Media Coverage
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Helping and Hindering Undergraduate Women’s STEM Motivation: Experiences with STEM Encouragement, STEM-Related Gender Bias, and Sexual Harassment
Psychology Professor Campbell Leaper and Christy Starr, a doctoral candidate in psychology, coauthored a blog post about their research on what helps and hinders undergraduate women's motivation in STEM fields; the post appears on a blog by SAGE Insight, which published their latest paper in the Psychology of Women Quarterly.
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Powerful lasers produce wild new kind of ice thought to exist inside Uranus
Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a story in Gizmodo and other media outlets about a new phase of ice thought to exist in the interiors of Uranus and Neptune.
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San Francisco Has More Billionaires Per Capita Than Anywhere Else on Earth
Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, was quoted in a VIPortal story about San Francisco having more billionaires per capita than anywhere on Earth.
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Tracing The Quirky Asian Sidekick Trend In Hollywood
Associate proferssor of film and digital media L.S. Kim was interviewed by Bustle magazine about the new trend in Hollywood these days of having Asian American actors play the role of the quirky sidekick.
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In the Realm of "Ahh"
Psychology Professor Jean Foxtree's work was featured in a Psychology Today article about the ways vocal features, including "filler" words like um and ah, influence communication and comprehension.
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Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8 billion every year – it’s time to protect them
Ocean scientist Michael Beck wrote an article for the Conversation about the value of coral reefs for coastal protection, and it was published in the Chicago Tribune and other media outlets nationwide.
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This image is a 'history book' of the universe
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was featured in coverage of the Hubble Legacy Field compiled from 16 years of Hubble Space Telescope observations, including stories from CNN, Daily Mail, Astronomy magazine, CNET, Long Room, Tech Times, Space Daily, and other media outlets.
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Hawai'i's reefs provide $836 billion worth of coastal flood protection
Ocean scientist Michael Beck was quoted in coverage of his team's research on the value of coral reefs for coastal protection in Hawaii, including stories on ABC affiliate KITV Island News., Honolulu Star Advertiser, Associated Press, Scientific American, Hawaii News Now, and other media outlets.
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Filmmaker unearths historical treasures in home movies
Film and digital media professor Rick Prelinger was interviewed on PBS NewsHour about his film series, “Lost Landscapes," which utilizes montages to present city life across 100 years.
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Why are baby seal numbers dwindling at Carpinteria sanctuary?
Biologist Dan Costa was quoted in a Ventura County Star article about the harbor seal colony in Carpenteria.
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Video Game Industry Provides a Wealth of Diverse Opportunities in the United States
A story in Money Inc noted that California is a major center for the video game industry, adding that "the state is able to feed the industry’s need for top talent with outstanding video game design programs at universities such as the University of Southern California and the University of California, Santa Cruz."
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The real climate change controversy: Whether to engineer the planet in order to fix it
Sikina Jinnah, an associate professor of politics who studies global environmental politics, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about proposals to address climate change by geoengineering the Earth's climate.