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UC Riverside
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2002-2003 General Catalog
University of California, Riverside
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTESThe history of the Riverside campus dates back to the Citrus Experiment Station with its mission to research agricultural problems. Today, the Citrus Research Center–Agricultural Experiment Station (CRC–AES) conducts studies of more than 230 crop commodities. The center's projects cover a diverse range of topics that emphasize basic science and its applicability in solving various agricultural problems. Research results are disseminated to other scientists, farmers, and the public.The CRC–AES and other centers at UCR are described in the following sections. Agricultural Research Institute for Deserts Director: Michael E. Stanghellini, Ph.D.
The Agricultural Research Institute for Deserts promotes interdisciplinary research, service, and educational programs on sustainable and integrated practices that enhance the long-term viability of desert agriculture. Desert agriculture encompasses both production and aesthetic/amenity interests, and includes the relationship of agriculture to the environment and natural resources. Air Pollution Research Center Director: Roger Atkinson, Ph.D.
The principal mission of the center is to conduct fundamental and applied research in atmospheric science. These studies include such phenomena as biogenic or anthropogenic emissions, physical and chemical removal and transformation processes, and effects on vegetation of chemicals and particles emitted or formed in the atmosphere. Bourns College of Engineering–Center for Environmental Research and Technology Director: Joseph M. Norbeck, Ph.D.
The Bourns College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) is a model for partnerships among industry, government, and the academic community and is one of California's premier facilities for research into air pollution control and energy efficiency. CE-CERT is divided into three laboratories: • emissions and fuels research • environmental policy, atmospheric processes, and modeling • transportation systems and vehicle technology research CE-CERT maintains a full-time, permanent staff of researchers, in addition to participating faculty, who conduct research projects and operate the laboratories. These engineers and scientists collaborate with colleagues from all departments in the Bourns College of Engineering, other schools and colleges on campus, and other institutions around the world. They also supervise research by graduate and undergraduate students.
Center for Asian Pacific America Director: Deborah Wong, Ph.D.
The Center for Asian Pacific America (CAPA) supports research in Asian American studies in the broadest sense. Faculty involved with CAPA have identified sites of common interest and inquiry from the divergence of an array of fields. A current focus is the arena of public culture, including such diverse topics as Asian American political life, the changing sociological landscape, the renaissance of expressive culture, and the increasing hegemony of media representation and its self-referentiality. Center for Bibliographical Studies Director: Henry L. Snyder, Ph.D.
The Center for Bibliographical Studies supports research and publication by faculty and students in bibliography and the history of the book. It is based upon three internationally renowned programs. The English Short Title Catalog (EngSTC) is a landmark national bibliography. A reference and research tool of unprecedented power and versatility, it is designed to record every item within its scope published in Great Britain or its dependencies in the eighteenth century in a machine-readable, on-line file. The California Newspaper Project (CNP) is the state segment of the United States Newspaper Project, a national effort to record the surviving issues of all newspapers published in the United States in the national serials database. The CCILA aims to catalog Latin American imprints from American and European holdings through 1850 . Center for Conservation Biology Director: Michael Allen, Ph.D.
The center assists in the conservation and restoration of species and ecosystems by facilitating the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of scientific information. The center identifies new and existing research priorities in conservation biology and inaugurates new research programs. Many activities of the center are regional, centered on the diverse species and habitats that form the natural heritage of Southern California. Center for Exotic Pest Research Director: Michael Rust, Ph.D.
Through this center, entomologists, botanists, biologists, nematologists, and plant pathologists from UCR head up collaborative efforts with other UC scientists as well as with state and federal government researchers to define and implement critical research on pests introduced into California that present risks to public health and economically important plants. Center for Family Studies Director: Ross D. Parke, Ph.D.
The Center for Family Studies creates an interdisciplinary context devoted to the research and dissemination of new advances in knowledge about the contemporary family. The goals of the center are focused on significant advances in family theory, research, and treatment requiring an interdisciplinary approach to family issues. A variety of disciplines, including anthropology, education, history, sociology, and psychology, are represented in the center. Center for Ideas and Society Director: Emory Elliott, Ph.D.
The Center for Ideas and Society promotes and advances collaborative humanistic research and study at UCR as well as nationally and internationally. It is especially interested in fostering inquiry from multiple perspectives and disciplines and in furthering more robust and nuanced understandings of topics than is frequently possible within traditional disciplines. Individual research projects sponsored by the center need not be interdisciplinary, comparative, or collaborative, but the center does encourage resident scholars to present their subjects within research groups representing several disciplinary points of view. Currently, the center holds grants from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations that are used to offer fellowships, conferences, lectures, and research group opportunities. It is hoped that opportunities stemming from the various programs establish new directions for research in many fields. Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering Director: Robert C. Haddon, Ph.D.
The colleges of Natural and Agricultural Science and Engineering have collaborated in establishing this UCR research center. UCR engineers, physicists, computer scientists, neuroscientists, biologists, chemists, and biomedical scientists explore nanoscale materials, such as organic compounds with electronic properties, and the use of these compounds in developing new or improved technologies. Center for Plant Cell BiologyDirector: Natasha Raikhel, Ph.D.genomics.ucr.edu/centers/plantcell This new center unites biochemists, cell biologists, and botanists in examining plant systems, such as their signaling and trafficking pathways involved in seed production, photosynthesis, and tissue secretions, and the ways in which these processes are regulated at the molecular and cellular level. Research in this area has applications for agriculture but also for human biology, as it can shed light on the genetic adaptations occurring in response to changing environmental or climatic conditions.
Center for Research in Intelligent Systems Director: Bir Bhanu, Ph.D.
The Center for Research in Intelligent Systems (CRIS) promotes interdisciplinary research for developing computer systems that are flexible, adaptive, and intelligent. CRIS involves an interdisciplinary team of UCR faculty members from seven departments (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Psychology, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, and Management). The ultimate goal of the center is the research and development of autonomous/semiautonomous systems with sensing capabilities that are able to communicate and interact with other intelligent (biological and artificial) systems. Center for Social and Behavioral Science Research Director: Max Neiman, Ph.D.
The center conducts investigation in a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields and brings together groups of scholars to build projects of common interest. The center's core research focuses on policy evaluation of issues related to the cultural, social, political, and environmental conditions that affect the inhabitants of the United States. Center for Social and Economic Policy Director: Richard Sutch, Ph.D.
The center conducts policy analysis and research using quantitative, historical, and social scientific approaches. It brings the expertise and nonpartisan perspective of the university's faculty to policy making, the news media, and the public. It also assists faculty in integrating policy analysis into courses and teaching students the basics of policy analysis. The center also provides access for faculty and graduate students to large-scale longitudinal and historical data collections relevant to social and economic policy concerns. Center for Technology Development Director: William T. Frankenberger, Jr., Ph.D.
The Center for Technology Development focuses faculty research strengths in agriculture, environmental science, biomedical science, and informatics that could be used to create or utilize new technology. Faculty from the colleges of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and Engineering also work with local industry, venture capitalists, and Inland Empire educational institutions to improve the biotech infrastructure in the region and to enhance K-12 teacher training and student education. Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station The Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station (CRC–AES) is a branch of the University of California's Statewide Agricultural Experiment Station, the nation's largest land-grant experiment station, and the research arm of the University of California's Division of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, headquartered in Oakland. The mission of the CRC–AES and Cooperative Extension (see separate listing) is to • discover and advance knowledge in the agricultural and environmental sciences, • provide leadership in the dissemination and application of research-based knowledge to the people of California, and • provide opportunities for education and preparation of tomorrow's leaders in agricultural and environmental sciences. Today the major programmatic strengths of the CRC–AES are in plant sciences, desert agriculture, pest and disease management, invasive species research, and environmental and natural resource science. The research staff of the CRC–AES comprises about 100 scientists who are engaged in studies of fundamental problems of cellular and molecular biology, plant and invertebrate animal ecology, and basic aspects of plant breeding, culture, and protection. Most of the research staff teach both undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Their familiarity with current research problems and solutions strengthens academic programs and provides instruction and training for approximately 480 students in 22 graduate programs. The CRC–AES and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences together maintain 1,720 acres of land for agricultural research. This includes 420 acres immediately adjacent to the campus, 760 acres at the Moreno Ranch field station, and 540 acres in the Coachella Valley. The regional office of Cooperative Extension is also located on the UCR campus. CRC–AES scientists, in carrying out their research tasks, work closely with the 17 Cooperative Extension offices in the Central Coast and South Region, campus-based specialists, and regional county advisors to ensure a continuous flow of information from research programs to the public, the agricultural industry, and students. Costo Historical and Linguistic Native American Research Center Director: Clifford E. Trafzer, Ph.D.
The Costo Center seeks to advance scholarship in Native American Studies, with a particular focus on California Indians and native peoples of the Pacific Rim. It builds on the expertise of faculty from several departments and the unique resources of the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian, a collection housed in the Special Collections Library.
Ernesto Galarza Applied Research Center Director: Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez, Ph.D.
The mission of the Ernesto Galarza Applied Research Center is to • develop applied research, training, and practicing projects and programs that contribute to the intellectual growth and social well-being of the Mexican/Latino populations • initiate and improve the formation and implementation of local, state, national, and transnational practices and policies that contribute to the educational, economic, ecological, health, labor, and technological advancement of Mexican/Latino communities of the United States and transnationally, when possible, • provide maximum opportunities for faculty and students to become engaged in research, training, teaching, and application of policy and practices on topics central to the center. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Director: Gary Zank, Ph.D.
The Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) promotes basic research at UCR into the structure, origin, and evolution of the universe. In pursuit of this mission, IGPP research extends from the earth's core to the far reaches of space. Interdisciplinary research by faculty and students of the colleges of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences focuses on astrophysics, space physics, solid earth geophysics, geochemistry, archeometry, and tectonophysics. The IGPP has other branches on the Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Cruz campuses and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The IGPP has two centers — the Center of Plasma and High Energy Astrophysics and the Center for Earthquake Physics. It manages UCR's Central Facility for Advanced Microscopy and Microanalysis (also known as the UCR Analytical Electron Microscopy Facility), which houses state-of-the-art transmission and scanning electron microscopes, a new laser-confocal microscope, and other microanalytical facilities, and the ElectroMagnetic Studies of Continents pool of electromagnetic instruments (see vortex.ucr.edu for details). Institute for Research on World-Systems Director: Christopher Chase-Dunn, Ph.D.
The Institute for Research on World-Systems (IROWS) organizes collaborative research among social, biological, and physical scientists on long-term, large-scale social change and its ecological, geographical and epidemiological causes and effects. Research foci include globalization; urbanization and settlement systems; human interaction networks; the rise and fall of cities, states, and empires; climate change; and human-microbe interactions. Robert Presley Center of Crime and Justice Studies Director: Robert Nash Parker, Ph.D.
The center's guiding purpose is to generate knowledge essential for the formation and implementation of effective crime prevention and control policies. It encourages and facilitates research in the social sciences on basic and policy-related questions regarding justice, legal concepts and processes, social deviance and control, and research strategies for addressing such questions. The UC Center for Water Resources Director: John Letey Jr., Ph.D.
The UC Center for Water Resources is a universitywide unit comprising the Water Resources Center, Salinity and Drainage Research Program, and Water Quality Program. The centers support research, extension, and educational activities on a broad spectrum of water topics. UC Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) Director: Juan-Vicente Palerm, Ph.D.
UC MEXUS was established in 1980 to identify, focus, and augment the resources of the campuses of the university as they relate to research, education, creative activity, and public service concerning Mexico and people of Mexican origin. UC MEXUS seeks to identify, encourage, secure financial support for, and publicize programs that promise to contribute substantially to scholarship, enhance university instruction (particularly in graduate and professional areas), improve binational understanding, and make positive contributions to society in Mexico and the United States. The institute facilitates, supports, and promotes work in the following areas: • Mexico's history, society, politics, culture, arts, and economy. • Contemporary and historical economic, political, demographic, and cultural interactions between the United States and Mexico. • The history, society, culture, and condition of Mexican-origin populations in the context of American society and institutions and their interaction with other U.S. immigrant groups. • Urgent policy-related (public policy or scientific) topics affecting Mexico, the United States and Mexico, the United States–Mexico relationship, or Mexican-origin populations in the United States. • Collaborative work between the University of California and Mexican scientists in the social, physical, biological, engineering, health, agricultural, and marine sciences, as well as in the arts and humanities. The UCR Genomics Institute Director: Michael T. Clegg, Ph.D.
UCR has launched an initiative to foster research in genetics, proteomics, and bioinformatics as a means of understanding and exploiting the genetic processes of plants, insects, animals, humans, and pathogens. The institute includes the Core Instrumentation Lab, with advanced technology in DNA sequencers and analyzers, microarray systems, and DNA colony pickers. Graduate training in genomics and bioinformatics is offered through the Genetics Graduate Program of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Women in Coalition Research Center Director: Piya Chatterjee, Ph.D.
The center seeks to promote dialogue between scholars, activists, and policy makers about gender, race, and class inequities within domestic, transnational, and international contexts. As such, it focuses on women's participation in grassroots organizations, nongovernmental organizations and educational institutions throughout the world and from underrepresented communities within the United States to produce knowledge about women's efforts to ameliorate conditions of everyday life for themselves, their kin, and their communities. Coalition building is the practical core of its work. Activities include conferences, seminars, public performances and exhibitions, scholar/community intellectuals-in-residence programs, and public lectures. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH RESOURCES Botanic Gardens Director: J. Giles Waines, Ph.D.
The UCR Botanic Gardens are divided into two parts: 1) the landscaped area around the campus buildings demonstrating the use of a wide assortment of plants that grow well in the inland area of Southern California, and 2) more than 40 acres of gardens along the eastern boundary of the campus. The entrance of this second part may be reached by following the road leading southeast from parking lots 10 and 13 off East Campus Drive. This area is open to visitors from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25. The gardens were established for teaching purposes and provide a wide assortment of plant materials for courses such as anthropology, art, biology, conservation, ecology, entomology, morphology, ornamental horticulture, plant pathology, photography, and taxonomy. UCR students and other community groups visit the gardens. The gardens also provide plant materials for research projects and for the testing and exhibition of plant species introduced from all parts of the world. Specialty collections include California Deserts, Baja California, Australian, Latin American and South African plants, as well as cacti, cycads, herbs, irises, lilacs, and roses. A geodesic dome lath house holds shade-loving plants. An attached orchard displays rare subtropical fruits that will grow in the Riverside area. The lower and middle elevations of the gardens are accessible to handicapped people. California Educational Research Cooperative Graduate School of Education
The cooperative is a unique partnership among county offices of education, local school districts, and the Graduate School of Education. It serves as a research, development, and graduate training center for members and the school by combining the professional experience and practical wisdom of practicing professional educators with the theoretical interests and research talents of UCR's Graduate School of Education faculty. CERC provides a cooperative forum for systematic study and joint action to resolve pressing problems facing public schools. Cooperative Extension Director, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
Cooperative Extension (CE) bridges the gap between basic research conducted in campus laboratories and the individuals, organizations, and communities who are the end users of that research. Research and extension programs include sustainable agriculture, pest management, consumer sciences and marketing, irrigation, water quality, urban horticulture, and natural resources management. George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory Director (Acting): Donald Suarez, Ph.D.
Operating in close cooperation with UCR, the George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory (GBSLB) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service is the only research facility in the nation devoted specifically to the study and amelioration of salinity- and pesticide-related agricultural and environmental problems. Through the development of new knowledge and technology the GBSLB seeks to ensure the adequate production of food and agricultural products, to sustain a viable food and agricultural economy, and to maintain a quality environment and natural resource base. International Services Center Director: Diane Elton, B.A.
The International Services Center provides special assistance to UCR's international students and scholars, offers counseling and administrative support to anyone interested in participating in an overseas opportunity, and sponsors intercultural enrichment activities. International educational exchange programs and opportunities are described in the Student Services section of this catalog. Natural Reserve System The purpose of the Natural Reserve System is to establish and maintain for teaching and research purposes a system of reserves encompassing the diversity of California's natural terrain, both aquatic and terrestrial. Any qualified individual or institution may use the reserve system under the direction and with the approval of the university. UCR administers 8 of the approximately 35 reserves systemwide. Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center encloses approximately 331/2 square miles of desert habitat around Deep Canyon, in the Colorado Desert near Palm Desert. An air-conditioned field station with living quarters and laboratories is located near the mouth of Deep Canyon. A primitive campground and two-square-mile teaching area is available for class use.
Box Springs Reserve consists of 160 acres near the top of Box Springs Mountains. The property includes both coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitats. No laboratory facilities are present on the property, due to the proximity of such facilities on the UCR campus. This reserve has been used for field class laboratories and student research projects. However, other research projects can be conducted at this site. Sacramento Mountains Reserve contains approximately 590 acres of desert habitat in the Mojave Desert. It is located about 18 miles west of Needles along Interstate Highway 40. This property contains at least seven species of cacti, including one of the best displays of Bigelow Cholla (Opuntia bigelovii) in California. No laboratory facilities or living quarters are present on this site. However, a campsite is available for anyone wishing to use the reserve overnight for teaching or research. Motte Rimrock Reserve consists of approximately 650 acres at the northwestern corner of Perris, about 15 miles from campus. The vegetation is principally coastal sage scrub and grassland with riparian corridors in the canyons. This land is of more than usual biological interest for this region because it contains several species of special concern. Indian pictographs and a former Indian village site also are on this reserve. A headquarters building contains sleeping facilities and a small laboratory for reserve users. Emerson Oaks Reserve is located 5 miles east of Temecula and 1 mile south of Highway 79. This 200-acre site contains coastal sage scrub on the lower hills, chaparral on the upper slopes, and oak woodland (primarily coast live oak) in the valley portion. More than 20 acres of oaks also occur on a bench on one of the hillsides. Several permanent springs are on the property. No facilities are available. Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center contains approximately 9,000 acres in the Mojave Desert near Amboy (between Barstow and Needles). It has unusual biotic diversity, ranging from low Mojave Desert flora and fauna to remnant Colorado Plateau biota on the highest peaks. A campground and a small building at Norris Camp are available for class use, and the Allanson complex includes a state-of-the-art, stand-alone research laboratory. Richard J. Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management (909) 787-6329 Under the auspices of the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management (AGSM), the Heckmann Center anchors international business programs in Palm Desert, California. Through cooperative arrangements with educational institutions, including other colleges and schools of UCR, the center is a focal point for higher education in the Coachella Valley. The Center for Entrepreneurial Management, incorporated within the Heckmann Center, was created in 1995, in response to a growing demand for entrepreneurial education in business schools throughout the world, as well as within public and private business arenas. Statistical Consulting Center 2680 Statistics-Computer Building
The Statistical Consulting Center provides consultative services, including design of experiments, statistical data reduction, inference and modeling for the campus community, and promotes cooperative research between statisticians and other investigators in all fields of the application of statistics. The center is staffed by faculty and graduate students. See Subject Abbreviations for interpreting course listings. 2002-2003 UCR Catalog main page | Previous UCR General Catalogs UCR Student Information and Records UCR Main page | Help Page | What's New E-mail the site manager
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