Uganda

Sam Dubal

Alumnus
Anthropology
Sam Dubal’s Against Humanity: A Memorial Forum(link is external)

From Medical Anthropology Quarterly(link is external), 22 January 2025

On October 9, 2020, the promising young anthropologist, activist, and medical doctor, Sam Dubal, set off to hike the Mother Mountain Loop at the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park, and never returned.

In the immediate...

Ravina and Rushika Pattni: The Powerhouse Sister Duo in Tanzania

April 1, 2024

Ravina and Rushika Pattni

Ravina and Rushika Pattni are two exceptional women making a difference in Tanzania and beyond on the African continent. Ravina earned her bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley as a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, majoring in Development Studies and Economics. Although she then obtained a Master of Public Administration in Development Practice from...

African Languages Spring 2025

December 6, 2024

Studying a language is an immediate way to immerse oneself in African knowledge systems.

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Why study language and culture at Berkeley(link is external)

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Options for UC Berkeley Students In the Department of African American Studies AFRICAM 18B...

Joseph Lample

Social and Cultural Studies in Education

Sylvan Herskowitz

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Charisma Acey

Associate Professor
City and Regional Planning

Andrew Wooyoung Kim

Assisstant Professor
Biological Anthropology

Julia Schaletzky Advances Biomedical Entrepreneurship in Uganda with Mastercard Foundation Faculty Grant

December 11, 2023

Portrait of Julia SchaletzkyJulia Schaletzky is executive director of the Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases(link is external), Drug Discovery Center, at UC Berkeley, which co-founded the Alliance of Global Health and Science several years ago to integrate research at UC Berkeley with Makerere University in Uganda. She is also a lecturer at...