Alexandra Cavallaro, assistant professor of English, is the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Community Engagement Award for her work in academia, the Prison Education Project, and the Inside-Out Prison Education Program.
Parastou Feizzaringhalam, CSUSB English professor, has been appointed associate dean for the university’s College of Arts and Letters. She will officially begin her appointment starting July 1.
The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art presents the annual Kids Discover Egypt workshop July 12-15, which will allow participants to explore the rich history of ancient Egypt with kid-friendly activities. Registration is now open on the RAFFMA website.
The theme of the tournament, Speak for Social Justice, featured five students from CSUSB oral communication 1006 courses who spoke about events related to social justice and social change.
Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) provided perspective with the news media in separate interviews on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts) was the judge for an art exhibit in Ontario, and Vipin Gupta (management) was interviewed about his latest book.
Katherine Gray (art) was interviewed on KVCR’s “Lifestyles with Lillian Vasquez,” Jacob Jones (psychology) and Zhaojing Chen (kinesiology) will lead a study on Parkinson’s disease with an NIH grant, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) provided historical context in articles about an assault in Los Angeles that is being investigated as an anti-Semitic hate crime.
CSUSB will celebrate its Class of 2021 with four virtual commencement ceremonies for students from its San Bernardino and Palm Desert campuses.
Meredith Conroy (political science) was part of a discussion on the U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear a case that challenges Roe v. Wade, Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed for an article about the Gaza conflict on social media, and Vipin Gupta (management) talked about the ideas behind his recently published books.
Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed for an Arabic language news program about the latest in the conflict in Jerusalem and Gaza, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) helped fact check a politician’s statements for Politifact and discussed combating hate crime in Maine.