PhD Student
North America
I am a fourth-year PhD student in the North America field advised by Prof. Bernadette Peréz, with a specific focus on the histories of racialized and marginalized communities in California. My dissertation project historicizes the aftermath of California's deinstitutionalization movement from the 1960s onwards, and the systems of care that emerged as a result.
In addition to my dissertation, here are some other things I'm working on:
- I am editing a piece that I wrote last spring on the 1970 Augusta, Georgia Uprising. You can learn more about the Augusta uprising by listening to this podcast: https://www.gpb.org/podcasts/shots-in-the-back-exhuming-the-1970-augusta....
- Other articles in progress include a piece on SSI/SSDI, and a paper on the Larry P. v. Riles court case and the fight by Black activists to end IQ testing for Black students in California.
Please reach out at taramadhav@berkeley.edu with questions or if I can be of any service to you. I also would love to provide any help with regards to the graduate school application process, career advice in and outside of graduate school, and being a second pair of eyes for your writing. I would be honored to talk to you and learn more about your work!
