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Now studying at the prestigious Near Eastern Studies doctorate program at UC Berkeley – one of the oldest and most distinguished in the country – Sanchez credits the faculty at CSUSB for helping him achieve his goal.
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Fernando Sanchez credits the foundation he received at CSUSB as playing a major role in getting into the prestigious Near Eastern Studies doctorate program at UC Berkeley -- one of the oldest and most distinguished in the country. CSUSB "helped me immensely, in more ways that I can say.”
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The university’s ongoing dialogue about race and law enforcement will resume at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, with the program “South Asia at a Crossroads with BLM: Caste, Color, and Intersections of Identity.” The program will take place on Zoom.
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A Hispanic Heritage Month look back: The Women of Color in Academia group at CSUSB hosted a panel discussion on Feb. 6 to highlight the recent works by tenure-track faculty members who are part of the organization.
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A Hispanic Heritage Month look-back: CSUSB assistant professor Isabel Huacuja Alonso named a 2019 American Council of Learned Societies Fellow.
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“A Seat at the Table: Intersectionality in Higher Education,” hosted by CSUSB’s Women of Color in Academia, will take place at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 11, the John M. Pfau Library, PL-4005.
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Hosted by CSUSB’s Women of Color in Academia, “A Seat at the Table: Intersectionality in Higher Education,” featured a panel discussion focusing on women of color in higher education and two surprise faculty awards.
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Jean Peacock (psychology) and Eri Yasuhara (world languages and literatures), the two founders of CSUSB’s University Faculty Mentoring Network were honored, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about a rarely prosecuted hate crime law.
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The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the John M. Pfau Library (PL-5005).