The panel of activists and community-based scholars will discuss issues ranging from the Los Angeles Police Department, access to translators for indigenous people, the way race shapes the American justice system, the policing of indigenous people across the border and other topics.
Kirsten Ashley Wiest (music) releases her solo album, Kenneth Shultz (psychology) discussed factors people should consider before retiring, and Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote about the causes of loneliness.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) discusses violence tied to left- and right-wing extremists, Kevin Grisham (geography and environmental studies) was interviewed about QAnon’s spread into Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote on the problem on insularity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder," directed by Emmitt H. Thrower, a retired New York police officer, chronicles disabled victims killed by police as well as the activists/artists who are fighting to end police brutality against people with disabilities.
The orientation for interested students will take place virtually on Zoom from 5:30-7 p.m.
News media tapped the expertise of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. Kevin Grisham (associate director of research and chair of geography and environmental studies) was interviewed by European news media about the QAnon conspiracy theory, and Brian Levin (director and professor of criminal justice) will be a panelist for a Sept. 8 online discussion of the documentary ““The One and Only Jewish Miss America.”
Meredith Conroy (political science) co-wrote an article on women running for Congress in 2020 and how they did in their party’s primary election; Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) discussed the region’s economy; and Jeffrey Williamson (entrepreneurship) was quoted in an article about Walmart’s recent success in China.
Ken Sawa leads Catholic Charities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences), Terri Nelson (world languages and literatures), Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and David Yaghoubian (history) were included in recent news coverage.