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Jess Block Nerren (communication studies) was interviewed about The Cognitive Collective on campus, Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh (health science and human ecology) will be a guest speaker at a meeting of the ACS San Gorgonio chapter, and Mark Agars (psychology) coauthored a study about supporting workers with chronic illnesses.
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Jess Block Nerren (communication studies) was quoted in an article about the opening of the new neurodiversity space at CSUSB called “The Cog,” a place available to anyone with or without autism, ADHD, anxiety, dyslexia and other ways of experiencing the world differently.
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The grand opening of The Cog will be celebrated on Feb. 5 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in CSUSB’s John M. Pfau Library.
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Jess Block Nerren ’21, full-time lecturer in communication studies and former interim faculty director of CSUSB’s Services to Students with Disabilities, was named the first Faculty Inclusion Fellow for Disability, Difference and Accommodation.
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Jason F. Reimer (psychology) co-wrote a paper on a tool measuring how people concentrate, Jess Block Nerren (communication studies), Becky Sumbera and Shannon Sparks (education), J. Chad Sweeney (English) will participate in the public reading of a new book on Feb. 2, and Stuart Sumida (biology) reached a milestone as a film consultant.
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The book, which includes several CSUSB contributors, explores the scholarly research related to autism inclusion, disability inclusion, disability studies, communication, critical scholarship, education, education reform and educational leadership.
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The new film “Comm Studies ¿Qué es Esto?” which explores questions families may have about the communication studies major in a bilingual film format, will premiere Wednesday, April 13, at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 16, at noon. Register at the film’s Eventbrite page.
![Elena Johnson ’20 joined the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center as a public affairs specialist in February.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_NASA_ElenaJohnson_19Mar2021.jpg.webp?itok=RgSGdYS3)
After graduating in spring 2020 with a B.A. in communication studies, Elena Johnson joined several other CSUSB alumnae at NASA, where she works for the storied NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base as a public affairs specialist.
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Jess Block Nerren, full-time lecturer of communication studies, was selected as one of only 50 Kopenhaver Center Fellows nationwide by the AEJMC, an award given to primarily tenure-line faculty.