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Researcher Ruth Langridge awarded National Science Foundation grant
August 3, 2020
Three interdisciplinary projects receive seed funding from UCSC Foundation
June 30, 2020
Three interdisciplinary projects have received seed funding from the UC Santa Cruz Foundation following a campuswide call for proposals issued by the Office of Research.
Hellman Fellows Program and UC announce $125 million commitment to faculty research
June 23, 2020
The Hellman Fellows Program and the University of California announced a plan to permanently support the Hellman Fellows Program on all 10 campuses in the UC system.
In Memoriam: Allison Endert
June 17, 2020
Building bridges out of prison walls
June 16, 2020
Student Alyssa Tamboura began a student-run, volunteer program called Walls to Bridges that mediates meetings between those jailed and their families as a way to work their way back to better relationships.
Royal Geographical Society publishes special COVID-19 issue
June 5, 2020
A virtual special issue of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers features Politics Professor Matt Sparke's article, "Contextualizing Coronavirus Geographically," and provides free access to additional articles that provide perspective on the pandemic.
Social Sciences recognizes students amid unprecedented times
June 5, 2020
The Social Sciences Division announced the recipients of its annual student achievement awards.
Lecturer Ryan Coonerty named UC Free Speech Fellow
April 24, 2020
Ryan Coonerty, a longtime lecturer in the Legal Studies program at UC Santa Cruz, has been named a 2020-21 fellow of UC’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement.
Watch UCSC participants talk about hope during TEDx Santa Cruz
April 23, 2020
Last December, TEDx Santa Cruz hosted a day-long extravaganza of talks curated around the theme of "The Art of Hope." Those talks, including ones by several UCSC affiliates, are now available for online viewing.
New program advances global and community health
April 7, 2020
As countries across the globe fight the coronavirus pandemic, UC Santa Cruz is creating a new program that will prepare students and provide research to solve current and future global health problems.
Two programs will support undergrads in research, service learning, and peer mentoring
March 16, 2020
Undergraduates in the Division of Social Sciences will soon benefit from two programs that will provide paid opportunities to do research, engage in service learning, and mentor their peers.
March 11: Tanya Golash-Boza workshop and colloquium
February 19, 2020
March 2: Jack H. Schaar Memorial Lecture by George Shulman
February 19, 2020
Nine UCSC speakers join TEDx Santa Cruz extravaganza Dec. 7
December 2, 2019
Nine UCSC affiliates will join novelist Jonathan Franzen and a host of other speakers for TEDx Santa Cruz, a daylong extravaganza focused this year on the "Art of Hope," on Saturday, Dec. 7.
Social Sciences recognizes outstanding research, teaching, and staff
November 18, 2019
The Division of Social Sciences presented several major awards recognizing outstanding accomplishments by faculty, staff, researchers, and emeriti faculty.
Matt Sparke named editor of top geography journal
November 12, 2019
Professor Anjuli Verma
September 24, 2019
New books by Politics faculty
July 24, 2019
June 6: Right Livelihood Lecture - Nicanor Perlas
May 30, 2019
May 2: Paolo Gerbaudo "The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy"
April 9, 2019
Don't blame Sharia for extremism — blame colonialism
April 8, 2019
Politics and Legal Studies Professor Mark Fathi Massoud published an opinion piece with The Conversation based on his historical research in Sudan. The San Francisco Chronicle, Alternet, and other news outlets also ran the article.
Alumna Irma Eréndira Sandoval leads Mexico's anti-corruption efforts
December 05, 2018
Mexico's new president tapped UC Santa Cruz alumna Irma Sandoval to lead the government's anti-corruption efforts.
Dec 10: Central Coast Regional Climate Symposium
November 30, 2018
Politics Ph.D. Program Alum Named Assistant Professor at Vassar College
November 15, 2018
Politics PhD alum Jasmine Syedullah will join Vassar College faculty as an assistant professor in Africana Studies with a focus in Prison Studies in Fall 2019.
Nov 8-9: Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research
October 12, 2018
LA County's new public defender is guided by 'presumption of innocence'
September 28, 2018
This fall, UCSC alum Ricardo Garcia will take the helm of the LA County Public Defender's Office—the largest and oldest public defender's unit in the country.
Ryan Coonerty: Why our college students think like Trump
September 22, 2018
Professor Ryan Coonerty writes about student's views on free speech and expression.
In memoriam: J. Peter Euben
June 13, 2018
Professor Emeritus J. Peter Euben passed away in May 2018.
Politics Department public talk on May 21: Dayna Barnes
May 15, 2018
Politics professor studies opportunities for climate governance
January 23, 2018
Sikina Jinnah shares her thoughts about what climate governance looks like and ways to implement environmentally-sound policies.
Trump’s right about one thing: The US Senate should end its 60-vote majority
December 13, 2017
Politics Professor Dan Wirls penned an opinion piece for The Conversation about the Senate's 60-vote majority rule, and it was picked up by papers around the country, including the Albany Times-Union and Idaho Press-Tribune.
Recent alum shows that after graduation, anything is possible
November 29, 2017
When Anna Jean Kaiser (Cowell, politics ’12) graduated from UC Santa Cruz, she decided to move to a country where she knew no one. Now, she is a successful reporter writing for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications.
UCSC students co-author post in The Washington Post's political blog
October 2, 2017
Undergraduate Jennifer Bejar and Ph.D. candidate Michael Wilson Becerril coauthored an opinion column about record violence in Mexico that was published on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog.
Forget an escape to Canada—look to the south
June 29, 2017
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by Associate Politics Professor Mark Fathi Massoud.
Now Hiring: Political Theory Assistant Professor
June 28, 2017
The Politics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Political Theory in areas of non-Western political and legal thought.
Research Roundup: Spring 2017 Issue
June 16, 2017
Faculty in the Social Sciences Division published research on a diverse range of topics, including youth activism in the immigration rights movement, water and poverty, climate change governance, and more.
Ronnie Lipschutz appointed to chair in integral ecology and environmental justice
May 30, 2017
Ronnie Lipschutz, professor of politics and provost of Rachel Carson College, was honored as the inaugural holder of the Robert Headley Presidential Chair for Integral Ecology and Environmental Justice.
Research Roundup: Winter 2017 Issue
April 04, 2017
Some of the diverse topics covered by faculty in the Social Sciences Division in Winter 2017 include predicting college success, models for sustainable development, the psychological impact of President Donald Trump, his proposed military budget, and more.
Politics professor Dan Wirls writes op-ed about Trump's military plans
March 16, 2017
Wirls analyzes the administration's proposed military budget in an op-ed in the Conversation.
UC Santa Cruz politics student gets VIP access to vice presidential debate
October 10, 2016
When Austin Downs (College Ten ’17, politics) arrived in Washington D.C. in August little did he know he would attend the vice-presidential debate two months later.
Julie Snyder: Serially great journalism
September 09, 2016
UC Santa Cruz alumna, who will receive this year’s Alumni Achievement Award, talks about making the hit podcast Serial and how her college years laid the foundation for a career in broadcast journalism
Politics graduate student recognized by the American Political Science Association
July 21, 2016
Graduate student Berny Lazareno is named as a 2016-2017 Fellow in the American Political Science Association's Minority Fellowship Program.
In Their Words: Nic Zinter
July 18, 2016
Politics major Nicholas Zinter received a Dean's Award for his project titled “The Naypyidaw Rationale: Cultures of Power and Constructions of Legitimacy in the Republic of Myanmar.”
Dean Mathiowetz on KPFA: Meditation’s Political Potential
July 14, 2016
Politics professor Dean Mathiowetz discusses how meditation and mindfulness practices can strengthen citizenship and democracy on KPFA radio.
Mark Fathi Massoud: “Three important points to help in understanding South Sudan’s worsening crisis”
July 12, 2016
In an op-ed in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog on politics, politics professor and award-winning researcher Mark Fathi Massoud analyzes the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.
Mark Fathi Massoud: How can universities deal with racism? Learn from war zones
December 7, 2015
The Washington Post, via its Monkey Cage blog on politics, published an op-ed by Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor of politics and legal studies, on how universities can learn from post-war reconciliation when responding to allegations of racism.
PhD student Eric Crosbie wins two dissertation research awards
June 9, 2015
Politics PhD student Eric Crosbie has won two awards for his research on tobacco control policies.
