Kavitha Iyengar

she/her

kiyengar@berkeley.edu

Doctoral Candidate in Jurisprudence and Social Policy (ABD)

19th Century Southern Legal History, Welfare and Work, and Associational Governance. My current project is about the Texas Farmers Alliance from 1877-1910 and their participation in welfare governance.

Labor Attorney, English as a Second Language Instructor, Yoga Instructor, Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Researcher

BA in American Culture/Spanish and Minor in Moral and Political Philosophy at the University of Michigan 2015; JD from Berkeley Law 2020

Publications

"The Venceremos Brigade: North Americans in Cuba since 1969,” International Journal of Cuban Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter 2015), pp. 236-264; "Recent Cases: Janus v. AFSCME," Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 40, No.1 (2019), pp.181-200; "Status and Insecurity in the Modern Workplace," New Labor Forum, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 2021), pp. 112-122.