
This inaugural group of highly trained professionals is ready to serve and make a lasting impact in communities throughout the region.

Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Jennifer Alford was named the winner of Cal State San Bernardino’s 2024-25 Golden Apple Award for her exceptional and vast teaching record. This is the second year in a row that a professor in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences has achieved this prestigious honor.

Simon Balto, a University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of history, is the author of “Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power.” His talk, free and open to the public, will begin at noon Wednesday on Zoom.

Fourteen students will represent Cal State San Bernardino at the California State University (CSU) Research Competition, held on April 25-26 at Cal Poly Humboldt. The statewide competition brings together top scholars from the 23 CSU campuses in this prestigious academic showcase.

Yolonda Youngs, professor of geography and recipient the prestigious John Brinkerhoff Jackson Prize awarded by the Association of American Geographers, will present “Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon.” This free event, open to the public, will take place at noon Tuesday, April 22, at the Faculty Center for Excellence.

Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Ahlam Muhtaseb (media studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) were mentioned in recent news media coverage.

“Reducing Community Violence to Close the Racial Gap in U.S. Imprisonment” will be presented by Thaddeus Johnson, assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, beginning at noon Wednesday, April 16, on Zoom.

"Beyond Vietnamese and Chinese: Ethnic Identities Among the 'Boat People' Who Resettled in the United States," presented by Lisa Tran, will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 14, in person and on Zoom. “A Conversation with Guardian Senior China Correspondent Amy Hawkins and UC Irvine Professor of History Jeffrey Wasserstrom” will take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, on Zoom.

The U.S. News & World Report 2025 edition of Best Graduate Schools has nationally ranked CSUSB’s Watson College of Education at No. 144 and the public administration program at No. 129.