I am Dr. Gloria Chun, the Graduate Diversity Director for the Division of Social Sciences in the College of Letters & Science at the University of California, Berkeley. In line with Berkeley's institutional commitment to academic excellence through diversity, I am here to work with both prospective and continuing graduate students to make the most out of your graduate career.

With prospective graduate students, I can help with academic advisement regarding graduate school preparation, admission criteria, the admission process, the statement of purpose, and funding opportunities. With continuing students, I offer academic advisement regarding any aspect of professional development, tutorial support, funding for research and travel, and personal matters. Please do not hesitate to email, phone, or visit me in my office in 158 Barrows Hall. I look forward to hearing from you.

I also direct the NSF/UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences (UC-DIGSSS). Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, it supports programming for recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students.

Prospective graduate students may be interested in STEP by Step, an advising tool for arts & humanities and social sciences students. It is designed especially for Berkeley undergraduates, but contains valuable information for all students interested in graduate study at Berkeley.

Biography: Gloria Chun

Gloria Chun received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in the social sciences in 1993 and has taught mainly at Bard College where she was tenured in 2000 before coming to take up her current position at UC Berkeley. She has also taught briefly at Cal State Long Beach, Princeton University, and Columbia University. Her writings include the monograph, Of Orphans and Warriors (Rutgers University Press, 2001). She resides with her family in Walnut Creek, California.