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English professor receives Regional NSCS Chapter Advisor of the Year award
High Desert Daily
May 29, 2020
David Marshall, Cal State San Bernardino English professor and director of the University Honors Program, is a recipient of the Regional National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) Chapter Advisor of the Year award.
Marshall, who joined the CSUSB Department of English in 2007, oversees the University Honors Program, which supports high-achieving students as they transition from high school into collegiate studies and provides a community of support throughout their time at CSUSB. Marshall has also been part of the university’s Faculty-in-Residence program, where selected faculty live on campus with students to form strong connections with residents and become a vital academic and community leader.
CSUSB professor discusses the need to make down time away from pandemic news
Psychology Today
May 29, 2020
Anthony Silard, a CSUSB public administration professor and an award-winning scholar, author and international consultant, wrote an article for the website’s blog on how dopamine keeps people glued to the news on their mobile devices, and how they can pull away from it.
“While I can’t tell you how much time you should be online, what I can tell you is that if you want to be happy and successful in life, it’s imperative that you decide how much time you will spend on your devices each day,” Silard wrote. Then, allow those values—rather than those of thousands of programmers who profit from your screen-gazing—to guide your actual behavior. “
Read the complete article at “Why we're so addicted to news about the pandemic.”
CSUSB professor discusses current challenges facing Palestinians on the 72nd Anniversary of Nakba/Catastrophe of Palestine
Press TV via Twitter
May 29, 2020
The Iranian news agency’s Twitter account posted an interview over several tweets with Ahlam Muhtaseb, CSUSB professor of communication studies and director of the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, on the 72nd Anniversary of Nakba/Catastrophe of Palestine, as well as how Palestinians are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, and Israel’s annexation plans in the West Bank. Click on “Show this thread” to see all of the segments.
CSUSB professor discusses current challenges facing Palestinians on the 72nd Anniversary of Nakba/Catastrophe of Palestine
Press TV via Twitter
May 29, 2020
The Iranian news agency’s Twitter account posted an interview over several tweets with Ahlam Muhtaseb, CSUSB professor of communication studies and director of the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, on the 72nd Anniversary of Nakba/Catastrophe of Palestine, as well as how Palestinians are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, and Israel’s annexation plans in the West Bank. Click on “Show this thread” to see all of the segments.
CSUSB professor discusses the need to make down time away from pandemic news
Psychology Today
May 29, 2020
Anthony Silard, a CSUSB public administration professor and an award-winning scholar, author and international consultant, wrote an article for the website’s blog on how dopamine keeps people glued to the news on their mobile devices, and how they can pull away from it.
“While I can’t tell you how much time you should be online, what I can tell you is that if you want to be happy and successful in life, it’s imperative that you decide how much time you will spend on your devices each day,” Silard wrote. Then, allow those values—rather than those of thousands of programmers who profit from your screen-gazing—to guide your actual behavior. “
Read the complete article at “Why we're so addicted to news about the pandemic.”
CSUSB professor discusses current challenges facing Palestinians on the 72nd Anniversary of Nakba/Catastrophe of Palestine
Press TV via Twitter
May 29, 2020
The Iranian news agency’s Twitter account posted an interview over several tweets with Ahlam Muhtaseb, CSUSB professor of communication studies and director of the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, on the 72nd Anniversary of Nakba/Catastrophe of Palestine, as well as how Palestinians are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, and Israel’s annexation plans in the West Bank. Click on “Show this thread” to see all of the segments.
Fringe elements on both sides of spectrum inciting violence at otherwise peaceful protests, CSUSB professor says
The New York Times
May 31, 2020
Brian Levin, the director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, was one of the experts interviewed for an article about who may be behind inciting violence at protests sparked by George Floyd’s death while he was in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers.
Analysts such as Levin noted a range of participants.
“We’re going to see a diversity of fringe malefactors,” said Levin. “We know for a fact there have been far-right agitators both online and at these rallies, as well as far-left.”
Read the complete article at “Many claim extremists are sparking protest violence. But which extremists?”
KABC 7 Los Angeles
May 31, 2020
A segment on extremist groups inciting violence as people protest the death of George Floyd while in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers included an interview with Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
“We’ve been getting reports that there are people trying to exploit these protests from both, both the far right and the hard left,” he said.
“We have a perfect storm here,” Levin said. “We have economic distress. We have people who are under terrible psychological distress. We have a catalytic violent event with the horrendous killing that we saw of Mr. Floyd in Minnesota, and on top of that, we have a very divisive election season.”
Violent fringe groups are taking advantage of the situation, he said.
CSUSB professor discussed various aspects related to the violence springing out of protests for George Floyd
Background Briefing with Ian Masters
May 31, 2020
Brian Levin, the director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, interviewed by host Ian Masters on, “How rioting and looting will help Trump cast himself for reelection as the ‘law and order’ president.”
The interview covered a range of topics related to the protests over the death of George Floyd while in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers.
Levin said there are “multiple risks, including coming from the hard left, and other interlopers” who are using the protests to instigate violence to push their own agendas. He called for a focus on principles, such as non-violence.
Listen to the podcast at “How rioting and looting will help Trump cast himself for reelection as the ‘law and order’ president.”
CSUSB professor discusses violence at protests for George Floyd
Fox News via the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism
May 31, 2020
Brian Levin, the director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed for a segment on the violence that has broken out at protests over the death of George Floyd while in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers.
Levin, who supported the people’s right to demonstrate and stood by the reasons they were protesting, also spoke out against those who were instigating the violence at the protests. “I think we have to differentiate the looters from the protestors,” he said.
“Especially to the young people, I want to say Americans of good will hear you. And this will be across the ideological spectrum if we have enough leadership to get it done,” Levin said. “With all due respect, I think we have to have more statements across the political spectrum by our leaders to say, ‘Whatever our differences are, it is unacceptable.’”
He recalled the 1968 Kerner Commission report that found that “we had to Americas. We can’t have two Americas.”
CSUSB professor offers insight as Los Angeles experiences violent protests
Spectrum News 1 Los Angeles
May 30, 2020
As violence unfolded on May 30 during protests in Los Angeles over protest the death of George Floyd while in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers, the Los Angeles cable service newscast brought on Brian Levin, the director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, for his perspective on the situation.
“With respect to my friends who are white, go out and talk to people, and when you talk to them, feel what they’re feeling, and decide, ‘What are three things I can do in my community to make things better,” Levin said. “We have to roll up our sleeves. There’s enough work to be done. What we have to do is open the heart of all Americans to actually listen, and listen with some humility.”
Antifa explained by CSUSB professor
CNN via The Mercury News (San Jose)/Bay Area News Group
June 1, 2020
An article about the Trump administration saying it would designate Antifa as a terrorist organization included an interview with Brian Levin, the director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, who explained the movement.
The exact origins of the group are unknown, but Antifa can be traced to Nazi Germany and Anti-Fascist Action, a militant group founded in the 1980s in the United Kingdom.
Modern-day Antifa members have become more active in making themselves known at public rallies and within the progressive movement, says Levin.
“What they’re trying to do now is not only become prominent through violence at these high-profile rallies, but also to reach out through small meetings and through social networking to cultivate disenfranchised progressives who heretofore were peaceful,” he said.
Levin said Antifa activists feel the need to partake in violence because “they believe that elites are controlling the government and the media. So they need to make a statement head-on against the people who they regard as racist.”
“There’s this ‘It’s going down’ mentality and this ‘Hit them with your boots’ mentality that goes back many decades to confrontations that took place, not only here in the American South, but also in places like Europe,” he added.
Read the complete article at “President Trump tweets anti-fascists group will be labeled a terrorist organization. What is Antifa?”
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