ISSI faculty affiliate Patricia Baquedano-López and ISSI alum Theresa Burruel Stone co-authored, "Socializing and engaging a decolonizing praxis in language socialization: Reframing school-community relationships" (The Oxford Handbook of Language Socialization). #education #linguistics #anthropology

Socializing and engaging a decolonizing praxis in language socialization: Reframing school–community relationships

AbstractStarting with a discussion of decolonial praxis, this chapter interrogates the production and location of knowledge in language socialization theor

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The best mentorship doesn't end when the fellowship does—it grows into a network of people who champion for one another. In this conversation, ISSI grad student juleon robinson interviews alum Lindsey Dillon, who reflects on her fellowship cohort. 🎥 Full interviews: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Can bedtime stories help explain far-right voting patterns? Read about it in "Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany," a new study co-authored by CRWS graduate student @elena-amaya.bsky.social. #voting #folklore #sociology

Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany - Elena Amaya, Robert Braun, 2026

This article argues that folklore (orally transmitted group knowledge) shapes far-right voting by inculcating feeling rules that resonate with nativist and auto...

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Berkeley Professor Emeritus Harry Edwards spoke at an ISSI event in 2022, "Sport in Society: Intersectionalities, Consequences and Projections." Dr. Edwards is among the individuals featured in a UC Berkeley News article about 25 UC Berkeley breakthroughs. #sports #blackhistory #activism #ucberkeley

25 UC Berkeley breakthroughs to commemorate America's 250th birthday - Berkeley News

From Nobel Prizes to national parks, here are 25 ways Berkeley has lit the way forward throughout its history.

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Missed our awards ceremony? 📹 Hear from some of our 2023-2026 recipients of the FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize and KIDS FIRST: David L. Kirp Prize. These changemakers represent various UC Berkeley schools including @publichealth.berkeley.edu and @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social.

ISSI Social Change Awards Ceremony

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Learn about how ISSI alum Joe Griffin turned his own experiences with community violence into a lifelong mission. Griffin is now finishing a term as a @publichealth.berkeley.edu Social Impact Fellow. He spent his term establishing the G-VITAL Institute to heal communities and interrupt gun violence.

The science of de-escalation

Dr. Joe Griffin, executive director of the violence prevention program Youth ALIVE!, on healing communities and interrupting urban violence.

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ISSI faculty affiliate Hidetaka Hirota was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject President Trump's attempt to end the practice of granting citizenship to nearly all children born on U.S. soil. "The decision demonstrates how historians' work continues to matter in our society today."

Supreme Court cites Berkeley history professor’s research in landmark birthright citizenship decision

The U.S. Supreme Court this week reaffirmed the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the longstanding practice of granting citizenship ...

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According to ISSI faculty affiliate @drjasminbstephens.bsky.social, the rise of suicide rates among Black adolescents over the past 20 years is the largest of any racial group. "The answer is clear: build the ecosystems [...] that give Black youth not just reasons to survive, but reasons to thrive."

Psychology Professor creates strengths-based framework addressing Black youth suicide

Over the past two decades, suicide rates among Black adolescents have risen 144% — the largest of any racial group, according to UC Berkeley Psychology Professor Jasmin Brooks Stephens. While most res...

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'The Evolving Radical Right in the Early Twenty-First Century' is a new book published by Routledge that explores the rise of the radical right, populism, and extremism. CRWS Chair Lawrence Rosenthal was interviewed by Ken Fuchsman in the chapter, "Resentment and Fear of Loss in the Radical Right."

The Evolving Radical Right in the Early Twenty-First Century: Liberty Under Siege

This book investigates the dynamics of expansion and normalization of the radical right in the early twenty-first century. The radical right’s popularity with voters dramatically increased, it even en...

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Essential reading for anyone interested in Black culture and the history of Liverpool! Our alum Stephen Small's new book, Black Liverpool (livunipress.bsky.social), draws on over 70 interviews with Black community residents, workers, activists, and celebrities to examine Liverpool’s unique history.

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'The real thing': West African, West Indian and Afro-American culture at the end of the twentieth century

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Join the team at ISSI's Asian American Research Center! ➡️ Apply: issi.berkeley.edu/hiring

Join the ISSI team! We're looking for an Associate Director to oversee our programs and research centers and lead our Graduate Fellows Program. ➡️ Apply: issi.berkeley.edu/hiring

Pride Month is an opportunity to recognize the scholars whose work strengthens LGBTQ+ communities and advances equity and belonging. Congrats to ISSI faculty affiliate Eric Stanley, recipient of the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity!

Minoo Moallem and Paola Bacchetta, ISSI faculty affiliates and Gender & Women's Studies professors at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, co-edited a book, Fatema Mernissi for Our Times. It explores the work of the Moroccan feminist sociologist and writer. Learn more: press.syr.edu/supressbooks...

"Low-income Black women suffer far higher maternal health risks than low-income white mothers. But in a new book, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social professor Khiara M. Bridges makes a forceful argument that maternal health disparities affect Black women at every rung of the socioeconomic ladder."

For Black Americans, wealth offers scant protection from pregnancy risks, scholar finds - Berkeley News

Low-income Black women face higher risks of death in pregnancy — that’s accepted fact. But in a new book, UC Berkeley scholar Khiara M. Bridges shows the dangerous impact of interpersonal and structur...

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Grateful to @ucberkeleyissi.bsky.social for recognizing our anti-racist and youth-driven #environmentaljustice work. It was such an honor to share space with bold scholars radically reimagining research that serves the most vulnerable.

Author and ISSI alum @calebedawson.bsky.social wrote an article that Sociology of Race and Ethnicity published as their feature article of the April 2026 print issue! Read "Trauma Pouring: The Uses, Costs, and Risks of Retelling Trauma" below👇

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Rachel Morello-Frosch, Berkeley Center for Social Medicine affiliate, will be the inaugural associate provost for energy, climate, & environment at UC Berkeley. Her research examines structural determinants of environmental health & how they shape health inequities. news.berkeley.edu/2026/04/22/u...

UC Berkeley appoints Rachel Morello-Frosch as inaugural associate provost for energy, climate, and environment - Berkeley News

The public health expert and Berkeley professor will unite scholars across campus to address crucial environmental challenges.

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Cristina Mora & Tianna Paschel, Center for Research on Social Change affiliates, co-authored a new book. Normalizing Inequality offers an examination of how citizens make sense of inequality & how they passively reproduce the conditions they claim to deplore. www.russellsage.org/publications...

Pablo Gonzalez, co-director of ISSI's Graduate Fellows Program, edited the sixth volume of Digna Rabia, a journal of oral histories & research papers by Chicana/o/x Studies students. "Digna Rabia, believes that our word is truly our weapon. But our stories also heal.” indd.adobe.com/view/3743b24...

Beyond Bias Recording 🎥 Missed it? Watch @ajbauer.bsky.social unpack the myth of media bias and challenge the idea that political disagreement is just a lack of facts. With Michael D. Bolden and Lawrence A. Rosenthal Hosted by CRWS at @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social youtu.be/Y3auRTWpdks?...

Beyond Bias

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Save your spot today for @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social alumnus Ricky Bluthenthal's Distinguished Lecture in Community-Engaged Research. 🌟 5/5, 5-6pm 🌟 Faculty Club & Zoom 🌟 RSVP now! berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @publichealth.berkeley.edu

In February, university administrators stripped the artwork from the Multicultural Community Center (MCC). To those who support the MCC, the changes amount to a whitewashing of the center. In this article, AARC affiliates are quoted providing historical context. www.berkeleyside.org/2026/04/22/m...

UC Berkeley strips all political art from trailblazing multicultural center

Even a poster of Martin Luther King was yanked from Cal's Multicultural Community Center. Student organizations are banned from hosting events.

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ISSI grad student Aukeem Ballard co-authored an article in the Journal of Educational Administration that amplifies wisdom from the experiences of women of color social justice school leaders who receive & give micro affirmations as part of their leadership praxis. escholarship.org/uc/item/6sr0...

Understanding how micro affirmations support multiply marginalized social justice school leaders to thrive

Author(s): Cheung, Rebecca; Ballard, Aukeem | Abstract: Purpose: This paper illuminates and amplifies enduring wisdom from the everyday experiences of thriving women of color soc...

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John Konicki, Center for Right-Wing Studies grad student, received the 2026 Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship for his paper, "Ideological Resentment: The Role of Asymmetric Grievances in Conservative Politics." igs.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...

Breaking Barriers, Building Community 🌟 May 5, 9am-7pm Join us: issi.berkeley.edu/issi-events/... Our symposium features first-year Graduate Fellows: Larissa Benjamin, @agessesse.bsky.social, Jessica Law, Lisa Ng, Robert Ortiz Stahl, Marlena Robbins, and Kieren Rudge

Check out this keynote talk given by Jennifer Burns, Edgar E. Robinson Professor of US History at Stanford University from our recent conference, Women on the Right in U.S. History. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf4Q...

Hidden Figures: The Women Who’ve Shaped Our Ideas of Capitalism, Markets, and the State

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New article by Kourtney Kawano, Asian American Research Center affiliate, has been published in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. The article draws on ancestral practices to conceptualize a Critical Race Wāhine ʻŌiwi Epistemology. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interweaving the past, present, and future to call forth a Critical Race Wāhine ʻŌiwi Epistemology

This article draws on ancestral practices of storytelling and weaving to conceptualize a Critical Race Wāhine ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian women) Epistemology for contemporary scholars. Foundational ways...

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Join us on Wednesday, April 29, at 4:30 PM for a book talk on "So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color" with the author, Caro De Robertis. Register: bit.ly/CaroStars