Annelle Maranan Garcia (they/them) is a first-year graduate student in the Department of Sociology.

Broadly, their research examines the intersections of American imperialism, Filipina/x/o American diasporic activism, global labor migration, and racial formation. Their most recent project utilized kuwentuhan (a culturally-relevant interview method rooted in Filipino oral tradition) to analyze the conceptions and practices of care work and international solidarity in Northern Californian anti-imperialist Filipinx community organizing.

Before joining the Berkeley Sociology department, Annelle collaborated on grassroots community-based research efforts in response to Filipina/x/o and Asian American community needs. At the Asian American Research Initiative based at San Francisco State University, they created resources for K-12 Ethnic/Asian American Studies organizing. As a founding student lead in the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies (now known as the Amado Khaya Initiative), they launched the Transnational Research and Activism team for Filipinx American students to conduct community-based research and critically engage with issues of authoritarianism, militarism, and activist suppression in the Philippines.

Annelle’s work has been published in Alon: Journal for Filipinx American and Diasporic Studies and Sociological Inquiry. They are a member of the Critical Filipino Studies Collective, and their scholarship is informed by their involvement in transnational anti-imperialist Filipina/x/o organizing.

They hold a BA in Sociology from the University of California, Davis and a MA in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University.