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Sociology Professor Charlie Eaton featured in CNBC documentary on how the Ivy League stays so rich

April 12, 2019
Professor Charlie Eaton appeared in the CNBC segment called “How the Ivy League Stays so Rich: College Endowments,” which pursues a number of answers to questions including why tuition continues to rise when schools have massive endowments, according to CNBC. An endowment refers to the...

‘Diverse’ Names Zatz One of the Nation’s Leading Women in Higher Ed

March 21, 2019
UC Merced’s Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie S. Zatz was selected as one of the Top 35 Women in Higher Education in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education’s eighth annual special report recognizing the contributions of women to higher education. The edition, in honor of Women...

Alumna Staffer Pours Her Passion into Serving Students

March 19, 2019
Kisha McGuire has discovered an opportunity to do what she loves for an institution she’s grown to care deeply about. McGuire graduated from UC Merced in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, and soon started a full-time staff position in the Fiat Lux Scholars Program within the campus’s...

Professor Laura Hamilton Quoted in the New York Times

March 18, 2019
Professor Laura Hamilton weighs in on parental influence and involvement with their college age students, specifically how the recent college bribery scandal is an extreme example of a much broader problem.   Read more here:  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/upshot/parenting-new-...

Professor Laura Hamilton, Author of “Parenting to a Degree”, quoted by The Chronicle for Higher Education

March 18, 2019
Professor Laura Hamilton, author of Parenting to a Degree, was quoted by The Chronicle for Higher Education in their article “They’re Already Rich. Why Were These Parents So Fixated on Elite Colleges?”, written in the wake of the recent college bribery scandal.   Read...

Dr. Sandra Smith, Professor and Chair of the UC Berkeley Department of Sociology, visits UC Merced

February 11, 2019
Dr. Sandra Smith, Professor and Chair of the UC Berkeley Department of Sociology, visited UC Merced on Thursday, February 7. Professor Smith was hosted by the UC Merced Sociology Department and gave a talk entitled "The Overrepresentation of Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Criminal...

Professor Edward Flores interviewed by NPR affiliate Valley Public Radio, about his new book “Jesus Saved An Ex-Con"

January 28, 2019
UC Merced professor Edward Flores spent 18 months, with time in both LA and Chicago, examining how religion mixed with political advocacy helped people who were formerly incarcerated reintegrate into society. Professor Flores explores these issues in his new book, Jesus Saved an Ex-Con. Listen...

Sociology professors Irenee Beattie and Nella Van Dyke awarded $50,000 research grant from the prestigious Spencer Foundation

January 16, 2019
Sociology professors Irenee Beattie and Nella Van Dyke were recently awarded a $50,000 research grant from the prestigious Spencer Foundation. Their project, entitled “Gender Expression, Academic Social Ties, and LGBTQ+ College Student Outcomes,” will be the first to quantitatively...

More than $9M in Research Grants to Address California’s Critical Issues

December 20, 2018
The University of California Office of the President announced its biennial Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grants, funding 16 collaborative projects encompassing issues from management of the citrus industry and homelessness to immigration and equality. UC Merced sociology...

Dr. Zulema Valdez awarded UC Collaborative Grant

December 20, 2018
The University of California Office of the President announced its biannual Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grants, funding 16 collaborative projects encompassing issues from management of the citrus industry and homelessness to immigration and equality. UC Merced sociology...

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