UC Irvine School of Social Sciences

Notes from a future professor

Notes from a future professor | @ucirvine.bsky.social political science major Ngoc Le is fast-tracking her way to a Ph.D. while discovering the joy of research

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Fei Yuan named one of ten global China Times Young Scholar Fellows

Congrats to @ucirvine.bsky.social anthropology Ph.D. student Fei Yuan who has been selected as one of only ten scholars worldwide to receive the 2025 China Times Young Scholar Fellowship, an honor that recognizes groundbreaking doctoral research!

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Bad Medicine: Settler Colonialism and the Institutionalization of American Indians

Bad Medicine: Settler Colonialism and the Institutionalization of American Indians | New book by Sarah Whitt, @ucirvine.bsky.social global and international studies assistant professor, explores Indigenous histories tied to settler-operated institutions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

“Maira challenges conventional scholarship on migration by taking a global perspective, allowing her to analyze the mobility of people across borders, regions & continents that previously had not been studied,” says Eve Darian-Smith, Distinguished Professor & chair.

Minding the gap

Minding the gap | Maira Delgado Laurens, @ucirvine.bsky.social global and international studies graduate student, researches one of the world’s most dangerous migrant crossings

Areeyaphan awarded Moore Scholarship for Community and Social Change

Congrats to Shalita Areeyaphan, a fourth-year psychology and biological sciences double major at @ucirvine.bsky.social, who is a 2025 recipient of the Social Sciences Moore Scholarship for Community and Social Change!

Economics for social good

Economics for social good | @ucirvine.bsky.social economics graduate student Cassie Zhang – who earned her undergraduate degrees in economics and international studies as an Anteater - aims to help consumers and support students

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Insecurities of Expulsion: Afro-Asian Entanglements in Transcontinental Uganda

Anneeth Kaur Hundle, @ucirvine.bsky.social anthropology associate professor & Presidential Chair in Social Sciences to Advance Sikh Studies, explores the lasting impact of Uganda’s 1972 expulsion of nearly 80,000 South Asians in new book, Insecurities of Expulsion

UC Irvine-led study finds protective role of culture in Latina mothers’ mental health

UC Irvine-led study finds protective role of culture in Latina mothers’ mental health | Findings are first to link facets of familism to postpartum health benefits
Pictured: Lead author Isabel F. Almeida, UCI Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor
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Such an inspiring event for our @ucirvine.bsky.social LeadHER mentees at @edwardslifesci.bsky.social! Our students had the recent opportunity to explore women’s leadership in action & see how purpose-driven leadership shapes one of Irvine’s most impactful companies.

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Beyond the books

Beyond the books | @ucirvine.bsky.social political science Ph.D. student Jacob Sutherland explores how libraries and local governments respond to public pressure in polarized times

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Adrienne Nguyen: A steward of information Adrienne Nguyen, B.A.s History and Anthropology ‘13

A steward of information | Ensuring that peer-reviewed scholarship is accessible is how Adrienne Nguyen, ‘13 history & anthropology, fights back against disinformation, artificial intelligence & censorship

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From data to models

From data to models | @ucirvine.bsky.social cognitive sciences Ph.D. student Kathleen Medriano is challenging assumptions and traditional approaches to modeling

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Improving human-AI decision-making

Congrats to @ucirvine.bsky.social professors Padhraic Smyth and Mark Steyvers who've received a $900k grant from the National Science Foundation for a four-year study on improving human-AI decision-making!

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Wired for Words: Understanding Language and the Brain After 150 years of mystery, neuroscience has finally cracked the code on how language works in the brain—and the answer is surprisingly elegant.

Final adapted post from my forthcoming book
@mitpress.bsky.social Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language. This one focuses on progress over the last 2.5 decades and summarizes some of the main takeaways, IMO. @psychtoday.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...

Where scholarship meets service

Where scholarship meets service | Inside @ucirvine.bsky.social's Veterans Studies Certificate Program with cofounders Bill Maurer and Anita Casavantes Bradford, as featured in the Journal of Veterans Studies

#VeteransDay

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First-rate advice for first-year and first-generation Anteaters

In honor of National First-Gen Celebration Day on Nov. 8, UCI social sciences first-generation faculty share tips for navigating the college experience

#CelebrateFirstGen

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Bridging the communication gap between humans and AI

Bridging the communication gap between humans and AI | Richard Futrell, @ucirvine.bsky.social language science professor, receives NSF grant to study how humans talk about space across languages to improve human-AI interaction

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Understanding scientific explanations

Understanding scientific explanations | As a Ph.D. candidate in the top-ranked @ucirvine.bsky.social Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Jaehyun Lee investigates the very nature of scientific inquiry

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An interdisciplinary approach

An interdisciplinary approach | Jeremy Yeaton, UC Irvine language science Ph.D. ’25, demonstrates the value in taking a cross-pollinating approach to understanding speech loss

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More than a status

More than a status | As a Ph.D. candidate in one of the top-ranked sociology departments in the country, UC Irvine’s Jozef Robles explores what happens to undocumented immigrants after they gain legal status

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Teaching the whole story

Teaching the whole story | Through their contributions to the High School Ethnic Studies Resource Book and their nonprofit, Educate to Empower, UC Irvine alumnae Virginia Nguyen and Stacy Yung are reshaping how students see themselves

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My first academic article is out in the journal Latino Studies! Read if you're interested in performance, memory, and Latinx identity formation. Thanks to my colleagues, friends, and partner for supporting me in this publication process!

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Where global meets local

Where global meets local | @ucirvine.bsky.social global and international studies graduate student Gvantsa Gasviani researches Russian exiles in Georgia

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Building bridges

Building bridges | @ucirvine.bsky.social economics Ph.D. candidate Santiago Campos-Rodríguez uses unique data from the Central Bank of Costa Rica for trade and labor research

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The mysteries of the mind

The mysteries of the mind | @ucirvine.bsky.social cognitive sciences Ph.D. student Allison Morehouse’s lifelong curiosity drives her quest to understand how sleep shapes memory and cognition

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Jayla Kamilla Pete awarded Moore Scholarship for Community and Social Change

Huge congrats to Jayla Kamilla Pete, a third-year triple major in political science, anthropology and criminology, law & society at @ucirvine.bsky.social who is a 2025 recipient of the Social Sciences Moore Scholarship for Community and Social Change!

The electability gap

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

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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