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Catherine Albiston

Jackson H. Ralston Professor of Law, Professor of Sociology, & Faculty Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Society

Law

Race & Ethnicity

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Michael Anderson

Professor

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Early Childhood Education • Health Care • Public Policy

Abhay Aneja

Assistant Professor

Law

Criminal Justice • Poverty & Inequality • Race & Ethnicity

A woman smiles at the camera, Sara Anzia

Sarah F. Anzia

Associate Professor of Public Policy & Political Science

Goldman School of Public Policy, Political Science

Public Policy • Unions

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Francisco Arzu

Co-Director, Green Economy Program

Labor Center

Green Economy • Unions

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Maximilian Auffhammer

Professor of International Sustainable Development, Associate Dean

Agricultural and Resource Economics

California State Policy • Green Economy

A woman, Lea Austin, smiling in front of a wooden background.

Lea J.E. Austin

Executive Director

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Early Childhood Education • Race & Ethnicity

A smiling woman; Sanchita Saxena

Sanchita Banerjee Saxena

Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies & Executive Director, Institute for South Asia Studies

Haas School of Business

Gender • Global Labor • Low-Wage Work • Poverty & Inequality • Unions • Workers’ Rights

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Cristina Banks

Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces & Senior Lecturer

Haas School of Business

Firms and Organizations

A smiling woman, Annettte Bernhardt, standing in front of a wood background.

Annette Bernhardt

Director, Technology and Work Program

Labor Center

Gig Economy • Global Labor • Immigration • Labor Markets • Low-Wage Work • Minimum Wage & Living Wage • Poverty & Inequality • Work & Technology

A smiling woman sits on a staircase; portrait of Irene Bloemraad

Irene Bloemraad

Professor, Thomas Garden Barnes Chair of Canadian Studies

Sociology

Immigration • Public Policy • Race & Ethnicity

A man with glasses stands in front of a gray background; Travis Bristol

Travis J. Bristol

Assistant Professor

School of Education

Education • Gender • Poverty & Inequality • Race & Ethnicity

A woman smiles at the camera; Tolani Britton

Tolani Britton

Assistant Professor

School of Education

Criminal Justice • Early Childhood Education • Poverty & Inequality • Race & Ethnicity

Erika Brown

Researcher

California Policy Lab

Health Care • Methods • Social Safety Net

A smiling woman sits in front of green bushes; Clair Brown

Clair Brown

Professor Emerita of Economics & Director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Society

Economics

California State Policy • Green Economy • Labor Markets • Public Policy • Work & Technology

A man with glasses is speaking at the camera. Michael Burawoy

Michael Burawoy

Professor

Sociology

Education • Global Labor • Higher Education • Unions

A smiling woman with a blurred background; Sydnee Caldwell

Sydnee Caldwell

Assistant Professor

Economics, Haas School of Business

Gender • Gig Economy • Labor Markets

A smiling man in front of green bushes; David Card

David Card

Class of 1950 Professor of Economics

Economics

Education • Labor Markets

A smiling woman with glasses; Karen Chapple

Karen Chapple

Professor Emerita

City & Regional Planning

California State Policy • Green Economy • Housing • Labor Markets • Poverty & Inequality

A smiling woman; Jennifer Chatman

Jennifer A. Chatman

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management

Haas School of Business

Firms and Organizations • Gender

A smiling woman, Abby Copeman, in front of a brick background.

Abby Copeman Petig

Research Director

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Early Childhood Education • Methods

A woman smiling, Miranda Dietz, in front of a tree.

Miranda Dietz

Research and Policy Associate

Labor Center

Global Labor • Health Care

A smiling man in front of a gray background; William Dow

William H. Dow

Kaiser Permanente Endowed Chair in Health Policy Management

Public Health

Health Care • Social Safety Net

A smiling woman with glasses; Lauren Edelman

Lauren B. Edelman

Agnes Roddy Robb Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology

Law

Firms and Organizations • Workers’ Rights

A woman smiling, Pamela Egan.

Pamela Egan

Director, Labor-Management Partnerships Program

Labor Center

A smiling man; Peter Evans

Peter Evans

Professor Emeritus

Sociology

Global Labor

A smiling man; Avi Feller

Avi Feller

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Statistics

Goldman School of Public Policy

Criminal Justice • Education

Woman smiling, Anibel Ferus-Comelo, with a wood background.

Anibel Ferus-Comelo

Director of Community-Engaged Academic Initiatives

Labor Center

Global Labor

A man smiling, Brett Fisher, in front of a wooden background.

Brett Fischer

Postdoctoral Scholar

California Policy Lab

Criminal Justice • Education • Methods

A smiling woman; Catherine Fisk

Catherine Fisk

Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law & Faculty Director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Work & the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology

Law

Gig Economy • Low-Wage Work • Minimum Wage & Living Wage • Poverty & Inequality • Unemployment • Unions • Workers’ Rights

A smiling man; Neil Fligstein

Neil Fligstein

Class of 1939 Professor & Director of the Center for Culture, Organization, and Politics

Sociology

Firms and Organizations • Green Economy

A smiling woman; Marion Fourcade

Marion Fourcade

Professor of Sociology & Director of Social Science Matrix

Sociology

Education • Finance & Financial Reform • Work & Technology

A smiling woman; Cybelle Fox

Cybelle Fox

Professor and Department Chair

Sociology

Immigration • Public Policy • Race & Ethnicity • Social Safety Net

A smiling man; Paul Gertler

Paul J. Gertler

Li Ka Shing Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Faculty Director, Institute of Business and Social Impact, & UC Berkeley Scientific Director, Center for Evaluation and Global Impact, UC Berkeley

Haas School of Business

Early Childhood Education • Education • Firms and Organizations • Health Care • Housing • Labor Markets • Public Finance • Public Policy • Retirement Security

A woman smiling with a wood background; Jessie-HF Hammerling

Jessie HF Hammerling

Co-Director, Green Economy Program

Labor Center

Green Economy • Low-Wage Work • Work & Technology

A smiling man; David J. Harding

David Harding

Professor, Faculty Director, Social Sciences D-Lab

Sociology

Criminal Justice • Education • Higher Education • Labor Markets • Poverty & Inequality

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Heather A. Haveman

Professor

Sociology

Firms and Organizations • Gender • Labor Markets

A smiling woman, Sara Hinkley, in front of a wooden background.

Sara Hinkley

Policy Research Specialist

Labor Center

Low-Wage Work • Poverty & Inequality • Public Policy • Unions • Work & Technology

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Seth M. Holmes

Chancellor's Professor in the Division of Society and Environment, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management

Anthropology, Public Health

Global Labor • Health Care • Immigration • Low-Wage Work • Poverty & Inequality • Race & Ethnicity • Workers’ Rights

A smiling woman with glasses; Hilary Hoynes

Hilary Hoynes

Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities

Economics, Goldman School of Public Policy

Poverty & Inequality • Public Finance • Public Policy • Social Safety Net • Tax Policy

A man with glasses smiling while standing in front of a wood background; Ken Jacobs.

Ken Jacobs

Chair

Labor Center

Global Labor • Health Care • Low-Wage Work • Minimum Wage & Living Wage • Public Policy • Unions

A smiling woman; Supreet Kaur

Supreet Kaur

Assistant Professor

Economics

Labor Markets • Unemployment

A smiling woman stands in front of a yellow background; Erin Kerrison

Erin M. Kerrison

Assistant Professor

School of Social Welfare

Criminal Justice • Race & Ethnicity

A smiling woman in glasses stands in front of a wooden wall; Yoonjeon Kim.

Yoonjeon Kim

Lead Research Analyst

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Early Childhood Education • Education • Immigration • Methods

A smiling man; Patrick Kline

Patrick Kline

Professor

Economics

Firms and Organizations • Poverty & Inequality • Race & Ethnicity

Smiling portrait of Laura Kray

Laura Kray

Professor, The Ned and Carol Spieker Chair in Leadership, Chair, Management of Organizations Group, & Faculty Director, Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership

Haas School of Business

Education • Gender • Higher Education

A smiling woman, Lisa Kresge, standing in front of a wooden background.

Lisa Kresge

Research and Policy Associate

Labor Center

Low-Wage Work • Unions • Work & Technology

A smiling woman, Johanna Lacoe, in front of a wooden background.

Johanna Lacoe

Research Director

California Policy Lab

Criminal Justice • Education • Housing • Methods • Public Policy

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Danya Lagos

Assistant Professor

Sociology

Gender

A smiling man with glasses; Michel Laguerre

Michel Laguerre

Professor, Director of the Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology

African American Studies & African Diaspora Studies

Global Labor • Work & Technology

Adam Leive

Assistant Professor

Goldman School of Public Policy

Health Care • Public Finance • Public Policy • Retirement Security • Social Safety Net

Portrait of David Levine seated on a staircase in front of an archway

David I. Levine

Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Chair in Business Administration & Chair, Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group

Haas School of Business

Firms and Organizations • Gender • Global Labor • Health Care • Work & Technology

A smiling man with glasses; Ethan A. Ligon

Ethan A. Ligon

Professor

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Poverty & Inequality

A smiling man with glasses; James Lincoln

James R. Lincoln

Mitsubishi Chair in International Business and Finance Emeritus

Haas School of Business

Firms and Organizations • Work & Technology

Shelley Liu

Assistant Professor

Goldman School of Public Policy

Global Labor • Poverty & Inequality • Public Policy

A smiling man with glasses stands in front of a wooden background, Enrique Lopezlira.

Enrique Lopezlira

Director, Low-Wage Work Program

Labor Center

Low-Wage Work • Race & Ethnicity

A smiling woman stands in front of a wooden background, Laurel Lucia.

Laurel Lucia

Director, Health Care Program

Labor Center

Health Care

A smiling man; Jeremy Magruder

Jeremy R. Magruder

Professor

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Global Labor • Minimum Wage & Living Wage

Aprajit Mahajan presenting

Aprajit Mahajan

Associate Professor

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Firms and Organizations • Global Labor • Poverty & Inequality • Public Finance • Public Policy

A smiling woman in front of a white background, Jane McAlevey.

Jane McAlevey

Senior Policy Fellow

Labor Center

Firms and Organizations • Health Care • Unions

A smiling woman standing in front of a wooden background; Caitlin Mclean

Caitlin McLean

Director of Multi-State and International Programs

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Early Childhood Education • Race & Ethnicity

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Conrad Miller

Associate Professor

Haas School of Business

Criminal Justice • Firms and Organizations • Labor Markets • Race & Ethnicity

Smiling portrait of Claire Montialoux

Claire Montialoux

Assistant Professor

Goldman School of Public Policy

Gender • Labor Markets • Low-Wage Work • Poverty & Inequality • Public Policy • Race & Ethnicity

A smiling woman, Elena Montoya, in glasses stands in front of a wooden background.

Elena Montoya

Senior Research and Policy Associate

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Early Childhood Education

A man with a white background; Enrico Moretti

Enrico Moretti

Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Professor of Economics & Professor of Business Administration

Economics, Haas School of Business

Gig Economy • Global Labor • Housing • Labor Markets • Public Policy • Tax Policy

A smiling man; Christopher Muller

Christopher Muller

Associate Professor

Sociology

Criminal Justice • Labor Markets • Poverty & Inequality • Race & Ethnicity • Unemployment

Smiling portrait of Brenda Muñoz

Brenda Muñoz

Deputy Chair

Labor Center

Unions

A smiling man; Dara O'Rourke

Dara O’Rourke

Associate Professor

Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Firms and Organizations • Global Labor • Green Economy

Smiling portrait of Seema Patel

Seema Patel

Practitioner in Residence

Labor Center

Low-Wage Work

Smiling portrait of Ricardo Perez-Truglia

Ricardo Perez-Truglia

https://haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/ricardo-perez-truglia/

Haas School of Business

Gender • Public Finance • Tax Policy

A smiling man with glasses; Jeffrey Perloff

Jeffrey Perloff

Professor

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Firms and Organizations • Immigration • Labor Markets • Low-Wage Work • Work & Technology

A smiling woman with glasses; Aruna Ranganathan

Aruna Ranganathan

Associate Professor

Haas School of Business

Firms and Organizations • Immigration • Labor Markets • Low-Wage Work • Work & Technology

A man with glasses smiling with a gray background, Steven Raphael.

Steven Raphael

IRLE Director & Professor and James D. Marver Chair in Public Policy

Institute for Research on Labor and Employment

Criminal Justice • Housing • Labor Markets • Low-Wage Work

A smiling man with glasses; Michael-Reich

Michael Reich

Chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics & Professor of Economics

Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics

Gig Economy • Global Labor • Minimum Wage & Living Wage • Poverty & Inequality • Race & Ethnicity

A woman smiling, Nari Rhee, in front of a bush.

Nari Rhee

Director, Retirement Security Program

Labor Center

Retirement Security

A smiling woman; Victoria Robinson

Victoria Robinson

Continuing Lecturer & American Cultures Program Director

Ethnic Studies

Criminal Justice • Education • Higher Education • Race & Ethnicity

A smiling man in front of a blurred background; Jesse Rothstein.

Jesse Rothstein

California Policy Lab Faculty Director & Professor of Public Policy and Economics

California Policy Lab

Education • Finance & Financial Reform • Global Labor • Methods • Tax Policy • Unemployment

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Emmanuel Saez

Professor of Economics & Director of the Center for Equitable Growth

Economics

Poverty & Inequality • Tax Policy

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James Sallee

Associate Professor

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Green Economy • Public Finance • Public Policy

A woman, Marisa Schlieber, smiling in front of a wooden background.

Marisa Schlieber

Senior Research and Policy Associate

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Early Childhood Education

A smiling man; Benjamin Schoefer

Benjamin Schoefer

Associate Professor

Economics

Firms and Organizations • Global Labor • Labor Markets • Low-Wage Work • Public Policy • Recession • Unemployment • Unions • Workers’ Rights

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Juliana Schroeder

Assistant Professor

Haas School of Business

Firms and Organizations • Work & Technology

A woman smiling, Alissa Skog, in front of a wooden background.

Alissa Skog

Researcher

California Policy Lab

Criminal Justice • Health Care • Methods • Social Safety Net

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Sameer Srivastava

Ewald T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy; Co-Director, Computational Culture Lab; & Co-Director, Berkeley Culture Center

Haas School of Business

Firms and Organizations • Work & Technology

A smiling woman with glasses leans on a bookshelf; Kim Voss

Kim Voss

Professor

Sociology

Education • Higher Education • Immigration • Unions • Workers’ Rights

A smiling man; Christopher Walters

Christopher Walters

Associate Professor

Economics

Early Childhood Education • Education • Gender • Higher Education • Labor Markets • Poverty & Inequality • Race & Ethnicity

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Margaret Weir

Professor of Sociology and Political Science & Avice M. Saint Chair in Public Policy

Sociology

Housing • Poverty & Inequality • Public Policy • Social Safety Net

A smiling man stands in front of a wooden wall; Evan White.

Evan White

Executive Director

California Policy Lab

Finance & Financial Reform • Housing • Race & Ethnicity • Work & Technology

A woman, Marcy Whitebook, smiling while standing in front of a wooden wall.

Marcy Whitebook

Director Emerita

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Early Childhood Education

A smiling man with glasses; Guo Xe

Guo Xu

Assistant Professor

Haas School of Business

Firms and Organizations • Labor Markets • Public Policy

Smiling portrait of Danny Yagan

Danny Yagan

Associate Professor

Economics

Public Finance • Tax Policy

Chunyan Yang

Associate Professor

School of Education

Early Childhood Education • Education

A smiling woman with glasses, Carol Zabin, stands in front of a wood background.

Carol Zabin

Senior Advisor on the Green Economy

Labor Center

Global Labor • Green Economy • Labor Markets • Unions

J. Nicholar Ziegler sits looking pensive in from of a bookshelf.

J. Nicholas Ziegler

Professor Emeritus

Political Science

Work & Technology

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