SocialSciences Research News


	Tea Party story leaves tasty leftovers David Meyer, sociology professor, is quoted in the Arizona Daily Star on October 5, 2009
	The young and the jobless Studies by David Neumark, economics professor, are highlighted in the Wall Street Journal on October 4, 2009
	UC researchers to use robots to study brain processes involved in decision making Findings could lead to advancements in understanding human behavior and further developments in neurorobotics
	Gucci snake bag draws ire in China as wage gaps widen Dorothy Solinger, political science professor, is quoted on Bloomberg.com on September 30, 2009
	Dispelling bias against Latinos Leo Chavez, anthropology and Chicano/Latino studies professor, is featured on Recordnet.com, on September 30, 2009
	UCI profs weigh in on growth of network analysis in special edition of Science Papers appear in July 24 issue
	Lynn’s immigrants and police share a gulf A study by Rubén Rumbaut, sociology professor, is featured in The Boston Globe on September 25, 2009
	UCI sociologist studies effects of social status on perceptions of race Study is funded by recent $35,000 grant from the Russell Sage Foundation
	California's budget crunch: The universities protest Victoria Bernal, anthropology associate professor, is quoted in Time.com on September 25, 2009
	Social Sciences' new fall faculty lineup Three new faculty members in economics, political science and sociology expand school's interdisciplinary research strengths
	Mathematics expert: IRV not the answer Donald Saari, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics, is quoted on Minnesota Public Radio News on September 23, 2009
	Second Life Tom Boellstorff, anthropology professor, is featured in a PBS special on Second Life on September 18, 2009
	Demoted Lambert bodes ill for city Jan Brueckner, economics professor, is quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on September 18, 2009
	Scholars discuss immigration Leo Chavez, anthropology and Chicano/Latino studies professor, is featured on statepress.com on September 11, 2009
	Prof. Garcia receives Stirling Prize from Society for Psychological Anthropology Honor recognizes Assistant Professor Angela Garcia's drug addiction study as "best published work in psychological anthropology"
	Boellstorff’s Coming of Age in Second Life receives book award from Media Ecology Association 2009 Dorothy Lee Award recognizes outstanding scholarship in the ecology of culture
	Living across borders Rosas receives grant to study twentieth century cross border families
	Storytelling in Tehran Anthropology and film & media studies associate professor Roxanne Varzi makes a film about Iranian American identity and the aftermath of war
	Sneak peak at new sociology research hitting this year's premier meeting UCI sociologists travel to San Francisco for annual American Sociological Association meeting to take on key leadership positions and present research findings that range from how career prioritization decisions affect men and women differently to a look at how personal networks influence drug use
	Paper prize in memory of Charles Lave rewards creative thinking Laura Bonja, economics undergraduate, is inaugural recipient