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Sociology Faculty, Students Gaining National Recognition

November 27, 2017
Professor Paul Almeida, sociology unit chair, teaches and researches social movements among other topics. With race, immigration, rising inequality, gender discrimination and collective mobilization grabbing current headlines, the work of the UC Merced sociology unit — always...

Sociologist to Discuss Hate Speech and Free Speech

November 21, 2017
The Bias Incident Response Team at UC Merced presents sociology Professor Nella Van Dyke, speaking on “Hate Speech and the Limits of Free Speech,” from 3-5 p.m. Nov. 29 in the California Room on campus. The United States has seen an alarming increase in hate crimes since the 2016...

UC Merced Sociology Students Attend California Sociological Association Annual Conference

November 21, 2017
15 UCM undergraduate Sociology majors attended the California Sociological Association annual conference in Sacramento this past Friday and Saturday. They attended half a dozen talks, networked with peers, grad students, and faculty from other campuses, and toured the state capitol building. Four...

Sociology Undergrad Program Latest Affiliate of National Sociology Honors Society

November 17, 2017
Yesterday the UCM sociology undergraduate program was accepted as a chapter in the Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) national sociology honors society under the chapter name: Alpha Psi of California.  Alpha Kappa Delta seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of...

Graduate Dean Honored for Work in Criminal Justice

November 16, 2017
Outstanding contributions in service to professional organizations, academic institutions and the advancement of criminal justice have earned Graduate Dean Marjorie Zatz the Julius Debro Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division on People of Color and Crime. She will be honored at a...

UC Merced Sociology in New York Times

November 8, 2017
Sociology professor Charlie Eaton's research was cited today in a major New York Times investigative report on the use of off-shore accounts by wealthy colleges to avoid taxes on endowments. Professor Eaton has studied how elite private colleges have maintained small and mostly wealthy student...

New publication on experiences of deportees in the Dominican Republic

October 26, 2017
Professor Tanya Golash-Boza and Graduate Student Yajaira Ceciliano published a chapter in the book After Deportation: Ethnographic Perspectives edited by Khosravi Shahram and published by Springer (2017). This chapter analyses the experiences of isolation, precarity, and...

Sociology Present at UCM Homecoming Day!

October 23, 2017
Undergraduate Chair Dr. Irenee Beattie coordinated the presence of the Sociology Department at UCM Homecoming on October 21, 2017. Sociology graduate students and undergraduate representatives from the Sociology Club tabled for the entire day.

New Center, Conference Focus on Mesoamerican Studies

October 23, 2017
                        Topics ranging from ethnobotany, public health and feminism to agriculture, urban growth and social movements are among the highlights of the Mesoamerican Studies Center’s upcoming conference at UC Merced...

Workshop to Focus on Diversity, African Studies

September 28, 2017
Everyone is invited to a special event featuring UCLA Professor Jemima Pierre, speaking on “Africa and the Project of Black Studies” as part of a workshop entitled “The Critical Politics of Diversity in the Multiversity: Towards Africana Studies in the UC System.” Pierre, a professor of...

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