According to new research by Frank D. Bean, sociology Chancellor’s Professor, pathways to legalization and citizenship appear to take on greater significance for overcoming disadvantages in Mexican American educational attainment than previously thought.

The Master of Public Policy Program presents

"Inaugural Class Welcome"
with Arif Alikhan, UCI alumnus and current Deputy Executive Director for Law Enforcement & Homeland Security, Los Angeles World Airports

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
5:30 p.m.
UCI University Club (801 E. Peltason Drive, Irvine)

Paul James Morgan, sociology graduate student, has received a $5,000 University of North Carolina Ashville Fellowship Award to study how labor, aesthetic and use values influence how craftspeople make and price their items for sale. The research, which will contribute to his dissertation, will include interviews and observations conducted in person at local craft fairs and in the online marketplace of Etsy.com via forums and live video chat.

From KPBS: 

An arrest made by Mexican authorities over the weekend could be a game-changer in the drug war, the process of resettling these refugees to the U.S. faces setbacks, and a plan to end guaranteed pensions for most San Diego city workers has qualified for the June 2012 ballot. Interview guest: Nathan Jones, political science graduate student, UCI.

Video (see 14:35 for interview start): 

The Department of Economics Macroeconomics Workshop Series presents

"Information Costs and Government Transaction Policies in International Payment Systems"
with Cathy Zhang, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, UCI

Monday, November 7, 2011
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Social Science Plaza B, Room 3266

For further information, please contact Gloria Simpson, simpsong@uci.edu.

From the Huffington Post:

The Center for Asian Studies (CAS) presents

"CAS Graduate Student Forum"

Thursday, October 27, 2011
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG), Room 1321

Speakers:
Christina M. Spiker, Visual Studies, "Tamoto Kenzo’s Hokkaido: Tracing Power in Documentary and Studio Photography"
Leksa Chmielewski, Anthropology, "Producing and Consuming History in China"

The School of Social Sciences has launched a new facility dedicated to experimental studies on individual and interactive decision making in the social sciences.  The Experimental Social Science Laboratory is available to researchers in all social science disciplines and can accommodate up to 40 research subjects at a time for computer-based studies of human behavior.

The Department of Economics Theory, History and Development Seminar series presents

“Cross-Industry Licensing: A Theoretical and Experimental Study”
with David Hewitt, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, UC Irvine

Monday, October 24, 2011
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Social Science Plaza B, Room 3266

For further information, please contact Gloria Simpson, simpsong@uci.edu.

Cathy Zhang, economics graduate student, is the 2011-12 recipient of the School of Social Sciences’ Sheen T. Kassouf Fellowship. Named in honor of the highly respected UC Irvine economics scholar and pioneer of modern finance, the $10,000 fellowship recognizes an economics graduate student each year who demonstrates excellence in coursework and research.