ARC Fellow

List of ARC Fellows

List of ARC Fellows from 2009 through 2024

Charles Altieri

Fellow and Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley
Charles Altieri is a primary co-founder of the Arts Research Center and was an ARC Fellow in Spring 2011– he was chosen in the Faculty Fellow category.

Charles Altieri has been primarily interested in the varieties of Twentieth Century American poetry, especially in relation to philosophy and to the visual arts. He also recently wrote a book on the affects and that shapes his thinking on most topics. But he is in transition. Altieri has been teaching Shakespeare and Hegel and will teach the epic because he wants a grand stage on which to figure out what he can...

Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading featuring Maurya Kerr, Vincente G. Perez, & D'mani Thomas

April 3, 2025
Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading
featuring Maurya Kerr, Vincente G. Perez,
& D'mani Thomas Thursday, April 3, 2025 5:00 - 6:30pm Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Poetry & the Senses Fellows’ Reading

December 9, 2020
Poetry & the Senses Fellows’ Reading Wednesday December 9, 2020 5:00-6:30 PST

Watch the recording here!

Camille T. Dungy & Ross Gay

November 17, 2021
Camille T. Dungy & Ross Gay: Black Nature, Poetry, and Coexistence in conversation with Aya de León and Maurya Kerr Wednesday, November 17th 2021 5:00 – 6:30pm PST

Watch the recording here!

Celebrating Cave Canem

October 20, 2021
Celebrating Cave Canem: Cornelius Eady with Morgan Parker & Cameron Awkward-Rich in conversation with Chiyuma Elliott & Vincente Perez Wednesday, October 20th 2021 5:00 – 6:30pm PST Watch the recording here!

Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading featuring Marisa Lin and Cianga

April 17, 2024
Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading featuring Marisa Lin and Cianga Wednesday, April 17, 2024 5pm Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Join the Arts Research Center in celebrating the first chapbook publications of Poetry & the Senses Fellows Marisa Lin and Cianga. Each poet will read for 20 minutes, followed by a book signing. Free & open to the public.

Mother Language Day

February 21, 2024
Mother Language Day Celebration Wed Feb 21, 2024
10 – 11am
Hearst Field Annex D23

Claudia Iron Hawk

2023/24 ARC Fellow - Indigenous Poetics Lab
Claudia Iron Hawk was the 2023-2024 ARC Indigenous Poetics Lab Fellow.

Claudia Iron Hawk / Thaopi Waste Win (she/her) is a D/Lakota linguist from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) in South Dakota. She has a bachelor’s in Anthropology & Native American and Indigenous studies from UMN and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Linguistics at UC Berkeley. She is an Indigenous language revitalization advocate who speaks and works with her heritage language D/Lakotiya.

Sierra Edd

2023/24 ARC Fellow - Indigenous Poetics Lab
Sierra Edd was the 2023-2024 ARC Indigenous Poetics Lab Fellow.

Sierra Edd (she / her) is a Diné writer and artist who grew up in Durango, Colorado. She is Tł’ógi, born for the Kinłichii’nii people. She is currently an Ethnic Studies doctoral student and resides in Ohlone Territory. Her research examines the political significance of listening, creating, and connecting through Indigenous music across various U.S. contexts. Recently, she has been collaborating and working on zine projects...