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![headshot of a person with long, dark hair and beaded earrings smiling widely](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Beth-Piatote.jpg)
Associate professor of comparative literature and of English; Director of the Arts Research Center
Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Race and ethnicity
![headshot of a person smiling](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RizvanaBradley.jpg)
Assistant professor of film and media
Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Media, Race and ethnicity
![headshot of a person wearing glasses and smiling with a yellow wall behind him](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/StephenBestSquare-1.png)
Professor of English; Director of the Townsend Center for the Humanities
Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Race and ethnicity
![black and white headshot of a person](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hilton-als-english-blog.jpg)
Teaching professor of English
Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Journalism, Media, Race and ethnicity, Racial justice and policing
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
![headshot of Savala Nolan](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Savala_Nolan_headshot.jpg)
Executive director of Berkeley Law's Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
Areas of expertise: Race and ethnicity, Racial justice and policing
![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
![Michael Reich head shot](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Michael_Reich.jpg)
professor of economics and co-chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE).
Areas of expertise: Economic history, Income inequality, Jobs and workplace issues, Labor, Race and ethnicity
![Tina Sacks, assistant professor of social welfare](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tsacks250.jpg)
Assistant professor of social welfare
Areas of expertise: Economic impact, Health policy, Race and ethnicity, Xenophobia/racism
![](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Catherine-Ceniza-Choy-headshot2-e1585784493230.jpg)
Professor of Ethnic Studies
Areas of expertise: Jobs and workplace issues, Race and ethnicity, Racial justice and policing, Xenophobia/racism
![Adrian Aguilera, associate professor of social welfare](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/adrianaguilera2_web.jpg)
Associate professor of social welfare
Areas of expertise: Mental disorders, Psychology and culture, Race and ethnicity
![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
![headshot of a person with short salt-and-pepper hair, tinted glasses and a scarf with a neutral look on his face](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Philip-Kan-Gotanda.jpg)
Professor of theater, dance and performance studies
Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Media, Race and ethnicity
![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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Professor and chair of African American Studies
Areas of expertise: Race and ethnicity