Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Kenneth Brown, part-time lecturer in the Department of Physics, has been named to a newly created Education Technology Task Force by Tom Torlakson, state superintendent of public instruction. Through assessment of current technological infrastructure in the state's public schools and future needs, the new task force will make recommendations as to how new technologies can help improve teaching and learning in California classrooms. For more information about the task force, visit ... Read More
Faculty Highlights
Faculty Highlights – February 2012
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Theodore Byrne, assistant professor of public administration, participated in the 2011 International Symposium on Ethic Leadership: “Ethical Leadership: Issues,Challenges and Opportunities” in Chengdu, China, this past October. Byrne presented the topic "Ethical Dilemmas in a California City: Lessons in Leadership, Transparency, and Accountability" during a panel discussion on "Challenges: Building Organizations of Integrity" and presented a critique, "Building Organizations of ... Read More
Faculty Highlights – January 2012
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Kenneth Ganezer, professor of physics, delivered an invited talk at the Department of Energy's "Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier" workshop in Rockville, Md., Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2011. He focused on a process in which regular matter, in particular a neutron, spontaneously transforms into its antimatter counterpart, an antineutron, which then annihilates with matter inside an oxygen nucleus. This process is also referred to as neutron oscillations and has been predicted by the ... Read More
Faculty Highlights – December 2011
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Kirstin Ellsworth, a lecturer in the humanities program, served as co-editor of Women Inventing the 50s, a special December issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. The issue included contributing articles that explored the wide range of women's creative/scholarly input during the 1950s. Bryan Feuer, a lecturer in the humanities program, had his article, “Being Mycenaean: A View From the Periphery,” published in the October issue of the American Journal of Archaeology. ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: November 2011
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Nancy Erbe, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution and peace building (NCRP) served on a panel of experts at the annual conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) in San Diego in October. Along with colleagues from Fresno State and Wayne State, and CSU Dominguez Hills NCRP lecturer Greg Dern, she discussed “Beyond 'The Fourth R'- Generating a Library of Best Practice in Conflict Resolution Education.” Erbe focused on her expertise on culturally sensitive ... Read More