Knowledge

The Division of Social Sciences at UCLA generates new knowledge through teaching and research in order to address society’s most demanding challenges.

LA Social Science Summer Course Previews: African American Studies Courses in 2020

, , ,
As summer 2020 approaches, LA Social Science will be highlighting some of the summer courses being offered within the Division of Social Sciences at UCLA. The UCLA Department of African American Studies has exciting courses planned for the…
Read more

LA Social Science Roundtable: Black Cultural Production in the Time of COVID-19

, , ,
LA Social Science invited three Los Angeles-based professors to join a roundtable discussion about culture during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Shana Redmond, UCLA Department of African American Studies and Global Jazz Studies Musicology, Dr.…
Read more

UCLA Professor Discusses Life and Work of Native American Artist Harry Fonseca

, , ,
In an informative video series by the Autry Museum of the West about Native American artist Harry Fonseca, UCLA Gender Studies Professor Nancy Mithlo and Harry Nungesser, Fonseca's partner, discuss his life and work. Check out this series below. Harry…
Read more

LA Social Science Summer Course Previews: African American Studies Presents “Reproducing While Black”

, , , , ,
As summer 2020 approaches, LA Social Science will be highlighting some of the summer courses being offered within the Division of Social Sciences at UCLA. The UCLA Department of African American Studies will be offering C191 - Variable Topics…
Read more

LA Social Science Summer Course Previews: Gender Studies Courses Offered in Sessions A and C

, , , ,
As summer 2020 approaches, LA Social Science will be highlighting some of the summer courses being offered within the Division of Social Sciences at UCLA. UCLA Gender Studies will be offering the courses listed below. Visit www.summer.ucla.edu…
Read more

UCLA California Policy Lab Releases Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on California’s Labor Market

, , , ,
New Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Claims in California Provides Detailed Snapshot of How COVID-19 is Impacting California Workers, Industries, and Counties April 29th, 2020 A new analysis of initial Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims…
Read more

Community Partners in the News: UCLA Alum’s LRW Group Contributes to LA County COVID-19 Study

, , , , ,
LRW Group, a local marketing services firm and UCLA Division of Social Sciences community partner, was a key contributor to the Los Angeles County COVID-19 study that sought to find the true spread of the virus in the county through serological…
Read more

Dr. Lal Continues His Essay Series on the Historic Parallels Between Past Plagues and the Current Pandemic

, ,
Professor Vinay Lal, UCLA Professor of History and Asian American Studies, has an informative blog titled, "Lal Salaam: A Blog by Vinay Lal." Recently, he has written "a series of articles on the implications of the coronavirus for our times,…
Read more

LA Social Science Student Research Spotlight: Black Feminine Erotic Activism

, ,
Dominique Rocker is finishing a Master of Arts in the Department of African American Studies at UCLA. Examining the writing and narrative resistance of Black Panther women in the 1970s, her work seeks to disrupt the prison industrial complex…
Read more