Anna Callis received an honorable mention for the Juan Linz Best Dissertation Award from APSA’s Democracy and Autocracy section.
Graduate Alumni News
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!
UC Berkeley Political Science graduate alumna Dr. Julia Raven has been selected for the prestigious 2025–2026 APSA Congressional Fellowship Program. The fellowship provides early-career scholars the opportunity to gain direct experience in Congress, connecting academic research with policymaking. You can read more about the 2025–2026 APSA Congressional Fellows here Congratulations, Julia!
Ph.D. candidate Douglas Van Steel co-organized and co-founded the inaugural Southern Symposium for Political Thought, held March 1–2 at the University of Memphis. Hosted at the FedEx Institute of Technology, the symposium brought together scholars from across the U.S. South to cultivate a regional intellectual community focused on political thought. Congratulations, Douglas!
Ph.D. candidate Juan Carlos Campos has been selected to present his job market paper, “The Politics of Subnational Police Reform,” at the 2025 Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) Conference in Taipei. Hosted by National Taiwan University and co-sponsored by Emory University, the ESOC Conference brings together leading research on conflict, governance, and political development. Juan will present his work this June among a highly competitive...