Underground Scholars Chapters
We work closely with the Berkeley Underground Scholars Initiative, a student led organization, to serve UC Berkeley Students:
USI UC Berkeley:
Link to Join: https://callink.berkeley.edu/organization/usi
Instagram: @theundergroundscholars
Facebook: facebook.com/undergroundscholars
We are working with the following UC’s across the state to implement the Underground Scholars Program Model.
USI UC Irvine:
Email: uciundergroundscholars@gmail.com
Program Director: Hector Cervantes, hcervan1@uci.edu
Assistant Director: Diana Greer, djgreer@uci.edu
Instagram: @uciundergroundscholars
Facebook: USIatUCI
USI UC Santa Barbara:
Email: undergroundscholars.sb.ucsb@gmail.com
Program Director: Melissa Ortiz, melissaortiz@umail.ucsb.edu
Instagram: @usi.ucsantabarbara
Facebook: Underground Scholars Santa Barbara
USI UC San Diego:
Website: https://usiucsd.org/ and https://oasis.ucsd.edu/programs/USI-folder/index.html
Email: usi.ucsd@gmail.com
Instagram: @usi.ucsd
Mailing Address:
OASIS/Triton Underground Scholars
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0045
Berkeley Underground Scholars Advisory Board
The development and growth of BUS and USI have been deeply supported by the Underground Scholars Advisory board, made up of faculty, administrators, campus and community leaders. Our team of advisors supports our students and our program by offering mentorship, research opportunities, resources, and partnership. Our faculty advisory board currently includes:
Laleh Behbehanian, Sociology
Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor Emeritus
Travis Bristol, School of Education
Tolani A. Britton, Department of City and Regional Planning and School of Public Health
Jason Corburn, Graduate School of Education
Keith Feldman, Ethnic Studies
Cybelle Fox, Sociology
Pablo Gonzalez, Ethnic Studies
Bob Haas, Chairman Emeritus Levi Strauss & Co.
David Harding, Sociology
Nikki Jones, African American Studies
Dacher Keltner, Psychology
Amy Lerman, Public Policy
Margaretta Wan-Ling Lin, Executive Director, Just Cities
Ruben Lizardo, Local Government & Community Relations
Fabrizio Mejia, Associate Vice Chancellor Division of Equity & Inclusion
Tony Mirabelli, Athletic Study Center
Olufemi Ogundele, Associate Vice Chancellor of Admissions & Enrollment
Kurt Organista, Social Welfare
Steve Raphael, Public Policy
Victoria Robinson, Ethnic Studies
Tina Sacks, Social Welfare
Nancy Skinner, State Senator
Jonathan Simon, Law
Ula Taylor, African American Studies
R. Jay Wallace, Philosophy