Grad Student - ISSI

Sheyda Aboii

Medical Anthropology, UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco

Joshua Acosta

Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley

Elena Amaya

Sociology, UC Berkeley

Aukeem Ballard

Education, UC Berkeley

Aukeem Ballard is a former secondary public-school educator, organizer, and school leader whose pedagogy and practices remain grounded in critical love. Aukeem is currently a PhD student in the Berkeley School of Education with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory. Aukeem's current research focuses on the gendered and racialized educational experiences, conditions, and practices that constitute (and are shaped by) phenomena such as love, hope, healing, and courage as mediated through, thereby informing, often oppressive and dehumanizing spaces. Aukeem seeks to highlight and...

Eduardo Bautista-Duran

Jurisprudence and Social Policy, UC Berkeley

Ataya Cesspooch

Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley

Lena Chen

Performance Studies, UC Berkeley

Claire Chun

Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley

Renee Clarke

Public Health, UC Berkeley

Renee is a Doctor of Public Health candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research is focused on care after birth for Black birthing people in California. Renee examines the healthcare needs and experiences of Black women until one year postpartum to provide solutions to improve models of care delivery. Her focus is on Maternal and Child Health policy, strategy, and innovation to improve healthcare systems. Her passion has always been service leadership and eliminating health disparity gaps among women, infants, and children. Renee...

Naniette Coleman

Sociology, UC Berkeley