Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Ahlam Muhtaseb (media studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) were mentioned in recent news media coverage.
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.
Principal photography starts for a film by Johnny Coffeen (communication studies lecturer); Diane Vines (nursing) is honored by the Desert Healthcare District & Foundation; Meredith Conroy (political science) discusses the first week of the Trump presidency; Jeremy Murray (history) reviews three books for the LA Review of Books; Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) is interviewed about the "hero's welcome" for a man pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; and former theatre arts faculty Glen Dunzweiler discusses his work on behalf of the homeless.
The documentary, “36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime,” shines a light on the tragic 2015 murder of three young Muslim-Americans in Chapel Hill, N.C. Filmmaker Tarek Albaba and co-producer and lead researcher Ahlam Mutaseb discussed the importance of the film during a panel discussion after the screening.
The Women’s Support Organization will honor Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) with the 2024 Distinguished Woman of the Year award from Women Support Organization (WSO) on Saturday, March 2, when the organization celebrates International Women’s Day. In addition, her latest film, “36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime,” has been screen and honored at several international film festivals.
The 2023 Academy Award-nominated documentary about kindness and love overcoming hate will be shown at noon, Monday, April 10, at the Santos Manuel Student Union South Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
The free screening of Shalini Kantayya’s 2020 documentary and the faculty panel that follows will be held from noon to 2:15 p.m. at the university’s Santos Manuel Student Union Theater (SMSU South, Room 107). Attendees can also join via Zoom.
Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed for a program that focused on the events in the past year in Palestine, and discussed with co-producer/director Andy Trimlett how the events in their documentary, “1948: Creation and Catastrophe,” relate to what is now going on in that region.
The documentary “Objects,” available for streaming until Sunday, Nov. 28, includes some of the exhibitors from the CSUSB Anthropology Museum exhibit “Re|Collect: Memories of Childhood” that was on display from May 2016-March 2017. Among those appearing in the film were Arianna Huhn, museum director and associate professor of anthropology, Eugene Wong, professor of psychology, and Eri Yasuhara, dean emerita, College of Arts and Letters.