Irene Osisioma, associate professor of teacher education at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been awarded a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship. Funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and managed by the nonprofit Institute of International Education, the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship facilitates engagement between scholars born in Africa who are now based in the United States or Canada and scholars in Africa on mutually beneficial academic activities. One of only 60 academics to be chosen by the fellowship during its second round of grant awards, Osisioma will work for three months beginning in May with faculty at National Open University of ... Read More
Faculty Highlights
Faculty Highlights: November 2014
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 Mary Au, lecturer in the Department of Music, performed two public concerts in Dubois and Riverton, Wyoming, in October. Professor of art Gilah Yelin Hirsch's article “Artist as Shaman” has been published in “Shamanhood and Art” by the Polish Institute of World Art Studies and Tako Publishing House. College of Education Jim Cantor, professor of teacher education, co-chaired the 2014 Conference of the ... Read More
Margaret White Offers Students and Faculty Service with a Smile
Margaret “Maggie” White may be described by her colleagues as “the face of the department” or “extremely efficient,” but it was the “blur of smiles,” hand waves and a personal favorite–the hugs– that stood out the most for recent communications graduate Megan Murray. For these and many other reasons, White, an administrative support coordinator in the Department of Communications main office, was honored with California State University, Dominguez Hills' Excellence in Customer Service Award during the 2014 Staff Award ceremony in October. “I spent a lot of time in the communications building, and more specifically, the main office. While Maggie White was always happy to answer my ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: October 2014
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 Miguel Dominguez, professor of modern languages, presented “No problemo. The Other 'Spanglish': Hispanisms in U.S. English” at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese's 2014 Conference on Portuguese and Hispanic Languages and Literature, which took place on Oct. 11 at Moreno Valley College. Exploring the use of words like el Niño, alligator, fritos, rodeo, gratis, and toros in the ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: September 2014
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. College of Arts and Humanities Salim Faraji, associate professor of Africana studies, attended the 13th annual International Conference for Nubian Studies and presented a paper based on his 2012 book, The Roots of Nubian Christianity Uncovered: The Triumph of the Last Pharaoh. Faraji is the only Africana studies scholar in the U.S. who is a member of the International Society for Nubian Studies. Faraji also presented this last summer at the 16th annual St. Shenouda- UCLA Conference of ... Read More