California State University, Dominguez Hill’s (CSUDH) Library Archives and Special Collections has received a $39,200 archival grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to continue preserving the history of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles and throughout the state. Specifically, the grant will be used to create the Ninomiya Photography Studio Collection Access Project at CSUDH and preserve, catalog, and archive approximately 10,000 packets of photographic negatives taken by the former Ninomiya Studio, which was owned and operated by Japanese American photographer Ichiro Ninomiya in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles. Dating between 1949 and 1970, the negatives ... Read More
Archives for March 2017
Faculty Highlights: March 2017
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Laura Talamante, associate professor in the Department of History, had her article “Political Divisions, Gender and Politics: The Case of Revolutionary Marseille" published in the March 2017 issue of French History (Oxford University Press). Through the lens of regional politics, including divisions between Jacobins and Federalists in Marseille, this article highlights the malleability of gender constructs. ... Read More
Nancy Deng on Information, Communication Tech, and Human-Centered Design
The “Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award” acknowledges that research, scholarship and creative activities that are essential components of the mission of CSUDH, and recognizes a professor’s professional activities that provide intellectual stimulation and motivation for student learning. Nancy Deng has participated in ingenious research and projects at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She promotes undergraduate student research as a faculty mentor, judge and Student Research Day session chair, and incorporates the latest business analytics research regarding the job market in her curriculum and programs. Deng also applies the latest research to her ... Read More
Mary T. Lacanlale on Asian Pacific Culture
A Q&A with Mary T. Lacanlale, interim coordinator of the Asian Pacific Studies program, the 2017 “Catherine H. Jacobs, Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award” winner. Non-tenure track lecturers play a valuable part in the academic success of students and the university community as a whole, and the Catherine H. Jacobs Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award acknowledges their contribution by recognizing an individual who has demonstrated excellence in teaching effectiveness and overall contribution to California State University, Dominguez Hills. Mary T. Lacanlale has been a lecturer at CSUDH since 2011, teaching courses in the Asian-Pacific studies and humanities programs. She currently is ... Read More
Helen Oesterheld: 2017 Faculty Award winner for ‘Excellence in Service’
A Q&A with Helen Oesterheld. associated professor of English, 2017 Faculty Award winner for “Excellence in Service.” The Excellence in Service Award recognizes the role faculty play in the governance and development of California State University, Dominguez Hills, but also the contributions they make to their fields of expertise. In her 13 years at CSU Dominguez Hills Helen Oesterheld has been active on both fronts. In addition to her teaching load within the Department of English and the External Humanities (HUX) online master’s degree program, Oesterheld has served the university in a number of capacities, from department chair to Academic Senate member; faculty adviser to the ... Read More
