Mark Sawyer spoke Spanish with a Cuban accent, despite growing up in the United States. While leading study abroad programs in San Juan, Puerto Rico, locals would call him “El Cubano.” Sawyer, a political science and African American studies professor known for his work on race relations in Cuba, died March 26 in Los Angeles. […]
UCLA faculty, students and staff in the Division of Social Sciences in the UCLA College are mourning the loss of Mark Sawyer, who was a professor of African-American studies and political science. Sawyer died Sunday, March 26, in Los Angeles. He was 45.
Before coming to Santa Monica, Polachek held management positions with the Province of Ontario and the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California.
UCLA political scientist professors Matt Barreto and Lorrie Frasure-Yokley served as co-principal investigators with Janelle Wong, professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland and Edward Vargas, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “With this data, we can better understand how racial and ethnic groups differ in their views toward today’s most pressing political […]
She graduated with honors from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science and moved to Washington D.C. before returning to Santa Clarita.
Sister Diane moved to LA with her family in 1935. She went to UCLA and majored in political science. In 1953 she visited India, , where her observations of extreme poverty greatly influenced her philosophy and life. In 1955 she entered the Sisters of Social Service, a Catholic order devoted to serving the poor. In […]
That’s a political hazard for Republicans who would abolish it, said Mark Peterson, a political science professor at UCLA. “A lot of that base would be most adversely affected by repealing the ACA and replacing it with something that left enormous holes for the working class,” he said. Medicaid beneficiaries “begin to recognize how they’re […]
That’s a political hazard for Republicans who would abolish it, says Mark Peterson, a political science professor at UCLA.
Chris Tausanovitch, an assistant political science professor at UCLA who specializes in American politics, said he thinks despite tensions with the Republican Party in Congress, many Republicans will agree to the increased defense spending.
Daniel Treisman, a professor of political science at UCLA and an expert on Russian politics, says “it certainly seems plausible” that the Russian government would attempt to interfere in the European elections, as it’s alleged to have done in the US.
