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Wang Feng and Gene Tsudik
 
 
featured:
Wang Feng and Gene Tsudik are named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
 
UC Irvine scholars are among 188 recipients of prestigious award this year

 
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Lauren Ross
 
 
featured:
UCI Experts On: Causation in science
 
UCI logic and philosophy of science associate professor Lauren Ross shares her work to clarify the reasoning, methods and assumptions of science

 
Watch
 
 
Keith Murphy
 
 
Fontroversy
 
UCI anthropologist Keith Murphy breaks down Microsoft's latest default font update and consumer connections to design
 
 
Faculty at the CAHSSA writer's retreat
 
 
Writing for researchers
 
UC and CSU professors gather for second annual writing retreat hosted by the California Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Social Science Advancement
 
 
Healing and (Re)Buidling Connection Through Art
 
 
Healing and (Re)Building Connection Through Art
 
UCI Libraries exhibit showcases student work from Mexico trip to understand undocumented and immigration-impacted experiences
 
 
 
Warehouse
 
 
Understanding labor issues in logistics
 
UCI-led study examines challenges and opportunities for workers within Amazon's supply chain
 
 
Wang Feng
 
 
China's Age of Abundance: Origins, Ascendance, and Aftermath
 
New book by UCI sociologist Wang Feng explores China's rise in living standards and challenges ahead
 
 
Ruben Rumbaut
 
 
Contextualizing a coming anniversary
 
Rubén G. Rumbaut, UCI Distinguished Professor of sociology, offers a reflection on the 30th anniversary of the American Sociological Association International Migration Section
 
 
 
 
Sarah Whitt
 
 
Whitt receives award from National Endowment for the Humanities
 
Summer fellowship will support the global and international studies assistant professor's work on Indigenous history of captivity in the U.S.
 
 
Christofer Rodelo
 
 
Rodelo named a 2024 ACLS Fellow
 
Honor recognizes the UCI Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor for work on the cultural history of Latinx popular performance
 
 
Vibhuti Ramachandran
 
 
Ramachandran receives AIIS Prize for forthcoming book on prostitution in India
 
Honor awarded annually by American Institute of Indian Studies for best unpublished manuscript on Indian subject
 
 
 
Thomsen, Almeida, Lockwood
 
 
Outstanding teaching award recipients in social sciences
 
Thomsen, Almeida and Lockwood honored for mentorship, teaching and innovation
 
 
Aaron Bornstein
 
 
Bornstein named Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Exceptional Mentor
 
Honor annually recognizes a center fellow for intentional mentorship and training efforts
 
 
Katherine Funes
 
 
Funes receives Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation fellowship
 
One-year award supports the UCI global studies grad student's research on carcerality and LGBTIQ communities in El Salvador
 
 
 
 
Rebeca Gallaga
 
 
A natural fit
 
Being an involved Anteater has helped business economics major Rebeca Oliva Cardenas Gallaga thrive at UCI
 
 
Michelle Story
 
 
A story worth telling
 
Michelle Story, UCI psychology major and mother of five, defies generational "curses" to empower herself and her community
 
 
Jane Bozhko
 
 
Sizzling research
 
UCI undergrad Evgeniya "Jane" Bozhko is studying the potential impact of electric stoves on Korean barbecue businesses
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
David Neumark

Opinion: California's crazy 'fast food' minimum wage takes effect

David Neumark, economics, expands in this op-ed for The Wall Street Journal. Read.
 
Eric Swanson
 
Campos on joy
 
NPR
 
Sara Mednick
 
Mednick on sleep
 
Inc.
 
 
 
Sara Mednick
 
DeSipio on politics
 
LA Times
 
Greg Hickok
 
Hickok on the brain
 
Quanta Magazine
 
Jordie Davies

Solidarity and coalitions

Jordie Davies, poli sci, dives in with KUCI - Ask A Leader. Listen in.
 
Jeff Krichmar
 
Turney on incarceration
 
Axios
 
 
Long Bui
 
Bui on
cultural production
 
AP News
(and others)
 
 
 
Richard Futrell
 
Futrell on language
 
Discover Magazine
 
Hector Tobar
 
Tobar, book feature
 
OC Register
 
 
 
 
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APR
 
   
 
CGPACS Annual Graduate Student Conference
 
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
 
APR
 
   
 
The Patsy Takemoto Mink Quarter
 
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Webinar (pre-registration required)

featuring Michele Thompson, Program Lead, American Women Quartersâ„¢, Chief, Program Management Office, United States Mint | Tracy Scelzo-Chavez, Program Lead, American Women Quartersâ„¢, 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 | moderated by Bill Maurer, Dean, UCI School of Social Sciences
 
 
 
 
 
 
01
 
MAY
 
   
 
Nameplates and Perreo: The Queerness of Chongas
 
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Jillian Hernandez, Associate Professor, University of Florida
 
 
 
 
 
 
01
 
MAY
 
   
 
Political Preferences and the Spatial Distribution of Infrastructure: Evidence from California's High-Speed Rail
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Pablo Fajgelbaum, UCLA
 
 
 
 
 
 
01
 
MAY
 
   
 
Careers in Environmental Governance: Reflections and Dialogues
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Hybrid (Zoom + Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 3323)

featuring Lily Wu, Toxicologist, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
 
 
 
 
 
 
02
 
MAY
 
   
 
Luis Rodriguez: Award Winning Author, Journalist, Activist
 
5:30-7:30 p.m. | UCI Student Center, Crystal Cove Auditorium

 
 
 
 
 
 
03
 
MAY
 
   
 
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 2024? How Partisan Identity Politics is Taking Over America
 
12:00-1:15 p.m. | Online Webinar (pre-registration required)

featuring Warren Schreiber, Ph.D., JD, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter
 
 
 
 
 
 
04
 
MAY
 
   
 
Reclaim Mental Health Conference
 
11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. | UCI

 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
MAY
 
   
 
Causal Inference with Corrupted Data: Measurement Error, Missing Values, Discretization, and Differential Privacy
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218

featuring Rahul Singh, Harvard University
 
 
 
 
 
 
07
 
MAY
 
   
 
Links Between Biological Age (BA) and Life Expectancy: Analysis at the Population-Level
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Health Sciences Complex 5010

featuring Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Associate Director, UCLA California Center for Population Research (CCPR)
 
 
 
 
 
 
08
 
MAY
 
   
 
Careers in Environmental Governance: Reflections and Dialogues
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 3323

featuring Todd Sax, Mobile Source Laboratory Division, California Air Resources Board
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
MAY
 
   
 
Dual Book Launch: New Books by UCI Faculty on Contemporary China
 
4:00-5:30 p.m. | Humanities Gateway, Room 1030
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
MAY
 
   
 
Minimum Wages and Voting: Assessing the Political Returns to Redistribution Outside the Tax System
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Pomona College
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
MAY
 
   
 
Dark Days in the Sunshine State: The War Against Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, and Free Speech in Florida
 
5:00-6:30 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321

featuring Dan Smith, Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Florida
 
 
 
 
 
 
17-18
 
MAY
 
   
 
4th Nancy-Irvine FiLLM Workshop: Formalization in Logic, Language, and Mathematics
 
10:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
MAY
 
   
 
Robin M. Williams Lecture: Policing Empires: Race, Imperialism and Police Militarization in the U.S. and Britain
 
3:00-5:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Julian Go, Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago
 
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
MAY
 
   
 
Careers in Environmental Governance: Reflections and Dialogues
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 3323

featuring Tracy Walker, Biologist, CalTrans Region 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
23
 
MAY
 
   
 
Political Ideology and U.S. Electric Vehicle Adoption
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Lucas Davis, UC Berkeley
 
 
 
 
 
 
28
 
MAY
 
   
 
Neighborhood Revitalization and Residential Sorting
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Matthew Staiger, Opportunity Insights
 
 
 
 
 
 
29
 
MAY
 
   
 
Nursing Homes in Equilibrium: Implications for Long-term Care Policies
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Tatyana Koreshkova, Concordia University
 
 
 
 
 
 
29
 
MAY
 
   
 
Careers in Environmental Governance: Reflections and Dialogues
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 3323

featuring Clancy De Smet, Climate Change Adaptation, CalTrans Region 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
 
MAY
 
   
 
The Case for Unbelonging: Filipino Migration in Anarchist Spacetime
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100

featuring Adrian De Leon, U.S. History, New York University
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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