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Make that more than 10,000 Google Scholar citations for Monty Van Wart, CSUSB professor of public administration.
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Montgomery Van Wart (public administration), Cary Barber (history) and Miranda McIntyre (psychology) collaborated on a study that examined the likelihood of another U.S. civil war; Jim Estes (finance) offered tips on how to select the least expensive auto liability insurance; Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed by news media about incidents of antisemitism, racism and bias against the LGBTQ community; and Barbara Flores (education, emeritus) commented on a state Assembly bill that would mandate that reading instruction be aligned with the “science of reading.”
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For the first time, the university was ranked No. 86 among the nation’s Best Education Schools on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools ranking. The MBA program also was recognized internationally by CEO Magazine and nationally by U.S. News.
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Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed for a segment on rising hate crimes tied to antisemitism and Islamophobia, Treasure Ortiz (public administration, adjunct lecturer) is one of three candidates running for the Ward 7 San Bernardino City Council seat in next month’s election.
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Three university-wide awards – Distinguished Alumni, Emerging Leader and Coyote Spirit – will be presented, as well as the Paw Print Awards, which honor esteemed alumni from each of the university’s five colleges.
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Marc Robinson (history) will give the keynote address at Washington State’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Jan. 18, Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed by Istanbul University’s Faculty of Theology about her film “1948: Creation & Catastrophe,” Kimberly Collins (public administration) participated in a panel on the region’s logistics industry, James Fenelon (sociology) presented at the Jan. 11 UCLA Sociology Colloquium Series, and Everett Sheffield (industrial technologies) has passed away at the age of 83.
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Francisca Beer (accounting and finance), Stuart Sumida (biology), Vipin Gupta and Karen Castillo (management) and David Ready (public administration, adjunct) were quoted by reporters in recent news coverage.
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Diane Vines (nursing) discusses the grant the Nursing Street Medicine program received from the Desert Healthcare District & Foundation, Thomas McWeeney (public administration) co-wrote an op-ed on school safety, and Brian Levin (criminal justice emeritus) was interviewed on the increasing hate incidents against Arabs, Muslims and Jews.
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Quoted in recent news articles or publishing research are Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts emerita) and Brian Levin (criminal justice emeritus); Eugene H. Wong, Kevin P. Rosales and Lisa Looney (child development); Edna Martinez (associate vice president and administrator in charge of the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus) co-authored a study with Sharon Velarde Pierce (CSUSB public administration); and Jonathan Jay Dubois (anthropology).