OP here; check this out for some context about the papers and to help you prioritize what to read first (look under Readings, the links are to the papers): http://kevincrook.com/ucb/ucb_w205_2017_fall.html

You may also want to have a look at the awesome slides: http://kevincrook.com/ucb/slides/UCB_W205_Student_Slides.zip

There is also more recent material, with different and more recent readings that you might also be interested in, but I prefer 2017, which is what I linked to above, seems more thorough and deeper: http://kevincrook.com/ucb/ucb.html