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New SSHA Faculty Increase Areas of Research Focus

September 29, 2014
For the 2014-15 academic year, the School of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts (SSHA) has hired 19 faculty members who continue to expand the depth and breadth of research expertise. A vital asset to the university and California’s San Joaquin Valley, Assistant Professor of History Ma Vang...

Students Expand Build Skills in New Souza Leadership Center

September 16, 2014
Shy in high school, Rachel Fang didn’t want to follow the same pattern as a UC Merced student. “I decided that I was going to change,” Fang said. “I wanted to be more outspoken.” Fang found the confidence, skills and foundation she needed by completing...

SSHA Faculty Continue Research Through Summer

August 12, 2014
Whether it's conducting archival research, presenting at conferences or going into the field, the faculty members have remained busy this summer. Below is a summary of what some of them have been up to.  Cognitive Science David Noelle Professor Noelle was one of about 45 scholars...

Three Earn Inaugural Outstanding Graduating Student Award

April 21, 2014
Three seniors have been selected to receive the 2014 Outstanding Graduating Student Award. This is the first year the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts has designated such an award. Anupam Dhillon (economics and management), Maria de Jesus Martinez Mora (sociology) and Joshua...

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Commencement Award for SSHA

March 26, 2014
The nomination period is open for submissions to the first annual Outstanding Undergraduate Student Commencement Award for the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. Faculty nominations and self-nominations should be submitted with the online form. Eligibility is based on minimum...

Globe-Trotting Graduate Student Finds a Home, Success at UC Merced

November 18, 2013
Most students don’t arrive at UC Merced by way of Germany and Hawaii. But graduate student Bodo Winter often takes a unique path. Now in his third year, this Ph.D. candidate in Cognitive and Information Sciences has immersed himself in research, collaborated and published multiple articles...

UC Merced, UCSF Fresno and Fresno State Join Forces to Address Valley Fever

November 4, 2013
Seeking to combat a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease commonly found in the San Joaquin Valley, three regional institutions are uniting to improve the area's health. The University of California, Merced, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco...

Researchers Win Prestigious Grant to Study Similarities in Language, Molecules

October 25, 2013
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Merced, has begun an ambitious quest to discover common principles that guide evolution of structures at the linguistic and molecular levels. Professors Rick Dale in cognitive science, David Ardell in evolutionary biology...

Professor Elected to Lead Prestigious Psychology Society

October 21, 2013
Professor Will Shadish has been elected president-elect of the prestigious Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, a by-invitation, highly selective scientific organization. Shadish joins a long list of previous presidents who have made seminal contributions to quantitative psychology...

Professor’s Research Shines a New Light on the Neurology of Dyslexia

October 14, 2013
Dyslexia is one of the oldest diagnosed learning disabilities – and one of the most widely researched. However, a UC Merced professor believes there is still more to learn and his recent research has shed new light on what many have considered to be a disease. UC Merced developmental...

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