Social Sciences
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How we found out that rat poisons are killing wildlife in Cape Town
Environmental Studies postdoctoral fellow Laurel Serieys coauthored a piece for The Conversation about the link between rat poison and the death of wildlife in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Thomas Silverstein, Inmate With Longest Solitary Confinement, Dies In Colorado
Psychology Professor Craig Haney was quoted in coverage by CBS Denver of the death of Thomas Silverstein, who spent decades in solitary confinement in federal prison.
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Ex-WH economist: China’s New Silk Road is a 'threat to the existing system'
Professor of economics KC Fung, a former White House economist, was featured in a Yahoo Finance article about China's efforts to challenge America's global financial leadership.
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Why It's Time To Think About Self-Driving Cars In Regards To Parking
Adam Millard-Ball, associate professor of environmental studies, was featured on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," in a story about his research on the impact of self-driving cars on parking and traffic.
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Helping and Hindering Undergraduate Women’s STEM Motivation: Experiences with STEM Encouragement, STEM-Related Gender Bias, and Sexual Harassment
Psychology Professor Campbell Leaper and Christy Starr, a doctoral candidate in psychology, coauthored a blog post about their research on what helps and hinders undergraduate women's motivation in STEM fields; the post appears on a blog by SAGE Insight, which published their latest paper in the Psychology of Women Quarterly.
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San Francisco Has More Billionaires Per Capita Than Anywhere Else on Earth
Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, was quoted in a VIPortal story about San Francisco having more billionaires per capita than anywhere on Earth.
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In the Realm of "Ahh"
Psychology Professor Jean Foxtree's work was featured in a Psychology Today article about the ways vocal features, including "filler" words like um and ah, influence communication and comprehension.
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The real climate change controversy: Whether to engineer the planet in order to fix it
Sikina Jinnah, an associate professor of politics who studies global environmental politics, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about proposals to address climate change by geoengineering the Earth's climate.
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AG’s Office reaches plea deal in 2014 Clearlake murder case
Anthropology Professor Alison Galloway's forensic work identifying the cause of death in a Lake County slaying was cited in an article about a plea deal reached by the attorney general's office.
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John Brown Childs on Talk of the Bay
Professor Emeritus of Sociology John Brown Childs was featured on KSQD's "Talk of the Bay" program, where he discussed the recent College Ten class that connected undergraduates with men incarcerated at Soledad Prison; the class created an unusual, powerful learning experience for everyone involved.
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‘Two-Tiered Caste System’: The World of White-Collar Contracting in Silicon Valley
In a story about the two-tiered world of white-collar contracting in Silicon Valley, KQED turned to a study coauthored by Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, for context.
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Extinction And Survival Under Capitalism With Anna Tsing
Anthropology Professor Anna Tsing was interviewed by WORT-FM, the Pacifica Radio affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin, about capitalism and the matsutake mushroom, which grows wild in the forests of the Pacific Northwest and is prized in Japan.