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Trending topics: Artificial intelligence
 
UCI social scientists weigh in on the promise and peril of AI

 
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Jordie Davies
 
 
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UCI Podcast: The role of women in the Black Lives Matter movement
 
Jordie Davies, UCI political science assistant professor, details the history of BLM and how it serves as a foundation for future social justice initiatives

 
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Kristin Turney
 
 
Transparent justice
 
UCI sociologist Kristin Turney receives Academic Senate Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research for work to illuminate social inequality
 
 
Anita, Ana and David
 
 
UCI social sciences initiatives receive Mellon Foundation funding to elevate research, teaching, mentorship efforts in race, ethnicity
 
Projects - each awarded $100,000 - are housed in Chicano/Latino studies and sociology departments
 
 
Eleana Kim
 
 
Kim earns Palais Book Prize
 
Honor recognizes the cultural anthropologist for book on ecological encounters along the Korean DMZ
 
 
 
Christin Landivar
 
 
Data for good
 
As a federal researcher, sociology alumnus Liana Christin Landivar, M.A. '04, Ph.D. '07 advocates for working women
 
 
Gary and Melanie Singer
 
 
Anteaters past, present and future
 
Gary Singer '74 and his wife Melanie share a lifetime of commitment to the campus
 
 
Courtney Deane
 
 
Crafting happily ever after
 
UCI alumna Courtney Deane '04 English and sociology rewrites personal tragedy in her debut novel
 
 
 
 
LSPA co-presidents
 
 
From mentees to mentors
 
As LatinX Student Psychological Association co-presidents, Alexandra Martinez and Kaitlyn LĂłpez empower future mental health professionals
 
 
Andrea Serrano
 
 
Pursuing her passion
 
How UCI helped Chicano/Latino studies and psychological science major Andrea Serrano find her fit
 
 
Marty McGuire
 
 
In memoriam: Martin C. McGuire
 
UCI economics professor emeritus | 1933-2024
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Davin Phoenix

Voter participation gap

Davin Phoenix, UCI political scientist, talks shop with KUCI Ask A Leader's Claudia Shambaugh.

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Eric Swanson
 
Swanson on the Fed
 
Marketplace
 
Michael Tesler
 
Tesler on
politics
 
Good Authority
 
 
 
Sara Mednick
 
Mednick on napping
 
AARP
 
Claire Jean Kim
 
Wang Feng on China
 
Newsweek
 
Nora Bradoford

Human brains found at archaeological sites are surprisingly well-preserved

Nora Bradford, UCI cognitive sciences graduate student, explains in this piece for Science News. Read.
 
Jeff Krichmar
 
Krichmar on consciousness
 
Medium
 
Sara Goodman
 
Goodman on
citizenship
 
Washington Post
 
 
 
David Neumark
 
Neumark on minimum wage
 
Barrons
 
Louis DeSipio
 
DeSipio on party politics
 
Sky News Australia
 
 
 
 
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The Impact of Privatization: Evidence from the Hospital Sector
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Mark Duggan, Ph.D., Trione Director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics, Stanford University
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Workshop: Human Cognitive Evolution
 
8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | Social and Behavior Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Data Money or Cryptocurrencies: Marco Polo Comes to the 21st Century Book Talk with Koray Caliskan
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Hybrid: Zoom and Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Koray Caliskan, Associate Professor of Strategic Design and Management, Parsons; Associate Editor, Journal of Cultural Economy
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Tell Your Story
 
5:00-7:00 p.m. | Humanities Gateway, Room 1030

featuring Natalia Molina, Distinguished Professor and Dean's Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Education Kitchen
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. | UCI Health Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) Palmer Room

featuring authentic Mexican dishes and meet and greet with Natalia Molina, Distinguished Professor and Dean's Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Economic Forum: The Recession That Never Happened - What's Next?
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Zoom Webinar (pre-registration required)

featuring Bill Branch, Professor and Chair, Economics, UCI | Jessica Monge Coria, Senior Outreach Manager, Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | Eric Swanson, Professor, Economics, UCI | moderated by Peter Trepp, UCI '88, UCLA Anderson MBA '98, CEO, InnoPath Therapeutics
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Three Ages and Three Intelligences: Explore, Exploit, Care
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112

featuring Alison Gopnik, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, and Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Department of Psychology
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Patsy Takemoto Mink Quarter
 
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Michele Thompson, Program Lead, American Women Quarters™, Chief, Program Management Office, United States Mint; Tracy Scelzo-Chavez, Program Lead, American Women Quarters™, Program Analyst, Program Management Office, United States Mint; Gwendolyn Mink, Ph.D., Independent Scholar & Author; Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Associate Dean in the School of Humanities, Professor of History and Asian American Studies, Director of the Humanities Center and the Center for Liberation, Anti-Racism, and Belonging at UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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uci soc sci
 
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