Sociology
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Santa Cruz County area tops nationwide list of expensive rental markets
The Santa Cruz Sentinel discussed findings from a report on the housing crisis in Santa Cruz County by Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg and Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay.
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This California county now tops S.F. as the most expensive place for renters in the U.S., report says
San Francisco Chronicle cited findings from a report on the regional housing crisis by UCSC Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg and Associate Professor Steve McKay.
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Making their mark, keeping the Filipino American history alive on the Central Coast
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve Mckay spoke with KION about UC Santa Cruz's support for the Watsonville is in the Heart project, which documents the lives and experiences of early Filipino immigrants in Santa Cruz County.
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Monterey County honors AAPI month, issues apology to Filipino community
KSBW interviewed Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay and UCSC students Meleia Simon-Reynolds and Nicholas Nasser about their work on the Watsonville is in the Heart project.
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In California, Desperate College Students Compete for Spots in Trailer Park
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay spoke with The Wall Street Journal about his research on rent burden in Santa Cruz and how it affects students.
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Recess Is Good For Kids. Why Don’t More States Require It?
Associate Professor of Sociology Rebecca London's research on the importance of recess was featured in an article by FiveThirtyEight.
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Bill would bar schools from withholding outdoor recess or lunch as punishment
Rebecca London, a University of California, Santa Cruz associate professor of sociology, who has been studying recess in California for more than 15 years, spoke out about the importance of recess. She said it was “essential” that all California students have downtime every day to “stretch their social, emotional, and physical development through play, socialization with…
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Boomtown: A solar land rush in the West
Hillary Angelo, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz and a 2022–23 member of the Institute for Advanced Study, penned this piece on the solar land rush in the West.
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California Is Confronting Its Student-Housing Woes. But There’s No Quick Fix.
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay spoke with The Chronicle of Higher Education about the housing crisis in Santa Cruz.
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They are Black. They are Italians. And they are changing their country.
Associate Professor of Sociology Camilla Hawthorne discussed her research on racial politics in Italy with The Christian Science Monitor.
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A Key to Controlling Emissions: More Buildings in a City’s Unused Spaces
The New York Times cited research by Associate Professor of Sociology Hillary Angelo in an article about the climate benefits of infill development.
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Driving the Future? Green Justice and the Lithium Valley
Sociology and Environmental Studies Professor and Institute for Social Transformation Faculty Director Chris Benner coauthored an article about how "solidarity economics" principles could be applied to discussions of lithium extraction in the Salton Sea region.