Sociology
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Celebrating teaching
The Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching (COT) has selected the 2025-26 Excellence in Teaching Award recipients and the 2025-26 Distinguished Teaching Award recipient.
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CEJA at UC Santa Cruz: Preparing alumni for academic and community impact
Alumni Desiree Ryan (Ph.D. ’24, psychology), David Amaral (Ph.D. ’22, politics), Melina Singh (Ph.D. ‘23, psychology), and Rosalie Lansing (Rachel Carson ’24, sociology) share their experiences with the Center for Economic Justice and Action and how it prepared them to be successful in their careers.
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Social Sciences Division honors student awardees at annual luncheon
On June 5 at the Cowell Ranch Historic Hay Barn, the Division of Social Sciences hosted its annual student awards luncheon to honor and recognize changemakers making a difference through their academic and research excellence.
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‘The Public’s Science’ initiative seeks to reimagine the science research ecosystem
The new effort will bring together a broad range of voices to create scholarship and policy recommendations for reorienting science research toward excellence, justice, transparency, and democratic participation.
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Story maps show massive fires like CZU are not a new phenomenon for Santa Cruz
An anthropology project traces the history of land use and fire in the county, revealing lessons for future management and mitigation
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New oral history chronicles life and legacy of sociologist John Brown Childs
The oral history traces a life shaped by what Childs has called the “two mighty currents” of his heritage.
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Two UC Santa Cruz faculty members named 2025 AAAS fellows
Katharyne Mitchell and Adina Paytan were awarded the lifetime honor.
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‘Dignity in the Fields’: report documents conditions and outlines recommendations for Salinas farmworkers
The report provides practical, equity-centered solutions for the challenges that limit both worker well-being and long-term regional prosperity.
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‘Dignidad en los campos’: un reporte documenta las condiciones y presenta recomendaciones para los trabajadores agrícolas de Salinas.
El reporte ofrece soluciones prácticas y centradas en la equidad para las dificultades que limitan tanto el bienestar de los trabajadores como la prosperidad regional a largo plazo.
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Ensuring equitable technological transitions: AI use in the workforce
While much of the public conversation about generative AI and work focuses on job replacement or increased productivity, Chris Benner’s research is taking clues from prior technological transitions to understand what other improvements are possible.
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Shaping the future of artificial intelligence
UC Santa Cruz experts are working to guide AI in ethical, sustainable, and socially beneficial directions
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Alumna Tonje Switzer receives Green Heart Award for CZU complex fire and Santa Cruz storm recovery efforts
Santa Cruz Long Term Recovery Group Executive Director Tonje Switzer (Oakes ’16, sociology) was awarded the Mountain Affair’s Green Heart Award in October.