Social Sciences
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Data-Mining Our Dreams
Dream research work of Bill Domhoff, professor emeritus of social psychology, was discussed in an opinion piece in the New York Times.
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Are Marmoset Monkeys Taking Turns To Talk?
Psychology professor Margaret Wilson commented for a National Geographic article on a study that suggested Marmoset monkeys take turns communicating. Wilson disputed the study's conclusions.
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UC Santa Cruz summit tackles social problems of 21st century
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered the Social Sciences Division's first Research Frontiers Day on campus, where professors in the division presented their research on contemporary issues and challenges to the public and campus community.
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Why Is Dancing So Good for Your Brain?
Psychology Today magazine featured associate professor of dance Ted Warburton and his research on the cognitive benefit of movement in a story about how dancers maximize cognitive function and musicle memory through practice.
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Newsom, ACLU look to legalize marijuana
Sociology professor Craig Reinarman was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article about Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the American Civil Liberties Union opening a campaign to legalized marijuana in California.
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Yellen expected to be tapped as Fed chief Wednesday
The San Francisco Chronicle quoted economics professor Carl Walsh in an article on the expected nomination of Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve Board. The same article was also published by the Davis Enterprise.
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Rich People Just Care Less
A New York Times opinion writer quoted Tom Pettigrew, emeritus professor of psychology, in an piece about how people with the most social power pay scant attention to those with little such power.
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Sudan's struggle for peace
An analysis of the context of recent protests in Sudan by Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics, was published on the Middle East Channel of Foreign Policy. Masoud's recent book, Law's Fragile State: Colonial, Authoritarian, and Humanitarian Legacies in Sudan (Cambridge University Press, 2013) is based on 15 months of research in Sudan.
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Strawberry growers seek pesticide alternatives
The Associated Press talked to environmental studies professor Carol Shennan of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems for an article on alternatives to fumigants in strawberry fields. The article was published in several newspapers in the western U.S.
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Immigration: Governor Brown considers allowing 3.4M non-citizens to serve on juries
Comments by professor of sociology and legal studies Hiroshi Fukurai were included in news report on KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, about Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to let non-citizens serve of juries.
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Indigenous Mexican Immigrants In U.S. Open Up About Racism, Gender, And Identity
Jonathan Fox, professor of Latin American and Latino studies, and a reporting project based at UCSC, were referenced in a article on the Huffington Post Latino Voices site about a new book “Voices of Indigenous Oaxacans Youth in the Central Valley: Creating Our Sense of Belonging in California.” Voxxi News originally published the article.
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Drug war waged hard against people of color
Host Rachel Martin interviewed sociology professor Craig Reinarman for an NPR Weekend Edition special report on the "War on Drugs" and its role in swelling the U.S. prison population.