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.
“Rustin” tells the story of Baynard Rustin, the late civil rights leader who organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
The 14 winners from the 38th annual CSUSB Student Research Competition will represent Cal State San Bernardino at the California State University Research Competition on April 26-27.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was quoted in an article about six Massachusetts middle school students facing hate speech charges, and Codi Lazar (geological sciences) will moderate a program on academic freedom presented by San Francisco State Academic Freedom Committee on April 25.
Alumna Laurena “Lala” Bolden ’11, psychology and criminal justice, was recognized by the Time for Change Foundation with its 2024 Community Champion Award.
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.”
Maylei Blackwell of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA will be the keynote speaker at this year’s conference, which will take place in person beginning at 9 a.m. in the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-5005, and also offered virtually, with a livestream available for the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus in the Rancho Mirage Student Center.
The talk by Sarah Dauncey is a presentation of the Disability Studies Lecture Series and the Modern China Lecture Series, and will be shared on Zoom beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 19. Register in advance.
Jess Block Nerren (communication studies) was interviewed about The Cognitive Collective on campus, Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh (health science and human ecology) will be a guest speaker at a meeting of the ACS San Gorgonio chapter, and Mark Agars (psychology) coauthored a study about supporting workers with chronic illnesses.