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Professor Pirtle Recognized with Academic Senate Award

May 10, 2024
Whitney Pirtle, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been honored with the prestigious Academic Senate Award for Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Professor Pirtle's unwavering dedication to DEI is evident across her research, teaching, and service, both locally and...

Racialized Horizontal Stratification in US Higher Education: Politics, Process, and Consequences

May 9, 2024
UC Merced Sociology Professor Laura T. Hamilton and Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow Caleb Dawson published an article titled "Racialized Horizontal Stratification in US Higher Education: Politics, Process, and Consequences" in the Annual Review of Sociology. From the article: In...

Connecting Farmworkers to Healthcare in California's Rural North

April 29, 2024
A study on farmworker health led by Ed Flores, Sociology Professor and Faculty Director of the UC Merced Community and Labor Center, and UC Merced colleagues Paul Brown and Ana Padilla, was featured in The Los Angeles Post. "The study found that nearly half of all farmworkers in California...

Grawemeyer Education Winner Focuses on the Racial Inequality of College Funding Cuts

April 26, 2024
The 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education was won by Laura Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen for their book, "Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities." Laura Hamilton, professor and chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of...

Private Equity Finds its Next Bet: College Admissions

April 24, 2024
“A private equity buyout of the ACT sets off a lot of alarm bells for me,” Charlie Eaton, an associate professor of sociology and cofounder of the Higher Education, Race, and the Economy (HERE) Lab at the University of California, Merced, told CNN. “There’s a reason why...

“How Do We Keep Them Safe?” Honoring Our Stolen Relatives

April 11, 2024
California is a top five state for missing and murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP).  In an upcoming talk, Blythe George, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Yurok Tribe Member, will discuss efforts to address the MMIP crisis through law enforcement, mental health support, and tribal governance...

Virtual Villages Show Promise for Supporting People Aging with HIV

March 19, 2024
More than 50% of individuals living with HIV in the United States are aged 50+ and this group faces an array of challenges to successful aging. Assistant Professor Andrea N. Polonijo's recent study, "Brief Virtual Intervention Associated with Increased Social Engagement and Decreased...

Project Positions W.E.B. Du Bois as Inspiration for STEM Students

February 27, 2024
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. We all need heroes. Perhaps that was on Roy Wilkins’ mind as he faced the sea of humanity – 250,000 strong – on...

Faculty Author Series with Professor Golash-Boza

February 16, 2024
Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor of Sociology and the Executive Director of the University of California Washington Center, will be featured in an upcoming UC Merced Library Faculty Author Series on March 5, 2024 from 12:00-1:00pm at the Kolligian Library Building, KL 232. This talk...

Professor Charlie Eaton Quoted in Fortune

January 26, 2024
Professor Charlie Eaton was quoted in a Fortune article, titled "Bill Ackman's battle with the Ivy League is about more than DEI: Gen Z are graduating without the right behavioral and emotional skills for the workplace." From the article: It’s misleading to imply, as some...

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