Sociology
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Scott Roseman on mission of survival
UC Santa Cruz sociology grad Scott Roseman, co-founder of New Leaf Community Markets, was profiled in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. He credits the "eclectic education" he got at UCSC with inspiring his dedication to social change.
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Social science: Include social equity in California Biohub
Jenny Reardon and Katherine Darling of sociology and the Science and Justice Research Center, writing as members of “Science FARE (Feminist Anti-Racist Equity) Collective,” were among six authors of a letter in the journal Nature calling for the Chan/Zuckerberg Initiative to include social equity in the California Biohub.
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Privacy: The myth of anonymity
An article in Nature on genetic data and privacy quoted sociology’s Jenny Reardon and referenced a conference she led last spring called “Just Data.”
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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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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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What we know about the people who clean the floors in Silicon Valley
The Washington Post “Wonk Blog" wrote about a report by environmental studies professor Chris Benner, executive director of the Everett Program, about the ethnic disparity between high-tech workers in Silicon Valley and the contract workers who staff corporate campuses as janitors, landscapers, food service workers, and shuttle bus drivers.
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UCSC’s Chris Benner: Lessons from Kansas City, Salt Lake City and Oklahoma City
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a talk by environmental studies professor Chris Benner to the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Women in Business luncheon.
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Craig Reinarman: It’s High Time
Craig Reinarman, professor of sociology and legal studies, and alumna Wendy Chapkis, professor of sociology at the University of Southern Maine, are the authors of a package of articles on federal drug policy in Contexts, a quarterly magazine of the American Sociological Assn. that brings social research to general readers.
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Jenny Reardon, sociologist between science and justice
The French daily Le Monde published a profile of Jenny Reardon, professor of sociology and director of the Science and Justice Research Center.
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Minimum wage coalition forms in Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about a coalition forming to raise the minimum wage that was announced at the Working for Dignity event organized by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies and sociology professor Steve McKay.
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Santa Cruz students track working poor with ‘Census of the Invisible’
KQED News printed a version of a California Health Report on the “Working for Dignity” project by sociology professor Steve McKay’s class.
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The startling racial divide in pay for restaurant workers
A study co-authored by Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, was the subject of numerous reports including NPR and the Oakland Tribune.