Michael Sierra-Arévalo, author of “The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing,” will be the program's first guest speaker for the 2024 academic year, set for 1 p.m. Sept. 18 on Zoom. The series began after the May 2020 murder of George Floyd that spurred subsequent protests calling for systemic reforms in policing and profound dialogues on race and racism.
Meredith Conroy (political science) wrote about the possible impact of Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, and Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts, emerita) is the project director for “Artists Against Hate,” which recently staged a performance at Cal State Dominguez Hills.
James Fenelon (sociology) will be a panelist at a Sept. 12 program discussing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis, Kimberly Collins (public administration) co-authored a new study about building infrastructure for the electrification of the trucking industry, and Jennifer Andersen (English) wrote an opinion piece on name-calling in political discourse.
José A. Muñoz (sociology) was one of the authors of a team that examined racialized organizations to class stratification in academia, and Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts, emerita) helped develop an interactive concert, “Artists Against Hate.”
The Field-based Learning, Outreach, and Workforce Scholarship, or FLOWS, was launched in 2023-24 for students to engage in water-focused research and gain valuable field experience.
Hosted by the university’s Associated Students Inc., with Orientation & First Year Experience, The Coyote Experience Fall 2024 took place at the Santos Manuel Student Union (SMSU) North and South on Aug. 23, drawing a crowd of eager students ready to embark on the new academic year.
CSUSB alumnus Michael Griggs’ story is one of adversity and triumph. Formerly incarcerated, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and now guides other formerly incarcerated students on their academic journeys.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about ways to combat antisemitism, and Anahid Modrek (psychology) was the lead author for a study on executive functioning (a general ability to monitor and regulate thoughts and attention) in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eugene Wong, Kevin P. Rosales and Lisa Looney (child development) published a paper that examined the use of computerized cognitive training on at-risk students, and Jacob Jones and Maria Santos (psychology) were part of a research team that looked at the difference in cognitive performance between Latino and white non-Latino individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.