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From left, Mark Agars and Casey Leier
September 19, 2022

The new program, hosted by Mark Agars, director of CSUSB’s Institute of Child Development and Family Relations, and Casey Leier, director of Research and Evaluation at Health Assessment and Research for Communities, is focused on the how we manage work and life, and how the two intersect.

Zachary Powell screen capture from NBC Palm Springs 2020 newscast.
September 19, 2022

Zachary Powell, CSUSB assistant professor of criminal justice, will present “Police Reform and Federal Consent Decrees” at the next Conversations on Race and Policing event at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, on Zoom.

Center for Global Innovation, Faculty in the News
September 16, 2022

Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in articles about the United We Stand Summit at the White House on Sept. 15, and Codi Lazar (geological sciences) was interviewed for an article about academic freedom.

CNS, Faculty in the News
September 15, 2022

Heidy Contreras (biology) was featured in an article about researchers who go beyond traditional mammal models in their study of the animal kingdom, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about the threat of white supremacists.

Pfau Library, Faculty in the News
September 14, 2022

Brian Levin (criminal justice) was appointed to California’s Commission on the State of Hate, Guillermo Escalante (kinesiology), was named to fellowship in the HACU Leadership Academy, and Michael Stull (entrepreneurship) discussed the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship’s 2022 State of Entrepreneurship Minority Report.

An image of China President Xi Jinping on a video display at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport in China. © Markus Mainka
September 14, 2022

Victor Shih, an associate professor from UC San Diego and an expert in the elite politics of China, will present “Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi,” on Sept. 19 on Zoom. The program is free and open to the public.

Brian Levin
September 13, 2022

Levin, founding director of the university’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, is a member of the first cohort of commissioners appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to the newly formed panel that will track hate crimes in California and make recommendations to the governor, state Legislature and state agencies on how to fight hate.

CSBS, Faculty in the News
September 13, 2022

Annika Anderson (sociology), was interviewed about formerly incarcerated individuals reentering society, Brittany Bloodhart (psychology) commented on a Title IX case at Cal Poly Humboldt, and Bryan Haddock (kinesiology) has been appointed CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales’ chief of staff.

Graphic of two women on either side of the BLM text
September 12, 2022

The presentation, “Policing Proof: Korryn Gaines, Body Cameras, and Anti-Blackness as a Scene,” by Joshua Aiken will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, on Zoom.