Inclusion
Published April 22, 2020
COVID-19 is Blind to Legal Status, but Can Disproportionately Hurt Immigrants
COVID-19 is blind to legal status, but can still disproportionately hurt immigrants, argue Jasmijn Slootjes and Irene Bloemraad from the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative.
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Published December 18, 2019
Q&A with David Harding: “On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration”
An interview with David Harding, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley and co-author of the book On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration, which examines the lives of 22 people as they pass out of the prison gates and back into the world.
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Recap
Published December 12, 2019
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
Watch the video from our "Authors Meet Critics" panel on Professor Wendy Brown's In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Anti-Democratic Politics in the West.
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Interview
Published October 30, 2019
Matrix Podcast: Interview with Dacher Keltner
In this episode of the Matrix Podcast, Michael Watts talks with Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory, and Faculty Director of the Greater Good Science Center.
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Recap
Published May 23, 2019
How Do Communities Heal After an Incident of Sexual Violence?
Recorded on May 13, 2019, this video features a panel discussion addressing the question: How Do Communities Heal After an Incident of Sexual Violence?
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Recap
Published April 16, 2019
American Opinion on Immigration: Implications for Policy
Recorded on March 19, 2019, this panel discussion features a group of distinguished political scientists discussing the implications of immigration (and Americans' opinion about immigration) on policy.
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Recap
Published May 17, 2018
Radical Markets
On May 11, 2018, Matrix hosted a panel discussion featuring E. Glen Weyl and his book, Radical Markets (co-authored with Eric Posner), which introduces provocative ideas on how to use markets to tame monopoly, lessen inequality, and enhance inclusiveness. This event was presented as part of the Social Science Matrix Solidarity Series.
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Article
Published June 13, 2017
Dr. Charis Thompson: Critique in the Era of Trump
Dr. Charis Thompson analyzes our political moment and discusses working at the intersections of science, gender, and society.
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Article
Published May 2, 2017
Bikes and the Changing City
UC Berkeley Geography Lecturer John G. Stehlin reflects on using the bicycle as a lens to understand gentrification and local inequities.
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Article
Published December 16, 2016
Envisioning Inclusive Geography
Promoting spaces for diverse scholarship in the geography discipline is vital, say UC Berkeley Geography PhD candidates Camilla Hawthorne and Brittany Meché.
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Published February 17, 2016
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton: “Peering Inside the Achievement Gap”
UC Berkeley social psychologist Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton researches the far-reaching effects that stereotypes and prejudice can have on minority student performance and considers new support systems to help address this challenge.
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Published December 9, 2015
Juana María Rodríguez: “Statistics and Queer Theory”
Professor Juana María Rodríguez, from UC Berkeley's Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, suggests that scholars in the field of Queer Studies would benefit from a turn to statistics as a lens into bisexuality and other identities.
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