Sociology
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Dreams of Murder May Signal Real-Life Aggression
Emeritus professor of sociology Bill Domhoff was tapped to provide an alternate view in a Live Science article on research about people who dream of committing murder. The report was picked up by other blogs.
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Drug war critics take in state of Santa Cruz pot scene
The Santa Cruz Sentinel accompanied sociology professor Craig Reinarman and colleague from City University of New York as they visited pot shops in Santa Cruz.
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U.S. deploys 80 troops to Chad to help find kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
The Washington Post interviewed Paul Lubeck, emeritus professor of sociology, about the Nigerian military and Boko Haram for an article on the U.S. sending 80 military personnel to Nigeria to help search for kidnapped schoolgirls.
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Abduction of Girls an Act Not Even Al Qaeda Can Condone
The New York Times interviewed Paul Lubeck, emeritus professor of sociology, about the origins of Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamic insurgent group suspected of kidnapping hundreds of school girls.
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Want a stranger's half-eaten pizza? Need to rent a tree house? Technology can help
Melanie DuPuis, professor of sociology and associate academic director of the UC Washington Center, was quoted widely in a Yahoo News article on how technology can help distribution within the local food industry.
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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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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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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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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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Why people are afraid of crack
The Ottawa Citizen asked sociology professor Craig Reinarman to write an op-ed on crack cocaine in the aftermath of accusations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was videotaped smoking the drug.
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Are dairy producers trying to sneak artificial sweeteners into our milk?
The online magazine Slate reached out to sociology professor Melanie Dupuis for comment in an article on moves by the dairy industry to put sweeteners into milk.
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Should patients understand that they are research subjects?
Sociology professor Jenny Reardon's commentary on the ethics of medical research and ownership of biological data was the lead piece in the San Francisco Chronicle's Sunday Insight section.