Congratulations Prof. Paul M. Ong on 2013-14 Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship!
NewsProfessor 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.
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2014 ASA Distinguished Career Awarded to Prof. Vilma Ortiz, Congratulations!
NewsCongratulations to Professor Vilma Ortiz. She received the Distinguished Career Award from the Latina/o section of the American Sociological Association. Congratulations to Vilma!
Prof. Mignon Moore to be honor by LA City Council and Mayor Garcetti
NewsProfessor Mignon Moore and her spouse Elaine are receiving the LGBT Heritage award from the LA City Council. Mayor Eric Garcetti will present the award on Friday, May 30. The award recognizes their work on Marriage Equality and their outreach…
Congratulations to Mary Ann Bronson, Edgar Cortes Quiroz, and Gabriela Rubio!
NewsMary Ann Bronson has accepted a position as assistant professor at Georgetown University.
Edgar Cortes Quiroz has accepted a position as economist at Bank of Mexico.
Gabriela Rubio has accepted a position as assistant professor at University…
Dora Costa quoted in CNN article about Civil War prisons
NewsDora Costa, a UCLA economics professor, studied the life histories of 41,000 white and black Union soldiers. She found that men who entered prison camps with friends and comrades were more likely to survive, especially those with similar ethnicity.
"What…
Just How Much Are Parents Bailing Out Their Student-Debt-Addled Kids?
NewsBy Neil Shah
The rising mountain of student debt is weighing down America’s young adults in myriad ways. It’s also a burden on their parents, who are quietly acting as economic supports by helping their adult children out with money, according…
Jennie Brand in the Los Angeles Times
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Dear All,
Professor Brand’s research on the effects of single mother’s job loss on their children’s educational achievement and psychological well-being has been picked up by the media, including the LA Times. The study is forthcoming…
Steven P. Wallace is quoted in Los Angeles Times.
NewsOur affiliate Steven Wallace was quoted in this article.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-adults-in-parents-home-20140421,0,2293806.story#axzz2zUZSQwfI
Congratulations, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Awardees!
NewsSeveral sociology graduate students have been awarded highly prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation: Richard Hong, Carla Salazar Gonzalez, and Amber Villalobos.
A select few students with outstanding…
Gary Gates quoted about changing demographics in West Hollywood
NewsGates, CCPR affiliate and senior research fellow at the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute, was quoted Thursday in a Los Angeles Times article about changing demographics in West Hollywood, long considered a gay neighborhood.