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Charlie Eaton Publishes Op-Ed in The New York Times

March 25, 2025
Professor Charlie Eaton has published a thought-provoking op-ed in The New York Times titled “$15 Billion Is Enough to Fight a President.” In his piece, Professor Eaton argues that universities with large endowments must step up to defend academic freedom and free speech in the face of...

New Study Sheds Light on Climate Action Participation Among Working-Class Youth of Color

February 24, 2025
Professor Paul Almeida and graduate students have published the article "Working-Class Youth Participation in Climate Action: Networks, Civic Experience, and Equity" in npj Climate Action. The article explores the factors that drive individual participation in climate action, with a...

New Study Examines the Influence of Financiers on University Boards

February 23, 2025
Associate Professor Charlie Eaton’s latest paper, "Elite Embeddedness: The Rise of Financiers on University Boards as Parallel Social Organizations", published in Socio-Economic Review, explores how private equity and hedge fund managers have increasingly gained trustee positions at...

Melissa Quesada Completes Dissertation on Social Forces and Networks Guiding Latines into Teaching

February 14, 2025
Melissa Quesada has successfully defended her dissertation, titled "Just Be a Teacher: How Social Forces and Networks Guide Latines into Teaching." Her committee included Irenee Beattie (chair), along with Professors Laura Hamilton, Daisy Reyes, and Glenda Flores (from UC Irvine)....

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