“Being bilingual has opened up many doors in both professional and personal settings,” said Rosaura Valenzuela. “It not only has provided me with opportunities to grow as a person, but it also has allowed me to connect with my community on a more personal level and better adapt to their needs.”
Ryan Keating (history) was interviewed on the Addressing Gettysburg podcast and delivered the Gabor Borrit Address at the 2024 Civil War Institute Summer Conference at Gettysburg College, Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus), discussed the increase in hate crimes against the Muslim community, and Lorraine Hedtke (special education rehabilitation and counseling) will lead a workshop at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Aug. 31-Sept. 1.
Lisa Davenport, Outstanding Doctoral Student, and Romina “Mina” Wilson, Outstanding Graduate Student, are the top graduates for the James R. Watson & Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education.
Meredith Conroy (political science), a contributor to 538, was one of the experts participating in a liveblog following the April 23 Pennsylvania primary election, and Angela Louque (education) was a panelist for a program at Association of California School Administrators Equity Institute conference earlier this month.
Karen Escalante (education) was interviewed for an article about new standards to teach reading that were adopted by the state Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Zachary Powell (criminal justice) coauthored a study on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on law enforcement officers, and Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed by an Arab-language television news program.
Montgomery Van Wart (public administration), Cary Barber (history) and Miranda McIntyre (psychology) collaborated on a study that examined the likelihood of another U.S. civil war; Jim Estes (finance) offered tips on how to select the least expensive auto liability insurance; Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed by news media about incidents of antisemitism, racism and bias against the LGBTQ community; and Barbara Flores (education, emeritus) commented on a state Assembly bill that would mandate that reading instruction be aligned with the “science of reading.”
For the first time, the university was ranked No. 86 among the nation’s Best Education Schools on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools ranking. The MBA program also was recognized internationally by CEO Magazine and nationally by U.S. News.
Presented by the university’s James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education and the College of Natural Sciences, the event will begin at 4 p.m. and run through 6 p.m. at the Santos Manuel Student Union South.
Jordi Solsona-Puig, CSUSB assistant professor of education, advocated for dual language immersion programs during his keynote presentation when the Riverside County Office of Education hosted its Dual Language Consortium. Also, CSUSB is also hosting its second Dual Immersion Symposium, “Equity in Translanguaging,” on Friday and Saturday, March 8-9.