LA Social Science Election 2020: A Discussion with UCLA Alumni Experts About CA Prop 16 to Reinstate Affirmative Action

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Two UCLA alumni experts explain the importance of Proposition 16. Professors Maria Ledesma and OiYan Poon give a full account of the importance of Affirmative Action and how the elimination of this policy in California heavily decreased opportunities…
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UCLA Social Sciences Dean’s Salon: Protecting the Right to Vote in the 2020 Presidential Election

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Darnell Hunt, Ph.D., Dean of UCLA's Division of Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, invites you to attend the inaugural Social Sciences Dean's Salon: "Protecting the Right to Vote in the 2020 Presidential…
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LA Social Science Book Series on “Inventing Latinos” and American Racism with Professor Laura E. Gomez

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In the latest interview in the book series, UCLA Professor Laura E. Gomez discusses her new book Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism where she provides a historical and comprehensive examination of how Latinos have become constructed…
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UCLA Professor Interviewed About COVID-19 Impact on Native American Community

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BBC's Newsday interviewed Dr. Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, UCLA Associate Professor of Sociology and American Indian Studies and a Northern Cheyenne tribal citizen.  She discusses how COVID-19 has hit Native American reservations like hers. "Every…
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RSVP for an October 6 Webinar w/ UCLA Prof. Lynn Vavreck & CBS’s John Dickerson Discussing the 2020 Campaign

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U Heard It Here “The 2020 Campaign for the Hardest Job in the World” Featuring a conversation with John Dickerson (Correspondent, 60 Minutes and CBS News; Author, The Hardest Job in the World) and Dr. Lynn Vavreck (Marvin Hoffenberg…
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LA Social Science Book Series on Language in the Trump Era with Dr. Norma Mendoza-Denton

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In the latest interview in the book series, Dr. Norma Mendoza-Denton, UCLA Anthropology Professor, discusses her highly anticipated, co-edited book Language in the Trump Era: Scandals and Emergencies that examines the power of language and…
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Challenging the Problematic Description of Being “Articulate While Black”

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Dr. H. Samy Alim, UCLA Professor of Anthropology and David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences, and Dr. Geneva Smitherman, Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Emerita, recently released an opinion…
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The UCLA Black Feminism Initiative Offers A Much Needed Social Justice Perspective

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The UCLA Newsroom recently spotlighted the UCLA Black Feminism Initiative, which was launched by the Center for the Study of Women in 2019 under the leadership of Dr. Sarah Haley. Its mission is to support, develop and perpetuate Black feminist…
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LA Social Science Book Series on the Poverty of Disaster with Dr. Tawny Paul

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In the latest interview of the book series, we learn that one in four people went to debtors' prison. The Poverty of Disaster is a historical account of financial insecurity in Eighteenth-Century England. Dr. Tawny Paul's approach to look…
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