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Jennie Barker
Graduate Student
Political Science
Jennie Barker is a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where she studies international influences on democratization. Her current research examines recipient government behavior toward democracy assistance. Prior to coming to UC Berkeley, Barker worked...Read more about Jennie Barker
Matthew Kovac
Graduate Student
History
Matthew Kovac is PhD student in History at the University of California, Berkeley. His current research focuses on the Irish republican movement, decolonization, and the Global Cold War.
Kovac is the recipient of the 2021 IIS...Read more about Matthew Kovac
Gabriel Lesser
Graduate Student
Spanish and Portuguese
Gabriel Lesser is a Ph.D. student in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. His interests include 19th and 20th century humor, visual studies, caricatures, and cartoons in Mexico and Brazil.
He is the recipient of the 2021 IIS...Read more about Gabriel Lesser
Emily Fjaellen Thompson
Graduate Student
Anthropology
Emily Fjaellen Thompson is a PhD student in socio-cultural anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her bachelor's degree in Latin American and Latino/a Studies from Vassar College, where she was awarded the Burnam Fellowship for work on the U.S.-Mexico border...Read more about Emily Fjaellen Thompson