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.
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.
“The CSUSB MBA created a foundation of business knowledge that has allowed me to be successful at multiple businesses I’ve started, owned, managed and sold over the years," said Jason Bennecke ’01, a CSUSB alumnus who is a civil engineer, entrepreneur and author of multiple best-selling books.
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.”
Meredith Conroy (political science) discussed on a 538 podcast what polls say about white Democrats’ views on racial disparities, Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) shared some lighter fare outside of his studies of hate and extremism, Ethel Mickey (sociology) co-authored a study examining how people color, and women of color particularly, perceived how they are welcomed in the academy.
Megan Carroll (psychology) was one of the experts interviewed for an article about asexuality, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed for an article about California’s latest hate crime numbers.
CSUSB alumna Leticia Herrera ’19, ’22, a passionate advocate for immigrant rights and educational equity, was honored to have her graduation cap and stole featured in the Molina Family Latino Gallery’s inaugural exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
The authors, Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazard, will participate in a conversation about their book, which aims to answer children’s questions about traumatic events “and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives.”
James Fenelon (sociology) was interviewed for an article about a local high school revising its mascot, and Edward Gomez (art) was the judge for the juried 55th Annual Multi Media Mini Show at the Redlands Art Association.