For his “unwavering commitment to students' academic excellence,” California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) President Thomas A. Parham was honored on Feb. 5 with the City of Los Angeles's Hall of Fame award for “Outstanding Achievement in Education” in the City Council chambers at City Hall. Hosted by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Our Authors Study Club, the awards ceremony commemorated the contributions of Southern California African Americans in the areas of education, religion, the arts, culture, and the humanities, and kicked off the city's annual celebration of African American History Month. The city council also presented recording artist Jeffrey Osborne with the ... Read More
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CSUDH Professor Selected to International Conference on Women in Physics
Ximena Cid is more than an accomplished physicist, she's also a self-described “vocal advocate for women and black, indigenous, and people of color” participating in physics, space, and other hard sciences. The California State University, Dominguez Hills physics professor is considered a trailblazer in the field, a status that was confirmed with her recent selection as a delegate to the International Conference on Women in Physics. Cid is one of just 20 female scientists nationwide selected for the conference, which is sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and will take place in Melbourne, Australia this July. It's a great honor, and one that extends ... Read More
2020 Innovative Teaching Symposium Fosters Faculty Learning and Camaraderie
Susan D. Einbinder treasures the “sense of commitment to innovative teaching” shared by faculty at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), but recognizes that many groups still tend to discuss their work and socialize in a vacuum. She believes that is why the Innovative Teaching Symposium has become a popular way for faculty to come together and discuss their research and knowledge, and to get better acquainted. Einbinder, an associate professor of social work at CSUDH and coordinator of the Jan. 17 symposium, chose “faculty learning communities (FLC)” as the focus of the daylong event this year, a topic she has studied for years. FLCs enable faculty to engage in active ... Read More
‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken: The Sacred Music of the African American Diaspora’
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Gerth Archives and Special Collections presents “Will the Circle Be Unbroken: The Sacred Music of the African American Diaspora,” an exhibition that explores the role that local African American musicians and their music has played in the cultural institutions of Los Angeles' black communities. The exhibit will run from Feb. 3 to Aug. 7, Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the CSUDH Library Cultural Arts Center. Featuring documents and photography donated to the Gerth Archives by Albert McNeil, founder of the celebrated Los Angeles-based choral music ensemble the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, and Hansonia ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: January 2020
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 Business Administration and Public Policy Fynnwin Prager, assistant professor of public administration, and Mohja Rhoads, lecturer in policy, planning and development, have penned the article “Telecommuters create positive change - so why aren't employers more flexible about people working from home?” for the online news outlet The Conversation. Xuefei (Nancy) Deng, associate professor of ... Read More
CSUDH Student Roger Perez Shares His Graduation Initiative 2025 Story
It used to be that first-year CSU students who struggled with math or English were placed in remedial education classes to prepare them to do college-level work. Because they received no credit for these courses, that often meant they spent more time and money attending college before earning their degree. In fall 2018, that changed. The CSU eliminated these developmental courses, and now students like California State University, Dominguez Hills sophomore Roger Perez earn credit right from the start. Plus, they get extra instruction; as a freshman, Perez received two-and-a-half hours of additional teaching on statistics and algebra every week. “I took advantage of the review class for ... Read More
Sociology Professor Katy Pinto Featured in CSU Article ‘Minding the Gap’
Faculty and staff across the California State University are working together to narrow the academic equity gap with help from an innovative professional development program. By: Hazel Kelly It's the little things that count. As simple as it sounds, sometimes just connecting with a student or showing concern can have an impact on their performance in class. For historically underserved and first-generation college students, these connections really count. That's what CSU Dominguez Hills sociology professor Katy Pinto, Ph.D., along with a team from her campus, discovered when they analyzed data for courses in which underrepresented students were performing better than their peers to ... Read More
Deborah Wallace Appointed VP for the Division of Administration and Finance
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has named Deborah Wallace as vice president for the Division of Administration and Finance to lead the financial, physical, and human operations for the university. She will begin her new position on Feb. 3. Wallace, who has been serving as associate vice president for Financial Services at CSU Northridge since July 2011, will administer the division's extensive roster of departments and services, including: finance and contracts; environmental health and instructional safety; human resources and payroll; the University Police Department, parking, and emergency preparedness; the Department of Facilities Planning, Design ... Read More
Panetta Intern Oscar Mancilla Experiences History in the Making in D.C.
For Oscar Mancilla, living through history can be a lot more exciting than just reading about it. The California State University, Dominguez (CSUDH) history major learned this firsthand during his recent participation in the Panetta Institute for Public Policy's Congressional Internship Program in Washington D.C., where he spent three months as an intern for California Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34th District). Mancilla had only been living and working in the nation's capital for six weeks when the impeachment inquiry of President Donald J. Trump was announced on Sept. 24. “I was very fortunate. For a history major, there is no better place in the world to be right now than ... Read More
Toro Soccer Coach Eddie Soto Leads U.S. Beach Team to World Cup
Last winter, as most at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) were getting ready for finals or thinking about winter break, Toro men's soccer Head Coach Eddie Soto was hard at work on his prestigious “side hustle”: leading the U.S. men's beach soccer team to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay. Soto, who was hired in April 2019 to lead CSUDH's men's soccer program, has been involved with beach soccer for over 20 years. After an All-American career at CSU Fullerton playing on traditional grass pitches, Soto was a player on the first U.S. national beach soccer team, back before it was even considered a part of the U.S. Soccer establishment. “Being from Southern ... Read More
