View in browser: https://www.socsci.uci.edu/files/newsletters/2026/ne_032026.html

 
 
 
 
 
sbsg
 
 
 
UCI Men's Basketball
 
 
join us for
UCI Homecoming!
 
Help us cheer on our UCI Men's Basketball team Feb. 28 as they take on UC Santa Barbara

 
Details
 
 
young woman loading groceries into a shopping cart
 
 
New UC Irvine studies reveal how immigration-impacted students navigate campus basic needs support
 
Findings show a need to build more inclusive and effective support systems for students
 
 
Jade Jenkins and Austin Land
 
 
Reimagining child care in California
 
New UC-led research by Jade Jenkins, UC Irvine education associate professor and CPIP affiliate, and UC Berkeley researcher Austin Land charts a path forward
 
 
David Neumark and Jyotsana Kala
 
 
Minimum wages and racial disparities
 
Policy brief by UC Irvine economists David Neumark and Jyotsana Kala, published with the Cato Institute, finds racial disparities in job losses and earnings reductions from minimum wage increases from 2005–2019
 
 
 
NSF CAREER Institute members at the opening workshop
 
 
From concept to CAREER award
 
Since 2023, UCI's NSF CAREER Institute has helped dozens of assistant professors navigate the complex federal grant proposal process, increasing access and success securing millions in research funding
 
 
Bill Maurer, Justin Richland, Lee Cabatingan
 
 
Three UC Irvine professors named co-editors of prestigious Law & Society Review
 
Bill Maurer and Justin Richland, anthropology, and Lee Cabatingan, criminology, law and society, to lead Law and Society Association's flagship journal
 
 
 
Charlene Yang
 
 
Alumni in action: Charlene Yang, '15 business economics
 
What started as a passion for food has grown into a global platform for culture, community and connection for this Anteater alumnus
 
 
Jessie Zheng
 
 
Back to her roots
 
At 24 years old, UC Irvine economics alumna ('23) and Merage master's student Jessie Zheng already has business cred under her belt
 
 
 
student with Peter the Anteater
 
 
Wishing you strength and momentum in the Year of the Horse
 
Revisit the spirit of UCI's Lunar New Year celebration, and best wishes for a year ahead filled with good fortune, success, and joy!
 
 
 
 
 
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-based pay. Check out some of our top hits, expert commentaries and on-air interviews below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 
Vibhuti Ramachandran

The complicated road to recovery for Indian women forced into sex work

Vibhuti Ramachandran, global and international studies, offers expertise in this segment with PBS News.
 
Richard Futrell
 
Futrell on
language
 
Science Daily
 
Erin Lockwood
 
Lockwood on
the dollar
 
Project Syndicate
 
 
 
David Meyer
 
Meyer on strikes  
 
Marketplace

 
Jeff Kopstein
 
Hoffman on AI
 
BBC

 
Nina Bandelj

Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting

Nina Bandelj, sociology, shares her work on the New Books Network podcast.
 
Samantha Vortherms
 
Vortherms on China
 
LA Review of Books
 
Louis DeSipio and Michael Tesler
 
Desipio, Tesler on
AI & elections
 
OC Register
 
 
 
Bill Maurer
 
Maurer on
fintech
 
Banking Dive
 
Gary Richardson
 
Richardson on
the Fed
 
NPR - Planet Money
 
 
 
 
mark your
calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
FEB
 
   
 
Language, Space, and Hypothetical Reasoning in Children's Acquisition of Temporal Concepts
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112

featuring David Barner, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego

 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
FEB
 
   
 
UCI Law School Panel
 
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321

 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
FEB
 
   
 
In memoriam: W.C. Watt
 
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
FEB
 
   
 
What is Academic Freedom?
 
3:30-5:30 p.m. | UCI Law MPAA 100

featuring Jeffrey Helmreich, Co-Director, Center for Legal Philosophy | Julia C. Lerch, Associate Professor of Sociology | Tyrus Miller, Dean, School of Humanities | Jane O. Newman, Professor of Comparative Literature

 
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
FEB
 
   
 
If I cannot go back home, who am I? Syrian Refugees and the Limits of International Return Programs
 
12:30-2:00 p.m. | Social Science Tower, Room 777

featuring Maria D. Bermudez, Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies

 
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
FEB
 
   
 
Traditional Maritime & Chumash Tomol (Canoe) Building
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100

featuring Alan Salazar, Chumash Maritime Association and Ventura County Indian Education Consortium
 
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
FEB
 
   
 
Structure and Strategy: How the Games We Play Influence our Interaction Networks
 
12:00-2:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1321

featuring Rory Smead, Professor of Philosophy; Ronald L. and Linda A. Rossetti Professor for the Humanities, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University
 
 
 
 
 
 
28
 
FEB
 
   
 
UCI Homecoming
 
3:00-10:00 p.m. | UCI Bren Center
 
 
 
 
 
 
02
 
MAR
 
   
 
Finals Study Session
 
2:30-4:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517
 
 
 
 
 
 
02
 
MAR
 
   
 
The First Numbers of the Americas
 
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 3132

featuring Espin-Sanchez, Jose-Antonio, Yale University
 
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
MAR
 
   
 
From Cradle to Grave: Life-Cycle and Intergenerational Dynamics of Health
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social Science Plaza B, Room 1222

featuring Bhash Mazumder, Professor of Economics, UC Irvine

 
 
 
 
 
 
05
 
MAR
 
   
 
Atomic Violence Through Place and Space
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100

featuring Lovely Umayam, United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA); Bombshelltoe Policy x Arts Collective

 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
MAR
 
   
 
(Re)Framing the Problem: Flexible Spatial Cognition in Naturalistic Contexts
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Michael Starrett Ambrose, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine

 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
MAR
 
   
 
Identity and Ideology in the School Boardroom
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

featuring Barbara Biasi, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management and Faculty Research Fellow, NBER

 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
MAR
 
   
 
Seeing Human Rights in an Age of AI
 
5:00-6:20 p.m. | Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100

featuring Sandra Ristovska, Media Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Learn more about ours...