Social Sciences
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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.
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Scientist Chris Wilmers seeks to help cougars survive
The San Francisco Chronicle published a page-one feature profile on environmental studies professor Chris Wilmers and his research on mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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The strange sexual quirk of Filipino seafarers
Sociology professor Steve McKay was quoted extensively in an Atlantic article on Filipino merchant seaman and some of their unique self-enhancement practices. McKay is chair of the Labor and Migration section of the American Sociological Association.
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Loophole allows fumigants on California’s organic strawberries
KPIX, CBS 5 in San Francisco, interviewed environmental studies professor Carol Shennan for a story on organic strawberries and fumigants.
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Wolves help preserve berries for imperiled Yellowstone bears -study
Reuters quoted Chris Wilmers, associate professor of environmental studies, as an outside expert in an article on wolves in Yellowstone.
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Break ups are both harder and easier today
A columnist writing on divorce in Psychology Today quoted from psychology professor Steve Whittaker's study on breakups and Facebook.
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Immodest proposal
The New York Times Sunday Magazine referred to psychology grad student Rachael Robnett's study that found not one male or female surveyed preferred that a woman propose marriage to a man. The mention was in the "One-page Magazine" feature.