College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Latest News

Juan Felipe Herrera receives Frost Medal 

The award is one of the oldest and most prestigious in American poetry.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Gerald Clarke’s work included in Desert X 2023 exhibition 

A 100-foot basket will be an interactive gameboard for visitors. The basket honors Clarke’s Cahuilla culture.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Courtney Baker receives special invite to the White House for screening of ‘Till’

Baker was among academics, politicians, “Till” filmmakers, and families who have experienced racial trauma.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Rickerby Hinds’ latest play on the national stage

Hinds is part of the first cohort of BIPOC playwrights participating in the Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions initiative.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

United Talent Agency is now representing alum Aaron Carew

Carew is currently the co-executive producer of CW’s “Walker” television series

By Julia Woock |

Alumna elected to the Television Academy Board of Governors

Megan Chao elected to a first term uncontested.

By Julia Woock |

A cappella pop opera about Emily Dickinson explores queerness, feminism, and forbidden love

Dana E. Kaufman, UC Riverside assistant professor of music composition was speaking at Amherst College in 2019 when a former professor suggested she pitch a project for the college’s bicentennial celebration. As a composer who gravitates towards storytelling that highlights marginalized identities and narratives, Kaufman wanted to amplify a story...

By Julia Woock |

Espinoza, Goldberg, selected for ‘Best American Mystery and Suspense’

The series honors the best mystery short fiction published in the previous year.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Psychologist named fellow of UC Irvine Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

New fellows are nominated and elected by a majority vote of the current membership

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Psychologist receives Opportunity Award Grant from James S. McDonnell Foundation

John Franchak will work on a project focused on understanding infants’ everyday experiences

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Meet UCR’s new faculty members

For fall quarter 2022, UC Riverside welcomed 34 new permanent faculty members from a variety of disciplines. Learn more about the new faculty below: College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Sahin Acikgoz, an assistant professor of religious studies, is a member of the executive committee of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program. They...

By Imran Ghori |

Poetry Foundation honors Juan Felipe Herrera

Herrera is one of 11 awardees of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

‘Look at This Blue’ is a National Book Awards finalist

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s new poetry book is one of 25 books with this year’s distinction.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Susan Straight’s new novel is a finalist for the Kirkus Prize

Winners will be announced in late October in Austin, Texas.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Dylan Rodríguez receives award for his book, ‘White Reconstruction’

The Caribbean Philosophical Association honored him with their ‘Frantz Fanon Award for Outstanding Book in Caribbean Thought.’

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Study aims to better understand HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

New NIA funding will expand enrollment of a currently funded study to include people living with HIV

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

World premiere: An opera with an electronic track

Ian Dicke’s first opera launched during the Synchromy Opera Festival in Pasadena.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Xóchitl Chávez is curatorial advisor of a Smithsonian American Latino exhibition

The gallery features a Spanish and English exhibition titled: “¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States.” It opens June 18.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Four UCR faculty become elite Fulbright scholars

Highlanders head to New Zealand, Argentina, Turkey and Germany

By Jules Bernstein |

Neurobiologist receives high honor from National Fragile X Foundation

Neurobiologist Anubhuti Goel, an assistant professor of psychology, has received a Junior Investigator Award for 2022 from the National Fragile X Foundation, or NFXF. Goel, who joined UCR in 2019, is one of only 10 researchers to be honored with the award this year. The award will allow Goel to present her research at the NFXF International Fragile...

By Iqbal Pittalwala |