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CSW’s 2022 Distinguished Leader in Feminism Award
Alumni, Challenges, Community Partners, Explore, Faculty, Knowledge, News, Solutions, Staff, Students, UncategorizedJoin the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) for a special virtual event on Wednesday, May 18th to honor the center's accomplishments, student award recipients, and this year's Distinguished Leader in Feminism Award honoree. FEATURING…

Dr. Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas and Dr. Natalie Masuoka are Making the Power of AAPI, Latino Voters Clear
Alumni, Challenges, Community Partners, Explore, Faculty, Knowledge, News, Solutions, Staff, Students, UncategorizedBy Alise Brillault April 26, 2022 Some of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative’s (UCLA LPPI) most sought-after research products are its analyses of Latino voters. As the nation’s second-largest ethnic group, Latinos…

LA Social Science Book Series Examining Anti-Muslim Racism with Professor Sherene Razack
Explore, Faculty, Knowledge, News LA Social Science interviews Dr. Sherene Razack, Distinguished Professor in Gender Studies & Penney Kanner Endowed Chair in Women's Studies at UCLA. Her new book titled, Nothing Has to Make Sense: Upholding White Supremacy Through Anti-Muslim…

LA Social Science Summer Course Preview featuring Harold Lewis Discussing Film Finance (Communication 188A)
Alumni, Community Partners, Explore, Faculty, Knowledge, News As summer 2022 approaches, LA Social Science had the opportunity to interview Harold Lewis, summer lecturer in Communications, about his course on film finance. Mr. Lewis is the Founder of Pitch2Me.com, an Online Film Finance Portal that brings…

LA Social Science Rising Scholars Series Featuring Dr. José Loya Discussing the Mortgage Market for Latinxs
Challenges, Explore, Faculty, Knowledge LA Social Science interviews Dr. José Loya, a UCLA Assistant Professor in Urban Planning and a faculty affiliate with the Chicano Studies Research Center. His research examines racial stratification among Latinxs in the mortgage market.…

LA Social Science Rising Scholars Series Featuring Graduate Students in the UCLA Race, Ethnicity, Politics, and Society Lab
Explore, Faculty, Knowledge, News, Students LA Social Science visits the UCLA Race, Ethnicity, Politics and Society (REPS) lab, directed by Dr. Efrén Pérez, Professor of Political Science and Psychology. As part of the Rising Scholar series, this video showcases his students who…

UCLA LPPI Convenes Latinx Leaders on Advancing Criminal Justice Reform
Challenges, Community Partners, Explore, Faculty, Knowledge, News, Solutions February 22, 2022 By Alise Brillault From January 20-21, 2022, UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative (UCLA LPPI) convened a diverse group of Latinx leaders for a virtual summit on criminal justice reform. “Advancing Criminal…

CSW Presents: Defending Self-Defense: A Call to Action by Survived & Punished on March 3 — RSVP Today
Faculty, Knowledge, News, Staff, StudentsDEFENDING SELF-DEFENSE: A CALL TO ACTION BY SURVIVED & PUNISHED
VIRTUAL WEBINAR ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2022 Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022
Time: 3:00-4:30PM PST
Location: Online/Zoom (registration required)
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LA Social Science Presents “Conversations with Changemakers” Featuring Dr. Hunter and UCLA Alum Christian Green Discussing Racial Healing
Alumni, Community Partners, Explore, Faculty, Knowledge, News, Solutions LA Social Science interviewed Dr. Marcus Hunter, Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the UCLA Division of Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, and Mr. Christian D. Green, M.A. in African American Studies at UCLA and…