Victor Shih, an associate professor from UC San Diego and an expert in the elite politics of China, will present “Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi,” on Sept. 19 on Zoom. The program is free and open to the public.
Levin, founding director of the university’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, is a member of the first cohort of commissioners appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to the newly formed panel that will track hate crimes in California and make recommendations to the governor, state Legislature and state agencies on how to fight hate.
Annika Anderson (sociology), was interviewed about formerly incarcerated individuals reentering society, Brittany Bloodhart (psychology) commented on a Title IX case at Cal Poly Humboldt, and Bryan Haddock (kinesiology) has been appointed CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales’ chief of staff.
The presentation, “Policing Proof: Korryn Gaines, Body Cameras, and Anti-Blackness as a Scene,” by Joshua Aiken will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, on Zoom.
Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences), discussed the latest report by the Institute for Applied Research on the region’s economy, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted for an article introducing a 12-part series on hate crimes in Los Angeles.
Mary Texeira (sociology) discussed the return of the Conversations on Race and Policing series, and art and design faculty members Taylor Moon and Rob Ray will open exhibitions at RAFFMA later this week.
The exhibit INTO LIGHT, which opened Sept. 9 at the CSUSB Anthropology Museum, seeks to broaden discussions about addiction across the nation through the stories of those who have lost loved ones to Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
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.
The series, which began in response to the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, begins the 2022-23 academic year with the screening of the PBS Frontline documentary, “Police on Trial,” followed by discussion. The conversation is set for 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7.