Social Sciences
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Teens who seek solitude may know what's best for them
Psychology Professor Margarita Azmitia's latest research about the role of solitude in the wellbeing of adolescents and young adults received considerable media attention, including coverage in Science Daily, Economic Times, Psych Central, and BizWomen.
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Your Environment Is Part Of Your Mind
Research by the late Bruce Bridgeman, professor of psychology and psychobiology, was featured in an article in Science Trends.
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Open Forum: On the legacy of AIDS — trauma and shame get in the way of HIV prevention
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack penned an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle about the legacy of AIDS and his latest reseach on the use of PrEP, which illuminates how trauma and shame get in the way of HIV prevention.
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Nurx: Making PrEP Easy, Affordable and Judgement-Free
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack's work was cited in an Edge Media Network article about the HIV-prevention drug PrEP.
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Men & Women Tend To Approach Conversations Differently — Here's How
Psychology Professor Campbell Leaper was featured in an article in MBG Mindfulness about differences in how men and women approach conversations.
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City Council to speak out against raid
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered remarks by Psychology Professor Gina Langhout to the Santa Cruz City Council about a recent homeland security raid in the Seabright neighborhood.
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Social Media Is Ruining Our Memories
Vice covered memory research by graduate student Julia Soares and Ben Storm, an associate professor of psychology, that found that using social media to document experiences actually impairs our ability to remember them.
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Why those most at risk for HIV avoid a drug that prevents it
Psychology Professor Phillip Hammack was featured in a Scienceline article about why only 4 percent of gay and bisexual men take a drug that prevents HIV infection.
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Jogging Happy Memories
Psychology Professor Steve Whittaker featured prominently in the APA Monitor's profile of UCSC alum Artie Konrad, who works at Facebook.
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ACLU: Expert reports about Nebraska prisons 'quite scathing'
The Hastings Tribune reported on the role of Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU against the Nebraska Department of Corrections alleging that conditions and crowding endanger the health and safety of prisoners every day.
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How one of America's harshest isolation units was exposed from the inside
NBC News covered Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Haney's key role in a settlement that led to the curtailment of solitary confinement in the state of Georgia.
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What Does ‘Skoliosexual’ Mean?
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack was featured in a Women's Health article about the meaning of "skoliosexual," which describes people who are attracted to those who identify as nonbinary or don't identify as cisgender.