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![headshot of a person with really long dark hair smiles slightly, looking across the frame](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Stephanie-Syjuco.png)
Associate professor of art practice
Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Immigration
Associate professor of sociology, co-director of the Institute of Governmental Studies
Areas of expertise: Immigration, Politics and public policy, Race and ethnicity, Spanish-speaking
![Lisa García Bedolla](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/garciabedolla_lisa.jpg)
UC Berkeley's vice provost for graduate studies, dean of the Graduate Division, professor of education
Areas of expertise: Education, Elections, Politics and public policy, Race and ethnicity, Spanish-speaking, Supreme Court affirmative action ruling
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Dean of the School of Social Welfare
Areas of expertise: Child development, Economic impact, Health disparities/racial bias, Health policy, Income inequality, Politics and public policy, Race and ethnicity, Social welfare
![Jane McAlevey head shot](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Jane_McAlevey_300x300.jpg)
senior policy fellow, Center for Labor Research and Education
Areas of expertise: Economic impact, Elections, Health disparities/racial bias, Income inequality, Jobs and workplace issues, Labor, U.S. politics
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I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor in Affordable Housing and Urban Policy; faculty director of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation;
Areas of expertise: Business and economics, Economic impact, Housing, Politics and public policy
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George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science
Areas of expertise: Banking and finance, Economic history, Economic impact, International, International development
![Ian Haney López](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ian_haney_lopez_headshot.jpg)
Ian Haney Lopez
Director, Racial Politics Project, Haas Institute For A Fair And Inclusive Society Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor Of Public Law Director, Racial Politics Project, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society; Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law
Areas of expertise: Human rights, Race and ethnicity, U.S. politics, Xenophobia/racism
![Vinod Aggarwal, professor of business and public policy.](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/aggarwal_vinod.jpg)
Professor of business and public policy
Areas of expertise: Business and economics, Economic impact, Infectious disease/vaccinations, International, Politics and public policy
![Steven Fish](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SteveFish-e1580922190936.jpg)
Political science professor
Areas of expertise: Elections, International, Politics and public policy, U.S. foreign policy
![Mahmood Monshipouri](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-10-at-1.09.52-PM.png)
Lecturer in global studies and international and area Studies
Areas of expertise: International, Politics and public policy, U.S. foreign policy
![Peter Sahlins](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sahlins_peter.jpg)
Professor of history
Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Immigration
![Irene Bloemraad, professor of sociology.](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IreneBloemraad100-.jpg)
Professor of sociology
Areas of expertise: Immigration
![john powell, professor of law, ethnic studies and African American studies](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/powell_john_a_210x270-210x270.jpg)
Professor of Law and of African American Studies, Director of Othering and Belonging Institute
Areas of expertise: Elections, Free speech, Human rights, Law, Politics and public policy, Race and ethnicity, Racial justice and policing, Xenophobia/racism
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Assistant director, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society
Areas of expertise: Gender, sexuality, LGBTQ+, Human rights, Politics and public policy, Race and ethnicity
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Professor emeritus of sociology and demography
Areas of expertise: Income inequality, Politics and public policy, Religion