Congratulations to PhD Sociology current student Keri Spiller, who recently joined the UCSF Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA). Read the Jan. 26 announcement below: Dear Team:
To our School of Nursing community, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Jennifer James, PhD, MS, MSW, as the school’s next PhD Sociology Program Director, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Our ASA reception this year in Chicago was once again a great time with many students, faculty and alumni coming together to break bread!In other ASA news, Jennifer James, a UCSF Sociology PhD alum and IHA faculty member, won TWO separate awards: the "Emancipatory Practice in…
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Jennifer Dunn, JD, PhD(c), has been named Fellow for the 2025/26 Center for Engaged Scholarship. The Center for Engaged Scholarship is an organization, created by and for scholars, who want the United States to be a more democratic, more egalitarian, and more environmentally…
Keridwyn Spiller, Sociology PhD(c), is excited to share the release date of her first published writing in a textbook, "Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts," out June 12th, 2025. Spiller is co-author in chapter 28 Preventing an Unnecessary C-Section Theresa Morris and Keridwyn…
Esperanza Padilla has been awarded the George Altamura Scholarship by the Napa County Hispanic Network (NCHN). NCHN is committed to helping exceptionally promising Latino students who have financial needs and academic inspirations. Scholars are selected based on merit and need.
Dr. Erin McCauley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was selected for the 2025 Population Health and Health Equity Scholars Program at UCSF. The program supports junior faculty to accelerate and increase the impact of population health and health equity research. My project is entitled "Delays…