Social Sciences (Faculty & Staff)

New Berkeley Economics research finds that college alumni networks play a significant role in where people move after losing a job, suggesting social connections can influence relocation decisions as much as economic opportunity.

In his economics dissertation research titled, “College Alumni Networks and Mobility Across Local Labor Markets,” Economics PhD student Richard Jin discovered that job seekers are more likely...

Arguably, David Henkin’s new book has been in the works since he declared his allegiance to the St. Louis Cardinals at 7 years old, a team he lived nowhere near and had no family ties to. Today, Henkin is a UC Berkeley history professor who has researched and taught on subjects as diverse as Broadway, marriage and the origin of the seven-day week. His work on political party...

Over the past two decades, suicide rates among Black adolescents have risen 144% — the largest of any racial group, according to UC Berkeley Psychology Professor Jasmin Brooks Stephens. While most research on youth suicide focuses on factors that put youth at risk, Stephens’ work emphasizes strengths, community and hope as powerful tools to protect mental health.

Published recently in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, Stephens’ paper — “...

Congratulations to the eleven UC Berkeley faculty members named AAAS Fellows. The newly elected Fellows include a tech pioneer, the author of a book on nature’s poisons and a neuroscientist who can decode what you are seeing from your brain wave activity.

Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

The honorees, announced today (Thursday, March 26), are among nearly 500...