Shari R. Berkowitz, an assistant professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), and her fellow researchers provide the first empirical evidence that sleep deprivation increases the risk an innocent person will falsely confess to an act of wrongdoing. Berkowitz and her colleagues published their paper “Sleep deprivation and false confessions,” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Berkowitz assisted in designing the experiment, creating the research materials, and writing the paper. The researchers' breakthrough study found that after a single request, the odds of participants providing a false admission were 4.5 times higher if they had ... Read More
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CSUDH President Willie J. Hagan inducted into L.A. Hall of Fame during African American Heritage Month celebration
For his role in “reinvigorating” California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) mission for the students and communities it serves, President Willie J. Hagan was honored on Feb. 3 with the City of Los Angeles's Hall of Fame award for “Outstanding Achievement in Education" at its kick off of African American Heritage month in the city. Four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lionel Richie was also honored during the celebration with the “Living Legend Award.” Other inductees into the Hall of Fame were California Board of Equalization Chairman and CSUDH alumnus Jerome Horton ('79, B.S., business administration), and California Court of Appeal Justice Audrey Collins. L.A. ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills selected to participate in national initiative to re-design first-year college experience
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been selected by American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) to participate in its three-year “Re-Imagining the First Year of College”(RFY) project, a sweeping initiative aimed at transforming the first year of college to enhance students' success in their undergraduate years and in the 21st century workforce. “CSUDH is pleased and excited to be among only 44 universities selected across the nation to be part of AASCU's Re-Imagining the First Year of College,” said Ellen Junn, CSUDH provost and vice president of academic affairs. “Our campus has been very proactive in implementing a range of new initiatives for ... Read More
Walter Mosley is 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture Guest Author
To continue its year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Watts Rebellion, California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomes best-selling novelist and Los Angeles native Walter Mosley as the 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture Series guest speaker on Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Loker Student Union ballroom. The author of more than 40 books ranging from crime novels to political essays, Mosley is considered one the most versatile and prolific writers in the United States today. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award. Mosley is best known for his mystery series featuring ... Read More
A Change is Going to Come. But When?
What happens after a community rises up in protest and demands an end to inequality, brutality, racism and economic injustice? Justin Gammage, CSU Dominguez Hills assistant professor of Africana studies, examines whether or not civil rights movements – both past and present – have effected change. For the last couple of years, an angry chorus of protest has risen in response to a string of police shootings that have resulted in the deaths of unarmed African Americans across the United States. The Black Lives Matter movement, along with other activist groups, have newly elevated an old, persistent issue into the national dialogue. “In the last three years, there have been the largest ... Read More