This summer, seven graduate students in the Department of Political Science received Summer Collaborative Grants to support research in collaboration with a faculty member. The goal is for the student and faculty collaborator to co-author and submit a research article or book chapter for publication.

The American Dream as both idea and ideal, for all its complications, has had an undeniably powerful role in shaping values and aspirations in the U.S. and far beyond its borders. We spoke with faculty and students in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis who represent a wealth of knowledge and perspectives that help us think about American society’s past, present and continuing potential. 

The eight faculty members who comprise the newest class of Chancellor’s Fellows are early career academics doing exemplary work in their fields. The program, created in 2000, awards $25,000 in unrestricted philanthropic funding to support recipient's research or scholarly work. C