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Lunar New Year 2025
 
 
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Schaefer and team
 
 
How do formerly incarcerated individuals navigate community reentry?
 
UC Irvine sociologist David Schaefer and Penn State researchers collaborate on National Institute on Aging-funded study
 
 
Samar Al-Bulushi
 
 
Al-Bulushi to lead two-year study on Global South's role in shaping the future world order
 
UC Irvine anthropologist's project is funded by $500,000 Carnegie Foundation grant and will be conducted in partnership with interdisciplinary network of international scholars
 
 
Tom Boellstorff
 
 
Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted BarbieĀ®
 
New book co-authored by UCI anthropologist Tom Boellstorff analyzes the second-gen gaming system's rise, fall and lasting industry impact
 
 
 
ALEKS
 
 
How ALEKS revolutionized education in the digital age
 
The brainchild of internationally renowned UCI mathematical psychologist and cognitive sciences research professor Jean-Claude Falmagne, ALEKS is pioneering personalized learning
 
 
Sofia Jaime
 
 
The impact of migration
 
Family history fuels UC Irvine sociology Ph.D. student Sofia Jaime's research on inequality and migration
 
 
students jumping
 
 
UC Irvine named Fulbright HSI Leader by US State Department for fourth year
 
Campus honored for its engagement with international academic exchange program
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Michael Tesler

How immigration swung voters of color to Trump

Michael Tesler, poli sci, explains in this piece for ABC News - 538. Read.
 
Samantha Vortherms
 
Vortherms on China
 
New Books
Network
 
David Neumark
 
Neumark on gender pay gap
 
Reuters and
others
 
 
 
Claudia Keller
 
Keller on food insecurity
 
OCBJ 
 
Gary Singer
 
Singer, OC500
2024
 
OCBJ
 
 
 
 
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02
 
DEC
 
   
 
Detecting Mass Graves in Mexico
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Matthew C. Ingram, JD, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy and Political Science, University of Albany

 
 
 
 
 
 
03
 
DEC
 
   
 
Paper Citizenship: The Materiality of Tibetan Identity in Exile
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777

featuring Tenzing Wangdak, Department of Anthropology, UCI
 
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
DEC
 
   
 
Transformative Experiences and Opportunities in the Humanities
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1511

featuring Amanda Ellis, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Houston

 
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
DEC
 
   
 
Deadly Decision in Beijing:Succession Politics, Protest Repression, and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
 
12:30-1:45 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777

featuring Yang Su, Professor, Department of Sociology, UCI

 
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
DEC
 
   
 
Fiscal Decentralization and COVID-19 Response: An Evaluation of OECD Countries
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Jiangdong Hu, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
DEC
 
   
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
DEC
 
   
 
End of Quarter Celebrating the Humanities
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 318
 
 
 
 
 
 
16
 
DEC
 
   
 
UCI Commencement
 
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Bren Events Center
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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