The talk, free and open to the public, will take place from noon-1 p.m. in the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-4005, as well as on Zoom.
Zachary Powell (criminal justice) wrote a paper on whether a new law helped reduce the number of fatal officer-involved shootings, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about the increasing incidents of Islamophobic and antisemitic hate crimes, and separately, about hate crimes against the Latino community.
Ronnie Dunn is the executive director of diversity and associate professor of urban studies at Cleveland State University. His research interests include urban and social policy, racial profiling, racial inequality and the criminal justice system. He will speak at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, on Zoom.
Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) discussed the latest Purchasing Managers Index and the region’s economy, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about the increasing incidents of antisemitism.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about increasing hate incidents targeting the Latino community (the segment also featured the Raza Database Project housed at CSUSB’s Latino Education and Advocacy Days project), and in a separate news segment, about the increase in hate incidents directed at Muslims and Jews.
Jonathan Dubois (anthropology) was interviewed about the symbolism of the hawk and the “evil eye,” Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) discussed increasing hate crimes in the U.S. related to the escalating fighting between Hamas and Israel, and Nicolas M. Brunet (psychology) recently published a study that “explores early Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) sensitivity to facial stimuli.”
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), whose Congressional committee assignments include the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, will share his thoughts at the Nov. 1 program, set for 1 p.m. on Zoom.
Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was on a program that discussed paths to peace between Palestine and Israel and was interviewed for a report on how a German media outlet is instructing its journalists on how to cover the escalating violence in Gaza, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was on a segment about the surge of threats against Jewish and Muslim American communities.
Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) discusses CSUSB’s leading role in training cybersecurity professionals, Jonathan Duboism (anthropology) explains the symbolism behind snake tattoos, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed on various topics related to extremism and hate crimes.