Presented by the university’s Center for the Study of Muslim & Arab Worlds, with the California Faculty Association’s Palestine, Arab, and Muslim Caucus, “On Weaponizing Anti-Semitism” will take place on Zoom; registration is required.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about the rise of hate crimes against Jewish and Arab Americans amid the war between Israel and Hamas, and he was also quoted in an article about hate crimes against Latinos.
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.”
During a time of stark misinformation about the current events in Gaza, the Center for the Study of Muslim & Arab Worlds will host a teach-in panel, “Contextualizing Current Violence in Gaza,” 1-2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19.
Carol Hood (physics), Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies), David Yaghoubian (history) and Katherine Gray (art) were included in recent news coverage.
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.
Kimberly Cousins (chemistry and biochemistry), Michael Chao (biology), Katherine Gray (art and design), Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were included in recent news coverage.