Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Organizational History
School of Social Sciences Chronology
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection Arrangement
Separation Note
Related Collections
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: University of California, Irvine, School of Social Sciences records
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. School of Social Sciences
Identifier/Call Number: AS.074
Physical Description:
49 Linear Feet
(48 records cartons, 2 document boxes, and 1 floppy disk)
Date (inclusive): 1972-2012
Abstract: This collection comprises the administrative records of the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences. The majority of the records
come from the dean's office, specifically from the tenures of dean William Schonfeld, 1982-2002, and dean Barbara Dosher,
2002-2013. The records include correspondence sent and received by dean Schonfeld, dean Dosher, and other administrators;
documentation on the departments, programs, and centers within the school, including information about the faculty, undergraduate
and graduate programs, committees, scholarships and fellowships, and teaching; documentation on how the school worked with
other campus units within UC Irvine, such as the Executive Vice-Provost's Office and academic units; administrative files
of the school; and photographs.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original born digital material is restricted; researchers may request viewing
copies.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University
Archivist.
Preferred Citation
University of California, Irvine, School of Social Sciences records. AS-074. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences, 2001, 2009, and 2019.
Processing History
Processed by Laura Uglean Jackson, 2016 and Sarah Glover, 2019.
Organizational History
The School of Social Sciences began as the Division of Social Sciences when the University of California, Irvine (UCI) was
founded in 1965. Its first dean, James G. March, was appointed in 1964. He created an interdisciplinary program free of individual
departments, enabling faculty to pursue scholarly interests beyond the constraints of departmental borders. Dean March referred
to his program as the "New Social Science," a mathematically oriented discipline that involved systematic observation, interpretation,
and quantitative analysis of human behavior. While many students worked toward a degree in social science, they also had the
option of majoring in traditional social science disciplines: anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology,
and sociology. The innovative structure of the school set it apart from other programs. It attracted many notable scholars,
many of whom became members of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among these
were David Easton, Harry Eckstein, R. Duncan Luce, William Schonfeld, and A. Kimball Romney. While dean March favored a non-departmental
structure for the school, dean William Schonfeld, who took office in 1982, found that the lack of departments was not practical
for the growing school. The success of the early non-departmental structure of the school is attributed to its relatively
small size and to the fact that the separate social science disciplines were passing through a revolutionary period during
which their traditional boundaries and methodologies were being challenged. Increasing enrollments and other considerations
prompted dean Schonfeld to establish traditional departments for the school. As of 2019, the School of Social Sciences was
home to eight departments, including Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Chicano and Latino Studies, Economics, Global and International
Sciences, Language Science, Logic and the Philosophy of Science, Political Science, and Sociology.
School of Social Sciences Chronology
1964 |
James G. March is appointed Dean of Social Sciences. |
1965 |
University of California, Irvine opens. |
1968 |
Division of Social Sciences becomes School of Social Sciences. |
1969 |
A. Kimball Romney is appointed as Dean of Social Sciences. |
1970 |
Farm School, an independent alternative pre-school and elementary school, is founded on campus by members of the Social Sciences
faculty.
|
1971 |
Lewis A. (Creel) Froman is appointed Dean of Social Sciences. |
1974 |
Christian Werner is appointed Dean of Social Sciences. |
1979 |
Linton Freeman is appointed Dean of Social Sciences. |
1982 |
William R. Schonfeld is appointed Dean of Social Sciences and begins process of establishing departments in the school. |
1988 |
Irvine Research Unit in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences is established. |
1989 |
First academic departments are formed. |
1990 |
UCI Focused Research Program is started; its name is later changed to Center for Study of Democracy. |
1992 |
Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences replaces Irvine Research Unit in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences. |
1994 |
Department of Linguistics moves from School of Humanities to School of Social Sciences. |
1995 |
National Science Foundation selects UCI to establish the Graduate Research Traineeship on Democratization and Democratic Politics.
|
2000 |
Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science is established. |
2001 |
Department of Political Science is ranked 29th by U.S. News and World Report. |
2002 |
Dean William Schonfeld receives Lauds and Laurels Extraordinarius Award. |
|
Barbara Dosher is appointed Dean of Social Sciences. |
2003 |
Professor Kristen Monroe establishes Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality. |
2007 |
Farm School becomes a 501c3 corporation and moves from the UCI campus to Aliso Viejo. |
|
Chicano / Latino Studies program becomes a department of the School of Social Sciences. |
2013 |
William M. "Bill" Maurer is appointed Dean of the School of Social Sciences. |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the records of the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences. The majority of the records come from the
dean's Office, specifically from the tenures of dean William Schonfeld, 1982-2002, and dean Barbara Dosher, 2002-2013. The
records include correspondence sent and received by dean Schonfeld, dean Dosher, and other administrators; documentation on
the departments, programs, and centers within the school, including information about the faculty, undergraduate and graduate
programs, committees, scholarships and fellowships, and teaching; documentation on how the school worked with other campus
units within UC Irvine, such as the Executive Vice-Provost's Office and academic units; administrative files of the school;
and photographs.
Collection Arrangement
- Chron files, Schonfeld, 1984-1999.
- Department files, 1973-2003.
- Campus units, 1975-2002.
- Administrative files, 1972-2002.
- Photographs, undated and 2000.
- Addition 2019, 1978-2012.
Separation Note
Approximately 11.5 linear feet of material was separated from this collection during processing. The separated records had
restricted information related to personnel issues, tenure and promotion, and students. It was disposed of per the UC Retention
Schedule.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Education, Higher -- Administration
Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- California -- Irvine
University of California, Irvine. Program in Comparative Culture
University of California, Irvine. Department of Anthropology
University of California, Irvine. Department of Cognitive Sciences
University of California, Irvine. Department of Economics
University of California, Irvine. Department of Linguistics
Schonfeld, William R.
Dosher, Barbara, 1951-