For Dhanushka Kumarasinghe, winning 1st place at the 31st Annual CSU Student Research Competition at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO) in late April 2017 was “surreal,” in part because he almost didn't present at California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) 12th Annual Student Research Day in February, where he needed to win to compete at SLO. Two days before Kumarasinghe was to give his talk, “Come Catch Pokémon at the Celadon City Department Store!: Player Perceptions Toward Businesses Within Pokémon Go Hotspots,” at the university's research day, his father had a stroke and he rushed him to the hospital. “There was a lot on my mind. I thought, 'I have no time for this. There ... Read More
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Faculty Highlights: May 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 Doris Ressl, associate professor and chair of dance, has been elected to the national board of directors of the American College Dance Association for the Baja region. Acosta's three-year term extends from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020. The association's primary focus is to support and promote the “wealth of talent and creativity” that is prominent throughout college and university dance ... Read More
Library Archives Receives $100K to Expand Japanese American Digitalization Project
California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Library Archives and Special Collections has received a $100,000 archival grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP) to continue its work on the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project (CSUJAD). The CCLPEP grant will help fund CSUJAD projects and the digitalization of more than 6,500 additional records related to Japanese Americans during the mid-20th century, including oral histories from California State University, Fullerton's (CSUF) Center for Oral and Public History, and collections from Claremont Colleges Libraries. “The CSUJAD project has allowed us to develop a functional and useful ... Read More
Homeless Student Turned Graduate Gets By with a Little Help from Her Friends
Exhausted and fast asleep in the backseat of her car following a long day of classes, Esther Cruz springs up after University Police Officer Juan Perez lights up her vehicle with his cruiser's spotlight. “He started asking questions–wanting to know why I was there and what I was doing,” she recalls. That was in fall 2015, Cruz's first semester on campus. Driving up from her home in San Diego to begin classes and hoping to secure campus housing, Cruz was instead placed on the waiting list and couldn't afford the off-campus housing options offered to her. She decided to try living out of her car. She first parked on surface streets, but after an attempted break-in of her car, she felt ... Read More
