Career Paths Speaker Series: Kelsey Mulcahy

Zoom

Kelsey is a public policy research manager on Facebook’s Data for Good team. She helps build survey data products that nonprofits and universities can use to improve the well-being of communities during times of crisis. She has also been a research program manager on Facebook’s Academic Relations team, focused on building strategic collaborative programs to […]

UCLA Big Data and Politics Seminar

Zoom

Webinar emphasizing the importance of studying coalitions among political actors, with new data on the politics of social media related to Pakistan’s 2018 general election.

PPASS: Adam Goodman

Zoom

Adam Goodman Assistant Professor of History and Latin America and Latino Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago Title: The Deportation Machine Abstract: The Deportation Machine traces the long and troubling history of the US government’s systematic efforts to terrorize and expel immigrants over the past 140 years. In a sweeping and engaging narrative, Adam Goodman examines how […]

PPASS: Lucy Martin

Zoom

Lucy Martin Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Title: Marketing Taxation? Experimental Evidence on Enforcement and Bargaining in Malawian Markets Abstract:  Many developing countries appear stuck in a cycle of low state capacity: insufficient tax revenues limit public goods provision, but citizens will not pay taxes until governance improves. There is […]

L.A. County Quality of Life Index

Virtual CA, United States

Luskin Summit 2021 concludes with the sixth annual survey of L.A. County residents on their satisfaction with topics such as cost of living, education, the environment, the economy, race relations and health care.

PPASS: Sandra González-Bailón

Zoom

Joint with UCLA Movements, Organizations, and Markets Working Group Sandra González-Bailón Associate Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School of Communication Title: The Spread of Information on Social Media during Contentious Political Events Abstract: Information manipulation is widespread in today’s media environment. Online networks have disrupted the gatekeeping role of traditional media by allowing […]

PPASS: Karletta Chief

Zoom

Karletta Chief Associate Professor of Environmental Science, University of Arizona Title: Risk Perception of Navajo Communities Along the San Juan River Following the Gold King Mine Spill Abstract: On August 5, 2015, 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage was accidently released from the Gold King Mine Spill (GKMS), eventually reaching the San Juan River which […]