Recent News
New Faculty Searches
Job Posting: Senate Faculty Positions Open The Goldman School is running two senate faculty searches, one jointly with the School of Information and the other for a faculty member in UC Berkeley’s new (Non) Citizenship faculty cluster. Please share the below widely with your network, and visit the links provided for more information. Technology Policy, Governance, and Society Faculty Search The Goldman School of Public Policy and the School of Information invite applications for a joint tenure-track…
GSPP Welcomes New Faculty
This fall, the Goldman School welcomed four faculty new to UC Berkeley, as well as three faculty members who have taken on new appointments and roles within the Goldman School. Jacob (Jake) Grumbach - Associate Professor of Public Policy. Jake Grumbach is a political scientist who studies multiracial democracy, labor, democratic backsliding, campaign finance, and racial and economic inequality. He is the author of Laboratories Against Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2022), which investigates the causes and consequences of the nationalization of…
The Early Learning Science & Child Policy Certificate
Karina Du is currently pursuing her PhD in special education and will be one of the first students to complete the Transdisciplinary Early Learning Science & Child Policy Certificate, a joint program from the Institute of Human Development and the Goldman School of Public Policy. Her interest in working more on teacher training, research and policy was inspired from her work as a classroom teacher. “My transition stems from the recognition that I needed to shift my…
Introducing Erika Weissinger: A Catalyst for Growth and Community Engagement at GSPP
The Goldman School of Public Policy is pleased to announce the appointment of Erika Weissinger. As of July 1, 2023, Weissinger assumed the responsibilities of Assistant Professor of Practice (Public Policy) and GSPP's Director of Community, Climate, and Culture. In her capacity as an instructor, Weissinger's primary objective will be to expand and enhance GSPP’s curriculum in critical areas such as civil rights, social justice, ethics, and policy analysis. Her understanding of these subjects will empower our…
LA’s Regulations are a Recipe for Corruption, Housing Shortages
Emily Jacobson's (MPP '23) advanced policy analysis report has been published by CaliforniaYIMBY. Read the YIMBY press release below: June 27, 2023 CONTACT: Matthew Lewis, Director of Communications press@cayimby.org DOWNLOAD AND READ the full report here: https://cayimby.org/la-the-dysfunctional-metropolis/ SACRAMENTO - The process that the City and County of Los Angeles uses to approve multi-family housing proposals within its jurisdiction is a recipe for political corruption and high housing costs, and should be reformed to achieve…
GSPP Welcomes Jake Grumbach
UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy is delighted to announce the appointment of Jacob (Jake) Grumbach as Associate Professor of Public Policy, effective July 1. Professor Grumbach is a political scientist who studies multiracial democracy, labor, democratic backsliding, campaign finance, and racial and economic inequality. He is the author of Laboratories Against Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2022), which investigates the causes and consequences of the nationalization of state politics since the 1970s. “It's always been my…
GSPP’s Center for Security in Politics and FBI Sign Historic Research Agreement on AI, Fintech, and Internet Governance
Huntsville, Alabama - The Center for Security in Politics (CSP) at the University of California, Berkeley, and the FBI officially signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) at the FBI’s campus at Redstone Arsenal. This agreement is among the first in which the FBI is leveraging the CRADA mechanism with a university. CRADAs allow for the sharing of resources and expertise between organizations for collaborative research to advance a federal agency’s mission. This partnership…
Remembering Shelly Gehshan (MPP ‘85)
The Goldman School mourns the passing of Shelly Gehshan (MPP 85). In addition to being an advocate for equitable health policy, Shelly was an active member of the Goldman School alumni board, serving two terms (Sept 2013-August 2019) and chairing the board from Sept 2016-August 2018). Her son, Alex Marqusee (MPP 15) shared the obituary below and wrote, “My mom believed in working on public policy for the same reason she did everything; it was always about people, helping fix problems today and…
2023 U.S. News and World Report Rankings
U.S. News & World Report once again named the Goldman School of Public Policy #1 in policy analysis. The report surveyed 800 institutions and 2,100 graduate programs. The full list of UC Berkeley graduate programs can be found on the U.S. News and World Report website; more information about UC Berkeley graduate program rankings can also be found on Berkeley News. In addition to policy analysis, the Goldman School's rankings in other categories are below: #1 Public Policy Analysis #1 Social…
UC Berkeley students take a deep dive into security policy in Washington D.C.
[from left: Katie Noyes, Section Chief at the FBI; Professor Janet Napolitano; Robert Brown, Executive Assistant Director of Science and Technology at the FBI] Talia Smith (MPP '23) will never forget what it felt like to walk into CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. One of the most secretive and mysterious organizations in the world, its headquarters are seldom seen by the public eye. The chance to visit is a rare and exciting experience, offering a behind-the-scenes look at one of…