(Carson, Calif.) KOKO's Neighborhood, an exhibition that runs Jan. 30 - March 23, 2019 at California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) University Art Gallery, features new work by contemporary Los Angeles artist Yoshie Sakai. The exhibition is Sakai's fourth installment of her ongoing video project “KOKO's Love,”which explores the everyday anxieties, fears, and joys of living, all depicted using the over-the-top tropes of a soap opera. In the “KOKO's Neighborhood” exhibition, Sakai introduces new characters to her ongoing video project. This new installment is called KOKO's House, a fully scripted reality show created in the vein of the current Netflix Japanese reality show ... Read More
For Staff and Adjuncts, a Shot at Tenure
When Katie Johnson took a position as a university staff psychologist five years ago, job security meant little more than an annually renewable employment contract. That began to change earlier this year, when fellow staffers, college leaders, and union officials where she works – California State University-Dominguez Hills, located in Los Angeles County – reconsidered the role that psychologists play on campus. To encourage them to stay longer and to improve the way staffers are treated, the university gave her and others a shot at something contingent faculty members rarely experience: a tenure-track position. Johnson, who works in the university's student health center as a ... Read More
‘Undocumented’ Examines the Tragic Impact of America’s Immigration Crisis
California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) production of playwright Elaine Romero's “Undocumented” examines the tragic impact of America's current immigration crisis with an immersive, multimedia portrayal of the many facets of the story. The show opens on January 25 at 8 p.m., and will run weekends through Feb. 4 in the CSUDH Edison Theatre. What: “Undocumented” When: January 25, 26, 31 at 8 p.m., and Jan. 27 at 2 p.m.; February 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., and February 3 and 10 at 2 p.m. Where: University Edison Theatre. Tickets: $18 for general admission, and $13 for students and senior citizens. Click here for tickets. The play is intended for a mature ... Read More
Scholar, author and activist Angela Davis will speak at CSUDH
Angela Davis, the famous social-justice author and activist, will speak at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Monday evening, Feb. 11, about how the current generation of young people can find its voice. Davis, who most recently has focused her energy on abolishing what she calls the country's prison industrial complex, will speak as part of the Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series, which kicked off in September with Rep. Karen Bass (D-Inglewood), chairwoman of the Black Congressional Congress. The series, organized by the Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political & Economic Institute at Dominguez Hills, is meant to bring to students a range of intellectual thought on the critical ... Read More
Toros Boost Effort to Turn Industrial Waste Site into Neighborhood Park
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) faculty and students who have been active in plans to turn a long-contaminated parcel of land in unincorporated Los Angeles County into a neighborhood park are celebrating. In November, Margaret Manning, lecturer in the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Program, joined CSUDH students, local residents, neighborhood activists, and industry and civic leaders for a groundbreaking ceremony for Wishing Tree Park. The park will be built on land that for more than two decades has been under environmental supervision as an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Site. “Over here on the north side there were open pits ... Read More
