Inquiry with impact
// by Kora Fortun
By: Rebecca A. London (UC Santa Cruz) February 2022 Play is a critical input to positive child and youth development. Recess is the only time in the school day when students can learn and practice social and emotional skills as well as be physically active, connect with friends, and take a …
The Right to Play: A Policy Guide to California Recess PrioritiesRead More
// by Kora Fortun
By: Miriam Greenberg (UC Santa Cruz) Winter 2022 As demonstrated by this special issue of Footnotes, there is a growing and welcome recognition in sociology and allied disciplines of the value of community-engaged research (CER) and of its potentially transformative benefits for …
Community-Engaged Research (CER) in Contentious Times: Some ReflectionsRead More
// by Kora Fortun
By: Steve McKay (UC Santa Cruz) Winter 2022 Resurgent “culture wars” and American partisan politics have once again put higher education on the hot seat. Stoked by attacks from the Right, colleges and universities find themselves on the defensive, having to fend off charges of elitism, …
Critical Engagement: Deepening Partnerships for JusticeRead More
// by Kora Fortun
By: Rebecca London (UC Santa Cruz) Winter 2022 Rebecca London writes on her experience and expertise with community-engaged research, arguing that rather than sequester community-engaged research to the sidelines of academia, sociology should elevate it as a rigorous, theoretically rich, and …
// by Kora Fortun
By: Rebecca Covarrubias and Katherine Quinteros (UC Santa Cruz) Winter 2022 The current research examines how faculty of color (FOC) experience Whiteness in structures of leadership in an HSI context, and how their own leadership perspectives and efforts reform such structures. …
Faculty of Color Exposing and Reforming Structures of Whiteness in LeadershipRead More
// by Evin Knight
All-In Conference Call for Participation Proposal submission deadline extended: June 1, 2022 Students, Organizers, Scholars/Researchers, Foundations, Community Organizations and Research/Action Teams: Submit your ideas for workshops, posters, presentations, papers, art work or performances …
// by Karina Diaz Alvarez
Q&A with Aissata Ba Second-year UCSC student in Legal Studies Originally published at UCSC News Center by Robert Ham When Aissata Ba decided to put her name in the running for a chance to meet former First Lady Michelle Obama at a special event last year, the second-year legal studies …
// by Kora Fortun
By: Nate Edenhofer, Alejandro Artiga-Purcell, Chris Benner, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Gary Rettberg, Beth Tamayose, Sahara Huazano, Maria Paz, and Silvia Paz October 2021 This policy brief provides guidance on frameworks and tools that can accelerate progress towards a more inclusive economic …
Our Salton Sea: Where Theory Meets Practice on Inclusive Economic DevelopmentRead More
// by Evin Knight
Solidarity Economics: OUR Movement, OUR Economy November 4, 2021 Speakers Video Recording Event Recap Solidarity Economics is an economic frame that recognizes that people are not just individuals, but also members of broader social groups and communities; that people are …
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