CRSC/ISSC History

Institute for the Study of Social Change

The Institute for the Study of Social Change (ISSC), was founded in 1976. In 2009, the university merged ISSC with the Survey Research Center to form the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. At that time, CRSC was established to carry on the specific social change focus of ISSC.

ISSC Director Emeriti

  • Troy Duster, UC Chancellor's Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley; Professor Emeritus, New York University
  • Pedro Noguera, Dean, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
  • Michael Omi, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
  • Rachel F. Moran, Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Irvine

"UNDERSTANDING CHANGE, CHANGING OUR UNDERSTANDING:

THIRTY YEARS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL CHANGE (ISSC)"

A video oral history by Eric Pido and Oscar Medina, University of California, Berkeley

Presented at ISSC's 30th Anniversary Banquet Celebration, Thursday, October 19, 2006

Thirty Years of the Institute for the Study of Social Change