exhibition catalogue, Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles, edited by Hadley W. Jensen and published by the Museum of New...Read more about Larissa Nez publishes “Reuniting & Returning: Balancing our Universe through Weaving”

HSESI in the News!

March 28, 2024
Berkeley News has just published a wonderful new article entitled “Soon, California educators must teach ethnic...Read more about HSESI in the News!

Christian Paiz’s Book Reviewed in The Nation

March 25, 2024

Christian Paiz’s book, The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement, has just been the subject of a wonderful long-form review in The Nation. Check it out ...Read more about Christian Paiz’s Book Reviewed in The Nation

Our Newest Distinguished Teaching Award Winner: Victoria Robinson!

March 20, 2024

Our very own Victoria Robinson has been recognized with Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award—the highest recognition the campus bestows for teaching!

Victoria is a dynamo pedagogue, collaborator, and mentor for students. She conveys an infectious love to her students of...Read more about Our Newest Distinguished Teaching Award Winner: Victoria Robinson!

New Publication: “The Choice of Liberdade: Brazilian Facets of Anti-Asian Racism and the Activism’s Response”

March 5, 2024
Maria “Mavi” Victória Riberio Ruy has recently co-authored an essay titled “The Choice of Liberdade: Brazilian Facets of Anti-Asian Racism and the Activism’s Response.” The essay provides a brief overview of Asian racial positionality in Brazil, wrapped up with an 2020 episode in which the “...Read more about New Publication: “The Choice of Liberdade: Brazilian Facets of Anti-Asian Racism and the Activism’s Response”

Celebrating Decades of Staff Service

March 4, 2024
Our staff in Ethnic Studies and in the AGES cluster are an absolutely critical pillar of the work we do–from student engagement to facilities to graduate advising to the countless (many hundreds!) of financial transactions that enable us to achieve our educational mission.

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