Authors Meet Critics: Dylan Riley, "Microverses: Observations from a Shattered Present"
On February 1, 2023, Social Science Matrix presented an Authors Meet Critics panel on Microverses: Observations from a Shattered Present, a book by Dylan Riley, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley. ...
9 Helmi 20231h 22min
Interview with Adriana Kugler, World Bank Executive Director for the US
A transcript of this interview can be found at https://matrix.berkeley.edu/research-article/alumni-interview-adriana-kugler-world-bank-executive-director-for-the-us/. This episode of the Matrix Podca...
5 Joulu 202250min
Migration and Reform in Early America: An Interview with J.T. Jamieson
What role did American social and moral reformers play in managing human migrations? J.T. Jamieson, a Phd Candidate in UC Berkeley's Department of History, examines how social reformers in the first h...
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Reconsidering the Achievement Gap: An Interview with Monica Ellwood-Lowe
Monica Ellwood-Lowe is a PhD candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Psychology whose research focuses on differences between outcomes for students of different socioeconomic status, as well as the...
11 Loka 202231min
Shifting Inequality and Mass Incarceration
On this episode of the Matrix Podcast, Julia Sizek spoke with two scholars whose work focuses on explaining how mass incarceration has changed over the last 30 years. Alex Roehrkasse is an Assistant P...
30 Syys 202236min
Economic Benefits of Higher Education: Maximilian Müller and Zach Bleemer
Why do people choose to go to college (or not)? What impact do race-based or financial aid policies have on higher education and the broader economy? In this episode of the Matrix Podcast, Julia Sizek...
12 Syys 202241min
A Changing Landscape for Farmers in India: An Interview with Tanya Matthan and Aarti Sethi
In countries around the world, the "Green Revolution" has changed the scale and economy of growing crops, as pesticides, fertilizers, and new kinds of hybrid seeds have transformed the agricultural pr...
31 Elo 202239min
Institutionalizing Child Welfare: An Interview with Matty Lichtenstein
How do American child welfare and obstetric healthcare converge? Matty Lichtenstein, a recent PhD from Berkeley's Sociology Department, studies how state and professional organizations shape social an...
10 Elo 20221h 1min
