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UCLA Professor Srinivasan Talks About Social Media, Trump, and Big Tech

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Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan, UCLA Professor of Graduate Studies of Education and Information Sciences and Bedari Kindness Institute Faculty Advisory Committee member, describes his work as carefully exploring the connection between new transformations…
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LA Social Science Book Series on “The World of Plymouth Plantation” with Professor Carla Pestana

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In her new book The World of Plymouth Plantation, Dr. Carla Pestana, UCLA History Professor and Chair, provides a comprehensive understanding of Plymouth and adds a great deal of knowledge to what was previously known and published. These…
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CSW Gender, Race, and Age Behind Bars: Impacts of Long-Term Sentencing Event on Feb. 3

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UCLA Center for the Study of Women Presents: GENDER, RACE, AND AGE BEHIND BARS: IMPACTS OF LONG-TERM SENTENCING Wednesday, February 3, 2021 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM RSVP: csw.ucla.edu/behindbars Join us for a rare opportunity to hear from…
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Festivals in the City of Angels: Kwanzaa in Leimert Park Village on December 17 — RSVP Today

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Festivals in the City of Angels This series connects museum programs with communities across the city in order to better understand manifestations of lived religions in Los Angeles and honor local expressions of global faiths. This series…
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UCLA Professor Rodriguez-Lonebear Interviewed by Vice News Tonight

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Dr. Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, assistant professor of sociology and American Indian Studies at UCLA, was interviewed on missing and murdered Indigenous women by "Vice News Tonight." This episode investigates how Indigenous women and girls…
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LA Social Science Book Series on the “Fury of COVID-19” with Professor Vinay Lal

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Dr. Vinay Lal, UCLA professor of history and Asian American Studies, takes a deep dive on the global impact of COVID-19 in his latest book, Fury of COVID-19. In this interview for the LA Social Science book series, he compares how different…
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UCLA History Professor Elected to Pulitzer Board

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Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernandez, professor of African American Studies, Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History and Urban Planning, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board. This prize named after Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher,…
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UCLA Professor Discusses the Cultural Power of Native American Hip Hop

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In his essay in The Source, Dr. Kyle T. Mays, UCLA Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies, American Indian Studies, and History, cites last month's Native American Heritage Month as a time "to reflect on a history…
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UCLA History Chair Discusses Gender Dynamics in 1620s Plymouth Plantation

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Dr. Carla Gardina Pestana, UCLA Professor and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World in the Department of History, discusses the #MeToo Moment on Plymouth Plantation in an essay for "The Conversation." Dr. Pestana points out that…
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