Formerly the child development program in the Department of Psychology, the new Department of Child Development will provide the opportunity to create new coursework that supports a state-of-the-art child development degree.
Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) was interviewed about the significance of the Raza Database Project’s findings that indicates the number of Latinos killed by police is severely undercounted, Diane Vines (nursing) spoke about access to a mobile medical clinic for the Palm Desert Campus’ Street Medicine program, and David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the latest news regarding the talks to revive the 2015 multi-national Iran nuclear agreement.
Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote on how social media exploits our loneliness, a study by Daniel MacDonald (economics) on wages and consumer prices was cited in a commentary, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed topics related to extremism and the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
Research by Daniel MacDonald (economics) was cited in article about employee wages and consumer prices, David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the latest talks on the Iran nuclear agreement, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed topics related to extremism and hate crimes.
Angela Clark-Louque (education) was a guest panelist at the California Association of African-American Superintendents and Administrators’ recent summit and on the Growing Inland Achievement program “Education Insight,” Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) discussed a plan by the G7 nations targeting big tech companies that move profits to low-tax offshore havens, Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote on overcoming rejection, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and anti-Asian hate crimes.
The appointment of Parastou Feizzaringhalam (English) to associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters makes headlines, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) is interviewed for an article about the extremist movement known as the Boogaloo Boys, members of which are suspected in the killings of two law enforcement officers in 2020.
Thomas Corrigan (communication studies) was interviewed about former NBA player Kwame Brown’s sharp criticism of former players-turned-sports-media-pundits, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was sought out by media on topics related to extremism.
Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote a column titled, “Don’t Let Someone Else’s Loneliness Spoil Your Own,” for his blog, “The Art of Living Free,” on the Psychology Today website.
Emily Carian, assistant professor of sociology, gave a keynote at the Institute of Research on Male Supremacism (IRMS) Conference for Research on Male Supremacism and Right-Wing Studies on May 14.