Announcements

Geography Chair Desiree Fields recently shared their expertise on climate risk, urban futures, and social change on two major stages: a Social Science Matrix panel on climate disaster insurance and, just last week, as the Distinguished Speaker for the Critical Urban Anthropology Association at the...

Geography alum Cole Haddock (BA, '25), in collaboration with Maria Toldi, have published a compelling set of maps in the independent East Bay newspaper Street Spirit using nearly 1,900 public data records from the City of Oakland. Their article, “Swept off the Map – Four Years of Encampment Management in Oakland,” looks at the impacts of Oakland's current Encampment Management Policy (EMP) and is the first chapter in an ongoing project as...

We’re excited to share that work from Spring 2025 semester’s GEOG 126: Sonic Geographies course, taught by Joel Wanek, will be featured on local NPR affiliate KALW’s Bay Made program next week. The show airs Monday–Thursday from 11:30am–12:00pm and will highlight audio works created by students throughout the semester.

Using Bay Area creeks as navigational guides, students set out on weekly walks—sometimes along waterways visible above ground,...

"I feel proud to be working in public education at a time when more critical thinking is vitally necessary."

With a background in nonprofit work, graduate school administration, and campus curriculum planning, Alli Warren brings a thoughtful, detail-oriented approach to scheduling, enrollment management, and course development. A published poet as well, she balances creativity and precision—both in her writing and in supporting Berkeley’s academic mission behind the scenes.

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