Institute Staff

Bamberger

Kenneth A. Bamberger
Faculty Director
Professor of Law
kbamberger@law.berkeley.edu
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Ron Hassner

Ron Hassner
Faculty Director
Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies
Chancellor’s Professor of Political Science
hassner@berkeley.edu
510.642.4657
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Golbert

Dr. Rebecca Golbert
Executive Director
510.643.0501
rlgolbert@law.berkeley.edu
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Leah

Leah Wagner-Edelstein
Deputy Director
510-642-6126
lwedelstein@law.berkeley.edu

Alexa-Fosdick

Alexa Fosdick
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
alexafosdick@berkeley.edu

Juan R. Zavala

Juan R. Zavala
Institute Administrator
jrzavala@berkeley.edu

Matthew Gordon

Matthew Gordan
Assistant Director of Student Engagement 
mgordan@berkeley.edu

Noam Tadelis

Noam Tadelis
Program Associate
noamtadelis@berkeley.edu

Maya Shemtov

Maya Shemtov
Assistant Director for Special Projects
510-664-7024
mshemtov@law.berkeley.edu

Sofie Chavez

Sofie Chavez
Student Assistant
sofiachavezmarch10@gmail.com

Isabella

Isabella Fuller
Student Assistant
isabellarose_fuller@berkeley.edu

Francisco Tran

Francisco Tran
Student Assistant
ftran1@berkeley.edu

Tina Alaberkyan
Student Assistant
talaberkyan@gmail.com

Joann Park
Student Assistant
joannpark@berkeley.edu


Faculty Executive Board Members:

Jason Wittenberg
Associate Professor of Political Science
witty@berkeley.edu510.642.8407

Joan Bieder
Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism
jbieder@berkeley.edu
510.642.4798

Steven Davidoff Solomon
Professor of Law, Boalt School of Law
steven.solomon@berkeley.edu

Steve Tadelis
Professor of Business, Haas School of Business
stadelis@haas.berkeley.edu
510.643.0546

Claude Fischer
Professor of the Graduate School in Sociology
fischer1@berkeley.edu
510.642.4772; -4766

Ethan Katz
Associate Professor of History
ebkatz@berkeley.edu