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UC Merced Sociologist Honored by Pacific Sociological Association

April 2, 2015
UC Merced Sociologist Paul Almeida received the 2015 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA). The honor was given for his book Mobilizing Democracy: Globalization and Citizen Protest (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). 

Valdez Publishes New Article in Research in the Sociology of Work

March 31, 2015
Her study challenges the emphasis on ethnicity in predicting assimilation pathways in favor of an intersectional approach that considers how multiple and intersecting dimensions of identity including race, class, and gender, shape the process of economic incorporation among ethnic groups.

Almeida Awarded Fulbright Fellowship

March 16, 2015
Sociology Professor Paul Almeida has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to investigate Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) in Honduras.  The Fellowship will fund field research between 2015 and 2017. The University of California system has documented Fulbright Fellowships since the program...

Almeida Joins Editorial Board of Latin American Journal

December 16, 2014
Graduate Group Chair Paul Almeida has been appointed to the editorial board of Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos. Anuario is one of the oldest social science and history journals in Central America and is published by the University of Costa Rica Press.

Sociology a Lens That Focuses World's Events

October 15, 2014
Sociology at UC Merced is a prism that offers insight and perspective into what's happening in the world. Trying to understand how people mobilize under democracies or military dictatorships? Ask Professors Nella Van Dyke, Kyle Dodson or Paul Almeida. Curious about how colleges and high...

Valdez Named to Editorial Board

September 1, 2014
Zulema Valdez, UC Merced, was appointed to serve a three year term on the editorial board of Contexts Magazine, Jan 2015- Dec 2017.

Valdez Appointed to ASA Committee

September 1, 2014
Zulema Valdez, UC Merced, was appointed to serve a three year term on the ASA Dissertation Award Selection Committee, Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

Laster Wins Major Award for Her Dissertation Research

August 22, 2014
Professor Whitney Laster was awarded the Graduate Student Paper Award from Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Division on Racial and Ethnic Minorities for her paper “Racial Hierarchy and Racial Liminality in Contemporary South Africa.”

Ed Flores Recognized with Book Award at the American Sociological Association Meetings

August 13, 2014
Sociology Professor Edward Flores received the ASA Section on Latino/a Sociology’s Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award. Dr. Flores’ award winning book is entitled, God’s Gangs: Barrio Ministry, Masculinity, and Gang Recovery, New York University Press (2013).

Sociology Welcomes Four New Faculty Members

July 21, 2014
The Sociology Department welcomes four new faculty members in July. They are Edward Flores (coming from Loyola-Chicago), Whitney Laster (from Vanderbilt), Elizabeth Whitt (from Washington University- St. Louis) and Marjorie Zatz (NSF and Arizona State University). Dr. Flores’ work focuses on...

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