The Center for Indigenous Peoples Studies is dedicated to understanding and appreciating American Indian and Indigenous Peoples from around the world. The center offers a variety of programs focused on research, education and community involvement, providing students with opportunities to engage in meaningful service and leadership roles.
James Fenelon (sociology) will be a panelist at a Sept. 12 program discussing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis, Kimberly Collins (public administration) co-authored a new study about building infrastructure for the electrification of the trucking industry, and Jennifer Andersen (English) wrote an opinion piece on name-calling in political discourse.
James Fenelon (sociology) was interviewed for an article about a local high school revising its mascot, and Edward Gomez (art) was the judge for the juried 55th Annual Multi Media Mini Show at the Redlands Art Association.
Marc Robinson (history) will give the keynote address at Washington State’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Jan. 18, Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed by Istanbul University’s Faculty of Theology about her film “1948: Creation & Catastrophe,” Kimberly Collins (public administration) participated in a panel on the region’s logistics industry, James Fenelon (sociology) presented at the Jan. 11 UCLA Sociology Colloquium Series, and Everett Sheffield (industrial technologies) has passed away at the age of 83.
James Fenelon (sociology), Bomi Hwang (world languages and literatures) Codi Lazar (geological sciences) and Anthony Silard (public administration) were included in recent news coverage.
James Fenelon (sociology) discussed the Riverside teacher who mocked Native Americans during her math lesson, saying it “is connected to systemic racism,” and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted about the rise of hate crimes against Catholic churches, and in another article, about how people with weak attachment to extremist views can still turn violent.
Daniel MacDonald (economics) was interviewed about the region’s high inflation rate, James Fenelon (sociology) discussed a Riverside teacher who mocked Native Americans, Meredith Conroy (political science) was quoted about Twitter and Democrats, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Fenelon is the newest scholar on the list of Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility visiting professors who are “outstanding social scientists, political leaders, and social activists whose careers demonstrate sustained engagement with major issues of social justice, civil liberties, human rights, and democracy.”
James Fenelon, director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples Studies at Cal State San Bernardino and a professor of sociology, will be one of the presenters at a session for the East-West Center’s weekly series, The Exchange, beginning at 8:30 p.m. PST Monday, Feb. 22, on Zoom.