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Beth Piatote

Associate professor of comparative literature and of English; Director of the Arts Research Center

Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Race and ethnicity

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Rizvana Bradley

Assistant professor of film and media

Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Media, Race and ethnicity

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Stephen Best

Professor of English; Director of the Townsend Center for the Humanities

Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Race and ethnicity

G. Cristina Mora

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

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Savala Nolan

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

Lisa García Bedolla

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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Michael Reich

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

Ian Haney López

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

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Philip Kan Gotanda

Professor of theater, dance and performance studies

Areas of expertise: Arts and humanities, Media, Race and ethnicity

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john a. powell

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

Ula Taylor

Professor and chair of African American Studies

Areas of expertise: Race and ethnicity