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Large Contingent of Grad Students Attends ASA in Seattle

August 25, 2016

Eight UC Merced Sociology Graduate Students (representing over one third of the Program) participated in the 111th Annual American Sociological Association Meetings in Seattle, Washington in late August. The Conference theme of "Rethinking Social Movements: Can Changing the Conversation Change...

Merced Grad Students Attend National Sociology Conference in Honduras!

August 5, 2016

UC Merced signed an Agreement of Academic Cooperation with the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) in January. As a first step in this cooperation, UC Merced sent a delegation of 4 graduate students (Maria Mora, Rodolfo Rodriguez, Danielle Bermudez, and Alejandro Zermeño) to...

Almeida Publishes Spanish Translation of Book on Economic Liberalization and Social Movements

July 15, 2016

The Universidad Centroamericana - "Jose Simeon Canas" (UCA) in El Salvador has published the Spanish Translation of Professor Almeida's book, Mobilizing Democracy: Globalization and Citizen Protest (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). The Spanish language translation is titled,...

Golash-Boza Selected for Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award by ASA Latina/o Section

June 19, 2016

Professor Tanya Golash-Boza's new book, Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor, and Global Capitalism, has been chosen by the American Sociological Association Latina/o Section for the Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award. The Award Committee commented on...

Beattie publishes article in top Higher Education journal

May 18, 2016

Professor Irenee Beattie has published an article on inequality in higher education in the Journal of Higher Education, a top interdisciplinary journal, along with her co-author, Professor Megan Thiele at San Jose State University. The article, “Connecting in Class? College Class Size...

Professor Hamilton new book on helicopter parenting with University of Chicago Press

May 10, 2016

So-called “helicopter parents” — those who hover over their children even into and through their college years — are often criticized for creating overly sheltered, unprepared young adults who boomerang back home. UC Merced Professor Laura Hamilton In her new book...

New Book Shows Pros and Cons of Helicopter Parenting

May 10, 2016

So-called “helicopter parents” — those who hover over their children even into and through their college years — are often criticized for creating overly sheltered, unprepared young adults who boomerang back home. In her new book, “Parenting to a Degree: How Family Matters for College Women’s...

Hamilton Selected for Early Career Award from William T Grant Scholars Program

April 16, 2016

Professor Hamilton has been selected as one of only five scholars for the 2016 Early Career Researchers award from the prestigious William T Grant Foundation. The grant will provide five years of funding for her research on the conditions leading to successful outcomes for disadvantaged...

Sociologist Shows Human Side of Deportation in New Book

April 12, 2016

A single mother in Guatemala works at a factory owned by a U.S. company, but doesn’t make enough money to support her family. She immigrates to the U.S. and finds a low-paying job with no benefits and no unemployment insurance, and when she gets injured, her son has to find a job. But he has...

Grad Student Marcus Shaw Gives Invited Talk at Cal State Stanislaus

February 25, 2016

Third year UC Merced Sociology graduate student Marcus Shaw shared the findings of his research at Cal State University Stanislaus' Sociology Colloquium Series on February 25. He presented his invited talk,"Parental Incarceration and the Intergenerational Demobilization of ...

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