First Black UCLA Social Welfare tenured faculty member was director of UCLA’s Center for Afro-American Studies, and later dean of Howard University’s School of Social Work.
Expanding the number of council districts would boost representation in the sprawling and complex city, says UCLA Luskin’s Gary Segura.
Planting trees is a key element of many climate resiliency plans, but the towering palm doesn’t do much in terms of heat mitigation, says UCLA Luskin’s V. Kelly Turner.
In her wide-ranging work in the labor, private and nonprofit sectors, Laphonza Butler has demonstrated “tremendous leadership qualities,” says the longtime L.A. civil servant.
The entire School community comes together to make connections and celebrate the launch of a new academic year.
The state faces an urgent struggle to provide clean water, with more systems poised to fail because of higher testing standards, says UCLA Luskin’s Gregory Pierce.
Research by UCLA Luskin’s Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris shows widespread harassment that has altered the way women, girls and gender-diverse people navigate cities.
“My hope is that out of particularly acute crises, particularly creative and positive problem-solving emerges,” says the UCLA Luskin scholar and expert on labor relations.
UCLA’s Ron Avi Astor shares research into school climate showing that “what social workers are doing actually matters to kids in their day-to-day lives.”
Study by the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA Luskin assesses college performance of L.A. Unified students who took courses such as calculus in 12th grade.
