![Ryan Keating, director of the Office of Student Research and professor of history; Jacob Jones, associate professor of psychology and one of the four awardees; and Dorota Huizinga, dean of Graduate Studies and the Office of Student Research](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-Mentor-Researcher-Award-CSUSB-Homepage-Slide.jpg.webp?itok=66Vuj2Gv)
The recipients of the award are Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh, assistant professor of health science and human ecology; Jacob Jones, associate professor of psychology; José A. Muñoz, associate professor of sociology; and Mariam Betlemidze, associate professor of communication studies.
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José Muñoz (sociology) discussed his National Science Foundation grant to explore the realities of contingent Latinx faculty in STEM, and Kelly Campbell (psychology) was interviewed about “breadcrumbing” in relationships, and how to avoid it.
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CSUSB associate professor of sociology José Muñoz earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant worth $49,000 to explore the realities of contingent Latinx faculty in STEM.
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Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Law will discuss his latest book, “Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights,” at the next Conversations on Race and Policing program at noon on April 27. The talk is free and open to the public on Zoom.
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Kristen Hackett, veteran and sociology undergraduate, credits CSUSB for giving her the opportunity to discover and achieve her goals.
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“Borderland Circuitry: Immigration Surveillance in the United States and Beyond,” will be presented by Ana Muñiz, assistant professor of criminology, law, and society at University of California, Irvine, at noon Wednesday, March 16, on Zoom.
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Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences) discussed cyberwarfare and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Riguad Joseph (sociology) was interviewed about the challenges of solving homelessness, and Nicholas Bratcher (music) was named director of San Bernardino Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble.
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Siobhan Brooks, professor of African American Studies at Cal State Fullerton, will discuss her recent book, “Everyday Violence against Black and Latinx LGBT Communities,” noon, Wednesday, March 2, on Zoom.
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Annika Anderson (sociology) was interviewed for a feature podcast on Project Rebound, Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) discussed the work of the School of Entrepreneurship, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) offered insight on actions by white supremacists in Pennsylvania.