Social Sciences
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UCSC study reveals that virtual reality can alter time perception
Good Times interviewed Grayson Mullen, a cognitive science alumnus, and Psychology Professor Nicolas Davidenko about their research documenting a "time compression" effect in virtual reality.
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Three soft skills leaders need for hybrid work environments
Fast Company discussed research by Ph.D. student Andrew Guydish and Psychology Professor Jean E. Fox Tree on the importance of understanding "conversation reciprocity" for teams in hybrid and remote work environments.
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His very own ‘Tour de cello’: Wistful over the lost year, UCSC senior on a graduation serenade mission
Lookout Santa Cruz featured upcoming politics and anthropology graduate Ross Piscitello in a story on his efforts to play cello at each residential college before graduation.
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UC Santa Cruz senior seizes dreams despite early challenges
A Santa Cruz Sentinel profile featured Alyssa Tamboura, an upcoming 2021 legal studies and philosophy graduate who founded the Walls to Bridges program.
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When DNA Research Doesn’t Benefit All of Us
Professor of Sociology Jenny Reardon, who is the founding director of the Science & Justice Research Center, was interviewed by The Pulse radio show on Philadelphia station WHYY about lessons learned from the last quarter century of efforts to study variation in human genomes.
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Small Businesses Have Surged in Black Communities. Was It the Stimulus?
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie spoke with The New York Times about how unemployment has influenced entrepreneurship trends in the wake of the pandemic.
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AAPI Heritage: Remembering the Watsonville Riots of 1930
Associate Professor of Sociology Steven McKay was interviewed alongside history doctoral candidate Meleia Simon-Reynolds and history undergraduate Nick Nasser for a KSBW story about efforts to preserve the history of Watsonsville's first Filipino immigrants.
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Muslim women are using Sharia to push for gender equality
Politics and Legal Studies Professor Mark Fathi Massoud wrote an article for The Conversation based on research from his forthcoming new book.
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UC Santa Cruz undergrads provide books to kids with incarcerated family member
Santa Cruz Sentinel interviewed legal studies undergraduate Matt Sioson about his recent Strauss Foundation award win, which will support his work with the Walls to Bridge Book Project. KSBW also interviewed Sioson and other UC Santa Cruz students and alumni about this story.
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Why people with disabilities are at greater risk of going hungry – especially during a pandemic
Anthropology Professor Melissa Caldwell wrote for The Conversation about how food insecurity affects people with disabilities.
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Tamál Húye: Coast Miwoks Fight for Recognition of Point Reyes’ Indigenous History
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Tsim Schneider spoke with the Pacific Sun about the ways in which traditional anthropology narratives have erased the resilience and survival of Coast Miwok people.
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Experimenting With Mushrooms To Try And Heal Toxic Burn Scars In Santa Cruz
KAZU interviewed Environmental Studies professor Greg Gilbert about the ability of mushrooms and other fungi to remove toxins from a landscape.