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Retired CSUSB professor comments on the release of global guidelines to combat antisemitism
KBFX TV (Bakersfield)
Aug. 25, 2024

Brian Levin, founding director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed for a segment about new global guidelines to counter antisemitism. Levin said that anti-Jewish hate incidents have increased domestically and internationally, and briefly discussed what the next White House administration should do to combat antisemitism.


Is the development of diversification in executive functioning universal? Longitudinal evidence from Ghana
Social Development

Anahid Modrek (psychology) was the lead author for a study on “executive functioning (EF), (which) has been regarded as a general ability to monitor and regulate thoughts and attention.” The study focused on empirical research on EF in sub-Saharan Africa, which researchers said is limited. From the abstract: “We report the development of EF component structure with a large sample of Ghanaian children (n = 2,979) followed longitudinally from ages 3 through 12 across six waves.”


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