Curriculum Committee & Student Advising
Curriculum Committee and Advisors
The minor is guided by an interdisciplinary committee comprised of faculty from the social sciences and professional schools. In addition to their responsibilities for the design and oversight of the minor, members of the curriculum committee serve as faculty advisors for the minor. Each student enrolled in the Global Poverty & Practice Minor will be assigned a faculty advisor based on their interest and likely field work.
Program Chair:
Ananya Roy
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, International & Area Studies
Associate Professor, City & Regional Planning
ananya@berkeley.edu
Program Advisor:
Alexis Bucknam
Director of Student Programs, Blum Center for Developing Economies
Alexis serves as the primary administrator and adviser for the Global Poverty & Practice Minor housed in the International and Area Studies Teaching Program. She also plays an integral role in developing and hosting other curricular activities of the Blum Center including a major speaker series and student symposium series.
alexisb@berkeley.edu
Alexis' Spring '08 Drop-In Office Hours are as follows:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10 am – Noon
Tuesday, Thursday: 1:30 – 4 pm
(additional advising times available by appointment)
Board of Faculty Advisors:
Nezar AlSayyad, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Architecture
Alain de Janvry, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Andrew Guzman, Law
Eva Harris, Public Health
Percy Hintzen, African American Studies
David Levine,
Edward Miguel, Economics
Kara Nelson, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Aihwa Ong, Anthropology
Isha Ray, Energy & Resources Group
Raka Ray, Center for South Asia Studies and Sociology
Michael Watts, Geography and Development Studies