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Hilary Harkness graduated in 1993 with a B.A. in Art Practice.

Tell me about yourself and what languages you speak. 
I am a double major in Political Science and South and Southeast Asian Studies with a minor in Political Policy. I currently speak English, Tagalog, and American Sign Language, and I'm currently learning Burmese. 

The launch of Berkeley’s Korean program in 1943 was “a meaningful and significant part of Korean language history,” according to Associate Professor Jinsoo An, Choong Kun Cho Chair in Korean Studies and director of the Center for Korean Studies.

Tell us about yourself and what languages you speak. 

I'm a graduate student in the Slavic Languages and Literatures program at Berkeley. I also have a designated emphasis in Jewish Studies. I speak English, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Polish, Yiddish, Lithuanian, and French.

When Ann Wai-Yee Kwong entered UC Berkeley as a student, she had never heard of disability studies, an interdisciplinary field that examines the social structures and cultural depictions that shape — and are shaped by — the experiences of people with disabilities.

“There's no chapter in high school that focuses on disability,” said Kwong, who is blind. “The idea that disability is something you can be proud of — that it’s a field with rich socioeconomic and historical identity you can study — was relatively new to me.”

For our second interview, I wanted to highlight the professor who was one of the main contributors in helping me start this publication: Professor Eric Falci of the English Department. Professor Falci joined UC Berkeley’s faculty in 2006, and currently serves as the English Department's Chair. I first met Professor Falci through a seminar I took, funded by The Bedri Distinguished Writers Series. For any freshman or prospective students reading, this is a wonderful program which I highly recommend looking into.

Two recent gifts in memory of beloved faculty members have ensured that their legacy will live on, supporting graduate students in the fields to which they dedicated their life’s work.

Ron Stroud, a leading expert in the study of Greek epigraphy, taught in the Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies from 1965 until 2007. He helped found the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology (AHMA) in 1968 and was instrumental in building AHMA into the premier program of its kind in the nation.

Tabasom Barkzai