Valerie Jenness’s Blog
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society, Sociology, and Nursing Science
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Lifting Others Up
UC SANTA BARBARA ALUMNI -- Valerie Jenness, Ph.D. ‘91 continues her work for the University of California as a senior leader at UC Irvine. Valerie, who received her Ph.D. from UCSB in Sociology, is now the Acting Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Institutional...
Battling Bias: Freshman seminar series on prejudice aims to teach tolerance, encourage activism
“Has anyone ever been a bystander to hate?” The question hangs in the air. Valerie Jenness, UCI professor of criminology, law & society, eyes her fall-quarter class of freshmen expectantly. After some hesitation, students begin raising their hands. One recounts a...
Boiling in the Cells: Prisoners, Grievances, and Substantive Justice
As our article, “’It Depends on the Outcome’: Prisoners, Grievances, and Perceptions of Procedural Justice,” was coming to fruition, national news exposed a grave problem inside U.S. prisons: prisoners are dying of heat exposure in cells that often rise well above 100...
Professor Valerie Jenness Discusses Hate Crimes
Professor Valerie Jenness of University of California, Irvine discusses the history and ideologies behind the approaches to the definition and punishment of hate crimes. Professor Valerie Jenness Discusses Hate Crimes This video is part of the Neil A. Weiner...
A Day in the Life of a UCI Student
A Day in the Life of a UCI Student A very fascinating, sped up recording of a student walking to and from class while wearing a GoPro.
UCI Chemists Figure Out How To Easily Halt Venom’s Spread – Valerie Jenness
UCI Chemists have developed a way to neutralize deadly snake venom more cheaply and effectively than with traditional anti-venom - an innovation that could spare millions of people the loss of life or limbs each year. In the U.S., human snakebite deaths...