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Phenocia Bauerle, Director
Phone: 510-725-7370
Email: nasd@berkeley.edu
Antonio Bastida, Assistant Director
Breanna Chacon, Program Specialist
Mailing Address:
241 Cesar Chavez #2440
Berkeley, CA 94720
University of California Berkeley
Undergraduate and Graduate Exchanges of Indigenous Research
Crossing Paths convenes six times per academic year, bringing together undergraduate and a graduate-level Native and indigenous students to present on their scholarly research or current projects.
After a long period of virtual Crossing Paths, we are excited to transition to holding hybrid and in-person events in 2022! Community members, staff, faculty, students, and families gather for an hour to hear presentations, present feedback, and engage in discussion. Crossing Paths is the only event on Berkeley's campus that offers a space for all Native and indigenous graduate and undergraduate students to engage in exchange and learning, which builds both community and builds professional skills among students and their broader networks. The event is free and open to the public.
This lecture series began in 2012 under the direction of graduate student Olivia Chilcote, and has been continued by subsequent graduate student chairs of the American Indian Graduate Student Association (AIGSA) at UC Berkeley.
Co-Sponsored by the American Indian Graduate Program, Native American Student Development, Native American Studies, The Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, & The Graduate Assembly.
Spring 2022
NASD was proud to host our first in-person Crossing Paths event this February in the new Native Community Center at Anthony Hall. Graduate presenter Sierra Hampton spoke on "Sovereignty and Traditional Foods" and undergraduate Andrea Salazar presented on "Recmalation, Engagement, and Expression Through Land".
To view and hear these presentations, watch the video featured on this page!