Each calendar year, the xREAL Lab works with faculty fellows, undergraduate and graduate students, affiliates across disciplines, community partners and other academic institutions to provide a vision for the future of teaching and learning, meaningful mentorship and hands-on experience for the students, and sustainable innovation for the larger campus community.
Leslie Amodeo (psychology), Meredith Conroy (political science), Deirdre Lanesskog (social work), Stuart Sumida (biology) and Barbara Flores (education, emerita) were included in news media coverage recently.
Understanding how ADHD and psychostimulant treatments interact with sleep and neurodevelopment could inform medical professionals, guiding decisions on pediatric ADHD treatment to minimize long-term impacts on sleep health.
Zachary Powell (criminal justice) published a paper on reforming “pattern-or-practice” police reform and Brittany Bloodhart (psychology) was one of the authors of a four-year study that examined predictors of women’s STEM major choices.
Miranda M. McIntyre (psychology) led a team that that examined STEM pursuit and academic performance, and Nicolas Burnet (psychology) published an article that took a look at delays in facial processing.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about ways to combat antisemitism, and Anahid Modrek (psychology) was the lead author for a study on executive functioning (a general ability to monitor and regulate thoughts and attention) in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eugene Wong, Kevin P. Rosales and Lisa Looney (child development) published a paper that examined the use of computerized cognitive training on at-risk students, and Jacob Jones and Maria Santos (psychology) were part of a research team that looked at the difference in cognitive performance between Latino and white non-Latino individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.
Cal State San Bernardino continues to accept spring applications from first-time and upper-division transfer students for two undergraduate programs: psychology and criminal justice. The application deadline has been extended to Sept. 20.
Kelly Campbell, (psychology, vice provost for Academic Programs) was interviewed about the amorous interactions of athletes competing at the Olympics, Christina Hassija (psychology, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) co-authored a paper on trauma and survivors of sexual assault, and Meredith Conroy (political science) joined the 538 liveblog during the June 11 primary elections.