Media Coverage
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Critical race theory doesn’t teach kids to hate white people. It teaches them the truth they deserve
The San Francisco Chronicle published an an opinion piece about critical race theory by Stephen Richter, a playwright, filmmaker, and a candidate for a doctorate in literature at UCSC.
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New graphic novel reveals Black women’s hidden role in slave revolts
NBC News featured a story about alumna Rebecca Hall and her new graphic novel, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, inspired by her research as a UCSC student pursuing her doctorate in history.
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New cuts show that SFMOMA seems hellbent on being boring and corporate
The Los Angeles Times quoted film and digital media professor Rick Prelinger in a story about budget cuts by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art that include eliminating the museum’s longtime film program and online arts magazine.
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Haiti Needs a New Narrative
Feminist Studies professor Gina Athena Ulysse was interviewed on WNYC’s "On The Media" program about how international media too often spreads dehumanizing narratives of perpetual chaos, setting the stage for intervention, and then looks away.
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How Williamsburg Hipsters and Real Estate Billions Transformed This Hasidic Sect
Israel's Haaretz published a story about history professor Nathaniel Deutsch's new book, “A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg.”
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Why poetry has seen a resurgence in the pandemic
UC Santa Cruz literature lecturer Gary Young was one of 10 Santa Cruz and Bay Area poets featured in the Santa Cruz Good Times for a cover story about the art form’s newfound popularity.
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West Nile virus: another alarming side effect of US drought
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Guardian article about the effects of drought on West Nile Virus transmission.
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The Extinct Species Within
Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in The Scientist in an article about extinct species whose genes linger in the genomes of living animals.
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Will the Pandemic Drive Teachers Out of the Profession? What One Study Says
Education Week published the third essay in a series by Associate Professor of Education Lora Bartlett, which focuses on the pandemic's effect on teachers. This week's essay was accompanied by a shorter piece on what teachers sacrificed to stay in classrooms.
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Cash for shots? Studies suggest payouts improve vaccination rates
Science Magazine interviewed Assistant Professor of Economics Jeremy West about his new working paper on the effects of Ohio's vaccine lottery.
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What You Can Learn From Carol Greider's Nobel-Winning Discovery
A profile of molecular biologist Carol Greider ran in Investor's Business Daily.
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More extreme weather events in new places to occur this year
Marine scientist Michael Beck was interviewed on KCBS Radio about the increase in extreme weather events due to climate change.