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Luba Levin-Banchik (political science) served as program chair of the recent International Studies Association West Region (ISA-West) conference where CSUSB students and faculty presented, an article by Meredith Conroy (political science) was cited in a report about the growing distrust of the news media, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented on the establishment of a state Commission on the State of Hate.
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Luba Levin-Banchik, CSUSB assistant professor of political science, served as the program chair for the International Studies Association West Region conference, which was both in-person and virtual, with more than 200 participants registered to attend and present their research.
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Steven Childs, a CSUSB assistant professor of political science, was quoted by the Filipino-American news site in an article about the ongoing conflict in the South China Sea between the Philippines and China.