College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Latest News

Professor wins grant to study juvenile incarceration

Economics Professor Ozkan Eren has received a $244,721 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. The two-year grant will be used to study the long-term effects of juvenile incarceration and its spillover effects on family members. Eren’s research will involve two components. In the first, he will investigate the relationships among juvenile...

By John Warren |

Anthropologist honored for promoting scientific research

Sang-Hee Lee, a UC Riverside professor of anthropology, has been honored by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, or AABA, for outstanding public engagement in the field. Lee is the recipient of the 2025 AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith. Noting the importance of promoting...

By Imran Ghori |

Professor receives $300,000 Mellon Foundation fellowship

UC Riverside received a $300,000 fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support Crystal Mun-hye Baik, an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies. The fellowship is part of Mellon’s New Directions program, which assists faculty members in the humanities and social sciences in attaining their PhDs and acquiring training...

By John Warren |

NEH grant supports book on 1600s Ukrainian resistance

Georg Michels, a UCR professor of history, has received a $60,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH, to support an upcoming book project. The title of Michels’ accepted NEH proposal is “Protect Us Against the Cruelty… of Christian Monarchs: Ottoman Support for Ukrainian Resistance Against the Russian Empire (1660...

By John Warren |

UCR scholars honored by the White House for early career achievements

UCR professors Rachel Wu, Eunsoo Cho and Mahesh Raj Neupane have each received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE, according to a recent announcement from The White House.

By UCR News |

Gerald Clarke receives Distinguished Artist Award

Professor honored for contributions to Native art and advocacy.

By Jordan Cornet |

Cecilia Vásquez recognized for anthropology work

Award comes from the Association of Latina/o & Latinx Anthropologists.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

‘This Dissonance’ to show in New York

The short film by Christophe Katrib, assistant professor of teaching, will showcase Dec. 7.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

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

List celebrates faculty influence

By Jules Bernstein |

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 |

José Luis Reynoso wins the Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize

The award recognizes the best scholarly work in dance

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 |

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 |

Ivy Pochoda is LA Times Book Prize finalist

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

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |