Sociology
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When houses of prayer become places of shelter
Social Sciences Dean Katharyne Mitchell, a professor of sociology, was quoted in an article in The Economist about religious communities across the United States that are providing sanctuary to immigrants who fear deportation.
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Housing crisis breeds opportunity
Faculty members Miriam Greenberg and Steve McKay of Sociology coauthored an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the local housing crisis and their No Place Like Home community-engaged research initiative.
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What’s Really Driving Santa Cruz’s Affordable Housing Crunch
Sociology's Steve McKay and Miriam Greenberg were featured in a Good Times article about No Place Like Home, their ongoing study of the Santa Cruz housing crisis.
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Drugging detained children is like using a chemical straitjacket
Sociology doctoral candidate Kati Barahona-Lopez coauthored an op-ed for The Conversation about the drugging of detained immigrant children, and it appeared in the National Post of Canada.
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Young Californians are politically aware, they just don't vote. Here's how we turn them out
Associate Professor of Sociology Veronica Terriquez and politics graduate student Randy Villegas penned an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times about young voters and what it will take to boost their turnout in November.
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Building bioethics into the future of life sciences innovation
Sociology Professor Jenny Reardon was featured in a story about genomics and bioethics that appeared in Chemical & Engineering News.
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The Other San Francisco
Sociology's Lindsey Dillon penned a letter to the editor that appeared in The New Yorker magazine.
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Youth Voter Turnout Is Low, But These Central Valley College Students Want That To Change
KVPR Radio, the NPR affiliate in the Central Valley, aired a story about the Central Valley Freedom Summer Project, a voter registration drive organized by UCSC and UC Merced undergraduates with support from Associate Professor of Sociology Veronica Terriquez.
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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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Santa Cruz County Profiles: Rebecca London helps harness data on local youth for good
Rebecca London of Sociology was featured in a front-page story about the Silicon Valley Regional Data Trust, an initiative envisioned by Research Professor Rod Ogawa to help children's academic performance by building data-sharing partnerships among school districts and social welfare agencies in three counties.
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Bioethics: Justice in genomics
The new book by Sociology Professor Jenny Reardon, The Postgenomic Condition: Ethics, Justice, and Knowledge After the Genome, was reviewed by Nature.