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The resiliency of beliefs
 
Ph.D. student Colin Bernatzky studies how beliefs persist in the face of contrary evidence
 
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Anneeth Kaur Hundle appointed to UCI endowed chair in Sikh studies
 
Faculty position established with $1.5 million gift from Drs. Harvinder and Asha Sahota
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Mentoring: The key to bridging the gap
 
UCI first-gen alumnus Oscar F. Rojas Perez is about to finish his Ph.D. in counseling psychology, and he attributes his academic success to his mentors at UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Proving race matters
 
Sociology grad student Monique Kelly won the Chancellor's Club Fund for Excellence Fellowship for her work on racial inequality in Jamaica
 
 
 
 
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Maurer receives grant to study AI in finance
 
Research, funded by Capital One, aims to shine light on responsible use of artificial intelligence in the finance industry
 
 
 
Lynch named Fulbright Scholar
 
Honor supports six-month residence in Finland and research on ties between religion and humanitarian work
 
 
 
Movements over time
 
David Snow, Distinguished Professor of sociology and a world-renowned expert on social movements, has a new book out
 
 
 
Coming together
 
Political science doctoral student Stacey Liou pursues award-winning research on public assembly
 
 
 
New faculty feature: Aaron Bornstein
 
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Sciences | Ph.D., New York University
 
 
 
Outstanding teaching award recipients in social sciences
 
Monroe, Goldberg and Avery honored for mentorship, teaching and innovation
 
 
 
Why cities should stop playing Amazon’s game and quit offering companies tax incentives


Ami Glazer, economics, explains, courtesy of The Conversation
 
 
 
 
soc sci
in the media
 
Social sciences faculty are consistently sought by media for their expertise in areas ranging from digital play to gender pay. Check out some of our top hits below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 

Flores in Marketplace:

As women of color from working class origins enter middle-class occupations, they may face repercussions and sanctions for how they express their identity, according to Glenda Flores, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies, in the Marketplace.
 
 
Meyer on #NeverAgain
 
The Washington Post
 
 
Wattenberg on voter turnout
 
The Washington Post
 
 
 
 
Schofer on divorce rates
 
Psychology Today
 
 
Neumark on the minimum wage
 
Forbes
 
 
 
Join UCI at the Big West Tourney | Mar 14


The UCI soc sci Dean's Leadership Society invites you to a pre-game reception at JT Schmid's, generously hosted by Steve Borowski '79 in partnership with the UCI Alumni Association & Athletics before heading over to the Honda Center Mar 14 to watch The Big West Division's #1 ranked 'Eaters!

image courtesy ucirvinesports.com
 
 
 
 
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26
 
FEB
 
   
 
Case-to-Case Transfer as a Logic in Mixed-Methods Research
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 4250 | Bryan Sykes, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Law and Society, UC Irvine with Anjuli C. Verma, Black Hawk Hancock and Justin L. Sola
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
FEB
 
   
 
The Church Says: "It's A Sin, A Sin to God Above! A Public Sin." Policing Sex Work in Nashville, TN
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Aria Golestani, UCI Graduate Student
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
FEB
 
   
 
How Valuable are Civil Liberties? Evidence from Gang Injunctions, Crime, and Housing Prices in Southern California
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Emily Owens, UCI
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
FEB
 
   
 
Beyond the Headlines: The Reality of US-China Trade Relations
 
4:00-6:00 p.m. | Merage School Auditorium | John Graham, UCI Professor Emeritus, International Business and Ben Leffel, UCI Graduate Student, Sociology
 
 
 
 
 
28
 
FEB
 
   
 
Slum Upgrading and Long-run Urban Development: Evidence from Indonesia
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Mariaflavia Harari, University of Pennsylvania
 
 
 
 
 
28
 
FEB
 
   
 
Minimal Rationalizations
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza, Room 2112 | Igor Kopylov, Associate Professor of Economics, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
1-2
 
MAR
 
   
 
FregeFest VI and Logical Semantics Workshop
 
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Social Sciences Plaza A, Room 1222
 
 
 
 
 
4-6
 
MAR
 
   
 
Virginia School Neoliberalism and the Household Economy (3-Day Mini-Seminar)
 
featuring Melinda Cooper, Sociologist and Political Economist, University of Sydney
Mar 4 | 12:00-2:00 p.m. | Humanities Instructional Building, Room 341
Mar 5 | 1:00-3:00 p.m. | Humanities Gateway, Room 1002
Mar 6 | 1:00-3:00 p.m. | Humanities Instructional Building, Room 341
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
MAR
 
   
 
Maternal Mortality and the Gender Gap in the Demand for Children in Zambia
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Alessandra Voena, University of Chicago
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
MAR
 
   
 
Meet Jiayang Fan: Traversing China, the U.S., and the Spaces in Between for The New Yorker
 
4:00-6:000 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517 | Jiayang Fan, Journalist, The New Yorker
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
MAR
 
   
 
Reflexive Theory-of-Mind Reasoning in Games
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112 | Jun Zhang, Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
 
 
 
 
 
07
 
MAR
 
   
 
The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
 
2:00-3:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 3260 | Ben Green, Applied Math, Harvard University
 
 
 
 
 
07
 
MAR
 
   
 
Managing Pretrial Misconduct: An Experimental Evaluation of HOPE Pretrial
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Steven Raphael, UC Berkeley
 
 
 
 
 
07
 
MAR
 
   
 
Efficient and Effective Implementation of Electronic Waste Recycling Legislation - A Cooperative Game Theory Practice
 
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112 | Luyi Gui, Assistant Professor, Operations and Decision Technologies, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
08
 
MAR
 
   
 
Philosophical Mechanics: Philosophy of Physics in the 18th Century
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321 | Katherine Brading, Department of Philosophy, Duke University
 
 
 
 
 
8-10
 
MAR
 
   
 
Philosophy of Dark Energy Workshop
 
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
MAR
 
   
 
What Time Use Surveys Can (And Cannot) Tell Us about Labor Supply
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218 | Ruoyao Shi, UC Riverside
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
MAR
 
   
 
Impure Impact Giving: Theory and Evidence
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
MAR
 
   
 
Teacher Utility, Separating Eqiulibria, and Compensation Structure: Evidence from a Discrete-Choice Experiment
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Andrew Johnston, UC Merced
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
MAR
 
   
 
Can Landlords be Paid to Stop Avoiding Voucher Tenants?
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | David Phillips, University of Notre Dame
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
MAR
 
   
 
You Can't Go Wrong Doing Right: How a Child of Poverty Rose to the White House and Helped Change the World
 
6:00-7:30 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517 | Robert J. Brown, CEO and Founder, B & C International; Founder, International BookSmart Foundation
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
MAR
 
   
 
Men's Basketball Pre-Game Party with the UCI Soc Sci Dean's Leadership Society
 
6:00 p.m. | JT Schmid's, 2610 E Katella Ave, Anaheim | UCI Big West Tournament Game 1: The Honda Center | 2695 E Katella Ave, Anaheim
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
MAR
 
   
 
Embryos in History: Divergent Meanings of Life
 
3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777 | Jane Maienschein, University Professor, Regents Professor, and President's Professor at Arizona State University; Director of the Center for Biology and Society; Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
MAR
 
   
 
Blockchain Narratives, Property and Citizenship in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 1222 | Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Research Associate and Lecturer, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
 
 
 
 
 
 
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