UC Merced Sociology Professor Tanya Golash-Boza and former Professor Whitney Pirtle have published a new article in Social Science & Medicine, “Firearm violence and racial capitalism: A conceptual framework for understanding the persistence and prevalence of gun violence in the United...
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September 18, 2026
Please join us in celebrating Felicia Cruz Fernandez, Faith Her, Natalie Moreno, and Catherine Rivera Hernandez who successfully defended their Sociology MA theses this summer!
Their research spans education, social movements, and the environment, reflecting sociology’s...
September 17, 2026
When farmworkers decide conditions are so harsh they have to leave the fields, the story doesn’t end there — it moves to another corner of the labor market.
UC Merced Sociology Ph.D. candidate Andrés Arias captures that in his article, “’It is worse in the fields:’ how racial capitalism disciplines...
September 14, 2026
UC Merced Sociology Professor Paul Almeida is the editor of the newly published The Oxford Handbook of Climate Action, a comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume examining how societies around the world are responding to the urgent challenge of climate change. Current and former UCM Sociology...
August 28, 2026
The Department of Sociology is proud to celebrate PhD candidate John Adélékè on the publication of his latest research in PLOS One: “Household wealth is associated with child stunting but not wasting: Evidence from the 2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey....
August 24, 2026
Five faculty members in the UC Merced School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts have been appointed to endowed chairs, recognizing their scholarship and contributions to research that serve underrepresented communities, advance human rights and shape the future of communications.
The newly...
August 12, 2026
Digging for stories in a Gold Rush town that vanished in flames 170 years ago. Pinging brainwaves for reactions from sentences that slide between Spanish and English. Fortifying students’ skills and confidence with a practice called powerwriting.
These ventures are among nearly a dozen UC Merced...
July 21, 2026
The Pacific Sociological Association recently honored UC Merced sociology Professor Edward Flores, faculty director of the university's Community and Labor Center, with its Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Praxis Award.
According to the selection committee, Flores earned the distinction...
July 13, 2026
The UC Merced Sociology Department congratulates Professor Ed Flores on receiving the 2026 Pacific Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Praxis Award. This award recognizes sociological work that has made a positive impact on social and organizational...
July 10, 2026
The battle over climate change rages on multiple fronts, from fights against staunch denialism to arguments over well-intentioned technocratic solutions.
In “Climate Change and Civic Engagement,” UC Merced sociology Professor Paul Almeida tracks where the push for expanded...
