All-UC Demography Conference starts today at UC Santa Barbara. CPIP affiliates are speaking at it including faculty members David Neumark, Jeffrey Swindle, and Rachel Goldberg, and graduate students Shutong Huo, Suyeon Jang, Celina Morales, and Reid Berry. broomcenter.ucsb.edu/newsevents/c...

Jade Jenkins, UCI education & CPIP codirector spoke with LAist about early childhood education, “ It is a huge mistake to not evaluate the implementation of TK [transitional kindergarten] and whether or not the classrooms are providing developmentally appropriate practice” laist.com/news/educati...

David Richardson, UCI’s Wen Public Health and CPIP affiliate, is quoted in “Scientists decry Trump’s rush to loosen radiation exposure standards” in Science on February 19, 2026. He discusses the connection between radiation exposure and cancer risk. www.science.org/content/arti...

Charis Kubrin, professor of criminology and CPIP affiliate joined "Your Morning" on Spectrum News 1 to discuss her research on whether immigrants impact crime in our communities and being honored for 20+ years of influential research on public safety and crime. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

Suellen Hopfer of UCI's Wen Public Health and a CPIP affiliate has received funding from UC Irvine's Beall Applied Innovation to advance AI-driven vaccine communication publichealth.uci.edu/2026/01/14/a...

Bernadette Boden-Albala writes about rescinding the endangerment finding EPA uses to regulate CO2 and greenhouse gases in Forbes. Dr. Boden-Albala is founding dean of the Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health and a CPIP affiliate. www.forbes.com/sites/bernad...

Emily Owens, prof. of criminology and economics and CPIP affiliate, weighs in on “Why violent crime is dropping in US cities,” in The Hill on Feb. 17, 2026 thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Jun Wu, a professor in UCI's Wen Public Health and a CPIP affiliate, is among researchers urging exploration of dietary supplements' potential use in addressing nutritional deficiencies publichealth.uci.edu/2026/01/15/u...

Alein Haro-Ramos, Wen Public Health and CPIP affiliate, is a co-author of research that finds noncitizen Latino adults face the highest burden of poor health, revealing how early-life adversity and legal status intersect across the life course. publichealth.uci.edu/2026/02/02/u...

Charis E. Kubrin, professor of criminology, law and society and recipient of the 2026 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, discusses her research disproving immigration-crime myths, on the UC Irvine Podcast. soundcloud.com/theucipodcas...

Jade Jenkins of UCI’s School of Education and a co-director of CPIP published a policy brief that has received coverage by LAist in this article titled “Can a state like California get to universal child care? These experts say yes.” laist.com/news/educati...

Prof. Charis E. Kubrin has been named to the Orange County Register’s 125 Most Influential People of 2025 for her evidence-based research that clarifies the relationship between immigration and crime. socialecology.uci.edu/news/3-socia...

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Candice L. Odgers, professor of psychology, to the newly launched California Innovation Council. She will serve on the council's working group focused on protecting child online safety and countering image-based abuse. socialecology.uci.edu/news/odgers-...

Carolina Valdivia Ordorica, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society, has published an article on “Hyper-Illegality, Reentry, and Everyday Life in the United States Post-Deportation” in RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. www.rsfjournal.org/content/11/4...

Jade Jenkins of UC Irvine's School of Education and Austin Land at UC Berkeley have published a policy brief sharing a vision for universal child care in California. Read KQED's reporting on it at www.kqed.org/news/1207076.... Access the policy brief www.cpip.uci.edu/policy/brief....

Brandy Lipton, PhD, assoc. prof. of health, society, & behavior at Wen School of Population & Public Health, has received a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation to expand research on how paid sick leave policies shape access to federal disability benefits. publichealth.uci.edu/2026/01/06/u...

Recognize a fellow demographer (or yourself!) who has contributed to the profession with a PAA Annual Award! Nominations deadline is Saturday, January 31, 2026: buff.ly/VZcZ5G0

CPIP co-director David Neumark and Jyotsana Kala have released a policy brief on "Minimum Wages and Racial Disparities" through the Cato Institute. www.cato.org/research-bri...

Sociologist Kelley Fong is quoted in “Republican lawmakers’ plans for foster care don’t address the roots of the problem with the system,” an article published in the West Virginia Daily News on January 16, 2026. www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/n...

Research by UCI sociologist and CPIP affiliate Rachel Goldberg is discussed in The Orange County Register. See Lucy Dunn’s opinion piece from January 18, 2026 titled, “We’re about to undo what works on homelessness – at everyone’s expense.” www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/n...

Greg Duncan, Distinguished Professor of Education has been ranked #45 on the 2026 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. This list recognizes the top 200 education scholars shaping national policy and practice. education.uci.edu/edu-scholar-...

Emily Owens is quoted in The New York Times in an article examining “What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.” Dr. Owens is Chair and Dean’s professor of criminology, law, and society and CPIP affiliate at UC Irvine. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

Wang Feng discusses birthrate decline in “China’s birthrate plunges to lowest level since 1949” in The New York Times. Dr. Wang is a distinguished professor of sociology and CPIP affiliate. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/b...

Carolina Valdivia Ordorica, an Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and CPIP affiliate, has published a book, Sanctuary Making: Immigrant Families Reshaping Geographies of Deportability, released by the University of California Press. www.ucpress.edu/books/sanctu...

Tim Bruckner of Wen Public Health and his co-authors analyzed state-level data of probation and parole rates concluding there was a 10% decline in the number of individuals on probation between 2001 and 2018, while the number of parolees increased by roughly 20%. publichealth.uci.edu/2025/12/17/f...

Stephen Schueller, a professor of psychology and informatics and CPIP affiliates, spoke at an FDA advisory committee meeting and is quoted in an article on "Millions Turn to AI Chatbots for Mental Health Support" in JAMA. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

UC Irvine economist and CPIP affiliate, David Agrawal is co-author of a new book, Policy Responses to Tax Competition. Agrawal and his co-editors, James M. Poterba and Owen M. Zidar, examine effects of tax competition designed to attract business and residents. www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/n...

Kelley Fong, Asst. Prof. of Sociology and CPIP affiliate, and Frank Edwards and Robert Apel of Rutgers University–Newark have published an analysis of a decade of national data showing no link between foster care entry rates and child maltreatment deaths. rscj.newark.rutgers.edu/news/study-n...

Andrew Noymer, an associate professor in UCI's Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health and a CPIP affiliate, published an op-ed in the Orange County Register on December 23, 2025 titled, "Lab Leak in Spain? A Wake-Up Call for Global Biosafety." Access the article at archive.ph/EncBn.

Di Xu, professor of education and CPIP affiliate, and her co-investigators XunFei Li and Loris Fagioli have received a grant from Arnold Ventures to study the statewide effects of Assembly Bill 705, California’s major developmental education reform. Read more at education.uci.edu/grant-ab705.....

“For the third time in her distinguished career, Candice L. Odgers has earned a coveted spot on Clarivate's 2025 'Highly Cited Researchers' list — a testament to her groundbreaking work exploring how technology and social inequality shape young lives.” clarivate.com/highly-cited...

Constantine Manda has received a 2025 Advancing Research Grant for Early Career Scholars from the American Political Science Association. politicalsciencenow.com/meet-constan...

Alana M.W. LeBrón co-authored a policy brief in Health Affairs. Dr. LeBrón is an Associate Professor in the Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health and CPIP faculty affiliate. www.healthaffairs.org/content/brie...

María Rendón and David Schaefer, both CPIP faculty affiliates, published, "Social Reproduction at a Minority Serving Institution: STEM Capital Disparities among Children of Immigrants," in the October 2025 issue of Sociology of Education. Rendón is featured in the publication’s podcast.

Charis E. Kubrin has received the Stockholm Prize in Criminology – a prestigious award considered the field’s Nobel Prize equivalent. Dr. Kubrin is recognized for decades of research challenging the notion that immigrants bring crime to their new communities. news.uci.edu/2025/11/13/u...

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has recognized ¡Plo-NO! (Lead-Free) Santa Ana! by Orange County Environmental Justice Education Fund and CPIP-affiliates Alana LeBrón and Jun Wu as an Exemplary Project through its Community Engagement Scholarship Awards program. publichealth.uci.edu/2025/10/17/u...

Julian Gerez, assistant professor of criminology, law and society and CPIP affiliate, is interviewed as part of a developing story segment on CNN Live discussing U.S. actions in Columbia and Venezuela. Watch CNN's segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAiy...

Daniel Parker was elected as a Fellow National into The Explorers Club, in recognition of his field-based and exploratory work in Myanmar, Southeast Asia and South America. publichealth.uci.edu/2025/06/13/d...

Congratulations to Vellore Arthi of UCI's Department of Economics, who has received tenure, and to Di Xu, of UCI's School of Education, who has been promoted to professor.

Suellen Hopfer has been named Dr. De Gallow Professor of the Year! Prof. Hopfer of the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health has received UCI’s Dr. De Gallow Professor of the Year award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Recipients are nominated by peers, students, and staff.

UCI CPIP hosted a two-week residential program for the next generation of scholars in population sciences (NextGenPop) that brought 17 students to campus for advanced instruction, career development and networking. www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/n...

Paola Guerrero Rosada of the School of Education and Carolina Valdivia of Criminology, Law, and Society have been named Hellman Fellows. UCI's Hellman Fellowship supports promising junior faculty as they pursue innovative, high-impact research.

Charis Kubrin, professor of Criminology, Law, and Society, has published a policy brief titled “Rethinking Immigration Enforcement” with the Scholars Strategy Network. Read it at scholars.org/contribution....

Congratulations to Kelley Fong and Andy de Barros who received a prestigious fellowship from the National Academy of Education and Spencer Foundation. The fellowship recognizes early-career scholars making significant scholarly contributions to education research. education.uci.edu/naed_spencer...

KCBS Radio anchor Margie Shafer spoke with Andrew Noymer, epidemiologist and demographer at UC Irvine, about the Trump administration's announcement that it will be making changes to the way new COVID vaccines are approved. Listen at www.audacy.com/podcast/kcbs...

Denise Payán, MPP, PhD has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for next academic year. She will examine nutrition policy design and implementation in Australia with colleagues at the University of Sydney. The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board issued the award.

Brittany Morey, an Associate Professor in the Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health, discusses how COVID fallout leaves many Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders without adequate care in the Los Angeles Post. www.lapost.com/articles/cov...

Charis Kubrin, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, has been named a UCDC Presidential Fellow. She joins an elite group of University of California faculty selected to bring their research expertise to policymakers in Washington, D.C. socialecology.uci.edu/news/kubrin-...

Jun Wu & colleagues at @ucipopcenter.bsky.social study on #wildfire health impacts and community inequities faced by families in Eastern Coachella Valley is receiving a lot of attention: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #smoke #socialvulnerability #publichealth

John Templeton Foundation awards grant to Stephen Schueller! The professor of psychological sciences and CPIP affiliate has received funding for a project titled “Addressing Risks in Online Spaces with Character Development through Digital Micro-Interventions.” socialecology.uci.edu/news/cultiva...