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Megan Peters
 
 
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UCI Experts On: Metacognition
 
UCI cognitive scientist Megan Peters shares her work to unlock mysteries of the mind

 
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Penners
 
 
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UCI Podcast: How educational categories create inequality
 
UCI professors Andrew and Emily Penner investigate the role assigned identities play in the student experience

 
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Belinda Campos
 
 
UCI-led study finds ethnicity, race, and social class predict family interdependence
 
Findings published in Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
 
 
mom doing chores while child pulls on her shirt
 
 
UC-led study finds preschoolers observe and normalize household labor inequality
 
Findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
Hector Tobar
 
 
Tobar earns Kirkus Prize in nonfiction
 
Honor recognizes the UCI professor and award-winning author for his most recent book on the U.S. Latinx experience
 
 
Kelley Fong
 
 
Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services
 
Book by UCI sociologist Kelley Fong takes detailed look at impact of state intervention, offers ideas for alternative action
 
 
 
 
Ana Rosas
 
 
Humanizing Acts: Resisting the Historical Erasures of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
 
UCHRI Foundry guest editorship series by Ana Elizabeth Rosas, associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies and history, explores transformative impact of COVID-19 on U.S.-Mexico borderlands through art, research, and education
 
 
Zayanna Serrano
 
 
Putting dreams within reach
 
UCI-OC Alliance scholarship makes college possible for high-achieving Latinx students
 
 
Karen Godinez
 
 
Teaching and practicing cultural competence
 
Karen Godinez, '16 psychology and sociology, used confidence, skills acquired as an Anteater to become a practicing psychologist and adjunct professor
 
 
 
Tauhid Sayeed Bin Kashem
 
 
Exploring global political institutions and refugee protection
 
UCI political science graduate student Tauhid Sayeed Bin Kashem earns Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Fellowship to support his dissertation research
 
 
 
Cherry Ji ice skating
 
 
Balancing blades and books
 
Cherry Ji, UCI Department of Sociology Ph.D. candidate, has spun her passion for figure skating into award-winning research
 
 
 
Jack Stevens
 
 
Strokes of determination
 
How persistence and drive led UCI business economics major Jack Stevens to UCI and the men's water polo team
 
 
Kiera Smeenge
 
 
Net worth
 
UCI women's soccer player and psychology major Kiera Smeenge on balancing sports with studies and life with type 1 diabetes
 
 
 
Tiara Na'puti
 
 
ICYMI: Indigenous Peoples' Day: UCI Actions Toward Reciprocity
 
Tiara R. Na'puti, associate professor of global & international studies, offers perspective
 
 
 
Stepan-Norris, Kerrissey
 
 
ICYMI: The Israel-Hamas War
 
UCI visiting assistant professor and Israel Institute Fellow Alon Burstein led a discussion on the unprecedented escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, looking at its origins and where things stand. Watch a recording of his talk.
 
 
speaker panel
 
 
ICYMI: Banned! A Panel Discussion on Book Bans, Censorship, and Citizenship
 
Check out photos from the October event
 
 
 
 
 
soc sci
in the media
 
Social sciences faculty and graduate students are consistently sought by media for their expertise in areas ranging from digital play to gender pay. Check out some of our top hits, self-authored pieces, and on-air interviews below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 
Meera Mahadevan

Do women leaders improve environmental outcomes? Evidence from crop fires in India

Meera Mahadevan, UCI assistant professor of economics and Maulik Jagnani, Tufts assistant professor of economics, explain in this piece for Ideas for India.
 
Nadia Chernyak
 
Chernyak on inequality
 
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
 
Richard Futrell
 
Futrell on
language
 
Discover
Magazine
 
 
 
David Neumark
 
Liebersohn on
remote work
 
New York Times
 
UCI campus signage
 
UCI sociologists on incarceration
 
The Society Pages
 
Eric Swanson

The impact of Federal Reserve policy on the Fed's financial conditions index 

Eric Swanson, economics, explains in this commentary for the Brookings Institution.
 
Kelley Fong
 
Fong on
family welfare
 
The Guardian
 
Raul Fernadez
 
Fernandez on Belafonte
 
Categoría Cinco
 
 
 
Sara Mednick
 
Mednick on
napping
 
Reader's Digest
 
Michael Tesler
 
Tesler on
politics
 
Good Authority
 
 
 
 
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31
 
OCT
 
   
 
Do Firms Avoid Health Insurance Mandates? Evidence from the Self-Funding of Employer Plans
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Sarah Robinson, Claremont McKenna College
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NOV
 
   
 
Monetary Policy Transmission Through Shadow and Traditional Banks
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Amina Enkhbold, Bank of Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
02
 
NOV
 
   
 
Understanding Rising India's Statecraft in a Conflict-Ridden World
 
12:30-1:45 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777 | Aseema Sinha, Wagener Professor of Comparative Politics and Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College
 
 
 
 
 
 
02
 
NOV
 
   
 
Inside the Black Box of Child Penalties: Unpaid Work and Household Structure
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517 | Elia de la Cruz Toledo-He, MPA, Ph.D., Research Associate, Loyola Marymount University
 
 
 
 
 
 
02
 
NOV
 
   
 
Housing Wealth and Overpayment: When Money Moves In
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Darren Aiello, Brigham Young University
 
 
 
 
 
 
02
 
NOV
 
   
 
The (Fetish) Object of Consciousness
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100 | Ellen Louis, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of African American Studies, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
03
 
NOV
 
   
 
Intersectional Opportunities: Majority Minority Districts and the Descriptive Representation of Latinas and Latinos
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517 | Christian Phillips, USC
 
 
 
 
 
 
09
 
NOV
 
   
 
Money, The Metaverse & The Magic Circle with Rachel O'Dwyer
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required) | Rachel O'Dwyer, Author and Lecturer in Digital Cultures, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
 
 
 
 
 
 
09
 
NOV
 
   
 
Redlining and Realtor Associations
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218 | Luis Lopez, University of Illinois-Chicago
 
 
 
 
 
 
09
 
NOV
 
   
 
Thinking Global Urban Policy, Power and Politics in Africa
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100 | Sylvia Croese, Assistant Professor, Department of Global and International Studies, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
09
 
NOV
 
   
 
Elana K. Arnold: The Blood Years, Book Talk
 
5:30-6:30 p.m. | Humanities Gateway, Room 1030 | Elana K. Arnold, Author and UCI Alumnus
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
NOV
 
   
 
On the Importance of Heteroskedasticity in Causal Inference
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218 | Jieyu Gao, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
NOV
 
   
 
Choosing Who Chooses: Selection-Driven Targeting in Energy Rebate Programs
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Koichiro Ito, Chicago Harris
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
NOV
 
   
 
Where Does U.S.-China Scholarly Exchange Go From Here?
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Humanities Gateway, Room 1002 | Neysun Mahboubi, University of Pennsylvania
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
NOV
 
   
 
Payments and the Provision of Privacy by Digital Platforms
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Pedro Gomiz-Porqueras, Professor of Economics, Queensland University of Technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
NOV
 
   
 
UC Prime Pre-Health Pathways Program Information Session for PRIME Scholars Cohort
 
5:00-6:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
16
 
NOV
 
   
 
Financial Scarring and the Failure of the Freedman's Savings Bank
 
3:30-4:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321 | Vellore Arthi, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCI School of Social Sciences
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
NOV
 
   
 
Flagship Entry in Online Marketplaces
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218 | Zhentong Lu, Bank of Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
NOV
 
   
 
The Productivity Paradox: Experimental Evidence from Educational Technology
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Andy de Barros, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
28
 
NOV
 
   
 
Great Expectations: Responses to Current and Future Transfers for Low-Income Individuals
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Ach Adhvaryu, UC San Diego
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
 
NOV
 
   
 
Performing and Evaluating Creditworthiness: Banks, Micro-Entrepreneurs, and "Packaging Agencies"
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517 | Han Tao, Postdoctoral Researcher, IT University of Copenhagen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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