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Dosher, Solingen honored by National Academy of Sciences for research achievements

Social sciences scholars awarded for work on human cognition, nuclear proliferation


Barbara Dosher and Etel Solingen, both University of California, Irvine scholars in the School of Social Sciences, have been honored by the National Academy of Sciences for major contributions to their fields.

Dosher, UCI Distinguished Professor of cognitive sciences, will share the Atkinson Prize in Psychological & Cognitive Sciences with Richard Shiffrin of Indiana University. Dosher is recognized for her groundbreaking work on human memory, attention and learning. Each recipient will receive $100,000. Solingen, the Thomas T. & Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Global Peace & Conflict Studies, will be presented with the William & Katherine Estes Award for trailblazing work on nuclear proliferation and reducing the risks of nuclear war. She will receive a $20,000 prize.

Read more about their honors here and click below on each to learn about their award-winning work.





news

Attention-getting research

UCI Distinguished Professor Barbara Dosher is 2018 National Academy of Sciences Atkinson Prize winner

Nuclear proliferation expert earns top honors

UCI Tierney Chair Etel Solingen is 2018 National Academy of Sciences Estes Award winner

UCI-led study identifies assets, needs of county's fastest-growing immigrant community

Uniform treatment masks Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander diversity

A watershed study

UCI anthropologists receive grant to conduct first of its kind large-scale study of Southern California community water understanding and use

Earned income tax credit increases women's earnings over time, study finds

UCI researchers are first to focus on long-term benefits of federal provision

Battling bias

Freshman seminar series on prejudice aims to teach tolerance, encourage activism

Social sciences recognizes outstanding faculty researchers

Awards carry $5,000 prize to support continued research

Classroom crusader

Aspiring engineer turned education activist is using her UCI education to help children get equal access to quality schooling

The quirks of controlling rent

Econ's Asquith awarded for dissertation that examines the hidden consequences of rent control





up-coming events

Futuring UCI Anthropology - Careers in Business and Design Anthropology: A Conversation with Nissan's Melissa Cefkin

Feb 7

Lunar New Year Celebration and Festival

Feb 12

Northern Ireland Symposium - Negotiating Peace: Lessons from the 1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Peace Agreement

Feb 25-26

The Poverty Stoplight Approach to Eliminating Multidimensional Poverty
February 1

Universality: Algorithm Runtimes and Human Decision Making
February 1

Jerusalem and West Bank 1994-2018: Territoriality of Control and Trajectory of Conflict
February 1

Algorithmic Randomness and Learning
February 2

Applicant Pool Diversity and Hiring Outcomes: Examining the Association Across the Hiring Process
February 2

The 14th Irvine-Japan Conference on Public Policy
February 2

The Impossibility of Liberal Rights in a Diverse World
February 6

Perils of Spreadsheet Demography
February 6

Futuring UCI Anthropology - Careers in Business and Design Anthropology: A Conversation with Nissan's Melissa Cefkin
February 7

Chicana/o/x Literature, Testimonio, and U.S. Central Americans: Feminist Solidarities and Processes of Identity Formation
February 7

The Assignment Game: Decentralized Dynamics, Rate of Convergence and the Value of Information
February 8

Flagpoles, Anyone? Independence, Invariance and the Direction of Causation
February 9

Anthropology in Transit Conference - Facing/Framing Failure: New Perspectives on Anthropological Practice
February 9

Lunar New Year Festival
February 12

DACx
February 13

Analyzing Intensive Longitudinal Data in Social Science Research: Workshop Highlights
February 13

We Love Anteaters
February 14

How Structures of Rewards and Social Interactions Shape Memory and Planning
February 14

DREAMers Fair
February 15

Hierarchies, Incompleteness, and Paradox
February 16

The American Drug Overdose Epidemic in International Perspective
February 20

The Role of Context in Episodic Memory: A Computational Perspective
February 21

The Alternatives to War: From Sanctions to Nonviolence
February 22

Topics in Scientific Philosophy
February 23

Northern Ireland Symposium - Negotiating Peace: Lessons from the 1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Peace Agreement
February 25-26

Memory in Action: Episodic Sampling in Support of Decisions
February 26

Undocumented Struggles: How Mexican Migrant Communities Fight to Belong
February 27

Daughters Of The Forest : A film screening and panel discussion
February 28

Bounded Learning as Active Exploration in the World and in the Mind
February 28


And don't forget to mark your calendars for UCI's Homecoming weekend March 2-3!
More on Anteater Family Weekend and Homecoming Festivities
- including the UCI Soc Sci BBQ in the Park.







in the media

We need protests. And paintings. (op-ed)

Tobar, The New York Times

We've weaponized immigration rhetoric, from chain migration to Dreamers (op-ed)

Chavez, LA Times and San Diego Union-Tribune

When I got DACA, I was forced to revert to a name I had left behind (op-ed)

Sanchez-Ovalle, The Conversation

What if children should be spending more time with screens?

Ito, The Wall Street Journal

What Amazon does to wages

Neumark, The Economist

The tricks propagandists use to beat science

Weatherall, MIT Technology Review

We've weaponized immigration rhetoric, from chain migration to Dreamers
Chavez, Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune

Trump's 'new American moment': State of Union speech strikes conciliatory tone, but promotes divisive policies
DeSipio, The Globe and Mail

With the Santa Ana riverbed closing, what is next in the fight to mitigate homelessness?
Goldberg, Snow, Orange County Register

When you have depression, self-care can feel impossible - but it's more important than ever
Penner, Wong, Well+Good

Does Trump's new DACA plan have a chance? (Audio)
DeSipio, KPCC, Take Two

Report: Asian Americans, now one fifth of OC's population, are more complex than you think
Collaborative study, Voice of OC

Orange County Report: AAPI are a lot more complicated than a simple stereotype
Collaborative study, AsAmNews

We need protests. And paintings.
Tobar, The New York Times

OC transforming voice for Asian Americans
Collaborative study, World Journal

Protesters are getting ready in case Trump fires Robert Mueller
Meyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Belinda Campos profile
Campos, SPSP

As Stockton launches universal basic income project, we discuss benefits and drawbacks (Audio)
Neumark, KPCC

Irvine is ranked the Number 1 city in the nation for good fiscal health, report says
Petracca, Orange County Register

What if children should be spending more time with screens?
Ito, The Wall Street Journal

The tricks propagandists use to beat science
Weatherall, MIT Technology Review

One year later: The Women's March moves from outrage to action
Meyer, Fast Company

A problem for republicans fighting to keep California house seats: Trump
Petracca, The New York Times

What Amazon does to wages
Neumark, The Economist

OC supervisors quietly deleted plan to end homelessness from goals
Snow, Goldberg, Voice of OC

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Protest Edition
Meyer, via WNYC

The facts behind the weaponized phrase 'chain migration'
Chavez, The New York Times

EdTech and equity: An interview by Henry Jenkins
Ito, Education Week

White racial resentment has been gaining political power for decades
Tesler, The Washington Post

When I got DACA, I was forced to revert to a name I had left behind
Sanchez-Ovalle, The Conversation

Trump's "shithole countries" comment exposes the core of Trumpism
Tesler, Vox

Trump calls for 'bill of love' allowing DACA recipients to remain
DeSipio, KPCC

God in cyberspace: There's an app for that - in fact, lots of them
McBride, Fox News

Trump and the Protesters: From Iran to Orange County
Varzi, CounterPunch

Orange County quits program that exemplified its tough stance on illegal immigration
DeSipio, Los Angeles Times, The Sacramento Bee

It's hard to get people to kill each other, but you can easily get them to hate
Kopstein, Haaretz.com

California Today: Raises come with increase in minimum wage
Neumark, The New York Times

The great, overlooked tax policy for getting people to work
Neumark, The Atlantic


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