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UC Press March and April Award Winners

May 05 2021
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our recent award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news! Milena Belloni 2020 Best Book Honorable MentionInternational Studies...
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Women’s Equality Day: 100 years after the 19th Amendment

Aug 27 2020
This year is the 100th anniversary of the ratification Nineteenth Amendment, and Women’s Equality Day marks the anniversary of its certification. This day offers an opportunity for reflection: how far have we come in terms of gender equality? It’s crucial to note, that while the Ninet...
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How the spike in unemployment from Covid-19 could set us back on gender equality

Jun 15 2020
by Aliya Hamid Rao, author of Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment As of April 2020, the unemployment rate in the U.S stands at 14.7% (4 percentage points higher than the worst months of the Great Recession of 2007-2009). 23.1 million people have lost their jobs. T...
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