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A coordinated nationwide attack’: What the forfeitures against SJSU volleyball mean for women’s sports

November 7, 2024

Eric Stanley, faculty affiliate of the Center for Research on Social Change, was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the politicization of a transgender player on San Jose State’s women’s volleyball team. Other teams are forfeiting games rather than play agains the SJSU team. “This is all done in the...

Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Infectious Disease Politics in China

November 7, 2024

A new book by Yan Long, faculty affiliate of the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, presents a detailed study of how the current epidemic response system in China emerged. Her study draws on longitudinal ethnographic data on social movements, the Chinese government, and multilateral agencies operating in China to expose the ways in which western liberal interventions enhanced the Chinese state's control over its citizens.

Vance’s views on older women are an opportunity for Harris

October 31, 2024

Stacy Torres, Center for Ethnographic Research faculty affiliate, has written an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle on JD Vance's views on older women. Torres argues that Vance’s retrograde “pro-family” views not only severely limit the freedom of women of all ages but pose serious and specific social and economic implications for women voters aged 65 and older. She continues, “The Harris campaign has an...