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Professor Tackett in China examining a recently excavated ninth-century funerary epitaph. Nicolas Tackett
Dept of History
Chinese history (Tang, Song, Liao dynasties), global middle ages, sino-steppe relations, aristocracies, meritocracy, elites, political culture, death ritual, premodern cities, premodern empires, imperialism, ethnicity, nationalism, national identity, social networks, frontiers, boundaries and borderlands, digital methodologies
headshot of Leti Volpp Leti Volpp
School of Law
citizenship, law and culture, identity (especially race and gender), immigration and migration, Asian American studies
Gary Karpen Gary Karpen
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
gene expression, cell biology, chromosome structure and function, drosophila melanogaster, centromere identity and function, biophysics, condensed phases
Paul Sterzing Paul Sterzing
School of Social Welfare
adolescent violence and victimization, polyvictimization rates among vulnerable adolescents, bullying involvement roles and mental health, sexual orientation and gender identity microaggressions, impact of family-level microaggressions and microaffirmations on mental health, disability, anti-ableism
Deniz Göktürk Deniz Göktürk
Dept of German
German literature, German cinema, transnational cinemas, Turkish studies, performance and spectatorship and reception, intertextuality and intermediality and translation, politics and poetics of migration and globalization, urban imaginaries and mediations of place, theories of diversity and nationalism, comedy, comedy and community, modern rituals of regulating identity and authority and mobility
john powell at lectern john powell
Dept of African American Studies
Dept of Ethnic Studies
School of Law
Civil rights and civil liberties, structural racialization, racial justice and regionalism, concentrated poverty and urban sprawl, opportunity based housing, voting rights, affirmative action in the United States, South Africa and Brazil, racial and ethnic identity, spirituality and social justice, needs of citizens in a democratic society
Shereen Marisol Meraji speaking at a journalism event on the UC Berkeley campus. Shereen Marisol Meraji
School of Journalism
audio journalism, podcasting, Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Pradeep Chhibber Pradeep Chhibber
Dept of Political Science
political parties, South Asia, electoral politics, politics of India
G. Cristina Mora G. Cristina Mora
Dept of Sociology
classification, organizations, race and ethnicity, Latino migration
headshot of Cathy Lu Cathy Lu
Dept of Art Practice
ceramics, sculpture
Estelle Tarica Estelle Tarica
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
Latin America, Jewish Latin America, Andes, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, Holocaust, genocide, race, nationalism, Spanish, mestizaje, indigeneity, Quechua
John Lie John Lie
Dept of Sociology
social theory, political economy, East Asia
Jack Glaser Jack Glaser
Goldman School of Public Policy
policing, criminal justice, research methods, public policy, experimental social psychology, hate crime, political psychology, stereotyping, racial profiling, prejudice & discrimination, nonconscious social cognition
Luanne Redeye holding a portrait of a man in a black sweatshirt Luanne Redeye
Dept of Art Practice
art, painting, Native communities
Abigail De Kosnik Abigail De Kosnik
Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
new media, performance studies, performance theory, performance, media studies, fan studies, digital culture, social networks, film, television, social media, internet culture, digital humanities, data science, race/ethnicity, gender and sexuality, nationality, transnationalism, Filipino American studies, Asian American studies, archives, cultural memory, piracy, distribution
headshot of Nicholas Laluk Nicholas Laluk
Dept of Anthropology
decolonization, indigenization, indigenous methodologies, tribal sovereignty-driven research, Indigenous Archaeologies, Southwest U.S.
Vargas headshot Nicholas Vargas
Dept of Ethnic Studies
Professor David C. Wilson on stage David C. Wilson
Goldman School of Public Policy
political psychology, politics, race and public policy, race, racial justice, public opinion research, survey research methods
Photo Vasugi Kailasam
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Tamil studies, film and digital culture, South Asia, South and Southeast Asian studies, cultural studies of Southeast Asia, South Asian Literature and Culture
Victoria Plaut Victoria Plaut
School of Law
diversity, culture, inclusion
Charles Hirschkind Charles Hirschkind
Dept of Anthropology
Islam, anthropology, religious practice, media technologies, political community, Middle East, Europe
Desmond Jagmohan Desmond Jagmohan
Dept of Political Science
history of political thought, American political thought, African American political thought, race and American political development
John Efron 2025 John Efron
Dept of History
Cultural and social history of German Jewry
Shannon in lab Shannon Boettcher
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
electrochemistry, materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, hydrogen generation, electrolysis, batteries, membrane science
headshot of Ikaika Ramones Ikaika Ramones
Dept of Ethnic Studies
indigenous studies, political economy, critical theory, political theory, media studies, social movements
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