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News media shines its light on Paula Priamos (English), Andreas Kossak (communication studies), Alemayehu Mariam (political science) and Brian Levin (criminal justice).
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CNN reporters sought the expertise of Brian Levin (criminal justice) on adding hate crime charges to a Virginia murder case, and the downward spiral of reciprocal violence by extremists on opposite sides of the London terror attacks.
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Brian Levin, CSUSB professor of criminal justice and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, testified on Aug. 30 before a California state Legislature joint committee that later approved a statewide hate crime
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Liliana Gallegos (communications studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) share their expertise with the news media.
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Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, said, “"We have a disturbing amount of people who subscribe to conspiracy theories and who embrace the most hardened prejudice views."
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The new radio course at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus, the region's economy and extremist violence are topics tackled by faculty in the news.
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David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the Iranian nuclear agreement, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the latest FBI hate crime statistics.
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Brian Levin, director of the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was asked to comment on the latest hate crime report for Los Angeles County.
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From Robert Blackey celebrates his 50th year of teaching, Alemayehu Mariam comments on the fall of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, David Yaghoubian is interviewed about on Saudi-German relations, and Brian Levin discusses hate crimes.