Jose Eos Trinidad is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Berkeley. He is a sociologist focused on the study of organizations outside schools and the study of schools as organizations. He received his Joint PhD in Sociology and Comparative Human Development from the University of Chicago.
Travis J. Bristol is an associate professor of teacher education and education policy in Berkeley’s School of Education and (by courtesy) the Department of African American Studies. He is also the faculty director of the Center for Research on Expanding Educational Opportunity. Before joining Berkeley's faculty, he was a Peter Paul Assistant Professor at Boston University. Using qualitative methods, Dr. Bristol explores three...
Dr. Pardos is an Associate Professor of Education at UC Berkeley studying adaptive learning and AI. His current research focuses on knowledge representation and recommender systems approaches to increasing upward mobility in postsecondary education using behavioral and semantic data.
He earned his PhD in Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a dissertation on computational models of cognitive mastery. Funded by a National Science Foundation Fellowship (GK-12), he spent extensive time with K-12 educators and students working to integrate educational technology into...
Zeus Leonardo has published numerous articles and book chapters on critical social thought in education. His articles have appeared in Educational Researcher; Race, Ethnicity, and Education; Teachers College Record; and Educational Philosophy and Theory. Some of his essays include: "Critical Social Theory and Transformative Knowledge," "The Souls of White Folk," "The Color of Supremacy," "Schooling in Racist America," "Smartness as Property" (with Alicia Broderick), and "Dis-orienting Western Knowledge." His most recent books are Edward Said and...
Julián G. Ángel (He/Él/Leti’) is a Chancellor Fellow and PhD student in Policy, Politics, and Leadership in the Berkeley School of Education. Born and raised in New Mexico, Julián found his passion for public education, civic engagement, and community-engaged research in the rich farming community of Hatch. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Chicana and Chicano Studies, specializing in Intersectional Politics and Social Movements, from The University of New Mexico (UNM). Julián's journey through higher education is a testament to the transformative influence of public education and the...
Vo Ram Yoon (him/his) is a doctoral student in the Policy, Politics, and Leadership cluster at the Berkeley School of Education. Ethnically Korean and raised in Bolivia, his passion for advancing social justice and equity in education have been shaped by his international upbringing and witnessing how privilege and marginalization manifest in education from the classrooms of Chicago Public Schools to the private English academies in Tokyo. His research interests include the impact of EdTech on K-12 schools, the racialization of AAPI students, and the relationship between schools and the...
Beulah Nimene is a Master’s student in the Education Policy, Politics, and Leadership cluster. Originally from Liberia, West Africa, she brings over seven years of teaching experience and a strong background in civic engagement, politics, and women’s empowerment to her work at UC Berkeley.
Before coming to Berkeley, Beulah served as a Program Officer at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Monrovia, Liberia, where she organized policy roundtables, fact-finding missions, and capacity-building workshops for civil society and government stakeholders. She is...
Jose R. Aguilar Jr. is an enthusiastic and driven scholar-educator. He brings a wealth of experience and a solid commitment to addressing systemic issues in education. Born out of his personal experiences as a first-generation college student and a keen observer of the challenges faced by underrepresented communities, Jose has dedicated his career to dismantling the barriers that hinder the educational aspirations of Latino students.
Jose is a doctoral student and Computational Research for Equity in the Legal System (CRELS) Fellow in the Policy, Politics, and Leadership program at...
Hoyun Kim is a PhD candidate in the Policy, Politics, and Leadership cluster at the UC Berkeley School of Education. Her research interests lie in public education policy, organizational identity and behavior, and their implications for college access and student agency to and through college. Her recent work applies an organizational lens to the relationship between policies aimed at improving equity in higher education and the community college system.
Her interests are informed by her experiences attending multiple public schools and hearing different narratives around merit and...
Kemryn Janall-Louise Lawrence is a doctoral student in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, pursuing a Ph.D. with a concentration in Policy, Politics, and Leadership. Her research interests center on expanding college access, strengthening educational pathways, and advancing institutional strategies that support student success from K–12 through higher education. Central to her vision is the strengthening of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and building pipelines that connect underrepresented students to these institutions and beyond....
