Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley
@ucberkeleyissi.bsky.social
An intellectual hub for interdisciplinary social justice research. Home to 8 centers! issi.berkeley.edu
Andrew Way Leong has been awarded a grant from The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation in the amount of $152,435 for his project, which works to conserve and digitize an archive of Japanese-language literary journals published at the Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Andrew Way Leong has been awarded a grant from The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation in the amount of $152,435 for his project, which works to conserve and digitize an archive of Japanese-language literary journals published at the Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II.
Kristina Lovato received funding from the Walter S. Johnson Foundation for her project, Empowering Child Welfare Practice at the Intersections of Immigration & Child Wellbeing, which aims to close the gap between policy guidance & implementation. socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/news/new-two...
New Two-Year Project to Strengthen Child Welfare Practice at the Intersection of Immigration and Child Wellbeing
The Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Initiative (CICW) led by Assistant Professor Dr. Kristina Lovato is excited to share that the Walter S. Johnson Foundation has awarded funding for Empowerin...
socialwelfare.berkeley.edu
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Kristina Lovato received funding from the Walter S. Johnson Foundation for her project, Empowering Child Welfare Practice at the Intersections of Immigration & Child Wellbeing, which aims to close the gap between policy guidance & implementation. socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/news/new-two...
Erwin Chemerinsky of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social gave a powerful and moving talk yesterday on America's path to authoritarian rule. If you joined us in person or online, thank you! Stay tuned for the recording of this talk and Q&A portion and for upcoming events!
@ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social
@ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Erwin Chemerinsky of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social gave a powerful and moving talk yesterday on America's path to authoritarian rule. If you joined us in person or online, thank you! Stay tuned for the recording of this talk and Q&A portion and for upcoming events!
@ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social
@ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social
Join us for "From Chocolate City to Green City: The Political Ecology of Green Gentrification in Oakland" with @cnecorbin.bsky.social on Thur, November 20 at noon.
Zoom only
Register: bit.ly/48tKUwF
Sponsored by ISSI's Center for Research on Social
Change & co-sponsored by @natureatcal.bsky.social
Zoom only
Register: bit.ly/48tKUwF
Sponsored by ISSI's Center for Research on Social
Change & co-sponsored by @natureatcal.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Join us for "From Chocolate City to Green City: The Political Ecology of Green Gentrification in Oakland" with @cnecorbin.bsky.social on Thur, November 20 at noon.
Zoom only
Register: bit.ly/48tKUwF
Sponsored by ISSI's Center for Research on Social
Change & co-sponsored by @natureatcal.bsky.social
Zoom only
Register: bit.ly/48tKUwF
Sponsored by ISSI's Center for Research on Social
Change & co-sponsored by @natureatcal.bsky.social
Join us! "Food Circuits: Hidden Connections between Migrants & Societies" bit.ly/FOODCIRCUITS
Thur, Nov 13
132 Mulford Hall & Zoom
Sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, Center for Ethnographic Research @natureatcal.bsky.social y.social @ucberkeleyfood.bsky.social #humanrights #environment
Thur, Nov 13
132 Mulford Hall & Zoom
Sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, Center for Ethnographic Research @natureatcal.bsky.social y.social @ucberkeleyfood.bsky.social #humanrights #environment
ESPM Seminar Series: “FOOD CIRCUITS: Hidden Connections Between Migrants and Societies”
This weekly ESPM seminar will be held in 132 Mulford Hall and via Zoom. Featuring ESPM Faculty Seth Holmes and Mael Vizcarra, Alesandra Tatić, and...
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Join us! "Food Circuits: Hidden Connections between Migrants & Societies" bit.ly/FOODCIRCUITS
Thur, Nov 13
132 Mulford Hall & Zoom
Sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, Center for Ethnographic Research @natureatcal.bsky.social y.social @ucberkeleyfood.bsky.social #humanrights #environment
Thur, Nov 13
132 Mulford Hall & Zoom
Sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, Center for Ethnographic Research @natureatcal.bsky.social y.social @ucberkeleyfood.bsky.social #humanrights #environment
Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani was recently appointed to serve on the Higher Education Committee Advisory Body of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, which will bring together representatives from K-12 schools, community colleges, & 4 year institutions. capiaa.ca.gov
California Commission on APIA Affairs | Empowering & Elevating AANHPI Communities In California
capiaa.ca.gov
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani was recently appointed to serve on the Higher Education Committee Advisory Body of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, which will bring together representatives from K-12 schools, community colleges, & 4 year institutions. capiaa.ca.gov
📣 Full-time Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students!
The Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues invites you to apply for grants.
💰Undergraduates may apply for grants up to $500. Graduate students may apply for grants up to $1,000.
📆Applications are due on Nov 17
Learn more below!
The Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues invites you to apply for grants.
💰Undergraduates may apply for grants up to $500. Graduate students may apply for grants up to $1,000.
📆Applications are due on Nov 17
Learn more below!
Small Grants - Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues | Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
issi.berkeley.edu
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
📣 Full-time Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students!
The Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues invites you to apply for grants.
💰Undergraduates may apply for grants up to $500. Graduate students may apply for grants up to $1,000.
📆Applications are due on Nov 17
Learn more below!
The Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues invites you to apply for grants.
💰Undergraduates may apply for grants up to $500. Graduate students may apply for grants up to $1,000.
📆Applications are due on Nov 17
Learn more below!
Rodolfo Torres, a visiting scholar, is a co-editor of a newly published volume of essays, titled 'Race & Class in the Southwest and Other Essays.' The essay collection focuses on the economic foundations of inequality as they have affected Chicanos in the Southwest. www.routledge.com/Race-and-Cla...
Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays: Studies in Political Economy
In Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays, Mario Barrera puts forth his seminal theory of racial inequality based on a synthesis of class and colonial analysis, together with several essays ...
www.routledge.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Rodolfo Torres, a visiting scholar, is a co-editor of a newly published volume of essays, titled 'Race & Class in the Southwest and Other Essays.' The essay collection focuses on the economic foundations of inequality as they have affected Chicanos in the Southwest. www.routledge.com/Race-and-Cla...
Ariana Thompson-Lastad is co-author of an article in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. The study tested the feasibility & acceptability of a randomized trial evaluating group-based non-pharmacologic approaches to increase access to primary care. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ariana Thompson-Lastad is co-author of an article in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. The study tested the feasibility & acceptability of a randomized trial evaluating group-based non-pharmacologic approaches to increase access to primary care. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Cristiane Lopes Simão Lemos on "Determination vs.
Determinants of Health in the Context of Structural
Competency"
Thu, Nov 6, 5 pm
In-person + Zoom
bit.ly/CristianeBCSM
Sponsors/co-sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social
Medicine, Structural Competency Working Group, @ucbpublichealth.bsky.social
Determinants of Health in the Context of Structural
Competency"
Thu, Nov 6, 5 pm
In-person + Zoom
bit.ly/CristianeBCSM
Sponsors/co-sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social
Medicine, Structural Competency Working Group, @ucbpublichealth.bsky.social
Events at UC Berkeley
bit.ly
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Cristiane Lopes Simão Lemos on "Determination vs.
Determinants of Health in the Context of Structural
Competency"
Thu, Nov 6, 5 pm
In-person + Zoom
bit.ly/CristianeBCSM
Sponsors/co-sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social
Medicine, Structural Competency Working Group, @ucbpublichealth.bsky.social
Determinants of Health in the Context of Structural
Competency"
Thu, Nov 6, 5 pm
In-person + Zoom
bit.ly/CristianeBCSM
Sponsors/co-sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social
Medicine, Structural Competency Working Group, @ucbpublichealth.bsky.social
New hybrid event with Taylor Pennewell: "The Many Paths to Land Back with Redbud Resource Group"
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 12 pm
📍Native Community Center in Anthony Hall, UC Berkeley & Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/TaylorCRNAI
#landback
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 12 pm
📍Native Community Center in Anthony Hall, UC Berkeley & Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/TaylorCRNAI
#landback
The Many Paths to Land Back with Redbud Resource Group
Redbud Resource Group has created the Land Back Spider Graph, a tool that helps tribes and landholding entities identify a wide range of land retur...
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New hybrid event with Taylor Pennewell: "The Many Paths to Land Back with Redbud Resource Group"
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 12 pm
📍Native Community Center in Anthony Hall, UC Berkeley & Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/TaylorCRNAI
#landback
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 12 pm
📍Native Community Center in Anthony Hall, UC Berkeley & Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/TaylorCRNAI
#landback
Reposted by Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley
Video of Kristina Boréus' talk: "Migrants and natives - 'them' and 'us'" is now up on YouTube. Boréus explores how a "threat perspective" on immigration has gained dominance in several West European countries and pushing aside more inclusive understandings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsR...
Kristina Boréus: Migrants and natives – “them” and “us”
YouTube video by issi
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Video of Kristina Boréus' talk: "Migrants and natives - 'them' and 'us'" is now up on YouTube. Boréus explores how a "threat perspective" on immigration has gained dominance in several West European countries and pushing aside more inclusive understandings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsR...
New event with Erwin Chemerinsky of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social: The Path Towards Authoritarianism
Monday, November 3, at 5pm PT
📍 Zoom & 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley
Register today: bit.ly/pathsUCB
Monday, November 3, at 5pm PT
📍 Zoom & 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley
Register today: bit.ly/pathsUCB
The Path Towards Authoritarianism
Erwin Chemerinsky will discuss the unprecedented illegal and unconstitutional actions, unprecedented efforts to expand the power of the presidency,...
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New event with Erwin Chemerinsky of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social: The Path Towards Authoritarianism
Monday, November 3, at 5pm PT
📍 Zoom & 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley
Register today: bit.ly/pathsUCB
Monday, November 3, at 5pm PT
📍 Zoom & 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley
Register today: bit.ly/pathsUCB
Our event on Wednesday with @rhummanee.bsky.social was filled with poetry, music, dance, culture, and exploration of the Khmer American identity.
Thank you to everyone who showed up to be in community with us.
Follow us to hear about more events from ISSI's Asian American Research Center.
Thank you to everyone who showed up to be in community with us.
Follow us to hear about more events from ISSI's Asian American Research Center.
October 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Our event on Wednesday with @rhummanee.bsky.social was filled with poetry, music, dance, culture, and exploration of the Khmer American identity.
Thank you to everyone who showed up to be in community with us.
Follow us to hear about more events from ISSI's Asian American Research Center.
Thank you to everyone who showed up to be in community with us.
Follow us to hear about more events from ISSI's Asian American Research Center.
Thomas Philip, faculty affiliate, is a co-principal investigator on a major grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Institute for Student-AI Teaming that aims to enhance student success in STEM by using AI as a collaborative partner in education. www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-ann...
NSF announces $100 million investment in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes awards to secure American leadership in AI
The investment will accelerate open innovation, empower an AI-ready workforce and strengthen U.S. global competitiveness...
www.nsf.gov
October 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thomas Philip, faculty affiliate, is a co-principal investigator on a major grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Institute for Student-AI Teaming that aims to enhance student success in STEM by using AI as a collaborative partner in education. www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-ann...
Starting soon! Join ISSI's Asian American Research Center at 4:30pm with @rhummanee.bsky.social in person or on Zoom via the link below. Don't miss out!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Khmae Amathak: Grounded & Guided by Ancestral Wisdom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Speaker: Rhummanee Hang, Co-Director, AYPAL
This is a hybrid event. The in-person location is Alumni House, UC Berkeley.
Reception to follow for in-person guests
This event is sponsored by Asian Pa...
berkeley.zoom.us
October 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Starting soon! Join ISSI's Asian American Research Center at 4:30pm with @rhummanee.bsky.social in person or on Zoom via the link below. Don't miss out!
Undergrads @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social: do you have a project that's improving the lives of kids or youth? Apply for the KIDS FIRST: David L. Kirp Prize!
💰$2,500
🗓️Deadline: Nov 3
✨For students leading innovative, impactful projects
issi.berkeley.edu/kids-first
#ucberkeley #studentimpact
💰$2,500
🗓️Deadline: Nov 3
✨For students leading innovative, impactful projects
issi.berkeley.edu/kids-first
#ucberkeley #studentimpact
KIDS FIRST: David L. Kirp Prize | Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
issi.berkeley.edu
October 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Undergrads @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social: do you have a project that's improving the lives of kids or youth? Apply for the KIDS FIRST: David L. Kirp Prize!
💰$2,500
🗓️Deadline: Nov 3
✨For students leading innovative, impactful projects
issi.berkeley.edu/kids-first
#ucberkeley #studentimpact
💰$2,500
🗓️Deadline: Nov 3
✨For students leading innovative, impactful projects
issi.berkeley.edu/kids-first
#ucberkeley #studentimpact
Join us on Tue, Oct 28, at 12pm for a hybrid event with Brandi Bushman: Apology and Apostrophe: Animating Native American Absence in Layli Long Soldier’s Whereas
📍 Native Community Center in Anthony Hall at UC Berkeley & on Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/BushmanCRNAI
📍 Native Community Center in Anthony Hall at UC Berkeley & on Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/BushmanCRNAI
Apology and Apostrophe: Animating Native American Absence in Layli Long Soldier’s Whereas
This talk by Brandi Bushman tracks the apology as a rhetorical form across two impacted sites of narrative production. Buried within the 2010 Depar...
bit.ly
October 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Join us on Tue, Oct 28, at 12pm for a hybrid event with Brandi Bushman: Apology and Apostrophe: Animating Native American Absence in Layli Long Soldier’s Whereas
📍 Native Community Center in Anthony Hall at UC Berkeley & on Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/BushmanCRNAI
📍 Native Community Center in Anthony Hall at UC Berkeley & on Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/BushmanCRNAI
Two weeks ago, ISSI's Asian American Research Center hosted a powerful panel with @zentronix.bsky.social, @cathyparkhong.bsky.social, @terisasiagatonu.bsky.social, & Colleen Lye on writing, culture, politics, and solidarity in a rapidly shifting world.
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Two weeks ago, ISSI's Asian American Research Center hosted a powerful panel with @zentronix.bsky.social, @cathyparkhong.bsky.social, @terisasiagatonu.bsky.social, & Colleen Lye on writing, culture, politics, and solidarity in a rapidly shifting world.
Elena Conis, faculty affiliate, explains how attitudes and federal policy about vaccines have evolved in the U.S. Conis documents how the medical advancements of vaccines altered the ways Americans perceived the very illnesses the shots could prevent. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/26/t...
The history of vaccine hesitancy, from smallpox to COVID-19 - Berkeley News
Elena Conis, a journalism and history professor at UC Berkeley, explains how attitudes and federal policy about vaccines have evolved in the U.S.
news.berkeley.edu
October 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Elena Conis, faculty affiliate, explains how attitudes and federal policy about vaccines have evolved in the U.S. Conis documents how the medical advancements of vaccines altered the ways Americans perceived the very illnesses the shots could prevent. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/26/t...
Tina Sacks, Chair of the Center for Research on Social Change, explains how health disparities leave women of color, immigrants & other historically marginalized populations with shorter lifespans than their white male counterparts, in in this 101 second video. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/18/h...
Health care isn't working for everyone. Watch a professor explain why. - Berkeley News
Health disparities leave women — particularly women of color, immigrants and other historically marginalized populations — with shorter lifespans than their white male counterparts.
news.berkeley.edu
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Tina Sacks, Chair of the Center for Research on Social Change, explains how health disparities leave women of color, immigrants & other historically marginalized populations with shorter lifespans than their white male counterparts, in in this 101 second video. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/18/h...
From October 14-16, @rhummanee.bsky.social is joining us for the Fall 2025 Critical Southeast Asian American Studies Artist in Residence.
UC Berkeley students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members—you won't want to miss this!
For details and to RSVP: bit.ly/Hang2025
UC Berkeley students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members—you won't want to miss this!
For details and to RSVP: bit.ly/Hang2025
Fall 2025 Artist in Residence with Rhummanee Hang (October 14th-16th)
Thank you for your interest in joining us for the Fall 2025 Critical Southeast Asian American Studies Artist in Residence with Rhummanee Hang. You can use this form to RSVP for the different events th...
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
From October 14-16, @rhummanee.bsky.social is joining us for the Fall 2025 Critical Southeast Asian American Studies Artist in Residence.
UC Berkeley students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members—you won't want to miss this!
For details and to RSVP: bit.ly/Hang2025
UC Berkeley students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members—you won't want to miss this!
For details and to RSVP: bit.ly/Hang2025
Join us on Tue, Oct 21, at 4 p.m. for a hybrid event with @atibaellis.bsky.social: "The 'Vicious Voter' Myth and the Racial Authoritarianism in American Law"
📍 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley & on Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/AtibaEllis
📍 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley & on Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/AtibaEllis
The “Vicious Voter” Myth and the Racial Authoritarianism in American Law
This talk provides an account of the American vicious voter myth, examining how it gives expression to racial colorblindness and formalistic racial...
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Join us on Tue, Oct 21, at 4 p.m. for a hybrid event with @atibaellis.bsky.social: "The 'Vicious Voter' Myth and the Racial Authoritarianism in American Law"
📍 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley & on Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/AtibaEllis
📍 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley & on Zoom
Register today: bit.ly/AtibaEllis
Join our hybrid event next week with @rhummanee.bsky.social!
Wed, Oct 15 at 4:30pm PT
Alumni House & via Zoom
Register: bit.ly/Rhummanee
Sponsors: Asian Pacific American Student Development, Asian American Political Activation Program, and Asian American Research Center
Wed, Oct 15 at 4:30pm PT
Alumni House & via Zoom
Register: bit.ly/Rhummanee
Sponsors: Asian Pacific American Student Development, Asian American Political Activation Program, and Asian American Research Center
Khmae Amathak: Grounded & Guided by Ancestral Wisdom
Rhummanee HANG will invoke the various teachings and experiences that inform her identity, art, and community organizing. Through dance and poetry,...
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Join our hybrid event next week with @rhummanee.bsky.social!
Wed, Oct 15 at 4:30pm PT
Alumni House & via Zoom
Register: bit.ly/Rhummanee
Sponsors: Asian Pacific American Student Development, Asian American Political Activation Program, and Asian American Research Center
Wed, Oct 15 at 4:30pm PT
Alumni House & via Zoom
Register: bit.ly/Rhummanee
Sponsors: Asian Pacific American Student Development, Asian American Political Activation Program, and Asian American Research Center
Reposted by Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley
In this article Lee Crandall, a grad student affiliate, states that tech authoritarians tend to view liberal democracies as inefficient & instead favor privatized technocratic governance, where private sectors make major decisions rather than politicians. ls.berkeley.edu/news/geograp...
Geography grad student’s research examines tech authoritarianism’s impact on democracy | Letters & Science
ls.berkeley.edu
October 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In this article Lee Crandall, a grad student affiliate, states that tech authoritarians tend to view liberal democracies as inefficient & instead favor privatized technocratic governance, where private sectors make major decisions rather than politicians. ls.berkeley.edu/news/geograp...