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News Events Media         featured: Water power   Sociology graduate student Chris Gibson earns Haynes Foundation Fellowship for his research on the invisible forces at play in water management   Read on...             featured: Academic advocate   UCI associate professor Anita Casavantes Bradford, Chicano/Latino studies and history, receives UCI Academic Senate Faculty Award for Mentorship in recognition of her work with first-generation students   Read on...           featured: Award-worthy work   Angela Jenks, UCI anthropology, earns an Academic Senate Award for Teaching in a field she almost didn't pursue   Read on...           featured: Where have all the moderates gone?   UCI political science assistant professor Danielle Thomsen receives grant to research whether primary voters prefer partisan polarization   Read on...           featured: Winding road   Steve Chadima '72 social sciences recalls the road to a young UCI campus, and the many adventures since   Read on...       more news       How to write more, write better, and be happier in academia   Book by UCI cognitive scientist Barbara Sarnecka provides tools, tips, and tricks of the trade of academic writing for scholars new and accomplished       Affirmative action an increasingly divisive issue for Asian Americans   Daeun Song, political science grad student, awarded Haynes Foundation grant to study political momentum on affirmative action within Asian American community       Spurred by personal experience, UCI graduate student researches gender and homelessness   Payton Huse, sociology, wins competitive National Science Foundation research fellowship         Andrew Yang's 'freedom dividend' echoes a 1930s basic income proposal that reshaped Social Security   Edwin Amenta, sociology, explains in The Conversation       Stimulants: Using them to cram for exams ruins sleep and doesn't help test scores   Sara Mednick, cognitive sciences, explains in The Conversation       Friends from Hong Kong: Taiwan's refugee problem   Lev Nachman, poli sci, in The Diplomat       Nov 15 | FRESH Basic Needs Hub Food Drive Hunger touches every community and food insecurity is a critical issue - even here at UCI. Join the UCI Social Sciences Dean's Leadership Society and Alumni Network in stocking the shelves of UCI's FRESH Basic Needs Hub on Friday, Nov 15, 7-9:30 a.m., lot 14 near the Newkirk Alumni Center. Learn more...     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.   Claire Jean Kim, poli sci, explains in an op-ed for The Nation that the Harvard affirmative action case was just the latest fight for groups who think racism against Asians is the only racism that matters.     Maurer on living in a live-stream age   Washington Post     DeSipio on immigration, voters   LA Times         Eusey on business lessons learned   Worth     Rosenberg on democracy   New York Times       Technology and everyday life Tom Boellstorff, anthropology, explains in The Medium how emojis bring a human element to texting     event calendar   Subscribe to our online calendar to get all events delivered straight to your smartphone.     28   OCT         When Safety Messages Make Us Less Safe: Evidence from Traffic Fatality Messages   3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112 | Jonathan Hall, University of Toronto             29   OCT         Biobehavioral Pathways from Childhood Adversity to Disease   12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 4250 | Kate Ryan Kuhlman, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, UC Irvine             31   OCT         Reflections of a Peace-Seeking 'PracAdemic'   12:30-1:45 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777 | Jay Rothman, Visiting Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego             31-1   OCT-NOV         Transdisciplinary Research on the Changing Arctic and its Global Impacts: Enhancing Capacity for Convergence Science   8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering | 100 Academy Way | Irvine, CA             01   NOV         Using Cognitive Models to Understand Impairment in Episodic and Semantic Memory   1:00-2:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112 | Michael Lee, Professor, Cognitive Sciences, UCI             01   NOV         Convergence in the Philosophy of Mathematics   3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777 | Edward N. Zalta, Senior Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University             04   NOV         Infant Mortality and The Repeal of Federal Prohibition and Inefficient Collective Households: Abuse and Consumption   3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 3218 | Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser             04   NOV         Protestantism and Effort Expenditure on the Battlefield: Soldier-Level Evident from World War II   3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Ahmed Skali, RMIT Melbourne             05   NOV         Painful Visits: Disparities in Parents' Experiences in the Dental Office   12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 4250 | Stephanie Reich, Associate Professor of Education, UC Irvine             06   NOV         Ready to Vote?   3:00-5:00 p.m. | UCI Student Center, Pacific Ballroom A, B, C             08   NOV         From Metaphysical Principles to Dynamical Laws   3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777 | Marius Stan, Associate Professor, Philosophy, Boston College             12   NOV         Aesthetics and Cosmopolis Part One - Capturing Ambient Participation: Networked Public Spaces and the Problem of Cultural Value   12:00-2:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112 | Nikos Papastergiadis, Director, Research Unit in Public Cultures and Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Australia             12   NOV         Explaining Contingent and Heterogeneous Effects of Family Policies on Mothers' Employment: Earnings Inequality and Educational Attainment in 23 Countries, 1999-2016   12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 4250 | Jennifer Hook, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California             13   NOV         Aesthetics and Cosmopolis Part Two - L'Internationale: An Outline for the Museums of the Commons   3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112 | Nikos Papastergiadis, Director, Research Unit in Public Cultures and Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Australia             13   NOV         Inclusive Classroom Practices and Pedagogies   3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517             14   NOV         Aesthetics and Cosmopolis Part Three - Cosmopolitanism: A World View   12:00-2:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112 | Nikos Papastergiadis, Director, Research Unit in Public Cultures and Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Australia             15   NOV         FRESH Basic Needs Hub Food Drive   7:00-9:30 a.m. | Lot 14 near Newkirk Alumni Center             15   NOV         Enhancing Diversity and Equitable Inclusion   3:00-5:00 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517             18   NOV         Enhancing Diversity and Equitable Inclusion   10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517             19   NOV         Vaccination Hesitancy: Using a Sociomedical Science Approach to Understand and Address a Public Health Issue   12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 4250 | Richard Carpiano, Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, UC Riverside             20   NOV         The Limits of Onetary Economics   3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132 | Ricardo Lagos, New York University                 about uci soc sci   We are not your standard school. 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