Education Week just announced the RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, listing the 200 university-based scholars in the United States who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy. Four ISSI faculty affiliates, David Kirp, Kris Gutiérrez, Janelle Scott, and Travis Bristol, were included in the list.
Eight ISSI graduate students were selected to be Diversity & Community Fellows this year: Alexandra Gessesse, Aukeem Ballard, Benjamin Njila Fields, Julio Salas, Marlena Robbins, Martha Ortega Mendoza, Mitzia Martinez Castellanos, and Monica De La Cruz. Fellows are current graduate students whose unifying mission is to support the development of an inclusive graduate learning community by enhancing the cultural, academic, and...
The ISSI community is mourning the tragic death of Professor Emeritus Michael Burawoy, who was killed in a hit and run accident on February 3. Professor Burawoy was a long-standing affiliate of the Institute, a former member of our Faculty Advisory Committee, and a strong champion of our Graduate Fellows Program. For more on his many contributions, please visit the Berkeley Sociology webpage. Plans for his memorial will be posted...
