Social Sciences
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UC Santa Cruz hosts American Indian Colloquium Series in February
Merrill College at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is hosting the Merrill American Indian Colloquium Series 2004 during the month of February, and the public is invited to attend a series of free events that highlight this year’s theme, “Service to Native American Communities.” Guest speakers will address ways to serve the needs of…
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700 educators to attend Sixth National New Teacher Symposium February 2-3 in San Jose
More than 700 educators will descend on the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose on February 2-3 to learn the latest about what new teachers need to be successful in their work. The Sixth National New Teacher Center Symposium on Teacher Induction, “Soaring to New Heights,” will focus on three themes central to teacher induction: quality…
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World of an anthropologist subject of Sigma Xi lecture on January 28
A public lecture on the UC Santa Cruz campus on Wednesday, January 28, will address some of the myths that have emerged about the profession of forensic anthropology. The UCSC Sigma Xi Lecture, which will begin at 8 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2, will feature Alison Galloway, of UCSC’s Anthropology Department and chair of the…
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Preventing Columbine: Psychologist Elliot Aronson delivers UCSC Faculty Emeritus Lecture February 11
Award-winning social psychologist Elliot Aronson will deliver a free public lecture entitled “The Elephant in the Parlor: How the Columbine High School Massacre Could Have Been Prevented,” on Wednesday, February 11, at 8:15 p.m. in the Media Theater at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Aronson, a professor emeritus of psychology at UCSC, is author…
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Psychologist Barbara Rogoff to deliver UC Santa Cruz faculty research lecture February 5
Barbara Rogoff, a leading developmental psychologist, will deliver the annual faculty research lecture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, February 5, at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Rogoff, whose talk is entitled “Learning through Intent Participation in Cultural Activity,” has spent…
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Organic agriculture at a crossroads: Prof says goals of ecological sustainability and social justice may require subsidies
Thirty years after the birth of organic agriculture in California, the industry looks more than ever like the agribusiness model it set out to oppose. The early dream of producing food in ecologically sustainable ways has withered under multiple pressures, but an analysis by a geographer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that…
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UC Santa Cruz offers pruning workshops January 10 and 31
Two UC Santa Cruz gardening experts will show you how to improve the health and productivity of your apple and pear trees at a three-hour pruning workshop on Saturday, January 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. The class takes place at the Louise Cain Gatehouse on the UC Santa Cruz Farm. UCSC garden managers Christof…
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Sociologist John Kitsuse, internment camp survivor, dies at 80
John I. Kitsuse, a second-generation Japanese American who was imprisoned in an internment camp during World War II and became a leading scholar in the field of sociology, died Thursday, November 27, at his home in Santa Cruz after suffering a stroke the day before. He was 80 years old. Kitsuse, a professor emeritus of…
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UCSC gains from two generations of generosity
Eugene Walsh knows the value of higher education. Forced to cut short his studies at UCLA to support his parents during the Great Depression, Walsh returned to the classroom decades later, graduating from UCLA’s executive program in 1964, and receiving an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University in 1972. Now, Walsh’s son and daughter-in-law are doing their…
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Leading economist named Social Sciences dean at UCSC
Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood announced today (Monday, November 10) that Michael M. Hutchison has been appointed as interim dean of the UC Santa Cruz Social Sciences Division, effective December 1. Professor Michael Hutchison will assume position December 1 “Michael Hutchison is an ideal choice for this key post,” Greenwood commented. “He is an internationally renowned scholar…
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Racially mixed juries would provide ‘checks and balances’ throughout criminal justice system, author says
With jury selection just completed in the trial of John Allen Muhammad, accused of masterminding the Washington-area sniper slayings a year ago, sociologist and jury expert Hiroshi Fukurai says it is time for the United States to revitalize its criminal justice system by requiring that juries be racially representative of the communities in which they…
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UC Santa Cruz professor receives $150,000 fellowship to help save wild salmon
Dennis T. Kelso, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $150,000 fellowship that will support his efforts to save wild salmon. Kelso today (Monday, September 29) was named a fellow of the Pew Marine Conservation Program, one of only five international recipients recognized each year for…