iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences

@ucisocsci.bsky.social

221 followers 101 following 321 posts

The official account of the University of California, Irvine School of Social Sciences. Visit us online at www.socsci.uci.edu.

Posts Replies Media

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 7h

This morning kicked-off our fourth annual LeadHER cohort with an amazing breakfast, welcoming remarks from school and program leadership, and professional networking. @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

LeadHER 2026 cohort zots in the SBSG atrium.

100

Reposted by UC Irvine School of Social Sciences

ari ☀️ @khoudary.bsky.social · 17h

how does memory support perceptual decisions made under uncertainty? this question has scaffolded my entire PhD, and I'm so excited to share part of it in this ✨new preprint ✨ w/ @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @aaronbornstein.bsky.social! link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Memory retrieval explains dynamic effects of expectations on perceptual decisions

Expectations—prior knowledge of environmental statistics—support adaptive behavior by reducing uncertainty during inference. However, the questions of where expectations come from and how that ought t...

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 16h

When a team scores a run in baseball, how much credit should each individual player actually receive? UC Irvine economist Michael McBride breaks down what the box score misses about teamwork, contribution and fair credit in our latest installment of the UCI Experts On series. Watch, listen & read ⬇️

UCI Experts On: Baseball Statistics

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Welcome home, Anteaters! | A fall message from Bill Maurer, UCI social sciences dean @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Welcome home, Anteaters!

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

UC Irvine now ranks 8th among nation's best public universities in latest @usnews list of Best Colleges! Undergrad programs in economics and psychology also ranked in nation’s top 15 among publics. #zotzotzot @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

UC Irvine places eighth among nation's best public universities in latest U.S. News & World Report ranking

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Meet Karl Lyn, UC President’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Anthropology | Ph.D., W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social

Meet Karl Lyn, UC President’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Anthropology

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

💙💛 We’re so excited to be back!!! We had so much fun today meeting all of our new Anteaters at our undergrad Welcome BBQ as we kickoff another great year in social sciences. To all of our newcomers, welcome home! We’re so glad you’re here! 💛💙⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social

Students show their UCI pride with Peter the Anteater and lots of zots

Students enjoy BBQ at the annual Dean's Welcome event.

Students show their school spirit with zots and smiles.

Dean Bill Maurer and students surround the DJ booth with zots.

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From crossing the U.S.-Mexico border daily to advocating for international students, @ucirvine.bsky.social undergrad Sofia Gomez-Inowe brings a unique perspective to academics and leadership. Learn more ⬇️ @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Crossing borders

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're excited to announce that Jean-Claude Falmagne, @ucirvine.bsky.social cognitive sciences research professor, has been named an inaugural @uofcalifornia.bsky.social Regents Innovation Award recipient of the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award!

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How polluted is America’s drinking water, and what are the effects on mortality and health? Watch as @econimate.bsky.social breaks down new research co-authored by @ucirvine.bsky.social economist Bhash Mazumder in this fun YouTube explainer @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Safe Drinking Water in America

YouTube video by econimate

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Cosigner access reproduces existing social inequalities | UC Irvine-led study finds race shapes availability of key credit-building resource @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Cosigner access reproduces existing social inequalities

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Congrats to @joachim.cidlab.com, UC Irvine cognitive sciences professor, who has been awarded the title of Chancellor’s Fellow! The honor recognizes scholars of exceptional value to the university, and whose scholarship shows extraordinary promise for world-class contributions to knowledge.

Vandekerckhove named UC Irvine Chancellor’s Fellow

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A milestone year | In its fifth year of operation, UC Irvine’s Logic & Philosophy of Science Summer Development Program has welcomed 70 students to explore graduate topics and careers in philosophy @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @laurennross.bsky.social

A milestone year

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dialoguing across difference | New UC Irvine School of Social Sciences pilot program will prepare first-year cohort to facilitate constructive conversations and become certified Campus Dialogue Ambassadors @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Dialoguing across difference

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Raising a new generation of Vietnamese leaders | Nonprofit leader Tracy La ’17, @ucirvine social policy & public service, shows how civic engagement helps communities @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Raising a new generation of Vietnamese leaders

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Bridging data systems, AI models & computing | Interdisciplinary, multi-university team receives NSF data infrastructure award to help scientific communities build domain-specific platforms for collaborative data science & AI news.uci.edu/2026/08/27/n... @ucirvine.bsky.social

Abstract visualization of digital technology featuring glowing blue circuitry, layered data patterns, binary numbers and colorful streams of light.

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In her newest work, Landing in Place: A Graphic Novel, UC Irvine anthro professor Sherine Hamdy takes readers on a journey of self-discovery from Long Island to Cairo through the story of Anisa, a recent high school grad who’s grappling with questions about identity, family and following her dreams.

Landing in Place

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Four social sciences alumni among those to be honored at annual @ucirvine.bsky.social Lauds & Laurels celebration | Ann and Charles Quilter to receive Extraordinarius Award for enduring campus impact

Four social sciences alumni among those to be honored at annual UC Irvine Lauds & Laurels celebration

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

UC Irvine’s 4+1 master’s in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics marked a milestone this spring as the program celebrated its 10th cohort to graduate from the accelerated bachelor’s-to-master’s degree program. @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social

UC Irvine’s 4+1 PPE program celebrates its 10th graduating cohort

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Understanding the enduring impact of immigration detention is the focus of a new Mellon Foundation-funded fellowship supporting UC Irvine sociology assistant professor @drmirianma.bsky.social in the development of her book manuscript. @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Martinez-Aranda receives 2026-27 Career Enhancement Fellowship for her work on long-term impacts of immigration detention

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Zoning, rent control and the housing shortage | Jan Brueckner, economics, shares expert insight in this podcast with Wealth Formula @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Zoning, Rent Control, and the Housing Shortage

YouTube video by Weath Formula Podcast

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Ethics in action | UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics & Morality’s Summer Mentoring Program helps students examine what it means to be a human being @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Ethics in action

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Explaining the ‘vibecession’ | In her first essay for @goodauth.bsky.social, @ucirvine.bsky.social political scientist @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social explains why consumer sentiment is low, despite measures that show the U.S. economy is thriving goodauthority.org/news/explain...

Erin Lockwood

Reposted by UC Irvine School of Social Sciences

Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Our LPS grads gave amazing research talks in our Summer Development Program at UCI @ucisocsci.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social ⭐ Talks by (L to R) Tori Cotton @wittgencism.bsky.social, Neil Crawford, Tessa Ng, Kai Huggett, Lauren Wigod, India Bhalla-Ladd & Curtis Mason! #philsci #philsky #HPS

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

How money actually works in American elections | Danielle Thomsen, political science, shares expert insight with Vox @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @vox.com @daniellethomsen.bsky.social

How money actually works in American elections

The midterms are flooded with cash, but donors don’t always get what they want. A political scientist explains where the money matters most.

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Congrats to @ucirvine.bsky.social sociologists @edwinamenta.bsky.social and @davidsmeyer.bsky.social who have been named Distinguished Professors, a campus-level distinction that recognizes senate faculty who have achieved the highest levels of scholarship over the course of their careers!

Amenta and Meyer named UC Irvine Distinguished Professors

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Family Legal Vulnerability | New book by University of California researchers examines how immigration policy shapes the lives of the state’s Latino college students @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social

Family Legal Vulnerability

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Congrats to Jeffrey Kopstein, @ucirvine.bsky.social Chancellor’s Professor of political science, whose essay “Polarization and Political Violence: When Polarization Turns Violent,” published in the Journal of Democracy, was among last month’s most-read @hopkinspress.bsky.social journal articles!

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

UC Irvine alumna strives for a safer, healthier world | Helary Rakete-Yakub ’18 social policy and public service leans on her Anteater experiences to help reduce violence in communities @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

UC Irvine alumna strives for a safer, healthier world

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Congrats to UC Irvine Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor Christofer Rodelo who has been named a 2026 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader! @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Rodelo named 2026 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A global pathway to change | UC Irvine sociology graduate student Sofia Jaime earns accolades for work highlighting hidden inequality @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

A global pathway to change

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Understanding how government regulations influence business startups in California & how AI is transforming employment & competition in the technology sector will be the subjects of two newly funded research projects led by @ucirvine.bsky.social economist & CPIP co-director David Neumark

Government regulations, AI and employment

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Advancing theory-building work in the mathematical and behavioral sciences | @ucirvine.bsky.social Center for Theoretical and Behavioral Sciences awards inaugural Luce Fellowship alongside Summer Graduate Fellowships for theory building @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Advancing theory-building work in the mathematical and behavioral sciences

Reposted by UC Irvine School of Social Sciences

Christofer Rodelo @chrisrodelo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Grateful for the support of @uofcalifornia.bsky.social for my second book project!

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Congrats to Christofer Rodelo, @ucirvine.bsky.social Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor, who is one of six campus recipients of the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social inaugural Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Awards!

Rodelo receives University of California Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Award

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Honoring excellence in leadership | Jennifer Gerson, @ucirvine.bsky.social social sciences graduate studies director, recognized for well-being support

Honoring excellence in leadership

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Congrats to John Duffy, UC Irvine professor of economics and co-director of the Experimental Social Science Laboratory, who has been elected president-elect of the Society for Experimental Finance! @ucirvine.bsky.social

Duffy named president-elect of Society for Experimental Finance

Reposted by UC Irvine School of Social Sciences

University of California @uofcalifornia.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

All 9 UC undergraduate campuses earned 4.5 or 5 stars on Money's 2026 Best Colleges list, placing every single one in the nation's top 25%. The rankings weigh affordability, quality of education, and student outcomes. 🌟

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Award-worthy work | @ucirvine.bsky.social sociologist Irene Vega takes home three top prizes, a silver medal and an honorable mention for her first book, Bordering on Indifference @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Award-worthy work

000

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Philanthropy reignited | Already a trusted advisor to ultra-high-net-worth individuals, Angel Chen ’99 economics is lighting the way for future generations at UC Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Philanthropy reignited

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Congrats to Eve Darian-Smith, @ucirvine.bsky.social global & international studies & law Distinguished Professor, who's been recognized with 2 book awards for her latest work, Policing Higher Education: The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters! www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/n...

Darian-Smith’s Policing Higher Education earns dual honors

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Congrats to Jeffrey Kopstein, @ucirvine.bsky.social Chancellor’s Professor of political science, who has been awarded the title of Chancellor’s Fellow! More on the honor and his work below.

Kopstein named UCI Chancellor’s Fellow

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Supporting the next generation of social scientists | @ucirvine.bsky.social Social Sciences Dean's Leadership Society Doctoral Dissertation Research Support Fellowship Program launches to fill federal funding gap for graduate students, inaugural recipients selected @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Supporting the next generation of social scientists

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

When we know a language, we know so much more than we can put into words. In our latest installment of UCI Experts On, language scientist Gregory Scontras explores the patterns that shape how we speak. @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

ExpertsON - Language

YouTube video by UC Irvine School of Social Sciences

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Science meets justice | @ucirvine.bsky.social professors Elizabeth Cauffman, @kerametr.bsky.social, and @kristinturney.bsky.social share research that is actively reshaping how California thinks about incarceration socialecology.uci.edu/news/science...

Elizabeth Cauffman, Keramet Reiter and Kristin Turney stand side by side.

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This year's UCI LIFTED cohort included 25 sociology bachelor's recipients with 22 also completing a minor in English; 9 earned Latin Honors, 7 were nominated for Phi Beta Kappa & 4 received the Order of Merit, awarded to the top 2% of soc sci undergraduates. socialecology.uci.edu/news/proof-s...

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

UCI social sciences dean Bill Maurer, leadership chair of United for Financial Security of Orange County United Way, welcomed a packed house of community leaders and volunteers to the OC Free Tax Prep Volunteer & Partner Appreciation Event last Thursday at Bowers Museum.

Maurer with OC United Way U4FS staffers.

Maurer takes center stage to welcome attendees to the annual appreciation event.

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

And congrats to our 14 @ucirvine.bsky.social soc sci staff who were among those honored today at the annual campus Staff Service Awards Ceremony! See a full list of our recognized employees below, and congrats to all who help continue to make UCI THE place to be! www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/n...

Staff honored for service

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Congrats to UC Irvine political scientists Samantha Vortherms and Adaugo Pamela Nwakanma who have been named 2026 recipients of the School of Social Sciences Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Research! More on their award-winning work below. @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Vortherms and Nwakanma receive Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Research

UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

More memories made for our UCI soc sci Ph.D. grads tonight! 💙💛🎓🥰 #zotzotzot #ucipride pictured: UC Irvine social sciences graduates celebrate their commencement in the UCI Bren Center. @ucirvine.bsky.social