Julia Byrd is the Vice Chair at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). She has decades of experience in philanthropy and educational programs in the U.S. and in Latin America, working with U.S. universities and community-based non-profit organizations. At CLACS, she manages and develops grant and endowment programs, administers student fellowships, and oversees programs. She has secured more than $3 million in grants from funders such as the Ford Foundation and the US Department of Education. She created the Nahuatl and Mam programs at Berkeley, collaborating with...
Ximena Cruz Diaz is an undergraduate Student Assistant at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). She is a senior double majoring in English and Spanish & Portuguese. She's particularly interested in Latin American literature, with an emphasis on works written by women, studying how their work provides a valuable insight and criticism of gendered violence, utilizing fiction to communicate the societal normalization of violence amidst discriminatory political climates.
Ashley Hernandez is an undergraduate Student Assistant at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. A senior majoring in Social Welfare and minoring in Public Policy, she is interested in health equity, specifically examining the impact of welfare reform, Medicaid structures, and universal healthcare initiatives, as well as identifying and dismantling structural racism within healthcare delivery and social systems.
Events Production and Research Dissemination Specialist
Greg Louden is the Design, Web and Information Technology staff person. In this capacity, Greg is responsible for planning, scheduling and coordinating the production of publications and promotional materials.
Class of 1930 Chair of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Tianna S. Paschel is an associate professor in the Department of African American Studies and Sociology (by courtesy) at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her Ph.D in Sociology from the same institution, where she was also a Ford Predoctoral Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow, and a Mellon Dissertation Fellow. She also holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies from UCLA. Professor Paschel’s research and teaching examine nationalist ideologies, race and the contradictions of democracy in the Americas, with a special focus on inequality, social movements, and the...
