The Canadian Studies Program is pleased to announce Andrew Zhao as a recipient of an Edward Hildebrand Graduate Research Fellowship for Summer 2024.
Andrew Zhao is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science studying identity politics and immigration. His Hildebrand Fellowship will support a project exploring the role of Chinatown family associations in either helping or hindering integration in early Canadian Chinatowns. These organizations aided Chinese immigrants in the face of exclusion and violence, with idiosyncratic membership criteria based on surname. Through conducting interviews and visiting field sites, Andrew hopes to learn more about the role of these associations in the lives of early Chinese immigrants to Canada.
Andrew holds a BA in political science and philosophy from the University of Toronto, where he received the Suzanne and Edwin Goodman Prize as the top graduating student in the political science specialization. Before coming to Berkeley, he worked in in public opinion research for several years.