Current Students

Graduate Handbooks

Current students should refer to the Graduate Handbook.

For information about teaching, refer to the the GSI Handbook. 

Students should have access to the Department bCourses site, which contains more information. Contact Department chair for access, if you don't have it.  


2026-27 Departmental Graduate Student Roles

Graduate Student Representative - Niko Schwarz, Isaac McQuinn

Climate Committee – Coral Murphy Marcos

Graduate Assembly Representative – Jackson Ribler

Alternate GA Representative - Shulin Liu

Union Representative - Liam Seeley, Sophia Duncan

Lucero editors – Chloé Mauvais, Jackson Ribler, Claudia Martinez-Rivera, Emma Murray, Mia Lilly, Coral Murphy-Marcos

2027-2028 S&P Lecture Series Organizers - Laura Barber, Erubey Lopez

Research Day – Emma Murray, Isaac McQuinn, Emiliano Arizmendi-Castilla

Graduate Student Conference – Astur Agun Alvarez, Sophia Duncan, Erubey Lopez, Mia Lilly, Emiliano Arizmendi-Castilla

Charloteo - Claudia Martinez-Rivera, Emiliano Arizmendi-Castilla, Veronica Grajeda

Bate-papo - Ana Luiza Kehdi, Isaac McQuinn


Other Resources for Graduate Students: 

Graduate Division

Resources and Services for Graduate Students

Office for Graduate Diversity

GSI Teaching Resource Center

Graduate Student Career Development (GradPro)

Career Engagement

Berkeley International Office

Berkeley Language Center

Townsend Center for the Humanities

Graduate Assembly

Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Spanish Studies Program

Center for Portuguese Studies

Latinx Research Center

International & Area Studies

Gender Equity Resource Center


Iberian and Latin-American Collection Librarians:

Liladhar Pendse

643-3351

lpendse@library.berkeley.edu

Claude Potts

642-6052

cpotts@library.berkeley.edu


List of Professional Organizations:

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

Brasilian Studies Association (BRASA)

Modern Language Association of America (MLA)

Linguistic Society of America (LSA)