Vicky Plaut’s landmark 2010 paper, Diversity science: Why and how difference makes a difference, is the subject of a special issue of the American Psychological Association journal Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. The open-access Introduction is here. Behind the paywall are plaudits such as:
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February 23, 2023
February 17, 2023
Congratulations to JSP Student Daimeon Shanks who recently had an article (co-written with JSP alum, Ming Hsu Chen) published in the latest edition of the Maryland Law Review. You can read “The New Normal: Regulatory Dysfunction as Policymaking” here.
February 9, 2023
Please mark your calendars and join us for the next two JSP Forum presentations by Isabella Mariani on Thursday, February 16th, and Bonnie Cherry on Thursday, March 16th. Both sessions will take place 11am-12pm in the Selznick Seminar Room and via Zoom: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/92943161318
February 16th, 11am-12pm
February 8, 2023
Dear Berkeley Law Community,
It is with a very heavy heart that we are writing to share the sad news that our wonderful colleague, Laurie Edelman, passed away tonight. Laurie had been seriously ill since late December, but had been doing better until recently.
January 20, 2023
Congratulations to JSP Student Bonnie Cherry who is a recipient of the Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship!
Each year, the Institute of Governmental Studies awards three Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowships of $3,000 each. The Synar Fellowship is awarded to distinguished UC Berkeley graduate students who are writing their dissertations on an aspect of American politics, which may include comparative research across nations with the United States as a major case.
January 19, 2023
Congratulations to JSP Student Joel Sati who was offered and has accepted a tenure track position at the University of Oregon Law School!
Joel Sati will be an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Oregon School of Law beginning Fall 2023. Sati will be teaching Criminal Law, Immigration Law, and Crimmigration among other courses.
January 9, 2023
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November 30, 2022
Many CONGRATULATIONS to Mario Barnes and Kaaryn Gustafson (UCI Law) - former LSA Trustees. They were selected to be co-recipients of the 2023 American Bar Foundation Fellows Outstanding Scholar Award, which recognizes outstanding scholarship in Law and Society.
Mario Barnes is a Berkeley Law graduate, and Kaaryn Gustafson is a JSP graduate.
Well done Mario and Kaaryn on this well-deserved honor!
November 28, 2022
Congratulations to JSP Student Kyle DeLand for being a winner of the Kathryn T. Preyer award!
Please join us in congratulating former LSA President Kim Lane Scheppele who was recently named for a Collegiate Professorship at the University of Michigan. The chair will be known as the Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professorship in Women’s and Gender Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. The Chair is currently held by LSA member Anna Kirkland who nominated Kim to be the name for the Collegiate Professorship.
Prof. Scheppele described her selection as follows:
November 2, 2022
October 28, 2022
Congratulations to JSP Student Cristina Violante who recently published an article, "The Tempo of Water," coming out soon in the Journal of Palestine Studies, in a special issue on "Environment, Disease, Infrastructure"
September 28, 2022
JSP Forum Monday (10/3, 11am): Daimeon Shanks, “The Aesthetics is International Criminal Law"
September 13, 2022
July 20, 2022
Luker, who co-founded Berkeley Law’s Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice, has interviewed hundreds of women about their experiences before and after the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/06/29/kristin-luker-on-roe-v-wade/
July 1, 2022
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May 3, 2022
https://www.lawandsociety.org/2022/05/03/two-former-lsa-presidents-from-uc-berkeley-school-of-law-earn-honors/
Two former LSA presidents from UC Berkeley School of Law recently received honors. Lauren Edelman, who served as the Association’s president from 2002-03, was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.