Content Tagged with: College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences
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
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
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
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
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.
Manipulating mosquito behavior through their odorant receptors
UC Riverside research could help design new tools to combat deadly diseases like malaria and dengue fever that affect nearly a billion people worldwide
Two films produced by UCR screenwriting professor recognized at Sedona International Film Festival
"Foster Boy" and "The Great 14th" won Director’s Choice awards at the 2020 Sedona International Film Festival, which took place Feb. 22-March 1
Two professors win Emory Elliott book award
Steven Brint and Jade Sasser are this year’s recipients of the Emory Elliott book award for outstanding publications authored by faculty members in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, or CHASS. Sasser, an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies, is being honored for her book “On Infertile Ground: Population Control and...
Getting scientists to talk ethics
UC Riverside Graduate Division and Center for Open Science partner to evaluate research ethics training intervention
Sociologist awarded for advancing Czech science
Lucie Kalousová, an assistant professor of sociology, received the largest scientific early career award given in the Czech Republic
Donatella Galella awarded Best Article of the Year for research on ‘yellowface’
The paper was published in The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Sociologist wins dissertation fellowship for women scholars
Allison Monterrosa is studying the effects of mass incarceration on black women’s intimate romantic relationships
Professor awarded Order of Civil Merit from Korean government
Edward Chang, founding director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies, received the award
Novel by UCR author Laila Lalami shortlisted for 2019 National Book Award
UC Riverside Professor Laila Lalami's latest novel, “The Other Americans,” has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for fiction.
UCR author Susan Straight nominated for 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal
Susan Straight, a distinguished professor of creative writing at UC Riverside, has been nominated for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction for her debut memoir, “In the Country of Women.”
Dance: corporeal expressions
A quarter-long Department of Dance course includes research presentations, demonstrations, and free workshops that are open to the campus community.
American Studies Association selects Ricky Rodríguez for mentoring award
The associate professor of media and cultural studies will receive the Richard A. Yarborough Award in November.
UCR distinguished professor awarded Fulbright grant to teach in Montenegro
Allison Hedge Coke, a distinguished professor of creative writing, has been awarded a Fulbright grant as a scholar at the University of Montenegro in Niksic for the fall 2019 semester. Her appointment will begin Sept. 1, where she will be teaching and presenting literature from American Indian and Latino/a poets, and other writers of the Americas...
Sociologist receives fellowship for women scholars
Victoria Reyes, an assistant professor of sociology, is the recipient of a 2019-20 American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women
Professor honored during annual Lamba Celebration
The LGBT Resource Center's annual Lamba Celebration includes the Lambda Awards, which recognize faculty, staff, and students