Esperanza Padilla was awarded an NIH Diversity Supplement from the National Institute of Aging. This award will provide Esperanza with mentored research opportunities to advance the Shift Project’s investigation into precarious dimensions of job quality in the service sector. This project will help fill in the gap in knowledge about how unpredictable scheduling practices, automation, and technology impact worker health and healthy aging.
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February 14, 2024
UCSF Tops Prestigious Fulbright List Again as Students Build International Reach
By Eric Brooks
UCSF has been honored as a “Top Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Students” by the U.S. State Department for the 2023-2024 academic year.
January 29, 2024
Adele E. Clarke Dies at 78; Leader in Sociology and Women’s Health
by Monica J. Casper
Dr. Adele E. Clarke, an internationally known sociologist and women’s health scholar, died on January 19, 2024 in San Francisco. She was 78.
November 14, 2023
Sociology alum (PhD 2016) and current SBS & IHA faculty Dr. Jennifer James has recently been receiving press on her work on the compensation program for forced sterilizations in California. On November 1, Dr. James was a guest on KQED's Forum: Listen at: https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101894895/californias-reparations-program-for-survivors-of-forced-sterilization-falls-short-as-deadline-nears