Researcher Gary Gates is quoted in Los Angeles Times

Researcher Gary Gates gave his rough estimate on the number of transgender people serve in the military. Article: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-transgender-military-20150904-story.html  

Megan Sweeney and Edward Walker will present at “SOCIOLOGY IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT” at the Toyota USA Automobile Museum

SAVE THE DATE Saturday, October 17, 2015 3:00-5:00 p.m. UCLA SOCIOLOGY PRESENTS: SOCIOLOGY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT at the Toyota USA Automobile Museum Featuring Darnell Hunt, Professor and Chair, Sociology: Hollywood Diversity and the Bottom…

CCPR Co-Sponsors China Multigenerational Panel Datasets Workshop, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, January 6-8, 2016

We are pleased to announce a workshop to be held January 6-8, 2016 to introduce the China Multigenerational Panel Datasets (CMGPD). These are major resources for the study of demography, stratification, and family. The workshop will feature…

Steven Wallace is quoted in UCLA Newsroom.

According to Steven Wallace who is the co-author of a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, older adults raising grandchildren or housing adult children have taken on more financial burdens than expected. Article: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/more-than-three-quarters-of-a-million-elderly-californians-unofficially-poor

Researcher Gary Gates is quoted in National Journal

Researcher Gary Gates stated that a gay person can stay closer to home and still find a high­er level of so­cial in­clu­sion with the growing acceptance of LGBT community. Article: http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/economic-empowerment/we-have-marriage-equality-what-happens-now

Robert Mare and researcher Gary Gates featured in Washington Post

Robert Mare's research on Trends in Educational Assortative Marriage from 1940 to 2003 shows that educational intermarriage is less common today than at any point over the past half century. According to Gary Gates, cities known for being…

Bridget Freisthler is quoted in NBC News

Bridget Freisthler highlighted the differences between high and low income group in mobilizing marijuana dispensaries out of their neighboorhood. Article: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unlicensed-marijuana-stores-grow-weeds-la-n412541

Prof. Edward Walker featured in Huffington Post

Prof. Edward Walker labels this mobilization of the masses by a corporation as "The Uber-ization of Activism." Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-islam/super-uber-or-uber-stupor_b_7977678.html

Prof. Edward Walker featured in UCLA Newsroom

Prof. Edward Walker voiced his opinion on the Uber-ization of activism. Article:http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-faculty-voice-the-uber-ization-of-activism

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology- Nuffield College

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology (two posts) Nuffield College intends to appoint with effect from 1 September 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter, two Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellows (PPRFs) in Sociology, broadly construed…