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
News
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.
Michael Stoll interviewed on growing gap between rich and poor
NewsMichael Stoll, CCPR affiliate, professor of public policy and urban planning, and chair of the public policy department at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, was interviewed Wednesday on Fusion's "Open Source" about the growing income gap…
Congratulations to Judith Seltzer and Cameron Campbell for PAA nominations!
NewsPAA 2014 NOMINEE SLATE
The PAA Nominations Committee – Susan Short, James Raymo, and Robert Hummer (Chair) – proposes the
following slate of candidates for the 2014 election (terms begin in 2015, except for the Nominations Committee
which…
Congratulations to Jacqueline Torres for RWJ Fellowship!
NewsCongratulations to Jacqueline Torres who has just accepted a position as a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Fellow at UCSF/Berkeley!