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 Salim Faraji, professor of Africana Studies, presented the paper “The Ascendancy of the Kushite Kingdom of Kerma in the Post Middle Kingdom Era: Revisiting the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt” at the 14th Annual International Conference on Nubian Studies at the University of Paris-Sorbonne/Louvre Museum. Faraji also presented “Osirian Motifs in the Martyrdom of St. Peter of Alexandria” during the ... Read More
Faculty Highlights
Faculty Highlights: August 2018
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 Six of Assistant Professor of Art Devon Tsuno’s paintings will be on display in two exhibits: the Inglewood at Residency Gallery exhibit “Plain Sight,” Sept. 14 - Nov. 3; and the outdoor installation “La Reina de Los Ángeles,” at Descanso Gardens' Sturt Haaga Gallery in La Canada, from Sept. 16 – Jan. 13. College of Business Administration and Public Policy Clarence (Gus) Martin, professor of ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: July 2018
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 Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art, will present “Illuminating the Invisible: The Power of Form” as keynote speaker during the International Interdisciplinary Society for the Study of Symmetry’s international conference Logics of Image – Visual Learning, Logic and Philosophy of Form in East and West. The conference will take place at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolymbari, Greece, on Aug. 11-18. ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: June 2018
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 Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art, represented the United States in the First International Painters’ Symposium, “El Umbeligo de la Luna,” held in Mexico City, Mexico, May 20-June 3. During the symposium, Hirsch presented lectures on her interdisciplinary work, “Artist as Scientist in a Reflective Universe: A Process of Discovery.” She also discussed her role in the feminist art movement in the U.S. in ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: May 2018
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 Rui Sun and Hugo Ascencio, assistant professors of public administration, co-authored the article “Using Social Media to Increase Nonprofit Organizational Capacity,” which was published in April in the International Journal of Public Administration. Using data from a survey of human service NPOs in Los Angeles, the study finds that NPOs who post frequently on social media sites ... Read More
