College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Latest News

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 |

Doctoral student awarded competitive national fellowship to study social anxiety

Dana Glenn is the recipient of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Tod Goldberg’s ‘The Low Desert: Gangster Stories’ named among Southwest Books of the Year

The fictional stories are influenced by the desert southwest.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Yamaha recognizes music lecturer

Terry Nguyen was included in the 2022 Yamaha 40 Under 40.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

How do diasporic Ethiopians make their futures in Southern California?

Anthropologist Worku Nida and a team of international scholars have just launched an ethnographic study of how Ethiopian immigrants make their futures and good life through informal savings and insurance associations

By Holly Ober |

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke receives award from the California Arts Council

This is the first award by CAC since 2002. Hedge Coke was recognized as a 2021 Individual Legacy Artist Fellow.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Patricia Cardoso included among 20 most influential female directors

Cardoso, a professor of theatre, film, and digital production, joined UCR in 2019.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Psychology professor speaks on Victory Podcast

Thomas Sy discusses leadership and his colorful life experiences

By Holly Ober |

Kimberly Guerrero invited to join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Guerrero, an associate professor of theatre, recently appeared in “The Glorias.”

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |