The Academic Minute interviews Jennie Brand on effects of maternal job loss

Job loss among single mothers has significant negative effects on the educational attainment and social-psychological well-being of their children. Jennie Brand, CCPR associate director and UCLA associate professor of sociology, described these…

Nominee by Prof. Ruben Hernandez-Leon receives grant from Mexican Government

UCLA student Francisco J. López-Flores, as a representative from the Dream Generation, received from the Mexican President, California Governor, and Los Angeles Mayor after Professor Rubén Hernández-León nominated him. Full article, please…

Edward Walker is interviewed about his book, “Grassroots for Hire”

CCPR affiliate and UCLA associate professor of sociology Edward Walker talked about his book on CSPAN Book TV. In the book, he discusses the use of political consulting firms by corporations and special interest groups and the role these firms…

CCPR Director Judith Seltzer is Honored

Judith A. Seltzer, Director of CCPR, has been elected President of the Population Association of America. She will serve as President-Elect in 2015 and President in 2016. Seltzer is a UCLA Professor of Sociology and a founding member of…

Several CCPR faculty members receive the UCLA Hellman Fellowship Awards

Congratulations to Professors Randall Akee, William Hanlon, Ka-Yuet Liu, Paavo Monkkonen and A. Janet Tomiyama! 2014 – 2015 UCLA Hellman Fellows Randall Akee (Public Policy): How do Changes in Unearned Income Affect American Indian Infants…

Esther Friedman and Robert Mare featured in Washington Post

Professor Rob Mare and alumna Esther Friedman’s work on the effect of having a child in college on life expectancy of parents was featured in the Washington Post. The research was published in the journal Demography. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/31/want-to-live-longer-send-your-kids-to-college/ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13524-014-0303-z?wt_mc=alerts.TOCjournals Congratulations…

Gary Gates in the New York Times

Dr. Gary Gates was interviewed for a piece in the New York Times today about measurement of sexual orientation and gender identity (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/how-many-americans-are-lesbian-gay-or-bisexual/?ref=health).

Congratulations, Prof. Brand!

We’re happy to congratulate Prof. Jennie Brand for receiving honorable mention for the William Julius Wilson Early Career Award of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). The award will…

Congratulations Prof. Paul M. Ong on 2013-14 Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship!

Professor Paul M. Ong Awarded 2013-14 Don T. Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship Professor Paul M. Ong is the 2013-14 recipient of the Don T. Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship in Asian American Studies at UCLA. A…

2014 ASA Distinguished Career Awarded to Prof. Vilma Ortiz, Congratulations!

Congratulations to Professor Vilma Ortiz. She received the Distinguished Career Award from the Latina/o section of the American Sociological Association.   Congratulations to Vilma!