Sociology
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College students lead the charge at first California Starbucks to unionize
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay and UC Santa Cruz student, union organizer, and California Assembly candidate Joseph Thompson spoke with KSBW about a successful vote to unionize the Mission Street and Ocean Street Starbucks locations.
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Teachers often cancel recess as a punishment. A growing number of states want to change that.
NBC News and The Hechinger Report published a story featuring Associate Professor of Sociology Rebecca London and her research on the importance of recess for children's learning and development.
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Event to engage Watsonville with ongoing immigrant justice project
The Pajaronian interviewed Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay and student Amaury Kruggel-Diazandi about an upcoming event associated with the ongoing We Belong research project.
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Empty Homes Tax garners needed signatures, verification in progress
Santa Cruz Sentinel cited research led by Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay and Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg on the housing crisis in Santa Cruz County.
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Watsonville is in the Heart launches digital archive
Sociology Professor Steve McKay, Humanities Dean Jasmine Alinder, graduate student Meleia Simon-Reynolds, and Tobera Project founder Roy Recio were quoted by The Pajaronian in a story about the Watsonville is in the Heart Digital Archive launch.
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Santa Cruz Starbucks unionization push follows national trend of increased union approval
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay spoke with KSBW about national trends in unionization, and Joseph Thompson, a UC Santa Cruz student who is leading the local push to establish the first Starbucks union in California, discussed the motivation behind that effort.
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As COVID Precautions Drop, Black Americans Remain More Affected — and More Concerned
A Capital B article on how the pandemic is affecting Black Americans across the country featured research from Assistant Professor of Sociology Alicia Riley.
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COVID-19 has turned deadlier for Black Californians, who have the state’s lowest vaccination rate
Assistant Professor of Sociology Alicia Riley, who's a core faculty member in Global and Community Health, spoke with CalMatters about California's COVID-19 mortality trends in the age of vaccines.
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Inmigrantes no denuncian los fraudes
Assistant Professor of Sociology Juan Manuel Pedroza shared his latest research on immigration scams with Consumer Investigative Reporter Arlen Fernández at Telemundo 48 Responde.
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Disturbing COVID data is a call to action, UC Santa Cruz professor says
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered trends in COVID-19 mortality among middle-aged Black Californians documented in research by Assistant Professor of Sociology Alicia Riley.