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Highlighted in various media is the work of Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history), Sishi Wu (criminal justice), Lisa Looney (child development), Yunfei Hou (computer science and engineering), Miranda McIntyre (psychology), Jesus Herrera (information and decision science), Hani Aldirawi (mathematics), Montgomery Van Wart (public administration), Eric Vogelsang (sociology), Jacob D. Jones (psychology) and Fabian A. Borges (political science).
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Eugene Wong, Kevin P. Rosales and Lisa Looney (child development) published a paper that examined the use of computerized cognitive training on at-risk students, and Jacob Jones and Maria Santos (psychology) were part of a research team that looked at the difference in cognitive performance between Latino and white non-Latino individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.
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First-generation college graduate and MBA student, Kim Gonzalez, is breaking down barriers that her parents, who immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, could have only dreamed of.
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Zachary Powell (criminal justice) was interviewed for a segment on the Louisville, Ky., police department beginning the work of reforming its policing practices, and Lisa Looney (child development) cowrote a chapter on a newly published book on teaching.
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Meredith Conroy (political science) participated in a live chat analyzing the GOP’s Iowa caucuses, Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) pointed to inconsistencies in the reporting of hate crimes, Stuart Sumida (biology) was a panelist at an LA Comic Con presentation, and Lisa Looney, Eugene Wong and Kevin Rosales (child development) led a team that published a study on the effectiveness of computerized cognitive training.
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Alicia Gutierrez-Romine (history) was interviewed about her book, "From Back Alley to the Border," Brian Levin (criminal justice emeritus) discussed the increase of hate crimes in the U.S. amid the Israel-Hamas war, Kenneth Shultz (psychology) co-wrote a chapter in a newly published book on social media, and Kevin Rosales, Lisa Looney and Eugene Wong (all child development), published research papers in academic journals.
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Quoted in recent news articles or publishing research are Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts emerita) and Brian Levin (criminal justice emeritus); Eugene H. Wong, Kevin P. Rosales and Lisa Looney (child development); Edna Martinez (associate vice president and administrator in charge of the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus) co-authored a study with Sharon Velarde Pierce (CSUSB public administration); and Jonathan Jay Dubois (anthropology).
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Through surveys, open-ended responses and interviews, Amy van Schagen, associate professor in the CSUSB child development department, and her team of student research assistants gathered information about perceived experiences with racism within early childhood education.
![Laura Kamptner (center), professor emeritus, child development, with Chrystina Smith-Rasshan (left), CSUSB Institute for Child Development and Family Relations associate director, and Mark Agars, ICDFR director.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/IDCFR-Luncheon_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=TWEUDuC-)
Laura Kamptner, professor emeritus, child development, is the first recipient of the award renamed for her: the Laura Kamptner Champion for Children, Parents, and Families Award.