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The official account of the University of California, Irvine School of Social Sciences. Visit us online at www.socsci.uci.edu.
The electability gap | @ucirvine.bsky.social political science Ph.D. student Pharrell Allen combines political insight with a passion for research to examine how perceptions - not preferences - shape electoral outcomes for Black candidates
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A life in learning | For @ucirvine.bsky.social anthropology Ph.D. student Kristen Kennefick, a love of learning has led to a life in academia and a commitment to helping others discover that same joy
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If their experiences strike you as something you’d like to explore, and a proven track record of excellence in the field is what you're looking for, apply online today - we’d love to have you!
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Why do top students choose @ucisocsci.bsky.social for grad school?
✅ Collaborative culture
✅ Field-shaping faculty
✅ Powerhouse programs
✅ Top 10 public university
✅ Minutes from OC beaches
Over the next few weeks, we're sharing Ph.D. student stories - their journeys & where they're headed next.
Congrats to Nathan Bui, political science & urban studies at @ucirvine.bsky.social, a 2025 recipient of the Social Sciences Moore Scholarship for Community and Social Change! The $1,000 award supports students who demonstrate the most promise, potential to enact change & improve the community.
07.10.2025 19:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Teaching biology from a global perspective | Qiwen Zheng, ’22 international studies and ecology and evolutionary biology, brings an international perspective as Knowles Teaching Fellow
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New @ucirvine.bsky.social Center for Language, Intelligence, and Computation to serve as hub for scientific study of language | Research center is led by Richard Futrell, language science professor, and housed in the School of Social Sciences
30.09.2025 18:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
💙💛 A warm Anteater welcome from @ucirvine.bsky.social social sciences dean Bill Maurer ⬇️💛💙
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With @acls1919.bsky.social grant funding, @ucirvine.bsky.social's Tiara Na’puti is tracing the history of a Samoan canoe on display in Social Sciences Tower to bring attention to the complex past and present of Indigenous Pacific Islanders in Southern California
23.09.2025 17:33 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
💙💛 We’re back!!! We had so much fun meeting so many new faces today at our annual undergrad BBQ as we kickoff another great year in @ucisocsci. To all of our new Anteaters out there, welcome home! 💛💙 #zotzotzot #ucipride #ucirvine @ucirvine.bsky.social
22.09.2025 22:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New @ucirvine.bsky.social Center for Socially Engaged Philosophy aims to address real world problems | Research center is led by @cailinmeister.bsky.social, logic & philosophy of science Chancellor’s Professor, and housed in the School of Social Sciences
19.09.2025 18:53 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats to Kevin Olson, @ucirvine.bsky.social political science professor, who’s been named the recipient of @apsa.bsky.social's Charles Taylor Book Award for his latest work, Subaltern Silence: A Postcolonial Genealogy!
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LPS Summer Development Program at @ucirvine.bsky.social marks fourth year of expanding access to graduate study | Funded by the National Science Foundation, the weeklong program brings students from around the world to explore graduate-level topics and connect with LPS faculty and graduate mentors
15.09.2025 19:17 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
We have another warm Anteater welcome to share: Beijie Ann Tang, the new director of the @ucirvine.bsky.social Long U.S.-China Institute. More, including a video intro of Ann: ⬇️
04.09.2025 17:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And another warm @ucirvine.bsky.social soc sci welcome to Crystal Robertson, our newly hired political science assistant professor! Crystal specializes in research on race, ethnicity, and politics; gender and politics; and political psychology.
03.09.2025 17:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We’re giving a warm @ucirvine.bsky.social soc sci welcome to David Inman, a newly hired assistant professor of language science. David specializes in research on languages, grammatical systems and computational modeling.
02.09.2025 19:10 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Research team earns best article award from @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social | @ucirvine.bsky.social’s @meganakpeters.bsky.social & Brian Maniscalco, along with @qmul.bsky.social's Lucie Charles, honored for work on metacognition published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
28.08.2025 17:47 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
The Weight of the White Coat: Latinos Navigating American Medicine (@ucpress.bsky.social) | New book by UC Irvine Chicano/Latino studies professor & department chair Glenda M. Flores explores the personal & professional journeys of Latina/o doctors
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Congrats to Tauhid Bin Kashem, ’25 UC Irvine political science Ph.D., who has received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association Migration and Citizenship Section!
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Congrats to Etel Solingen, @ucirvine.bsky.social political science Distinguished Professor and Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Peace Studies, who has received the Emerging Markets Inspiration Conference Lifetime Achievement Award from the Stockholm Business School!
19.08.2025 18:33 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Finding her why | Through UC Irvine’s Summer Program in Research and Leadership, psychology major Lily Paris Zahraii took her first steps into academic research and discovered much more along the way
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Congratulations to Jessica Lauman-Lairson for defending her excellent dissertation on "A Middle-Range Account of Analogical Inference" 🎉
Jeff Barrett and I co-advised, w Kyle Stanford on her committee! @ucisocsci.bsky.social
Check out her new Synthese pub here:
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Lauding applied learning | UC Irvine cognitive sciences assistant professor and first-gen scholar Cherlyn Ng receives Distinguished Early-Career Faculty Award for Teaching for making course content exciting, accessible and applicable
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Training the next generation of population science researchers | Two-week NextGenPop residential program hosted at @ucirvine.bsky.social brings 17 students to campus for advanced instruction, career development and networking
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The power of connection | Pat Guinet ’83 pays it forward as the new chair of the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Dean’s Leadership Society
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Policy with purpose | UC Irvine political science and sociology double major Jared Castaneda selected for prestigious public policy institute program
www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2025/2025-07-30-jared-castaneda-policy-with-purpose
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Zoning in | UC Irvine economics Ph.D. student Noah Kouchekinia wins two national grants to study housing policy
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“Learning a language is hard. Yet children who struggle with simple tasks, like tying their shoes or performing basic addition, manage to master it,” says UC Irvine language science graduate student Niels Dickson. He’s received a $12,912 NSF grant to study how children accomplish this complex task.
24.07.2025 20:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Three from social sciences among 21 to be honored at annual UC Irvine Lauds and Laurel event | O.C. foundation leader Shelley Hoss, M.B.P.A. '87, to receive 2025 Extraordinarius award
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Study: Immigrant workers in Europe and North America earn 18% less than native-born workers, lack access to higher-paying industries, occupations & companies | Multi-university study published in @nature.com examines pay differences for 1st & 2nd generation immigrant workers across 9 countries
16.07.2025 22:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
