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Khatharya Um Receives Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity

Khatharya Um, Center for Research on Social Change faculty affiliate and Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, received the Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity. The award is presented to UC Berkeley faculty members who have an extraordinary record of accomplishment in advancing equity, inclusion and diversity through their scholarship, research, teaching, and public or university service. Professor Um’s research has highlighted how war, genocide, and refugee experiences have affected communities in the United States, and she has worked to advance educational equity and opportunity in both local and international communities. Professor Um will utilize this award to continue her research with a focus on post-refugee-generation experiences among Southeast Asian communities in the U.S. and on new refugee communities in the Bay Area.

Survey on COVID-19 Impact on Refugees and Refugee-Serving Organizations - please help spread the word

The Critical Refugee Studies Collective, including Center for Research on Social Change faculty affiliate Khatarya Um, is conducting a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees, their families and communities, refugee-serving organizations and support groups. Please disseminate information about the survey through your networks - deadline is July 1.

Link to survey for refugee-serving organizations or support groups

Link to survey for refugees

Questions? contact Professor Um at umk@berkeley.edu

Black Lives Matter

CRSC stands in solidarity with those protesting anti-Black violence and working to promote racial justice in policing, health care, and all spheres of society. There are many relevant resources on our website; we encourage you to watch this video of our 2019 event, "Cultural Capital, Systemic Exclusion and Bias in the Lives of Black Middle-Class Women: A Conversation," featuring Dawn Dow and Tina Sacks with moderator Amani Allen.