URAP

Colleen Lye - Professor, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

This project involves the production of a series of short educational videos on Professor Emeritus Ling-chi Wang and his contributions to Asian American civil rights history since the 1960s. The video topics are: the link between campus and community; immigrant advocacy and language rights; varieties of anti-Asian bias...

Robin Marsh - Senior Researcher, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

This project will address the overall question: how can regional, national and local policies, practices and transdisciplinary collaboration facilitate inclusive participation in a rural revitalization process based on just and sustainable agriculture? With the median age of farmers in the mid-to-late 50s and serious issues of rural depopulation...

Robin Marsh - Senior Researcher, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

Status: Check back for status     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

We are generating quantitative and qualitative data from several research instruments to understand the multiple impacts of women-led organic vegetable gardening in Western Uganda. These instruments include 24 hour recall and food security surveys, general demographics, gardening and welfare questionnaires, and narrative stories. This fall semester we will complete...

Stephen Small - Professor , Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

GENERAL DESCRIPTION Black Lives at Cal (BLAC) is a multi-year initiative to celebrate, defend, and advance the legacy of Black people at the University of California, Berkeley, since the university’s founding in 1868. Formed in 2021 as both a research endeavor and an archival venue, BLAC researches, preserves, and...