Khalid Kadir

Khalid is a Continuing Lecturer at UC Berkeley, teaching courses in the Global Poverty & Practice (GPP) program, Political Economy, and Civil & Environmental Engineering. He received his BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his MSE and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley. While completing his PhD, Khalid began focusing his research on the complex role that engineering expertise plays in the politics of international development and poverty alleviation, and his current work focuses on the intersection of poverty, expertise, and political economy. He is a recipient of the 2019 American Cultures Teaching Award and the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley’s most prestigious honor for teaching.