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Paola Langer wins the Population Association of America Poster Award

April 25, 2023

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Paola Langer won the 2023 Population Association of America Poster Award for her work, State-Level Spending and Black-White Mortality Gaps.

2023 Mayhew Award

April 06, 2023

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

The Mayhew Award is an annual prize made possible by an endowed gift to the department to recognize pre-dissertation research.

Professor Jacob Hibel's Proposal Wins $350,000 Grant

April 05, 2023

Faculty Awards and Honors

UC Davis has been selected to receive one of three $350,000 grants to establish a Ph.D. pathways program via the University of California-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative.

Carole Joffe wins 2022-2023 UC Davis Distinguished Emeriti Award

February 13, 2023

Faculty Awards and Honors

Carole Joffe has been selected for the UC Davis Distinguished Emeriti Award for 2022-2023.

Associate Professor Caitlin Patler announced as a Chancellor's Fellow

February 07, 2023

Faculty Awards and Honors

Caitlin Patler has been announced as a 2022-2023 Chancellor's Fellow in recognition of her excellence in teaching, research, and service.

Professor Ming-Cheng Lo interviewed by ABC7

November 30, 2022

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Professor Ming-Cheng Lo was interviewed by ABC7 regarding China's ongoing protests. The full interviewed can be watched here.

Alana Stein Published in Social Currents

November 16, 2022

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Alana Stein's article, "Barriers to Access: The Unencumbered Client in Private Food Assistance" can be read in full here.

Dr. Bruce Haynes quoted in the Forward

November 09, 2022

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Professor Bruce Haynes was quoted in an article in the Forward titled, "Unpacking Kayne and Kyrie: Condemn antisemitic acts, but don't destroy Black men." Read full article here.

Dr. Xiaoling Shu and Yiwan Ye published in Social Science Research

November 01, 2022

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

The full article, titled "Knowledge Discovery: Methods from data mining and machine learning" can be found here.

Congratulations to Jennifer Krebsbach on her two recent publications!

September 19, 2022

Graduate Student Publications and Media Mentions

The articles, "Women in Academia: Representation, Tenure, and Publication Patterns in the STEM and Social Sciences Fields" (Journal of International Women's Studies, 2022) and "The Impact of Academic Publication: Inequity for Women in Behavior Analytic Journals" (Frontiers in Sociology, 2022) can be read in full here and here.

Professor Emerita Diane Wolf quoted in The Guardian article on memory and the Holocaust

September 01, 2022

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Professor Emerita Diane Wolf's research on family dynamics among Holocaust-survivor parents and their children was quoted in an article in The Guardian titled "Memories of the Holocaust are fading--my fiction helps me preserve my past."

Bob Faris and co-authors awarded the 2022 Gould Prize

July 19, 2022

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Bob Faris, along with co-authors Diana Felmlee and Cassie McMillan, have been awarded the 2022 Roger V. Gould Prize for the best article published by the American Journal of Sociology (AJS).

Konrad Franco wins Horowitz Foundation Award for Social Policy

May 18, 2022

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Congratulations to Konrad Franco who was named as a recipient of a 2022 Horowitz Foundation Award for Social Policy for his research on the relationship between county jails and local safety net health care facilities that provide treatment for mental health disorders, substance use disorders, or general acute needs.

Jesse Kolber wins a Chancellor's Award for Excellence

May 16, 2022

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Congratulations to Jesse Kolber for being selected as the recipient of a Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research in the Graduate Student Category!

Associate Professor Jacob Hibel wins P.L.A.C.E. Scholar of the Quarter award

May 04, 2022

Faculty Awards and Honors

The Scholar of the Quarter award is a new initiative funded by a UC Office of the President "Advancing Faculty Diversity" grant designed to improve faculty retention and satisfaction through peer recognition.