Stacey Ortiz, program specialist for the Doctorate in Educational Leadership program, will help lead the conference in Anchorage, Alaska, in March. NACADA is an association that consists of professional advisors, counselors, faculty, administrators and students who work together to enhance the educational development of students.
Michael Karp (history) will host the Academic World Quest competition Feb. 13 at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed for an article about what may have motivated a 17-year-old Antioch (Tenn.) High School student to fatally shoot a classmate.
Dorothy Chen-Maynard (health science and human ecology) was interviewed about the temblor that shook the San Bernardino area on Feb, 10. And the following faculty recently published studies: Miranda M. McIntyre (psychology), Yunfei Hou (computer science and engineering), Rajrani Kalra (geography and environmental studies), Nicholas Brunet (psychology) and Christina Hassija (psychology).
The spring semester lineup of speakers will present their research on a range of topics, from the Hollywood glamour of Anna May Wong, to the history of transgender people in China, to the future of Hong Kong. The talks, which begin with a presentation on Feb. 19 by Howard Chiang, will be presented in person and on Zoom.
Daisy Ocampo Diaz, assistant professor of history, uplifts Indigenous communities and preserves sacred histories through her work, helping to transform public understanding of Native experiences.
The lecture series launches its spring semester talks with a presentation by Debora Perez Torres, assistant professor of communication studies, on Feb. 12. Also scheduled are presentations by Michelle Russen (marketing), Yolonda Youngs (geography) and Hannah Kivalahula-Uddin (education). All talks are free and open to the public.
Highlighted in various media is the work of Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history), Sishi Wu (criminal justice), Lisa Looney (child development), Yunfei Hou (computer science and engineering), Miranda McIntyre (psychology), Jesus Herrera (information and decision science), Hani Aldirawi (mathematics), Montgomery Van Wart (public administration), Eric Vogelsang (sociology), Jacob D. Jones (psychology) and Fabian A. Borges (political science).
The IE People’s History Conference, set for May 3, seeks to bridge university research, creative activities, and community activism to explore the art, culture, and histories of Inland Southern California, known as the Inland Empire or IE.
Thomas Corrigan (communication studies) discussed the problem of the Inland Empire’s “news mirage” and changes he believes are needed to ensure the region is served with quality journalism, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about far-right extremists’ embrace of Elon Musk’s straight arm gesture at a presidential inauguration event last week.