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Sociology Inaugurates a New Display Case

April 6, 2017
On April 6, during a faculty "meet and greet" reception with undergraduate and graduate students, the new sociology department display case was officially inaugurated.  The case will serve as a physical and visual hub on campus to highlight department achievements such as awards,...

Graduate Student Maria Duenas Elected to Board of SSSP

April 4, 2017
Maria Dueñas was just elected to the Board of Directors of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) as the association's student representative.  She will now serve a 3 year term between 2017 and 2019.    

Sociology Grad Student Wins Pacific Sociological Association's Distinguished Paper Award

March 11, 2017
UC Merced Sociology graduate student Hyunsu Oh has been notified that he will be the recipient of the 2017 Pacific Sociological Association’s Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award for his paper, “Immigration Pathway and Life Satisfaction.” The Award will be presented at the...

Beattie elected President of Sociology of Education Association

February 27, 2017
Associate Professor Irenee Beattie has been elected President of the Sociology of Education Association (SEA).  The SEA is an international association of scholars in the fields of sociology and education that hosts an annual conference to share research and engage in discussion on issues at...

Valdez and Golash-Boza publish article in Ethnic and Racial Studies

February 23, 2017
Professors Valdez and Golash-Boza published the lead article in a symposium for Ethnic and Racial Studies. The article reveals the limitations of a research program that focuses on ethnicity or race, in isolation, and instead urges a new direction that brings them together. By connecting two...

UCLA's Gilbert Gee Delivers Talk on Racism and Health Disparities

February 3, 2017
This spring the Sociology Department hosted Dr. Gilbert Gee, Professor of Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA, as our colloquium speaker.    At his talk, Dr. Gee shared findings from his current research on racism and health inequalities over the...

Flores and Former Graduate Student Publish Article on Faith-Based Community Organizing

January 25, 2017
Edward Orozco Flores (and his former student Jennifer Elena Cossyleon) have published "I Went Through it so You Don't Have To": Faith-Based Community Organizing for the Formerly Incarcerated, in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. The article examines how civil...

Valdez publishes two articles on food access in the Central Valley

January 15, 2017
Professor Valdez and colleagues published two articles focusing on food access in the Central Valley. These articles, published in Preventing Chronic Disease and the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, identify the factors that constrain healthy food access in rural food deserts, including...

Dodson Publishes Article on Global Ties and National Protest Levels

December 20, 2016
Professor Dodson has  a new article (“TSMOs and Protest Participation”) published in Socius (a new American Sociological Association journal focusing on cutting edge research). The study examines the relationship between transnational social movement organizations (TSMOs) and...

Public Sociology at UC Merced Featured in American Sociological Association Magazine

December 16, 2016
The American Sociology Association's Magazine Contexts featured an online story about public sociology at UC Merced. The blog discusses a teach-in event on the campus in December to inform the Merced community about the consequences of the November presidential elections for society and...

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