Director, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
Stephen Small is Director of the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI) and Professor of African Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology at UC Berkeley where he was a graduate student trainee in what is now ISSI’s Graduate Fellows Program. His teaching...Read more about Stephen Small
Deborah Freedman Lustig is a cultural anthropologist whose research has focused on gender and education in the United States and Kenya, where she was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in 2004-5. Lustig earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan. Her articles about teenage...Read more about Deborah Freedman Lustig
In addition to serving as Gradute Fellows Program Co-Director, Dr. Pablo Gonzalez is a continuing lecturer in Chicanx and Latinx Studies and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. He is the recent recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award (2022). He is also the recipient of the Chancellor's...Read more about Pablo Gonzalez
Maxwell Vanderwarker is ISSI’s Chief Administrative Officer. He received his BA in English from UC Berkeley, where he was involved in LGBT+ leadership with Oscar Wilde House. After graduation, he transitioned into Human Resources and finance and worked with a variety of small tech startups in...Read more about Maxwell Vanderwarker
Senior Researcher, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley
Robin Marsh joined ISSI in 2014 as a Senior Researcher. She is a socio-economist with over 25 years of experience in international agriculture and rural development. Marsh received her PhD from the Food Research Institute, Stanford University. She subsequently worked for the World...Read more about Robin Marsh