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Spotlight on ISF Graduates
Huda Adem
After graduating in 2011, Huda participated as a Health Career Connection intern at Kaiser Permanente’s Regional Health Education, working on domestic health education projects that focused on cultural competency and outreach. Following this experience, she pursued her interests in global
Sierra Alef-Defoe
Sierra Alef-Defoe completed her thesis on quality of life in pediatric cancer care in Spring 2015 following a course of study in global healthcare law. She has been admitted to Yale’s Summer Institute for Bioethics where she will continue her
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.
Lambert Li
Lambert graduated in 2017. His research field was Organizational Theory, and his senior thesis was entitled “Categorizing and Categories of Corporate Social Responsibility”. As a Berkeley student he received five research assistantships in the sociology, business, and engineering departements, as
Gianni Glick
Gianni will enter Brown Alpert Medical School in the Fall of 2015.Gianni writes that he began the ISF major at Berkeley without a clear sense of direction but eventually decided to concentrate his studies around the question What makes people
Dana Rosen
After completing her thesis exploring comprehensive design for 21st-century educational technology, Dana launched her business development career in Silicon Valley at several high-profile technology companies. She writes, Writing my honors thesis was one of the most impactful experiences of my
Christopher Adcock
A Fall 2014 graduate, Christopher is now pursuing concurrent MD/MPH degrees at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Chris wrote a comprehensive senior thesis on the dangers that the use of lead bullets poses to hunters
Ryan Swanson
Ryan initially chose Interdisciplinary Studies because “its rare combination of creativity and rigor allowed [him] to study abroad for a year in Beijing while also pursuing [his] research interests in climate change and energy policy.” His senior thesis, titled The
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.