Social Sciences
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Haiti's Royal Past
Associate Professor of Anthropology Cameron Monroe's excavation of a 19th century palace in Haiti was featured in Archaeology magazine.
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The case against prolific Instagram use is all about protecting your memories
Quartz featured new findings by memory researchers Ben Storm, an associate professor of psychology, and graduate student Julia Soares, who have found that memories fade more quickly in situations when people take photographs than when they don't.
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In the #MeToo Era, Raising Boys to Be Good Guys
Psychology Professor Campbell Leaper was quoted prominently in a column in the New York Times about "raising boys to be good guys."
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Craig Haney: Press forward on criminal justice reform
Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Haney published an opinion piece in the Santa Cruz Sentinel urging the community to continue to embrace criminal justice reform.
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Santa Cruz County Profiles: UCSC professor Flora Lu goes to the Amazon to study where nature, society meet
The Santa Cruz Sentinel profiled Environmental Studies Professor Flora Lu, who studies how the indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest interact with the natural environment.
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Teachers are battling back
Lora Bartlett, associate professor of education, was a featured guest discussing teaching and the state of public education on "To the Point," a program produced by National Public Radio's Los Angeles affiliate KCRW Radio.
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Secrets Of A Maya Supermom: What Parenting Books Don't Tell You
Distinguished Professor of Psychology Barbara Rogoff was featured on the NPR global health blog "Goats and Soda: Stories of Life in a Changing World," in a report about parenting around the world.
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Monarch butterfly autopsies reveal potential predators
Environmental Studies senior Rico Ruiz's research on the decline of western monarch butterflies along the Central Coast was featured in the San Jose Mercury News.
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Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas
Lora Bartlett, associate professor of education, was quoted in a New York Times article about school districts that recruit overseas for teachers.
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Genomics Justice League
Sociology Professor Jenny Reardon penned an opinion piece about the ethics and social justice aspects of genomics for Genome magazine.
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Q&A: UCSC’s Jenny Reardon on Genomic Research
Good Times published a question-and-answer conversation with Sociology Professor Jenny Reardon.
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Do millennials really not know how to cook? With technology, they don’t really have to.
In a story about whether millennials know how to cook, the Washington Post ran a quote about "cognitive offloading" from Psychology Professor Ben Storm that originally appeared in the New York Post.