![Center for Global Innovation building, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/Faculty-in-the-News-CGI_3.jpg.webp?itok=0irR6JlC)
Rigaud Joseph (social work) was interviewed for an article about charities that accept furniture donations for those in need, Meredith Conroy (political science) participated on a 538 live blog following the Maryland primary election, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was asked to comment on the case of a man charged with federal hate crimes who shot two Jewish men in 2023.
![Anthony Ortega](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_PattonStateHosp_Ortega.jpg.webp?itok=YetpsZJ_)
Anthony Ortega, a Cal State San Bernardino alumnus who is the hospital’s historian and a licensed clinical social worker, shared his presentation as a precursor to a CSUSB museum tour that will take place in late April, just before mental health awareness month in May.
![art sculpture](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/Faculty-in-the-News-Art.jpg.webp?itok=WUYQR26y)
Katherine Gray (art) returns for season four as resident evaluator in Netflix’s “Blown Away,” Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) commented on the role of politicians’ rhetoric and the increase in hate crimes against Latinos, Yawen Li (social work) was interviewed for an article about body image, and Justin Schneider (nursing) was part of a research team that examined barriers faced by transgender individuals.
![CSBS, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-SBS_65.jpg.webp?itok=I7XM40EV)
Meredith Conroy (political science) cowrote a study on the electoral success of women at lower-level offices, Gisela Bichler and Nerea Marteache (criminal justice) led a team that studied the impacts of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and Yawen Li (social work) was part of a team that published a recent study that examined the rapid development of digital health technology.
![Rigaud Joseph, associate professor of social work](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Homepage%20%5BPOST%5D%20Banner%20-20_4379%20OSC_DFV_26%20-Rigaud%20Joseph_0.jpg.webp?itok=EwNoJbtT)
Rigaud Joseph, associate professor of social work, expresses how diversity at CSUSB allows for no student to be left behind.
![Associate professor of social work Armando Barragan](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Homepage%20%5BPOST%5D%20Banner%20-20_4379%20OSC_DFV_24%20-%20Armando%20Barragan.jpg.webp?itok=3GR_esZ6)
Armando Barragan, associate professor in the School of Social Work, shares how diversity offers hope to CSUSB students.
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Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed about the establishment of the the Entrepreneurial Development Services and Resource Center in downtown San Bernardino, José Muñoz (sociology) co-wrote a paper on STEM dean’s responses to barriers faced by that Latiné/x/a/o contingent faculty at HSIs, and Yawen Li (social work) and Kenneth Shultz (psychology) co-wrote a study on the adoption of electronic health records by adult day services.
![Denise Moreno Romo (left) and Dulcinea Catota were among the students who presented their research at annual MSW Research Symposium.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CSBS_MSWResearchSymposium_05June2023.jpg.webp?itok=exFFURg2)
The symposium featured an impressive display of 60 posters in person and 29 online, which garnered high praise for their quality and ability to engage viewers.
![From left, Kaelyn Doyle and Viviana Alvarez Rodriguez](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/23_5868_SEGS_Outstanding%20Students_Homepage%20Banner%20%28CSBS%29.jpg.webp?itok=GFxJszFi)
Kaelyn Doyle, the Outstanding Graduate Student, and Viviana Alvarez Rodriguez, the Outstanding Undergraduate Student, were honored when Cal State San Bernardino’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences celebrated its Commencement on May 19.