Cal State San Bernardino is one of 471 colleges and universities in the nation recognized for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation in the 2024 election.
CSUSB is making voting accessible by offering to its students complimentary rides to polling places on Lyft and hosting voting booths for the community at both the San Bernardino and Palm Desert campuses. Voting on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, will take place from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. In addition, ballots may be dropped off at both campuses prior to Election Day.
Thomas Corrigan (media studies) discussed the state of journalism in the Inland Empire, Stacy Ortiz (education) was interviewed about the upcoming LEAD Summit XIII, Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) commented on a UC regents’ decision regarding obtaining non-lethal, military-grade equipment for its campus police, and Meredith Conroy (political science) contributed to an article about the GOP stance on abortion during the 2024 election.
Cal State San Bernardino earned a bronze seal from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for nonpartisan student voter participation efforts in the 2022 midterm elections.
Meredith Conroy (political science) discussed on a 538 podcast what polls say about white Democrats’ views on racial disparities, Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) shared some lighter fare outside of his studies of hate and extremism, Ethel Mickey (sociology) co-authored a study examining how people color, and women of color particularly, perceived how they are welcomed in the academy.
Meredith Conroy (political science) was interviewed for an article about Democrats’ strategy using the abortion issues to mobilize voters, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) commented for an article about a new survey that points to a rise in antisemitism.
Meredith Conroy (political science) participated in a live chat analyzing the GOP primary in New Hampshire with fellow 538 contributors and staff writers.
Meredith Conroy (political science) participated in a live chat analyzing the GOP’s Iowa caucuses, Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) pointed to inconsistencies in the reporting of hate crimes, Stuart Sumida (biology) was a panelist at an LA Comic Con presentation, and Lisa Looney, Eugene Wong and Kevin Rosales (child development) led a team that published a study on the effectiveness of computerized cognitive training.
Meredith Conroy (political science) contributed to FiveThirtyEight’s effort to find election-deniers running for public office in all 50 states, and Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) discussed the latest news on the region’s economy.