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Meghna Mukherjee and Skyler Wang, graduate student affiliates of ISSI's Center for Ethnographic Research, are two of the co-authors of this new article in PLOS ONE. Here, they examine how ...Read more about Medicalizing Risk: How experts and consumers manage uncertainty in genetic health testing

In an episode of "The Takeaway" podcast, Catherine Ceniza Choy discusses her new book, ...Read more about Asian American Histories of the United States

A new working paper by ISSI Graduate Fellow Brenda Mathias, PhD Candidate in Social Welfare is out now. Mathias recognized that investigations into the relationship between young people and local neightborhood institutions typically relied on adult perspectives. Mathias...Read more about Neighborhood Institutions and Well-being: Youth Perspectives

Brandi Summers, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change, received the 2022 American Cultures Excellence in Teaching Award. The...Read more about Congratulations Brandi Summers

The Jewish News of Northern California interviewed Tina Sacks, chair of ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change, about ...Read more about Feeling "Jewish Enough"

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, received a Career Development Award (K01) from the National Institute for Minority Health & Health Disparities (part of NIH). It will support her work with ...Read more about NIH Grant for Ariana Thompson-Lastad

Kris Gutiérrez, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Ethnographic Research, was awarded the Berkeley Faculty Service Award in recognition for her...Read more about Congratulations Kris Gutiérrez

This fall, a new cohort of seven graduate students will participate in ISSI’s Graduate Fellows Program: Xavier Durham,Irene Farah Rivadeneyra,Daryl Mangosing,Martha Ortega Mendoza...Read more about Welcome New ISSI Graduate Fellows

Smalltalk features a series of essays by Stephen Small, Director of ISSI. Small makes the case for reparations for imperialism, with a particular focus on Liverpool...Read more about Reparations for Imperialism

The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans issued its interim report to the California LegislatureJovan Scott Lewis, ISSI Advisory...Read more about Reparations for African Americans in California

Troy Duster, Institute founder, was awarded the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2022 Bernal Prize for distinguished contributions to Science and Technology Studies...Read more about Bernal Prize 2022 Awarded to Troy Duster

Meghna Mukherjee, graduate student affiliate of ISSI's Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, co-authored an article in Ms. Magazine that examines the ...Read more about The Overturn of Roe Could Mean the End of Fertility Medicine

Stacy Torres, ISSI faculty affiliate, published an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle reflecting on the mental health challenges she and millions of other Americans face. In this op-ed, Torres discusses the ...Read more about No, I'm Not Fine and Neither Are Millions of Americans

In this Berkeley News interview, Khiara Bridges, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Ethnographic Research and Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, discusses ...Read more about Court Abortion Ruling is an Assault on Women and Democracy

In his new book, Potholes in the Road: Transition Problems for Low-Income Youth in High School, Martín Sánchez-Jankowski...Read more about Potholes in the Road

Khatharya Um, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Asian American Research Center, tells her personal story...Read more about Khatharya Um Shares Her Story

A new oral history project documenting the founding of Chicano/a Studies includes oral...Read more about Founding Chicana/o Studies

The University of California announced the Native American Opportunity Plan which covers tuition and fees for...Read more about Free UC Tuition for All California Native American Students

A new article by Tolani Britton, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change, analyzes the ...Read more about College or Bust... or Both

Laura Pérez, Chair of ISSI's Latinx Research Center, co-edited the new book, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision. The book...Read more about New Book on Artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood