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Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza is founder of the Racism, Capitalism, and the Law (RCL) Lab, a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Merced, and the Executive Director of the University of California Washington Center. She has spent her scholarly career working to understand why racial and...

Guiding Principles | Nuestros Principios Rectores: Summary: Recognizing the importance of local organizing committees (LOCs) in effecting positive social change, HOPe Lab, Faith in the Valley Fresno, and Cultiva Central Valley - as a collaborative, aim to provide accessible resources, tools, and...

Peer-reviewd journal articles 2025 - under construction Salim K*, Chan-Golston AM, Naughton CC, Ha S, Bradman A, Joyce A. Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) and Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT), emerging alternatives for Adult Mosquito Control. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. Accepted 3/5/2025...

Underlined names indicate collaborators that were students or postdoctoral fellows at the time of work completion. Books Koenig, C., Depaoli, S., Liu, H., Van De Schoot, R., eds. (2022). Moving beyond non-informative prior distributions-achieving the full potential of Bayesian methods for...

Beth Nowadnick Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Beth grew up in Washington state and did her B.S. in physics and mathematics at Stanford University. She continued at Stanford for her Ph.D. in condensed matter physics, where she worked with Prof. Tom Devereaux...

July 2025: Associate Professor. Beth is promoted to be an Associate Professor with tenure. Thank you to all the group members for their ongoing research contributions over the past years! May 2025: Kishwar graduates! Kishwar defends her thesis and receives her Ph.D. in Materials & Biomaterials...

Research Assistant Alum Sofia Aguilar, a native of Los Angeles, California, graduated from the University of California, Merced in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in Public Health. She was a Student Researcher at Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health...