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CSUSB’s Murillo wins prestigious award
IE Business Daily
Jan. 3, 2021

Enrique Murillo Jr., a professor of education at Cal State San Bernardino, has won the Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award.

The award recognizes individuals and institutions that pursue the public purposes of higher education, given out by Campus Compact, a nonprofit higher education organization.

Read the complete article at “Murillo wins prestigious award.”

Three therapies for the affective nihilist: Talking to Kaitlyn Creasy of CSUSB
LA Review of Books
Dec. 26, 2020

Kaitlyn Creasy, CSUSB assistant professor of philosophy, was interviewed by Andy Fitch at the LA Review of Books about her book “The Problem of Affective Nihilism in Nietzsche: Thinking Differently, Feeling Differently.” Her work has been published in the Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Environmental Philosophy, and anthologies in Nietzsche studies and environmental philosophy.

Read the complete article at “Three therapies for the affective nihilist: Talking to Kaitlyn Creasy.”

CSUSB professor discusses outsourcing of cybersecurity operations
TechTarget

Tony Coulson, executive director of the Cybersecurity Center at Cal State San Bernardino, was interviewed for an article about security executives who are increasingly seeking to outsource their enterprise security tasks, driven partly by the growing complexity of the work and the resulting challenges in keeping pace. The rising use of managed security service providers (MSSPs) is significant.

Since they have broader experiences, many MSSPs provide a thorough knowledge of varying state, national and international regulations. "That's the business of the right provider," said Coulson, executive director of the Cybersecurity Center housed in Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration at CSUSB.

Such service providers also have better access to talent. "Oftentimes, enterprise service providers are more capable in being able to hire cybersecurity talent, and they have partnerships and can reach into colleges and universities," Coulson explained. "Considering the [skills] gap in needed cybersecurity workers, it might be the only way an organization can get needed talent."

Read the complete article at “15 benefits of outsourcing your cybersecurity operations.”

Nashville Christmas Day bombing prompts a special concern over individual actors, CSUSB professor says
WTTW (Chicago PBS)
Dec. 29, 2020

Brian Levin, director of Cal State San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was among the experts interviewed for a segment on the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, Tenn.

Many details surrounding the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville remain unclear, including the bomber’s motive and any possible ties to extremist groups. So far, the FBI has not labeled the incident an act of domestic terror. But the bombing has renewed people’s concerns about the rise of domestic terrorism, and the proliferation of racist ideology by white supremacists.

Experts, including Levin, say that includes a special concern over individual actors who may not be associated with a specific ideology.

Levin calls these extremists “wild cards” who aren’t necessarily attached to a larger group or movement.

“We have folks who are online more … gun sales have gone up, the percentage of people saying that violence is OK, political polarization, all this kind of fragmentation creates these ticking time bombs,” Levin said. “But unlike in the past, when there was a hierarchical group, now they dine at a buffet where they take a variety of ideologies, some of which seem to be conflicting with each other.

Read the complete article, and watch the online video report, at “Terrorism specialists weigh in on rise of extremism in US.”

CSUSB professor discusses Christmas Day bombing in Nashville
Muslim Network TV
Dec. 29, 2020

Brian Levin, director of Cal State San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was among the panelists discussing the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, Tenn., on a segment posted the Muslim TV Network’s YouTube channel.

Watch the segment at “Mujahid Talks - Christmas bombing & murders.”

CSUSB professor writes on ‘Walking Up the Mountain’
Psychology Today
Dec. 28, 2020

Anthony Silard, associate professor of public administration, wrote an article about how our values are being forged through the COVID-19 pandemic.

He wrote, “For better or worse — and, at an existential level, this is the question: will we become better or worse from our experience of this challenging period of our lives — the pandemic has slowed most of us down and given us an opportunity to think about what we most value.”

Read the complete article at “Walking Up the Mountain”

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