College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Latest News

UCR adds to its ‘Highly Cited’ faculty members in 2024

List celebrates faculty influence

By Jules Bernstein |

José Luis Reynoso wins the Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize

The award recognizes the best scholarly work in dance

By Jordan Cornet |

Imani Kai Johnson wins de la Torre Bueno Prize

The award recognizes her new book, “Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop.”

By Jordan Cornet |

UCR's Sigma Phi receives Best Chapter Award

This achievement was made possible with the support of the chapter’s advisors, David Pion-Berlin and Donna Perez.

By Jordan Cornet |

Alumni win over $300K in 2024-25 awards through CUREL

With the help of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning, or CUREL, recent graduates of UC Riverside racked up over $300,000 worth of funding for the 2024-25 academic year to pursue their studies and research.

By Malinn Loeung |

Professor wins grant to further study of the hiring of formerly incarcerated people

UCR public policy and sociology professor Sharon Oselin has received a Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship Award, which provides her with $16,000 toward her study of the challenges faced by formerly incarcerated people when they seek employment.

By David Danelski |

Victoria Reyes wins the William Foote Whyte Career Award

The recognition comes from the American Sociological Association, or ASA.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

LAist includes Carol Park in new podcast, ‘Inheriting’

The show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families first airs on May 23.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Ivy Pochoda wins LA Times Book Prize

“Sing Her Down” won the mystery/thriller award.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Ivy Pochoda is LA Times Book Prize finalist

"Sing Her Down" is Pochoda's sixth novel.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Christopher Scott Murillo’s stage designs featured on TV, theatre

Murillo’s most recent work can be seen on Paramount Plus's "Stargaze."

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Psychologist elected fellow of Association for Psychological Science

Weiwei Zhang’s research focuses on perception, attention, memory, and higher cognition

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Bella Merlin nominated for two awards for her performance in ‘Henry VI Part 2’

The nominations come from both Berkshire Theater Critics and BroadwayWorld, Berkshires.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Donatella Galella featured as a theatre historian in new PBS documentary

‘East West Players: A Home on Stage’ highlights the importance of East West Players theatre company, the longest running theatre of color in the U.S.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Gerald Clarke’s art featured in the Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art

His work has also been prominently featured at the Palm Springs Art Museum and currently at UC Davis’s Gorman Museum of Native American Art.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Anusha Kedhar receives grant from UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council

The grant will allow space to identify inequity in British South Asian dance.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Professor Hedge Coke receives Thomas Wolfe Prize

The distinguished professor of creative writing was recognized for her compassionate perspective on the lives of everyday people

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Dean Daryle Williams nominated to serve on President Biden’s Administration 

The White House made the announcement in September.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Professor’s '2 Hearts' film reaches top 10 on Netflix’ international list

Robin Uriel Russin, professor of screenwriting and playwriting with the Theatre, Film, and Digital Production Department, co-wrote the film.

By UCR News |