Keith P. Feldman

Keith P. Feldman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. His scholarship employs cultural studies frameworks to examine the intersections of race, culture, knowledge, and state power, with a focus on transnational and comparative analyses.

• Co-organizer of The Color of New Media working group
• Co-editor of #identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation (2019)

His research traces how racial formations in the U.S. interact with imperial dynamics in Israel/Palestine and other geopolitical contexts. Key projects include analyzing cultural responses to Guantánamo, carceral geographies, and the role of visual culture in global racial hierarchies.

Recent publications include articles on Arab American literature, Black-Palestinian solidarity, and visual culture critiques of American imperialism. His work has been recognized with grants like the Sultan Program in Arab Studies (2024) and Hellman Family Junior Faculty Award (2011-2012).

• 2024 Sultan Program Grant
• 2021 Social Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award
• 2018 UC Critical Refugee Studies Grant
• Multiple Townsend Center fellowships

As a core faculty member in Comparative Ethnic Studies, Feldman teaches courses on prison abolition, race and war, Edward W. Said, and neoliberalism's impact on racialization. He also contributes to public discourse through op-eds and interviews on racism, imperialism, and human rights.