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“Four Faculty in Campus Leadership Roles”
August 12, 2021
This summer, several of our amazingly talented faculty in Ethnic Studies have been appointed to leadership roles across the UC Berkeley campus. - Prof. Carolyn Chen will be serving as co-director of the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion. - Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy will be serving as...
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ES Graduate Student Lisa Ng Publishes Article on Asian American Activism in Environmental Justice Movement
July 26, 2021
Ethnic Studies graduate student Lisa Ng has just published an insightful new article on Asian American activism in the environmental justice movement. "Cyborgian Model Minorities for Environmental Justice: East Asian American Studies from the 1991 National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit" has just appeared in the journal Environmental Justice, one...
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Cluster Hire in Latinxs and Democracy
July 15, 2021
The University of California, Berkeley seeks applicants for four tenure track (assistant professor) positions and one tenured (associate or full professor) position in the area of “Latinxs and Democracy,” with a focus on the US-centered Latinx experience and a potential start date of July 1, 2022. Successful junior candidates will...
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The Artistic Brilliance of Ethnic Studies Dynamos Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza has Just Been Featured on KCET. Check it out!
July 13, 2021
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/special/dignidad-rebelde-art-protest
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Visualizing Solidarity: George Floyd/BLM Murals in Oakland
July 7, 2021
Check out this beautiful and powerful digital mapping of the George Floyd/BLM murals in Downtown Oakland by Dr. Pablo Gonzalez as part of his Future Histories class. It uses Augmented Reality to imbed interviews and podcasts with some of the artists involved. It is really impactful work that showcases what solidarity...
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Essay by Ethnic Studies Ph.D. Dr. Jen Smith in Vogue
July 7, 2021
Dr. Jen Smith, who completed her PhD in our department in 2019, has just published an amazing essay in Vogue on Native knowledges and kelp farming in Cordova, Alaska. This is a fascinating story, and the photographs are stunning. You can read the essay here. Congratulations to Jen on this major achievement!...
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Professor Lok Siu Co-authors Comic Explaining Asian American Wealth Gap
June 15, 2021
Ethnic Studies Professor Lok Siu has co-authored an illuminating comic offering the necessary historical context to understand the Asian American wealth gap. Congratulations on this creative work of public education! "The Asian American wealth gap, explained in a comic," by Lok Siu and Jamie Noguchi https://www.vox.com/identities/22530103/asians-americans-wealth-income-gap-crazy-rich-model-minority
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Our Very own Ethnic Studies Professor and Chair, Juana Maria Rodriguez has Been Selected to Receive the Berlin Award This Year
June 3, 2021
Ethnic Studies Professor and Chair, Juana María Rodríguez has been selected to receive the prestigious Berlin Prize and will be spending the Fall semester in residence at the American Academy in Berlin. The Berlin Prize is awarded annually to American or US-based scholars, writers, composers, and artists who represent the...
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Ethnic Studies – Adjunct Associate Professor Ray Telles is in the San Francisco Chronicle Discussing his Latest Film Project
June 3, 2021
Check out Ethnic Studies Adjunct Associate Professor and documentarian Ray Telles in the San Francisco Chronicle discussing his latest film project "Keeper of the Flame," about the life of former San Francisco Poet Laureate and long time activist Alejandro Murgia, premiering at the 20th San Francisco Documentary Festival. https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/at-s-f-docfest-keeper-of-the-fire-celebrates-a-writer-and-his-vision-of-the-mission
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Announcement: Our Very Own Ethnic Studies Student Receives a CRG Grant for Their Project
May 20, 2021
Congratulations to Ethnic Studies Student Maria Cristina Ortiz, a double major in Ethnic Studies and Political Science for her Center for Race and Gender Undergraduate Research Grant for her project--"Forbidden Fruit: Exposing the Underbelly of Napa's Wine Industry Through the Exploration of Latinx Immigrant Labor." Congratulations Cristina! We are all so proud...