Social Sciences (Faculty & Staff)

As UC Berkeley Global Studies chair, Elora Shehabuddin promotes a strong and supportive academic community for her faculty colleagues and students. From learning about foreign policy decisions to climate change and resource conflicts, Global Studies students gain in-depth knowledge about the world around them.

Born in Pakistan, and raised in Europe and the Middle East, Shehabuddin brings a range of perspectives to the Global Studies program. She also serves as a Cal professor and equity advisor in Gender & Women Studies and director of the...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of UC Berkeley’s Ethnic Studies Ph.D. program, the oldest in the country. Since its founding in 1984, the program has graduated over 170 students, who have gone on to become professors, artists, elected officials and other leaders.

Rooted in activism, the program emerged from student-led protests in 1968, when a coalition of Black, Indigenous, Asian American and Chicano students advocated for UC Berkeley to take questions of race and racism more seriously.

Ethnic Studies Chair...

UC Berkeley Cognitive Science Assistant Director for Student Services MacKenzie Moore began her journey at Cal as an American History graduate student, where she fell in love with the campus environment and student culture. She went on to become a lecturer in the History Department, which deepened her passion for working with students and led her to her current role.

At the Cognitive Science program, Moore is responsible for supporting staff, collaborating on program strategy and contributing to the overall success of it. Her commitment to empowering students and staff continues to...

The old adage goes: It’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. But is it?

For many people mourning lost love, “the one that got away” lingers, with constant questions of “what-if” coursing through their brain. In the psychology of love, the concept of “the one that got away” refers to a former romantic partner who maintains a significant role in one’s memory.

Categorized by ending at a — perceived — premature point in the relationship, this lost love can leave an individual fixated on what could have been....