Jane (Mango) Angar

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Lead Investigator
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Jane (Mango) Angar is a PhD candidate in the Political Science Department at the University of California, Berkeley. As the Lead of BLAC’s Research team, she oversees the initiative’s research efforts. Mango recruits, trains and supervises select undergraduate students through UC Berkeley’s Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program.

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Her research explores the intersections of Disability Politics and Political Violence, with a focus on how state institutions, society, and Disabled Persons Organizations conceptualize and define disability. She also examines the emergence and effectiveness of disability rights movements across different contexts. 

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