Social Sciences (Faculty & Staff)

The old adage goes: It’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. But is it?

For many people mourning lost love, “the one that got away” lingers, with constant questions of “what-if” coursing through their brain. In the psychology of love, the concept of “the one that got away” refers to a former romantic partner who maintains a significant role in one’s memory.

Categorized by ending at a — perceived — premature point in the relationship, this lost love can leave an individual fixated on what could have been....

Meagan Mason, who serves as academic advising and outreach specialist for UC Berkeley’s Cognitive Science program, is driven by a strong passion for helping students navigate higher education. In her role, she draws on her experience as a peer mentor, college advisor and academic advisor to provide one-on-one support to...

If you haven’t heard of Fred Ross before, you’ve likely heard of the legendary activists he helped train, like Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. Drawing on organizing tactics still used today, such as house meetings and voter registration campaigns, Ross helped secure pivotal racial justice victories, like the election of Los Angeles’s first Latino council member in 1949 and the desegregation of schools in California’s Citrus Belt in 1947. Born in 1910, he was a behind-the-scenes force for civil rights and labor organizing throughout much of the 20th century.

His life and work are...

In mid-March five years ago, President Donald Trump tweeted about the threat of a “Chinese virus.” That month marked the official beginning of a pandemic that went on longer and took a larger toll in the U.S. — on lives, the economy, mental health and our social fabric — than a naive public could anticipate. And it sparked a...