Broadening Participation in Social Inequality Research (BPSIR)
The UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Research (CPIR) in
collaboration with 14 California HSIs, invites current
undergraduates to register for the Broadening Participation in
Social Inequality Research (BPSIR) summer program, which
introduces students from these institutions to inequality and
social policy research sciences and helps them develop knowledge
and skills for successful graduate school application,
enrollment, and completion.
Program Description
We invite rising second- and third-year undergraduates from our
partner institutions to
register for the free, remotely delivered BPSIR Year 1
program. Year 1 students will learn about opportunities for
graduate study in the social sciences by participating in
interactive, remotely delivered professional development
activities with CPIR faculty and graduate students as well as
graduate school preparation programing delivered by the UC Davis
Office of Graduate Studies.
Students who participate in the Year 1 program will be eligible
to apply to become members of the BPSIR Year 2 cohort in summer,
2025. The Year 2 program consists of an eight-week, residential,
summer program housed on the UC Davis campus. Each Year 2 student
will join a CPIR faculty member’s social inequality-focused
research group and work alongside current graduate students and
postdoctoral scholars as research assistants. In addition to
invaluable research experience and fully funded travel, lodging,
and meals, Year 2 students will receive a $4,500 stipend to
support their participation in BPSIR.
Eligibility
We seek participation from students who are currently in their
first or second years of undergraduate study at one of the
California HSIs listed below and who have interest in learning
more about graduate education in the social sciences.
Partner Institutions:
California State University, Bakersfield
California State University, Channel Islands
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, East Bay
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Northridge
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Marcos
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
Sonoma State University
August 26, 2024
Letters and Science Magazine
By Alex Russell
Dominic Arreola started taking classes in Chinese in community
college. He quickly gained a passion for the language and the
culture, and by the time he transferred CSU Long Beach he was
steeped in the history and tensions between China and the United
States. He worried more and more about the potential for
war.
