Research
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Blum Scholars present preliminary results of community-based research
Four graduate students discussed their research on jail health care, Latina resistance, Central Valley youth, and feminism in the farmlands.
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Understanding shari’a
Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor of politics and legal studies at UC Santa Cruz, will delve into the realities, subtleties, and richness of Islamic law and ethics at this year’s Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture during Alumni Weekend.
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Music, myth, and community in post-Katrina New Orleans
In an in-depth study of post-Katrina New Orleans, emeritus politics professor Michael Urban explores how music is intertwined with the city’s community-rebuilding efforts.
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UC Santa Cruz researchers evaluate groundwater supply and management
Court adjudication of California’s groundwater basins is more often focused on resolving conflicts among water users and less on sustainable groundwater management, according to a UC Santa Cruz study commissioned by the State Water Resources Control Board.
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Finding peace in the ‘world’s most displaced’ country
The signing of a cease-fire in South Sudan last week is a positive step forward but bringing about lasting peace and alleviating poverty will involve substantial grassroots efforts, according to UC Santa Cruz professor Mark Fathi Massoud who has written widely about the world’s youngest nation.
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Professor’s new book explores the political discourse of Russia’s elite
In a new book, UC Santa Cruz politics professor and post-Soviet-era expert Michael Urban interviewed 34 prominent members of the administrations of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin.