Social Sciences
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'It’s a catastrophe': low-income workers get priced out of California beach city
Sociology professor Steve McKay was quoted in a Guardian (UK) article about how high housing costs are driving lower-income residents out of Santa Cruz.
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Craig Haney: Floridians prefer life without parole over capital punishment for murderers
The Tampa Bay Times published an op-ed by Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, on his research on Florida public opinion regarding the death penalty. Haney is also co-director of the University of California Criminal Justice & Health Consortium.
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Study: Startup Activity Is on the Upswing
Tech.Co, an online site that covers tech startup news, quoted economics professor Rob Fairlie in a report on the Kaufmann Index report on startup activity of which Fairlie is an author.
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Seven Experts to Watch on California’s Groundwater
Water Deeply, a website that covers California’s water and drought issues, named Ruth Langridge, a researcher with the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies and a continuing lecturer with the legal studies program, as an expert to watch.
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Meditation’s Political Potential
Politics professor Dean Mathiowetz talks about meditation’s significant political potential in an interview on the “Against the Grain” program on KPFA radio. Mathiowetz’s article “‘Meditation is Good for Nothing’: Leisure as a Democratic Practice” appears in the journal New Political Science.
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Mark Massoud: Three important points to help in understanding South Sudan’s worsening crisis
Politics professor Mark Fathi Massoud published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.
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Meet Carnegie Fellow Mark Fathi Massoud
The website PSNow, published by the American Political Science Association, featured an interview with politics professor Mark Fathi Massoud, a member of the 2016 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows.
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Millions Of Women Take A Long Walk With A 40-Pound Water Can
An NPR piece on a study showing women bear the brunt of collecting water across sub-Saharan Africa included quotes from sociology professor Ben Crow whose research includes improving water supply infrastructure in the region.
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Suit seeks to free man from solitary confinement
Psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about a man held in solitary confinement for 36 years. Haney was hired by the inmate’s attorney to interview him in depth.
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Why do Indian-Americans win spelling bee contests?
An article by the BBC referenced research contributed by economics professor Nirvikar Singh.
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Facebook grapples with heartache as it jogs memories
The Star online, the web version of the Toronto Star quoted psychology professor Steve Whittaker in an article on Facebook memories.