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Professor Ed Flores Quoted in the Fresno Bee

November 5, 2021
Ed Flores, associate professor of sociology, was quoted in a Fresno Bee story on a recent report released by the USDA regarding the spread of COVID-19 during the early months of the global pandemic. From the article:   A recent report from the USDA confirms what many have been...

Alejandro Zermeño and Dr. Whitney Pirtle Publish Article

November 2, 2021
Alejandro Zermeño and Dr. Whitney Pirtle published an article entitled ‘It's medicine to me’: Examining coping resources and strategies utilized in the sweat lodge ritual experience to improve health of Mexican Americans" in Wellbeing, Space and Society. The article...

Community and Labor Center Accurately Forecasts Voter Preferences in Fresno Within 1 Percentage Point

October 29, 2021
A partnership among UC Merced's Community and Labor Center and several Fresno area community groups was able to predict accurately the Fresno results for the gubernatorial recall election held Sept. 14. Fresno Speaks 2021 is a partnership of the center and the Fresno County Civic Engagement Table,...

Professor Whitney Pirtle Publishes New Book

October 14, 2021
Professor Whitney Pirtle, along with co-editor Zakiya Luna, recently published the volume Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis. Whitney Pirtle currently directs the Sociology of Health and Equity (SHE) Lab. Some of her awards include the 2018 Ford Foundation Postdoc Awardee and was...

Professor Charlie Eaton Publishes in the American Sociological Review

October 13, 2021
Professor Charlie Eaton, along with co-author Adam Goldstein, recently added a published paper into the American Sociological Review. The published paper is titled “Asymmetry by Design? Identity, Obfuscation, Reputational Pressure, and Consumer Predation in the U.S For-Profit Higher Education...

Professor Blythe George Awarded Circle 3 Intergenerational Indigenous Women’s Fellowship

September 15, 2021
Professor Blythe George was awarded a Circle 3 Intergenerational Indigenous Women’s Fellowship from the Spirit Aligned Leadership Program. Through this opportunity, she is facilitating an intergenerational knowledge transfer project between herself and Judge Abby Abinanti, the Chief...

Luis Ruben Gonzalez Is Keynote Speaker At II National Congress of Philosophy and Letters

September 15, 2021
Graduate student Luis Ruben Gonzalez was a keynote speaker at the II National Congress of Philosophy and Letters in El Salvador organized by the University of El Salvador on September 8th. His talk was titled "The ambivalences of constructing popular and subaltern subjects. Theoretical...

Professor Charlie Eaton is Featured By WalletHub

September 8, 2021
Professor Charlie Eaton is featured by WalletHub in an Ask the Experts segment regarding student debt in America. The article showcases 2021's states with the most and least student debt as well as a Q & A  with experts. Read the entire article in WalletHub here.  ...

Incoming Grad Students Awarded Inaugural Inclusive Excellence Fellowship

July 26, 2021
As part of its commitment to inclusive excellence in graduate research and education, UC Merced has awarded its new Chancellor’s Fellowship for Inclusive Excellence to four incoming Ph.D. students from the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts whose studies will contribute to the...

100 Sociology Undergraduate Students Trained in Survey Research

July 22, 2021
More than 100 sociology undergraduate students got the opportunity to conduct research about social movements and civic engagement in Central America. A UC Merced professor, along with colleagues from universities in Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador, recently co-authored an article in the...

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