More than a dozen undergraduate students in UC Merced’s Sociology Club were immersed in the discipline’s breadth of research and professional possibilities during the California Sociological Association’s annual conference.
The two-day gathering, held in Berkeley in early November, was a meaningful...
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November 24, 2025
While California Democrats are nearly unified in their views on current immigration enforcement strategies, Latino Republicans and party moderates, especially women, are most likely to diverge from the GOP majority, according to a study co-authored by a UC Merced researcher.
The analysis of an...
September 4, 2025
As the Hellman Fellowships celebrate their 30th year, three more researchers, one from each of UC Merced’s schools, have joined the prestigious ranks of recipients.
Electrical engineering Professor Qian Wang, sociology Professor Meredith Van Natta and Earth systems Professor Adeyemi Adebiyi will...
August 4, 2025
For many first-generation Mexican American college graduates, the definition of success includes paying their parents’ bills or even buying them a home.
Lifting the social or financial status of their elders is a goal that often defines upward mobility for Latinx millennials, especially...
July 3, 2025
UC Merced Ph.D. candidates Eliana Fonsah and Nihan Karagul are recipients of the highly competitive dissertation fellowship from the UC Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).
They competed with doctoral candidates from across the UC system, resulting in about 10% of applicants...
June 6, 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Luis Rubén González has successfully completed all requirements for his Ph.D., including the defense of his dissertation:
“A Clean Source for a Sustainable Future? Hegemonic Outcomes of Opposition Campaigns Against Renewable Energy Extraction Megaprojects...
May 14, 2025
This spring, students in the Sociology Department's Law & Society course took on a unique challenge: work in teams to closely examine a pressing issue in U.S. law and society, then bring it to life through a compelling, publicly accessible podcast.
Each group chose a specific...
May 9, 2025
We are proud to announce that Dr. Paul Almeida has been awarded the 2025 Senate Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching and Mentorship, one of the highest honors recognizing outstanding contributions to graduate education at UC Merced.
Dr. Almeida’s 15-year trajectory of excellence in...
April 30, 2025
Only 10 years after it began, the Ph.D. program in UC Merced’s Department of Sociology made an impressive debut in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of graduate-level offerings.
The Sociology graduate program tied for No. 64 nationally, sharing the position with UC...
April 25, 2025
UC Merced Sociology graduate student Luis Rubén González Márquez has a new first-authored article titled “The Glocal Foundations of Threat-Driven Labor Resistance to Authoritarian Capitalism,” published by UC Press in the Sociology of Development journal with his advisor, Professor Paul...
