The mission of the UCI Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of Democracy remains as relevant today as it was 30 years ago
Honor recognizes the '23 logic and philosophy of science Ph.D. for impressive research work
Recognition at annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program symposium honors the longtime UCI social sciences Anteater for work beyond the classroom
The fun-loving, hard-working first-gen undergraduate academic advisor shares what's fueled her 20+ years of success as a social sciences Anteater, resulting in her receipt of the 2022 Leinen Outstanding Staff Award
Honor highlights the social policy and public service and urban studies student's paper addressing race, equity and justice
Commencement speaker Kate Constant, political science and history '23, on perseverance, justice, and what comes next
Commencement speaker Jane Mary Sakr, '23 international studies, shares her international journey
UCI political scientist Samantha Vortherms receives NSF CAREER award for study on globalization, establishment of summer research institute
UCI alumna Shelby Anderson '18, '19 is selected as one of the winners of the Walt Disney 100th Anniversary Teacher Celebration
Silver Medal from Independent Publishers recognizes her work on role of politics, economic decisions in global warming
UCI Community Credit partners with non-profit Abrazar and PhotovoiceWorldwide to capture community stories of financial struggle, resilience in photographs
Honor recognizes psychology and sociology major for work advancing the understanding of Black experiences
Honor recognizes the economics and poli sci senior for outstanding academic performance and service to the School of Social Sciences, UCI campus and community
UCI poli sci alumni Derek Anderson and Scott Land are climbing to the top of the EDM world as Slander
Honor recognizes students who are planning a career in international affairs and/or public/community service with funds supporting research, service and educational international travel
Danika Wong '06, international studies and political science, is fueling growth of the Social Sciences Alumni Network and Women of the Dean's Leadership Society
Honor recognizes the political science major as the UCI School of Social Sciences outstanding scholar in the next to graduating class
Findings, published in the journal SLEEP, point instead to poor sleep as culprit for mood swings during menses
UCI affiliates Jenny Fan, IMTFI manager, and Melissa Wrapp, '21 anthropology Ph.D. and postdoctoral project manager of Community Credit, report out on Photovoice Worldwide
Héctor Tobar, Chicano/Latino studies and literary journalism, explains courtesy of the Los Angeles Times (also ran in Yahoo News)
Funding award supports the global and international studies graduate student's work on emerging eldercare economy and its impact on the lives of older Filipinos
Jacqueline Burns, poli sci Ph.D. student, explains in this guest essay for The New York Times (also ran in The Hill and Letters from an American)
UCI global and international studies associate professor Long Bui receives Tom Angell Fellowship
2023 Bradford-Osborne Research Award spotlights the economists' study on the positive side of using FinTechs to provide relief payments to underrepresented business owners during COVID
How Diana Lavery '06, M.A. '08 leverages skills from UCI's Demographic and Social Analysis program
UCI sociologist Kristin Turney receives $510,000 National Science Foundation grant to provide nation's first systematic accounting of pandemic-related deaths in U.S. prisons
Book by UCI economics professor Michael McBride breaks down applied sabermetrics in an easy-to-use, no-math-required guide for assessing, developing and advancing youth players and teams
UCI sociologist Edwin Amenta shares his latest work analyzing more than a century of digitized news to highlight how journalists reported on hundreds of causes, and the consequences of their coverage
Cognitive scientists Megan Peters and Nia Nixon are helping develop an online educational platform for researchers
UCI Chicano/Latino studies and history associate professor Ana Elizabeth Rosas reflects on generative qualities of her collaborative community project with El Sol Science and Arts Academy of Santa Ana and her research
Friends Lydia Zacher Dixon, Ph.D. '15 and Caitlin Fouratt, Ph.D. '14 in conversation about the "family vibe" of their cohort, how UCI gave them a model of collegiality, and their recent publications
UCI writer-in-residence Sholeh Wolpé, Iranian-American poet, playwright and librettist, highlights the accomplishments and struggles of Iran's women, past and present
Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 1940-2023
Maria Montenegro, UCI global and international studies assistant professor, explains in this piece for Public History Weekly
Book by UCI anthropologist Damien Sojoyner is a poignant account of how the carceral state shapes daily life for young Black people--and how Black Americans resist, find joy, and cultivate new visions for the future
Bill Maurer, UCI anthropologist and Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion director, weighs in
David Neumark, UCI Distinguished Professor of economics, along with Ian Burn, Daniel Firoozi, and Daniel Ladd discuss their work in this piece for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter
Five-volume reference work co-edited by UCI sociologist David Snow updated to include more than 200 new cultural and political developments of the past decade
Damien Sojoyner, anthropology, discusses his new book, Joy and Pain on the New Books Network podcast with host Reighan Gillam
Book by UCI sociologist Yang Su dives into succession politics, protest repression, and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre from a new perspective
UCI cognitive scientist and sleep expert Sara Mednick breaks down upstate and downstate biological rhythms and activities that improve health and well-being
Honor includes funding for organizing and running faculty development initiatives and mentorship activities
Study will track how first-generation college students bridge changing identities and provide insight to help them thrive in the university
Leadership efforts will build upon the board's on-going mission, vision put in motion by successful tenure of outgoing chair Larry Kugelman who has been elected a UCI trustee
In this Valentine's Day piece for SAGE Perspectives, sociologists Kristin Turney, UCI, and Sarah Halpern-Meekin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, share their research on relationship churning and some of its challenges
Multipronged training model will prepare more underrepresented undergraduates for careers in medicine
Sharlene and Neel Grover '92 help build the UCI School of Social Sciences Women of the Dean's Leadership Society
In honor of Black History Month, UCI social scientists Yousuf Al-Bulushi and Damien Sojoyner offer their perspective on post-Civil War history's contemporary relevance
UCI triple major Steven Gong took "Writing for POTUS" at UCI which led to a speechwriting internship in the Office of the First Lady
One of six from UCI recognized, the honor spotlights the distinguished cognitive neuroscientist's efforts to advance science or its applications
Application is open to graduating seniors during the 2022-23 academic year (Fall 2022, Winter 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023)
Blake Baxter '04, Social Sciences Board of Councilors member and Alumni Network founding chair, will be among the familiar faces at this year's annual UCI Homecoming celebration
Ian Burn, '17 economics Ph.D., is co-recipient of American Economic Association's Award for Outstanding Research Paper in LGBTQ+ Economics
Book coauthored by UCI political science professor Jeffrey Kopstein examines key questions of the Holocaust using tools, methods from political science, sociology, demography and public health
Two UCI social scientists receive funding for projects that will rebuild, reframe, and transform communities, institutions for inclusive excellence
UC-CUBA professors Nancy Burke, UC Merced, and Raul Fernandez, UCI, visited Havana in December to further UC-CUBA activities, develop potential new collaborations with local cultural institutions, and pursue their own research
Charles Anthony Smith, UCI political science professor and co-author of Sex Trafficking and Human Rights, offers perspective on a critical global issue
UCI cognitive scientist Megan Peters co-leads a multinational summer school that engages, educates those with a passion for computational neuroscience and deep learning
Book coauthored by UCI political science professor Charles Anthony Smith centers women's rights as critical piece in policy solutions aimed at combatting global issue
How UCI undergrad Andre Ngo fell in love with global and international studies, political science, and research
Senior psychology and sociology major Kayla Atkinson aims to break barriers and uplift others through mental health advocacy
Four-year funding will support experimental work and computational modeling by Connor Mayer, UCI language science, and Megha Sundara, UCLA linguistics