Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani, former ISSI Graduate Fellow and now a faculty affiliate of ISSI's Asian American Research Center, has been selected by the Cal Alumni Association Board of Directors and the UC Berkeley Foundation Board of Trustees to receive the...Read more about Congratulations Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani
ISSI faculty affiliate Jovan Scott Lewis, who is a member of California's state task force on reparations, is featured in this KPIX5 CBS Bay Area television interview about his...Read more about Historic Tulsa & Reparations
But seriously, who? Because while it is Hispanic Heritage Month, the notion of a multiracial, multinational, pan-ethnic identity called "Hispanic" is a relatively recent and somewhat haphazard invention in the United States. This Code Switch episode features an...Read more about Who You Calling 'Hispanic'?
Over the last year, crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander population in America has increased by 146 percent. Many link the cause to the Trump administration's use of racist rhetoric when addressing the coronavirus crisis. In this CBS News article, Lok...Read more about The Painful History of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in America
This fall, a new cohort of seven graduate students will participate in ISSI's Graduate Fellows Program: Diana Casanova, Akilah Favors, Fabián Fernández, Nate Gong, Brenda Mathias, Brie...Read more about ISSI's Newest Graduate Fellows
Violence against the transgender, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming communities has continued to rise despite a broadening understanding of the experiences of these communities, with the year 2021 on track to being the deadliest in America. Berkeley News ...Read more about Why is Anti-Trans Violence on the Rise in America?