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Sociology a Lens That Focuses World's Events

October 15, 2014

Sociology at UC Merced is a prism that offers insight and perspective into what's happening in the world. Trying to understand how people mobilize under democracies or military dictatorships? Ask Professors Nella Van Dyke, Kyle Dodson or Paul Almeida. Curious about how...

Study Looks at Emotion's Role in Chemotherapy Tolerance

October 13, 2014

How patients perceive and talk about their illnesses can have an impact on how they recover and heal, according to a growing area of health research being furthered by UC Merced health psychology Professor Jitske Tiemensma. “It should be a team effort to treat a patient....

Slain Civil Rights Activist to Receive Spendlove Prize

October 8, 2014

Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a civil rights activist who was killed by the Ku Klux Klan while driving another activist home from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in March 1965, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy...

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...