Social Sciences
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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.
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Gig work could change under Biden’s Labor secretary. Here’s how
Marketwatch discussed research on gig workers in the Bay Area by Chris Benner, a professor of sociology and environmental studies and the director of the Institute for Social Transformation.
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Installing solar panels over California’s canals could yield water, land, air and climate payoffs
Environmental studies postdoctoral researcher Brandi McKuin coauthored an article for The Conversation on the potential benefits of installing solar panels over California's system of water conveyance canals.
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Filler words: From pause fillers to elements of discourse
Psychology Professor Jean E. Fox Tree's research on the importance of filler words was discussed in an article by Die Zeit, one of German's most widely read newspapers.
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Riding the unicorns
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion piece for Financial Express about the growth of companies valued over $1 billion in India.
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Arbor Day should be about growing trees, not just planting them
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl coauthored an article for The Conversation about the need to shift the focus from tree-planting to tree-growing in order to maximize benefits.