Faculty

Sociology Professor G. Cristina Mora and African American Studies Professor Tianna Paschel were featured in an article in CalMatters titled, "They asked 6,000 Californians about inequality and learned how we live with it."

In their new book, UC Berkeley sociologists G. Cristina Mora and Tianna S. Paschel set out to understand how we make sense of the difference between the California we see in the movies and the California we see while we’...

The U.S. Supreme Court this week reaffirmed the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the longstanding practice of granting citizenship to nearly all children born on U.S. soil.

In a 6-3 decision, the Court held that Trump's executive order violated the Fourteenth Amendment, preserving a principle that has defined American citizenship for more...

Alan Karras has been selected as the inaugural G. Eric and Margaret Davis Notable Lecturer in Political Economy. Karras is a long-time senior lecturer and academic leader at UC Berkeley who serves as the Political Economy Program’s associate director.

“I am very grateful to Eric and Margaret Davis for their generosity, as well as all of the other supporters who contributed to this chair — the first in political economy...

The Division of Biological Sciences announced today that it has recruited five new faculty members. The incoming cohort represents the best and brightest from across the country, growing all three departments in the division.

“I am thrilled to welcome these stellar scientists to our faculty,” said Richard Harland, the dean of biological sciences. “Each brings compelling ideas and rigorous science to the university,...