Recently in ISG

This new report calls for urgent reforms to California’s pesticide regulatory system, including stronger oversight of chemical mixtures and new legislative action to address cumulative health and environmental risks.

Quincy Peters’ family friend was shot and killed by police in 2008. Fifteen years later, she began working at the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab – where researchers analyze the autopsies of people who have died in jails or during encounters with law enforcement officers – with the hopes of making legislative change…

Join us next March 5th for Jonah Walters’ talk on the history and impact of pepper spray and aerosol policing. This event explores how these weapons shape protest, public safety, and state power.

The UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center announced the AY25–26 Faculty Writing Retreat Grant awardees to support self-organized writing retreats designed to foster sustained research, collaboration, and intellectual community among UCLA faculty.

Next March 17-18 we will be hosting the symposium between ISG and the CNRS “Rethinking Boundaries to Confront 21st-Century Challenges: Interdisciplinarity and Collaborations in the Anthropocene” in Royce Hall 314.

Join us in congratulating Soraya de Chadarevian for winning the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal in Social Sciences and Humanities from the European Academy of Sciences. 

UCLA professor Terence Keel and his BioCritical Studies Lab help families reassess in‑custody death records, revealing inconsistencies and systemic flaws while pushing for greater transparency and accountability in death investigations.

The title of this revelatory book might suggest that it’s limited to uncovering the deficiencies and biases of a particular profession. But The Coroner’s Silence is far more than that.

Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, captures the horror and insanity of nuclear war. But by portraying the US atomic arsenal as an inheritance from the past rather than a product of our own time, it lets our political leaders off the hook.

Terence Keel’s BioCritical Studies Lab trains students to analyze autopsy reports of people deaths with police involvement. Their findings, underpin Keel’s new book The Coroner’s Silence, which exposes hidden victims of police violence and challenges assumptions about in‑custody deaths.

Michelle Rensel joins Dan and Michael for a lively discussion on stress, snacks, and emotional resilience. With humor and thoughtful insights, she explores how everyday coping strategies can lighten the load. The episode blends laughter with practical wisdom, making stress management feel approachable and human.

Michelle Rensel, Institute for Society & Genetics has been featured in TLCs news on instructional innovation at UCLA.