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Spotlight on ISF Graduates
Lucina Alcala Navarro
Lucina Alcala Navarro is a graduate student of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. Her concentration is in Housing, Community and Economic Development. She received her BA from UC Berkeley in 2010 with a major in ISF
Kathy Correia Brasil
The title of Kathy’s thesis was Translating Identity Across Borders: Interpretations of Asylum Seekers Queerness in the United States. She is currently working as a Refugee Rights Advocate / Paralegal at East Bay Sanctuary Covenant in Berkeley.
Katherine Karmen Trujillo
Born in South Central Los Angeles, Katherine is the daughter of immigrants from Mexico and Honduras. Katherines mother, a refugee from El Salvador, and her father, an economic migrant, sacrificed to no end to provide her with an education. Their
Lorna Porter
Lorna who graduated with Department Citation in 2013 will begin her Master’s in International Education at UC Davis in the Fall of 2015, on a full merit scholarship. Lorna writes about her ISF experience: ISF has helped me approach every
Hannah Jones
Hannah titled her Fall 2013 thesis: Expanding the Mind: Leadership for the 21st Century and provides us with this abstract: Advances in the fields of neural science and cognitive psychology have changed the way leadership development can be conceived of
Sean Cleary
As an ISF major, Sean was able to take his love for music and combine it with his passion for business and law in a major that reflected his interests and gave him a significant advantage during his job search.
Ryan Triolo
After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2011, Ryan worked on various research projects with organizations such as the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. On one project with the U.N. Food
Jonathan Parker McDonald
Jonathan Parker McDonald graduated in 2018. The title of his thesis was: “Are we really helping: The effects of child sponsorship on poverty mitigation in the Dominican Republic”. Jonathan made two research trips to the Dominican Republic where he got
Course Threads
The Interdisciplinary Studies Program is proud to host Berkeley Course Threads, developed by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, that give students the chance to connect their courses thematically to earn a certificate in interdisciplinary studies.
