Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences), Breanna Putman (biology), Brian Levin (criminal justice), Angela Clark-Louque (education) and Vipin Gupta (management) were included in recent news coverage in areas of their expertise.
Thomas Corrigan (communication studies) was interviewed about former NBA player Kwame Brown’s sharp criticism of former players-turned-sports-media-pundits, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was sought out by media on topics related to extremism.
Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) provided perspective with the news media in separate interviews on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts) was the judge for an art exhibit in Ontario, and Vipin Gupta (management) was interviewed about his latest book.
Katherine Gray (art) was interviewed on KVCR’s “Lifestyles with Lillian Vasquez,” Jacob Jones (psychology) and Zhaojing Chen (kinesiology) will lead a study on Parkinson’s disease with an NIH grant, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) provided historical context in articles about an assault in Los Angeles that is being investigated as an anti-Semitic hate crime.
Jacob Jones (psychology) and Zhaojing Chen (kinesiology) will lead a study on Parkinson’s disease with a grant from the NIH, Kevin Grisham (global studies) discusses domestic extremism and the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about an incident that Los Angeles police are investigating as an anti-Semitic attack.
Kelly Campbell (psychology) was quoted about toxic relationships in an article about simplifying one’s life, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about the reinstatement of a state education official who had been tied to promoting conspiracy theories about the Holocaust and the 9/11 terrorist attack.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) reacted to reports of comments made by some equating the COVID-19 vaccines to the Holocaust.
How the news media covers anti-Semitism was the topic of the CSUSB virtual Fourth Annual Rabbi Hillel Cohn Endowed Lecture on the Contemporary Jewish Experience, featuring journalism pioneer and award-winning editorial writer Jane Eisner.
News media tapped the expertise of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. Kevin Grisham (associate director of research and chair of geography and environmental studies) was interviewed by European news media about the QAnon conspiracy theory, and Brian Levin (director and professor of criminal justice) will be a panelist for a Sept. 8 online discussion of the documentary ““The One and Only Jewish Miss America.”