Ph.D. candidate Andrew Wojtanik has been selected as a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a prestigious program that brings together emerging leaders from academia, government, business, media, and civil society. Congratulations Andrew!
Graduate Alumni News
Ph.D. candidate Juan Carlos Campos will begin a Predoctoral Visiting Fellowship this fall at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at University of California, San Diego, where he will conduct research as part of the center's visiting scholars program. Congratulations Juan!
PhD candidate Eero Samuel Arum has accepted a Political Theory Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Princeton University Center for Human Values for the 2026–2027 academic year. Beginning in fall 2027, he will join The University of Texas at Austin's Civitas Institute as an Assistant Professor of Humanities. Congratulations Eero!
Anna Callis received an honorable mention for the Juan Linz Best Dissertation Award from APSA’s Democracy and Autocracy section.
Johnathan Guy accepted an Assistant Professor position at Georgia Tech, starting Fall 2026.
Julia Raven was selected for the 2025-2026 APSA Congressional Fellowship Program. You can read more here.
The UC Berkeley Political Science Department is proud to highlight the recent appointment of alumnus Obai A. Ramboto the San Francisco Homelessness Oversight Commission. Appointed by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, Rambo now serves on the citywide accountability body responsible for guiding oversight, systems reform, and equity efforts within one of the region’s most complex policy areas. Rambo credits his Berkeley Political Science education as...
Clara Bichalho has started the inaugural Tinker Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University.
UC Berkeley Political Science alumna Clara Bicalho has started the inaugural Tinker Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University. Her research explores comparative politics, land governance, and political participation in Latin America, with a focus on understanding what drives greater political inclusion. Congratulations, Clara!
UC Berkeley Political Science alumna Rachel Bernhard has been awarded a €1.5 million (approximately $1.5 million USD) grant from the European Research Council to support her multi-year research agenda on the role of complexity in politics. Read the full story here . Congratulations, Professor Bernhard!