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Ethnic Studies Alum Wins Prize!

March 25, 2021
Ethnic Studies alum and University of Minnesota Assistant Professor Gabriela Spears-Rico is the recipient of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, 2021–23, and the Institute for Advanced Studies Residential Faculty Fellowship, Spring 2022. Congratulations Gabriela! We are all so...Read more about Ethnic Studies Alum Wins Prize!

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on ABC 20/20 Special, “20/20 Murder in Atlanta”

March 24, 2021
Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy was interviewed about racism and sexism in Asian American history as part of the ABC 20/20 special “20/20 Murder in Atlanta,” which aired on March 19, 2021. You can stream the full episode on HULU. Prof. Choy appears in the second half in a segment that includes...Read more about Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on ABC 20/20 Special, “20/20 Murder in Atlanta”

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on the Atlanta Murders on KTVU 10 o’clock News

March 24, 2021
On March 18, 2021, Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy was interviewed on KTVU 10 o’clock by reporter Jana Katsuyama. Experts say motive in Atlanta spa attacks points to racism and sexism. “One of the ways we can learn from this experience is to think critically of some of these popular images...Read more about Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on the Atlanta Murders on KTVU 10 o’clock News

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on KQED Morning Edition on the Surge of Anti-Asian Violence and the Importance of Race and Gender

March 24, 2021
Police said the murderer in Atlanta wasn’t motivated by race. But advocates say race and gender can’t be divorced. On March 22, 2021, Brian Watt talks with Catherine Ceniza Choy, a professor of Asian American history.

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on NBC TODAY Show on Racism and Misogyny in Atlanta Spa Shootings

March 24, 2021
NBC’s Jo Ling Kent interviewed Rep. Judy Chu of California and Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy for this story, which was broadcast on NBC’s Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist on March 21, 2021. They emphasize the importance of racism and misogyny in these tragic shootings.

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy and ES Alumna Tavae Samuelu Present at APAICS Health Summit

March 15, 2021

Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy and ES alumna and Executive Director of EPIC (Empowering Pacific Islander Communities) Tavae Samuelu are panelists on the data disaggregation panel at the 2021 APAICS (Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies) Health Summit on March 11, 2021....Read more about Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy and ES Alumna Tavae Samuelu Present at APAICS Health Summit

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy Interviewed in SF Chronicle About Anti-Asian Violence and Racism

March 12, 2021
Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy was interviewed and quoted in the following San Francisco Chronicle articles about the surge in anti-Asian violence and racism:

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy Interviewed on CUNY TV’s “Asian American Life” about Filipino Nurses

March 12, 2021

On March 2, 2021

Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy was interviewed on CUNY TV’s “Asian American Life” monthly show about Filipino nurses.

Ethnic Studies – League of Visionaries Receives Acknowledgement in Chicanx Graphics Exhibition at the Smithsonian

March 8, 2021
This article about the current Chicanx Graphics Exhibition at the Smithsonian offers well deserved shout outs to our own Ethnic Studies creative artivists, scholars, teachers, and visionaries, Jesús Barraza & Melanie Cervantes. ¡Órale!

Berkeley Graduate Student Soaring!

March 1, 2021

Melanie Z. Plasencia has been appointed the Cesar Chavez Fellow at Dartmouth College, to begin this summer. This two-year predoctoral to postdoctoral fellowship honors Chavez’s legacy as a social justice organizer; it supports scholars who exemplify the potential for...Read more about Berkeley Graduate Student Soaring!

ES Professor Beth Piatote has been Recognized for her Phenomenal Work

March 1, 2021

Even when it is Stanford, we celebrate. Professor Beth Piatote has been recognized as one of 50 outstanding alums of Stanford’s Native American community in the “Fifty for Fifty” feature to celebrate 50 years of the Native American Cultural Center. Read all about it!...Read more about ES Professor Beth Piatote has been Recognized for her Phenomenal Work

Digna Rabia: A Digital Journal in Chicana/o/x Studies at UC Berkeley

February 24, 2021
Profe Pablo Gonzalez is once again making magic, sharing the first issue of “Digna Rabia: A Digital Journal in Chicana/o/x Studies Vol. 1 Nu.1 Fall 2020.” This is a compilation of works that his two upper-division courses completed this fall. The gifted Jesus Barraza designed the cover and...Read more about Digna Rabia: A Digital Journal in Chicana/o/x Studies at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley AIGP Alumni Dr. Chilcote

February 17, 2021

The Department of Ethnic Studies is thrilled to announce that Dr. Olivia Chilcote, a member of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, an alum of our Ethnic Studies Ph.D. program, and an Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University, has been honored as an...Read more about UC Berkeley AIGP Alumni Dr. Chilcote

Passing of Ethnic Studies Alum Judy Yung

January 7, 2021

It is with sincere sadness that we report the passing of Judy Yung, an Ethnic Studies Ph.D., a native of San Francisco’s Chinatown, and a pioneering scholar of Chinese American women’s history. Her many awards include being National Women’s History Month Honoree (2015); the 2007, Annie Soo...Read more about Passing of Ethnic Studies Alum Judy Yung

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