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Luis Ruben Gonzalez Is Keynote Speaker At II National Congress of Philosophy and Letters

September 15, 2021
Graduate student Luis Ruben Gonzalez was a keynote speaker at the II National Congress of Philosophy and Letters in El Salvador organized by the University of El Salvador on September 8th. His talk was titled "The ambivalences of constructing popular and subaltern subjects. Theoretical...

Professor Charlie Eaton is Featured By WalletHub

September 8, 2021
Professor Charlie Eaton is featured by WalletHub in an Ask the Experts segment regarding student debt in America. The article showcases 2021's states with the most and least student debt as well as a Q & A  with experts. Read the entire article in WalletHub here.  ...

Incoming Grad Students Awarded Inaugural Inclusive Excellence Fellowship

July 26, 2021
As part of its commitment to inclusive excellence in graduate research and education, UC Merced has awarded its new Chancellor’s Fellowship for Inclusive Excellence to four incoming Ph.D. students from the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts whose studies will contribute to the...

100 Sociology Undergraduate Students Trained in Survey Research

July 22, 2021
More than 100 sociology undergraduate students got the opportunity to conduct research about social movements and civic engagement in Central America. A UC Merced professor, along with colleagues from universities in Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador, recently co-authored an article in the...

Professor Nella Van Dyke and UC Merced Graduate Students Publish in Mobilization

July 13, 2021
Professor Van Dyke and UC Merced graduate students Katie Daniels, Ashley Metzger, and Carolina Molina recently published an article on their research titled “Rhetorical Form, Emotions, and Mobilization Potential in the Movement to End Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence” in the leading...

Ph.D. Candidate Maria Escobar Publishes in Rural Sociology

July 12, 2021
Liminal Belonging in El Nuevo South: The Geographies of Inclusion and Exclusion for Hispanic Young Adults within Northwest Arkansas.   Based on interviews with thirty‐five Hispanic young adults in northwest Arkansas, Maria's research investigates experiences of social and emplaced...

Professor Stephanie Canizales Receives Grant from Russell Sage Foundation

July 7, 2021
Professor Stephanie Canizales receives a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation titled: "Transnational aspirations: Unaccompanied Latinx immigrant youth's undocumented labor migration, financial responsibilities, and opportunities for mobility in young adulthood." "This study...

Professor Andrea Polonijo Publishes Op-ed in The San Diego Union-Tribune

July 7, 2021
Andrea Polonijo, assistant professor of sociology, publishes "Opinion: Normal may be a long way off for about 10 million immunocompromised Americans" on The San Diego Union-Tribune.  "Forty-seven percent of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and the Centers for...

Almeida Partners with Central American Universities and Colleagues to Publish Research on Social Movements and Campaigning for Progressive Parties

June 29, 2021
Professor Almeida recently co-authored an article in the journal Social Problems with colleagues from Honduras, Costa Rica, and El Salvador (Professors Eugenio Sosa, Allen Cordero Ulate, and Ricardo Argueta). The study found that those individuals participating in past social movement type...

UC Merced Community and Labor Center Study Supports Teamsters' Push to Organize Amazon

June 29, 2021
"Delegates to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention voted overwhelmingly for a nationwide push to organize hundreds of thousands of Amazon's warehouse and delivery workers, a formidable task given the e-commerce behemoth's fierce antiunion stance. The new effort is...

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