Social Sciences
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Want to Fix Urban Sprawl? Ditch the Cul-de-Sac
Adam Millard-Ball of Environmental Studies had his work about urban sprawl featured in Wired magazine.
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Number of working black business owners falls 40 percent, far more than other groups amid coronavirus
The Washington Post reported new findings by economist Rob Fairlie about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on black-owned businesses.
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UCSC Autism Researchers to Journalists: Do Better
Psychology Professor Nameera Akhtar and alumna Noa Lewin were featured in a Good Times article about new research into media depictions of autism.
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Fear sent her Chinatown restaurant spiraling. The challenges to reopening feel ‘just impossible.’
Research by economist Robert Fairlie was cited in a Washington Post article about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Asian-owned businesses.
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Coronavirus Makes Juvenile Jails Look Like Adult Prisons
Psychology Professor Craig Haney was quoted in a Ms. magazine article about the conditions facing incarcerated juveniles around the country since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Quarantine Could Change How Americans Think of Incarceration
Psychology Professor Craig Haney was featured in an article in The Atlantic about how sheltering in place might change attitudes about incarceration.
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Elon Musk reflects Silicon Valley’s ‘move fast and break things’ culture
Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, coauthored an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle about the risks workers face in Silicon Valley's culture of radical innovation.
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Gig workers in San Francisco are mostly people of color and many are immigrants, according to survey
Among the outlets covering the results of a unique survey of gig workers that was led by Chris Benner of Sociology are Tech Crunch, Vice, Science Daily, EurasiaReview, Eater SF, CFI.co, and Broke-Ass Stuart.
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Coronavirus job losses stack up, and California gig workers’ claims may come next
Sociology professor Chris Benner released preliminary results of an online survey of gig workers displaced by the pandemic, and the findings were covered by the San Francisco Chronicle.
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How Political Science Explains Countries’ Reactions to COVID-19
Sara Niedzwiecki, assistant professor of politics, coauthored an analysis for Americas Quarterly of how Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DACA community braces for a Supreme Court ruling
Psychology Professor Regina Langhout penned an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the DACA case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The foot soldiers of the new environmental movement
The Washington Post turned to Jessica Taft of Latin American and Latino Studies, author of Rebel Girls, for insight about the girl activists who are on the front lines of the new environmental movement.