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Welcome, Anteaters!
 
A message from Bill Maurer, social sciences dean
 
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laura enriquez
 
 
A scholar-activist for undocumented students
 
Laura Enriquez, UCI Chicano/Latino studies associate professor, earns Academic Senate award for outstanding early career accomplishments
 
 
 
 
judy stepan norris
 
 
A straightforward style
 
UCI sociology professor Judith Stepan-Norris earns Academic Senate Award for service, an honor that spotlights her consensus building leadership approach and equity-driven work
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
hector tobar
 
 
A novel life
 
UCI professor Héctor Tobar pens novel about real-life world traveler and would-be-writer
 
 
 
hispanic heritage month
 
 
Hispanic Heritage Month
 
How UCI helps Latinx students strive and thrive
 
 
 
 
mark steyvers
 
 
Online brain games show learning ability in one area can predict performance in another
 
UCI-led study published online in Nature Human Behaviour
 
 
navarro torres
 
 
Unlocking mysteries of the bilingual mind
 
Prestigious grants fuel language science graduate student Christian Navarro-Torres' research
 
 
 
technology and credit unions
 
 
How technology impacts credit unions and their members
 
Maurer receives renewed three-year funding commitment from Filene Research Institute to support projects tied to cash, credit
 
 
veronica newhart
 
 
Transforming the role of robots in society
 
UC team receives $1 million grant from National Science Foundation's National Robotics Initiative to develop improved telepresence robots for children with medical conditions and disabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
uc irvine
rankings
 
sierra rankings
 
 
UCI is No. 1 in Sierra magazine’s 2020 ‘Cool Schools’ ranking of sustainability leaders
 
Campus has been in top 10 for unmatched 11 straight years, with 4 first-place finishes
 
wall street journal rankings
 
 
UCI is No. 2 in nation for diversity in 2021 Wall Street Journal ranking
 
Placement highlights campus racial and ethnic diversity
 
us news and world report
 
 
UCI is ranked among nation's top 10 public universities for sixth year in a row
 
Campus also climbs to No. 2 for social mobility in annual U.S. News evaluation
 
 
 
 
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.
 
francesca polletta

Bridging America's divides requires a willingness to work together without becoming friends first, says UCI sociologist Francesca Polletta in this piece for The Conversation.

 
sabrina strings
 
Strings on weight and health
 
Goop
 
carter butts
 
Butts on COVID-19 and Twitter
 
Medical Xpress
 
 
 
emily grossman
 
Grossman on brain resiliency
 
Science Daily
 
ami glazer
 
Glazer on Angels Stadium sale
 
Voice of OC
 
 
 
 
event
calendar
 
 
 
 
 
01
 
OCT
 
   
 
Zot Zeries: Advancing Equity in the Age of COVID-19
 
5:00-6:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Bill Maurer, Dean, School of Social Sciences, Professor, Anthropology and Law, and Director, Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion, UCI; Colin Bernatzky, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, UCI; Alana LeBrón, Assistant Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI; Annie Ro, Assistant Professor, Public Health Administration, UCI; Graeme Boushey, Associate Professor, Political Science and Director, Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of Democracy, UCI; Laura Enriquez, Associate Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI.
 
 
 
 
 
 
06
 
OCT
 
   
 
Diversions: How the Underrepresentation of Research on Advantaged Groups Leaves Explanations for Health Inequalities Incomplete
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Bruce G. Link, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, University of California, Riverside.
 
 
 
 
 
 
07
 
OCT
 
   
 
How Chinese Netizens Use the Internet
 
4:30-5:30 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Shaohua Guo, Carleton College and Charles Chang, Duke Kunshan University.
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
OCT
 
   
 
Black and Brown Voices Matter
 
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required via email to dtly@uci.edu)

featuring John Baugh, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis.
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
OCT
 
   
 
Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family
 
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Laura Enriquez, Associate Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI.
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
OCT
 
   
 
Los Quince: Legacy, Community, Adelante
 
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

Department of Chicano/Latino Studies Panel.
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
OCT
 
   
 
Is the Federal Reserve Contributing to Economic Inequality?
 
5:00-6:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Mary Daly, President, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank.
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
OCT
 
   
 
Toward Social Justice: New Books by Latinx Scholars
 
3:00-4:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Laura E. Enriquez, Associate Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI; Michael Méndez, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Public Policy, UCI; María Rendón, Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Public Policy, UCI.
 
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
OCT
 
   
 
Central Americans and AfroLatinidades
 
3:00-4:30 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Victoria González-Rivera, Ph.D., Latin American History, Indiana University.
 
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
OCT
 
   
 
Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking
 
5:00-6:30 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Bill Maurer (UCI Social Sciences), Peter Hudson (UCLA), Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) .
 
 
 
 
 
 
22-23
 
OCT
 
   
 
Empowering Imaginaries and Engagement
 
Two-day conference | Zoom (pre-registration required)

A two-day Zoom conference to celebrate and learn about the diversity of approaches to investigating and disseminating the Latinx experience.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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