The Affiliated Graduate Student Program supports the research of advanced graduate students at UC Berkeley. We hope that through an affiliation with CLAS (and office space within our building), graduate students can further their research and develop relationships with colleagues across departments and disciplines.
To apply, please send an email to clas@berkeley.edu. Please include your name, school or program, and what stage of or year in the program you have reached, along with a short description of your project.
To update the information on this page, please write to clas@berkeley.edu.
Dennis joined the Center for Latin American Studies as a Graduate Affiliate in 2022 as he advances his interdisciplinary work and graduate research from the perspective of an economic geographer working at the intersection of fire ecology and decision. His most recent work is framed by...Read more about Dennis Vahid Best
Ángela received her B.A. in Anthropology from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá) and an M.Sc. in Geography from the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá). In 2015, she received a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her doctoral studies in the Anthropology Department at the University...Read more about Ángela Castillo-Ardila
Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies
Patricia de Nóbrega Gomes is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Performance Studies at UC Berkeley, with a Designated Emphasis in Women and Gender Studies. Her research is on contemporary Black and Indigenous artists in Brazil working in performance, mixed-media, sculpture,...Read more about Patricia de Nobrega Gomes
Angela Pastorelli-Sosa is Ph.D. candidate in the History of Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley. She works on modern and contemporary art of the Americas, with a focus on conceptual and mixed media practices that engage colonial legacies, histories of migration, and...Read more about Angela Pastorelli-Sosa
Everardo Reyes (Rarámuri and Chicanx) is a fourth-year doctoral student in Music (Ethnomusicology) whose research focuses on the intersections between music, social movements, and Indigenous self-determination. His dissertation research focuses specifically on the contemporary sonic and...Read more about Everardo Reyes
Alice is a Ph.D. candidate in the Berkeley School of Education. An interdisciplinary social scientist and ethnographer, she studies youth identity formation and political development/ civic engagement; education and social movements; language, literacy, and learning practices across in-person...Read more about Alice Taylor