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Stuart Sumida leads an animated life
Phi Kappa Phi Forum
Fall 2024

If you’ve seen an animated feature film in recent years, there’s a good chance you’ve connected with Stuart Sumida’s work. Sumida, a professor of biology at California State University, San Bernadino, specializes in vertebrate paleontology. When he’s not teaching, Hollywood has given him plenty of other work to do. Because of his expertise in anatomy, Sumida is often asked to advise animation artists on how to make characters move most naturally. He’s tackled more than 70 such projects in all, ranging from films to TV programs to video games. Sumida’s assignments have included the Academy Award-winning productions “Soul,” “Ratatouille,” and “Zootopia.”


Scholars gather at ASHE conference to explore future of higher education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Nov. 24, 2024

Sailesh Maharjan, a lecturer in the psychology department, mental health first aid trainer and doctoral candidate at California State University, San Bernardino, wasn’t quite sure he would fit in at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). “Within one day, I was able to meet so many people and attend sessions that invite your opinion,” said Maharjan, who was one of the presenters at the ASHE conference, his first. Maharjan's dissertation is focused on student mental health and engagement.


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