College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Latest News

Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production faculty reel in awards

Some faculty and staff were recognized for their lifetime achievements, others for efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Six staff members recognized The Citizens University Committee kicked off its fall scholarship fundraiser by recognizing the contributions of six staff members: Alan A. Call, technical director; Alif Emil Marchi, lighting and...

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Laila Lalami winner of 2020 Arab American Book Award

Lalami’s novel “The Other Americans” was selected as the winner in the fiction category

By Jessica Weber |

Department of Creative Writing announces annual award and scholarship winners

E ach year, UCR’s Department of Creative Writing bestows multiple awards to its undergraduate and graduate students. Below are this year’s winners. The Chancellor’s Performance Award The Chancellor’s Performance Award recognizes excellence in creative writing. Winners: Vanesa Ruvalcaba Manisha Prakash Marvin Contreras Adam Schwartz Cole Deyo Emily...

By Jessica Weber |

Eleven UC Riverside professors receive prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

Seven of the awards went to women

By Holly Ober |

Theatre professor named book award finalist

Donatella Galella, an associate professor of theatre history and theory, is a finalist in the Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s annual Outstanding Book Award.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

UCR author Laila Lalami finalist for 2020 California Book Awards

“The Other Americans” named among four finalists in the fiction category

By Jessica Weber |

Sociologist named 2020 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader

Victoria Reyes, an assistant professor of sociology, is one of 10 recipients of the award from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

By Tess Eyrich |

UCR creative writing professor wins literary grant

Tod Goldberg’s “The Outside In” was the first essay awarded a grant as part of a California Desert Arts Council initiative

By Jessica Weber |

Sociologist’s first book wins Independent Publisher Book Award

Victoria Reyes released “Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines” in September 2019

By Tess Eyrich |

Historian’s book added to ‘Escape the News Reading List’

Clifford Trafzer released “Fighting Invisible Enemies: Health and Medical Transitions Among Southern California Indians” in May 2019

By Tess Eyrich |

Two UCR professors awarded career enhancement fellowships

Armando García and María Regina Firmino-Castillo are both recipients of 12-month fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation

By University Communications |

UCR distinguished professor named Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Allison Hedge Coke, a distinguished professor in the Department of Creative Writing, was named the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals for the spring 2020 semester at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

By Jessica Weber |

Music researcher tangos to the top of UCR’s Grad Slam 2020

The winner will pitch his project studying music and race in Argentina at the UC-wide finals May 8

By Holly Ober |

Tackling diseases by studying genome organization

Five-year research project is funded by National Institutes of Health

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Dance: corporeal expressions

A quarter-long Department of Dance course includes research presentations, demonstrations, and free workshops that are open to the campus community.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |