Ahlam Muhtaseb (media studies) discussed the work of CSUSB alumnus Naim Aburaddi, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado, Mihaela Popescu (communication studies) was interviewed for a white paper on the impact of the metaverse, Stuart Sumida (biology) commented on the auctioning of dinosaur fossils, and Bob Miller (public administration, adjunct) is being considered for a vacancy on the Yucaipa City Council.
Leslie Amodeo (psychology), Meredith Conroy (political science), Deirdre Lanesskog (social work), Stuart Sumida (biology) and Barbara Flores (education, emerita) were included in news media coverage recently.
Stuart Sumida (biology) was featured in the magazine Phi Kappa Phi Forum’s Fall 2024 edition, and Sailesh Maharjan (lecturer, psychology) was interviewed at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Family, friends and former coworkers joined the university community for the annual Day of Remembrance, hosted by CSUSB’s College of Natural Sciences, of which five of the 14 were alumni of the Department of Biology and Department of Health Science.
The Day of Remembrance to honor the memory of 14 individuals, including five CSUSB College of Natural Sciences alumni, lost during the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, will be held at 3 p.m. at the university’s Peace Garden, next to the Chemical Sciences building.
Thomas (T.C.) Corrigan (media studies) wrote about the Inland Empire “news mirage,” and Stuart Sumida (biology) was part of a team that presented research on the benefits of using non-traditional field trip locations.
Terezie Tolar-Peterson (health science and human ecology) was interviewed for an article about the benefits of a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle, Stuart Sumida (biology) was part of a team that presented on the benefits of non-traditional field trip locations, and research by Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was cited in an article about the latest FBI crime statistics.
Marc Robinson (history) participated in a professional development retreat organized and led by Black Male Educators Talk, Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) was named 2024 Outstanding Educator by the inland chapter of the American Society of Public Administration, Stuart Sumida (biology) discussed the problem of selling fossils to private collectors, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed by various news media on topics related to extremism.
Stuart Sumida (biology) will be a panelist at San Diego Comic-Con on Sunday, July 28; Yawen Li (sociology) presented a talk at Yunnan University in China; and research by Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was cited in a news article about U.S. political violence.