The department of Global and International Studies embraces critical interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the most pressing global issues of our times such as climate change, systemic racism, regional conflict, human rights, globaL health and rising authoritarianism.
Welcome to Fall 2022 and our return to campus! The coming year promises to be a very
exciting one. We welcome our third cohort of doctoral students – a terrific group
of junior scholars bringing together humanistic and social science insights. We also
welcome a new set of undergraduate students who bring to our community much passion
and energy in seeking a better and more just world. Finally, we welcome four new faculty
with wide-ranging expertise in issues of race, indigeneity, settlor colonialism, migration,
refugees, border conflicts, militarism, plurinational governance, and environmental
justice. These outstanding global scholars will be critical in broadening inclusive
scholarship and decolonizing knowledge production within the academy. They also underscore
the leadership role our department is taking in the field of Global Studies as we
build out our interdisciplinary curriculum that engages with the pressing issues of
the 21st century. I am thrilled to be back on campus and embrace the opportunities
the year ahead presents. Learn more . . . •
Eve Darian-Smith
Department Chair
Land Acknowledgement
We recognize our presence on the ancestral shared territory of the Acjachemen and
Tongva Peoples, who hold strong cultural, spiritual, and physical ties to the land
where we live and work.