Social Sciences
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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.
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Daniel Wirls: Democratic Party is guilty of dereliction of duty on defense spending
Politics Professor Dan Wirls penned a scathing opinion column for the San Francisco Chronicle about Washington DC's latest binge of military spending.
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The Myth of Mistakes: Why Won't The Trump Administration Admit A Mistake?
Forbes magazine published a column about the Trump presidency that focused on phenomena spelled out by Professor Emeritus of Psychology Elliot Aronson in his 2007 book, Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts.
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High-speed rail could doom mountain lions, other wildlife in Santa Cruz Mountains, biologists say
Chris Wilmers of Environmental Studies was featured in a San Jose Mercury News story about the potentially devastating impact on mountain lions and other wildlife of California's proposed high-speed train.
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Five years after tragic deaths, Santa Cruz Police Department officers’ legacies live on
Mary Beth Pudup of Community Studies was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about the legacy of alumna Elizabeth Butler, a police detective who was killed in the line of duty five years ago.
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The children of H-1B visa holders are growing up — and still waiting for green cards
In a piece about the children of H-1B visa holders, Public Radio International featured Education Professor Lora Bartlett's research on the overseas recruitment of teachers to work in US schools.
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Black Restaurant Week: Across U.S., Events Remind Diners, 'We're Here. Support Us'
Economist Rob Fairlie's research on black-owned businesses was mentioned in an NPR report about Black Restaurant Week.