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Mednick Sleep Lab
 
 
 
sara mednick with students
 
 
featured:
UCI Podcast: The perils and benefits of dream incubation
 
Sara Mednick, UCI cognitive sciences professor, discusses how sounds and smells can influence our sleeping minds
 
Listen | Read
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
barbara sarnecka
 
 
Sarnecka appointed as social sciences associate dean of graduate studies and research
 
Five-year term will focus on continuing the school's upward trajectory in graduate and research excellence
 
 
 
 
casavantes bradford and jenks
 
 
Casavantes Bradford and Jenks appointed to lead school's Office of Faculty Development and Diversity
 
Work will focus on new program development, recruitment and career advancement of underrepresented faculty, and integration of equity and inclusion in research, teaching and service of all faculty in social sciences
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
eve darian-smith
 
 
Supporting global, collaborative research
 
UCI professor Eve Darian-Smith receives $298,500 grant from National Science Foundation to foster international sociolegal research collaboratives
 
 
woman standing in shadows
 
 
Standard treatment therapies for endometrial cancer differ based on patient sociodemographics, UCI study finds
 
Findings published in Obstetrics and Gynecology
 
 
 
 
bill maurer
 
 
Maurer elected to Orange County United Way board of directors
 
Collaborative leadership role will put the UCI social sciences dean in a position to positively impact the greater OC community
 
 
laura enriquez
 
 
Dual honors for Enriquez's book on intimate impact of immigration policy
 
American Sociological Association book awards recognize the UCI Chicano/Latino studies associate professor for research excellence in family, Latinx sociology
 
 
 
 
 
 
rocio rosales
 
 
Rosales honored for book on complex stories of immigrant street vendors in Los Angeles
 
American Sociological Association book awards recognize the UCI sociology associate professor for research excellence in Latinx, international migration
 
 
vanessa delgado
 
 
Delgado wins student paper prize for work on Latinx immigrant families
 
Award from the American Sociological Association recognizes the sociology Ph.D. candidate for outstanding research
 
 
 
 
angela jenks
 
 
Jenks recognized for outstanding undergraduate teaching
 
Honor from the American Anthropological Association spotlights professor for excellence in the classroom
 
 
david theo goldberg
 
 
A global scholar
 
UCI critical race theorist David Theo Goldberg, anthropology and comparative literature Distinguished Professor, pens book about global perspectives on dread
 
 
 
 
 
 
nina bandelj, carter butts, simon huttegger, francesca polletta
 
 
Four UCI social scientists named Chancellor's Professors
 
Honor highlights academic merit, promise
 
 
tom boellstorff
 
 
Boellstorff named inaugural UCI Inclusive Excellence Fellow
 
Honor supports development of faculty programs and mentoring
 
 
 
 
karissa sorenson, patrick del rosario
 
 
A dynamic duo
 
SSARC leaders Karissa Sorenson and Patrick Del Rosario receive Dynamic Womxn of UCI Ally Award for helping women on campus break down barriers
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
belinda campos

Stuck in a rut? UCI Chicano/Latino studies professor and chair Belinda Campos says "practicing" positive emotions can help prevent or work with everyday doldrums and weariness.

She shared a few tips with NPR on how to turn happiness into a habit. A big - and easy one - she recommends: sharing some appreciation. Get together with some friends and write out on cards three things that you're grateful for in the other person. Then share the cards with each other.

"We're using this task right now in my laboratory, and it seems to be very evocative of positive emotion," she says. And though the data is preliminary, she says, "what we see so far is that people enjoy writing what they appreciate in others, and they enjoy sharing it with the other person. It seems to be affirming bonds." ⁠Sometimes it even ends in hugs.⁠
 
mamyrah dougue-prosper
 
Douge-Prosper
on Haiti
 
Podcast
 
claire jean kim
 
Kim
on racism
 
MS. Magazine
 
 
 
jack liebersohn
 
Liebersohn on housing
 
NPR
 
wang feng
 
Wang Feng on
China
 
The Atlantic
 
 
 
Melissa King
 
King on cooking, causes
 
OC Register
 
wang feng
 
Rosenberg on
democracy
 
Foreign Policy
 
 
 
 
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calendar
 
 
 
 
 
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AUG
 
   
 
Doing Chinese History (in a New Era): Academic Jobs Outside the U.S.
 
5:00-6:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Rowena He, Chinese University of Hong Kong | Taomo Zhou, Nanyang Technological University | Mary Brazelton, Cambridge University | Charles Chang, Duke Kunshan University
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
about
uci soc sci
 
We are not your standard school. Like Peter, our beloved Anteater mascot, we're quirky and different. We're on a mission to create positive change in society, economies and human well-being by breaking down traditional barriers and pushing the limits in teaching, research and service. Doing so requires a different attitude, aim and set of actions.
 
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