In the Western, or more specifically, U.S.-dominated social sciences, people of color outside or within the West have historically been reduced to “research subjects,” and their role as knowledge producers has been marginalized. Precipitating such practices was the European and U.S.
"Honorable Mention: Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, University of California, Berkeley and The Hebrew Universi
A recent UC Berkeley Sociology graduate and former teen mom, Mia Magaña Kelly overcame significant challenges and now strives to be a voice for others who have experienced trauma. Driven by a deep desire to understand people more fully, she is committed to using her experiences to inspire and uplift others.
Read more about her story here.
https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/teen-mom-turned-her-struggle-strength-recent-uc-berkeley-graduate
We're excited to share that Professor G. Cristina Mora recently co-wrote an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times:
“Californians insist — immigrants deserve a path to citizenship”
Anna Palmer, a Ph.D.
Caleb Scoville, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tufts University, has been named a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for his research project titled “Divided by Nature: How Environmental Politics Became Partisan and What to Do About It in a Warming World.”
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