Tori Correia's passion and dedication to addressing injustice and helping others are traits that have been long recognized by her family and friends, particularly her late mother and her Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. sisters at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)–all of whom have played a critical role in developing that strength within her. Today, the depth of Correia's character is frequently recognized off campus, most recently by the Torrance Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce, which honored her Feb. 24 with the “2016 Inspirational Spirt Award” at the 19th Annual Black History Celebration. “I was ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: February 2016
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 Shari Berkowitz, assistant professor, and her colleagues recently published the study “Sleep deprivation and false confessions” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), one of the world's most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals. The researchers' breakthrough study found that after a single request, the odds of participants providing a ... Read More
‘Watts Now: a Student Exhibit’ opens in CSUDH’s Cultural Arts Center
… If WE all just reminisce, on lives passed and lives that exist. Then let us live in bliss along with the colors that consist. Something More if There's Hope. Let us all have S.M.I.T. H. … The stanza is from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) music student Monica Parra's poem S.M.I.T.H., which is currently on display in “Watts Now: a Student Exhibit,” an interdisciplinary exhibition featuring 130 works of art, poetry, motion graphics, design info graphics and environmental justice projects that explores Watts 50 years after the Watts Rebellion. The exhibit is on display Feb. 16 - May 12 in the University Library Cultural Art Center. Parra was chosen to read her ... Read More
Walter Mosley shares his work and personal reflections of the Watts Rebellion
With his wryly clever conversational style, best-selling author Walter Mosley charmed a packed Loker Student Union ballroom after stopping by California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Feb. 16 for a reading from his novel “Little Scarlet,” and to share thoughts about writing, racial inequity, and his personal reflections of the Watts Rebellion. Mosley was the guest speaker for the Department of English 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture. He is a prolific writer of more than 40 books–ranging from crime novels to literary fiction–and is widely recognized for his Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins detective series based in Watts, which includes the first book in the series “Devil in the Blue ... Read More
Accounting Society launches Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program at CSUDH
Students from the Accounting Society at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) were among the knowledgeable volunteers helping hundreds of individuals and families who converged on campus Feb. 13 to take advantage of the Free Income Tax Preparation and Family Resource Fair. The Accounting Society partnered with the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) to host the fair in CSUDH's Claudia Hampton Lecture Hall. As the participants entered the hall, BOE staff checked to ensure participants brought the proper documents and information with them to file their taxes during in-take interviews, while the students sat down with them in the adjoining computer lab to help them ... Read More
