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Professor Pirtle Is Keynote Speaker At West Hills Community College Black History Month Event

March 12, 2020
Professor Whitney Pirtle was invited to be the keynote speaker at a Black History Month Event held at West Hills Community College, Firebaugh Campus. The title of her talk was “Lift Every Voice and Act.” It was a wonderfully attended event that included song, the keynote, a panel with Q...

Chancellor's Postdoctoral Scholar, Stephanie Canizales, Quoted in the New York Times; The Quinceañera, Redefined

December 2, 2019
Quinceañeras are an integral part of the experiences of young women in Latin America and throughout the United States. They signal a celebratory moment in the lives of teenage girls and, in many families, are seen as a necessary rite of passage. “But there is a growing generation of...

Zatz Named American Society of Criminology Fellow

November 21, 2019
The American Society of Criminology (ASC) has elected Vice Provost and Graduate Dean and sociology Professor Marjorie Zatz as an ASC Fellow — the society’s highest honor — in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of criminology. The society celebrated Zatz’s achievements during...

Professor Charlie Eaton Featured in the Sacramento Bee - "PG& E Should Belong to Californians, Not Wall Street Shareholders"

October 25, 2019
Professor Charlie Eaton discusses the for-profit and nonprofit approach of energy management in California as fires and power outages spread. As the lights went out across California this month, residents wondered if we will ever fix PG&E – the nation’s largest for-profit...

Professor Tanya Golash-Boza Receives National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant

August 13, 2019
Professor Tanya Golash-Boza has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for her project "Prisoner Re-Entry and Gentrification." With this funding, Professor Golash-Boza will explore how gentrified and diverse neighborhoods help or hinder prisoners' reintegration into...

2019 Ford Foundation Fellowships Honorable Mention List Includes UC Merced Sociology Graduate Students

July 16, 2019
Please join us in congratulating Melissa Quesada, Katie Daniels, Maria Duenas and Veronica Lerma; four outstanding UC Merced Sociology scholars who have been accorded honorable mention status in the 2019 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs competition administered by the Fellowships Office of...

Movements Can Lead to Lasting Change, New Sociology Book Demonstrates

July 1, 2019
A social movement’s cause can be as diverse as the people who spur it in the first place —examples abound, from community organizations initiating struggles for neighborhood sidewalks and clean water to national level mobilizations led by labor unions and their allies against the privatization of...

Almeida Publishes Book with UC Press on The Structure of Social Movements

June 6, 2019
  The University of California Press recently published a book by Sociology Professor Paul Almeida entitled, Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization. The work outlines the fundamental properties of social movements, including chapters focusing on:...

Ph.D. Candidate Maria Dueñas Wins National Science Foundation Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate California Hispanic Serving Institutions Alliance Fellowship

June 5, 2019
This National Science Foundaton program provides pedagogical training and career mentoring to prepare historically underrepresented doctoral students in their pursuit of teaching and research-focused faculty careers at colleges and universities. Maria is receiving fellowships for this summer and...

Rocio Murillo Receives SSHA 2019 Outstanding Student Medal for Sociology Department

May 31, 2019
Surrounded by faculty, family and friends, Rocio was given her medal at the Outstanding Student Awards reception on May 17, just in time to walk across the commencement stage wearing a symbol of her success. She was also recognized for her accomplishments as a graduate of distinction by Sociology...

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