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Faculty Highlights

Faculty Highlights: June 2022

June 9, 2022 By Lilly McKibbin

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. To share faculty news, email ucm@csudh.edu.

College of Arts & Humanities

Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art emerita, presented at the Art and Healing seminar for the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, Montreal. The workshop focused on clinical, theoretical, research, and community engagement issues on the use of art in transcultural psychiatry.

Mary Talusan

Assistant Professor of Asian-Pacific Studies Mary Talusan Lacanlale was featured in a short documentary about the “My Way Killings” in the Philippines. Lacanlale provided context for Western sensationalizing around the events, as well as the historical influence of music in the Philippines and how Filipino culture and people are perceived.

College of Business Administration & Public Policy

Gus Martin

Gus Martin, director of the School of Public Service and Justice and professor of criminal justice administration, was awarded the Harry Scoville Award for Academic Excellence from the Southern California chapter of the American Society for Public Administration at their 72nd Annual Awards Luncheon.

College of Natural & Behavioral Sciences

Assistant Professor of Physics Horace Crogman was awarded a $15,000 2022 CSUPERB Curriculum Development Grant for his proposal, “Using Adaptive Technology to Create a Hybrid Biophysics Curriculum Program (HBCP) to Enhance Student Learning.”

Susan Needham

Professor of Anthropology Susan Needham co-authored “Controlling the Opposition Abroad: Cambodia’s Extraterritorial Activities in Long Beach, California,” published by the Pacific Affairs journal. The article presents findings from research conducted in Long Beach on the history, motives, and functions of a network of Cambodians outside the country who support Cambodia’s long-time ruling party.

Philip Vieira

Associate Professor of Psychology Philip Vieira was awarded a $1,500 CSUPERB COVID-19 Research Recovery Microgrant Program grant for his project, “Immunohistological Investigation of Protein Expression in the Brains of Cocaine-Exposed Male and Female Rats.”

Sociology lecturer Marisela Velazquez co-authored “The Impacts of Drug and Alcohol Use on Sentencing for First Nations and Non-Indigenous Defendants” for the Race and Justice journal. The article examines the ways personal use of illicit substances and alcohol are constructed as either mitigating or aggravating factors to explain criminal offences.

Recent quotes and/or interviews in the media from faculty

“Banks and credit unions can make money off the security deposits from secured credit cards, but the amount that they raise from security deposits is very low, to begin with. Since many secured credit cards also offer other benefits (such as points) to credit card holders, the cost of such benefits may offset any interest the issuing cardholder may earn.” – Prakash Dheeriya, professor of finance, was a featured expert in a WalletHub piece about secure credit cards.

Chris Hallenbrook

“Traditionally, anything local is a lower-turnout election, fewer people are paying attention, and so it’s really going to depend a lot of ways in who shows up,” he said. “It’s easier for the turnout to be skewed, to not be representative of the county.” – Assistant Professor of Political Science Chris Hallenbrook was quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the race for L.A. County Sheriff in the Primary Election.

“I recommend students use a summer job to try a job before they buy it. This means you should look for a job that will help you learn about a new career or new industry while getting a sense of what you like and dislike about both. A summer job is a short-term commitment that will help you make a better choice for your first job post-graduation.” – Thomas Norman, professor of management and marketing, provided WalletHub his expert advice on the best places for summer jobs.

Larry-Rosen

“[Teenagers are] afraid if they’re not hooked up all the time, they’re going to miss out on something important. Even just watching those little bubbles go on the iPhone, back and forth. Waiting for someone to respond can create a lot of anxiety.” – Larry Rosen, professor emeritus of psychology, appeared on KSL-TV news to discuss teenagers’ use of cell phones.

Faculty Highlights: May 2022

May 12, 2022 By Lilly McKibbin

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. To share faculty news, email ucm@csudh.edu.

College of Arts & Humanities

Brian Jarrett, professor and chair of negotiation, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding, was a panelist at the Fact-finding Missions & Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Conference, put on by Leiden University in The Haig. The panel discussed how fact-finding missions and truth and reconciliation commissions have been playing a key role in the acknowledgment of serious violations committed against indigenous peoples, as well as their role in bringing justice to the victims of (international) crimes. The panelists also addressed the possibility of using the evidence collected by the commissions, as well as their findings and recommendations as trial evidence before international courts and tribunals.

College of Business Administration & Public Policy

Shari R BerkowitzResearch by Shari Berkowitz, associate professor of criminal justice administration, was cited in the American Psychological Association’s amicus brief to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in support of the stay of execution of Melissa Lucio. Berkowitz was among a team of researchers who had published findings on sleep deprivation and false confessions in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016. For more about the Lucio case and evidence considered, read The New York Times’ overview.

 

College of Education

The College of Education represented CSUDH with a cohort of twelve faculty members and six alumni at the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting. AERA is the world’s largest gathering of education researchers and a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative studies in an array of areas.

This year’s theme was “Cultivating Equitable Systems for the 21st Century,” and among the topics that were discussed were the residual effects of what the conference organizers refer to as the four pandemics: the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic of systemic racism, the economic crisis, and the climate crisis. View a full list of all College faculty and alumni presentation topics and abstracts here.

Recent quotes and/or interviews in the media from faculty

Mike FragaMichael Fraga, lecturer of Chicano/a studies and interdisciplinary studies, was interviewed by USC Annenberg about indentured servitude within British colonies in India and China for an article about the modern day impacts of colonialism.

 

 

Fynnwin Prager“There is strong evidence that telework increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic–from 5-15% up to 45-55% of workers. This appears to have enabled households to move and say goodbye to dense and expensive urban areas that were close to workplaces but no longer offered the same amenities due to pandemic-related closures. Mid-sized markets offered more space, cheaper rents, or maybe the opportunity to purchase a home.” – Fynnwin Prager, associate professor of public administration, gave RentCafe his expert analysis about the recent trend of renters preferring smaller metro areas.

 

Hamoud Salhi“Western sanctions on Russia, over the conflict in Ukraine, have led to historic high oil prices, which Biden needs to bring down ahead of the midterms, where the U.S. president risks losing his democratic majority.” – Hamoud Salhi, associate dean of international education and senior international officer, appeared on CGTN to speak about the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Biden’s relationship with the Middle East.

He also appeared on the news program “The Heat” to discuss the two-month truce in Yemen brokered by the United Nations. Since 2015, the war in Yemen has killed tens of thousands of people and created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Faculty Highlights: April 2022

April 14, 2022 By Lilly McKibbin

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. To share faculty news, email ucm@csudh.edu.

College of Arts & Humanities

Salim Faraji, professor of Africana Studies, gave a guest lecture at Stanford University to students in Anthropology 134, “Museum Cultures: Exhibiting the African Imaginary,” where he addressed questions regarding museum stewardship of the material cultures of diverse African communities within the context of practices that prompt efforts of restitution, reparation, and reconciliation, alongside actions to “decolonize” museum practice. Faraji has been working with the Stanford University Archaeological Collections (SUAC) African Collections Project for the past year as a supporting scholar and research associate identifying various Nubian and Egyptian artifacts in their African collections.

Mara Lee GraysonMara Lee Grayson, assistant professor of english, authored “The Trigger Warning and the Pathologizing White Rhetoric of Trauma-Informed Pedagogy,” a peer-reviewed article in Rhetoric of Health & Medicine analyzing the use of trigger warnings, exploring how pedagogical practices created in white, western cultures can be a catalyst in students’ marginalization, and highlighting better and more inclusive ways of acknowledging student trauma.

She has also published three poems: “If Nothing Else, I Will Have Written You a Sestina,” in the Spring 2022 print issue of West Trade Review, “Call It Coping, Call It What You Will,” which received second place in the Anne Spencer Memorial Prize from the Poetry Society of Virginia, and “Papillon,” a finalist for the Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry from Bayou Magazine.

Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art emerita, delivered the keynote presentation “The Lineaments of Oneness: From Exile to Independence” at the 7th World Congress and School on Universal Logic (UNILOG 2022).

 

 

 

Devon Tsuno, professor of art, was commissioned by Descanso Gardens to create “sixteen cents each and a stage of plunder,” an art installation which “celebrates the beauty of the camellias propagated and distributed throughout the Los Angeles landscape by Japanese American gardeners, and documents the impact racial capitalism has had on Japanese Americans.”

Additionally, Tsuno is in a two-person exhibition, “Us and Those Around Us,” with Greg Rose at the Pierce College Art Gallery through April 29.

 

Recent quotes and/or interviews in the media from faculty

Thomas Norman“Keep in mind any fees associated with adding additional authorized users; you’ll want to make sure the benefits outweigh the costs. The authorized user can benefit by developing or building a credit history with the card provider. However, if this user is dropped at a later date, it is possible their credit score could drop as a result of one of their accounts being closed. This effect should not be long-lasting.” – Thomas Norman, professor of management and marketing, provided MoneyGeek his expert advice on the advantages and disadvantages to consider when adding authorized users to a primary credit card in terms of earning rewards. He was also quoted by MoneyGeek about finding the right low-interest credit card.

 

“I tell parents now that they need to ‘own’ the social media and give kids control for set periods of time under parental control […] The device used should be in a public area of the home, and if it’s a portable device, it needs to be put away until the parent can be available to monitor.” – Larry Rosen, professor emeritus of psychology, shared with Yahoo!Life what he advises parents to do when cultivating a kid-friendly code of conduct.

Faculty Highlights: March 2022

March 17, 2022 By Lilly McKibbin

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. To share faculty news, email ucm@csudh.edu.

College of Arts & Humanities

Katherine Chu, lecturer of Asian-Pacific studies, contributed comments to “Mandarin Hegemony and its Discontents: A History of Chinese Nationalism through the Lens of Dialects,” a discussion at UC Irvine about Mandarin being the dominant representation of Chinese identity both in and out of the country, as well as pushback by speakers of other Chinese languages.

Salim Faraji, professor of Africana studies, presented “Harnessing the Force: Nurturing Wellbeing through Trans-Religious African Spiritual Power” as a guest lecturer for the course Spiritual Care in African Religious Traditions at the Emory University Candler School of Theology. He examined ways of nurturing care across three African Diaspora religion practices–African American Baptist traditions, Ancient Nubian, and Egyptian–and the indigenous spirituality of the Akan people of Ghana, West Africa.

 

jonathan hendersonJonathan Henderson, adjunct faculty of Africana studies, was hired as a senior analyst for the Los Angeles County Anti-Racism Diversity Initiative and as a research associate for the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL), which helps community colleges assess challenges to equity-centered institutional effectiveness. Additionally, he gave two recent talks as a panelist for the UCLA Vice Provost Initiative for Pre-College Students and as a presenter for MiraCosta College’s Black Student Leadership Retreat.

 
 

Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art emerita, authored the following articles and essays: “Meeting Elmer Green” for WINN (What is Needed Now?), “Brush or Pen: 1000 Strokes or a Thousand Words?” in The International Journal of Healing and Caring, “An Artist’s Styles of Discourse: Words, Strokes, Image, Action – a Quiver of Expressive Media Probing the Unknown” in The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, and “The Yelin Family Torah: Gilah’s Story” for Medium from 2021-2022.

 
 

Donna Nicol, professor and chair of Africana studies, authored “Racism and the roots of conservative philanthropy in the U.S.” for Al Jazeera’s Unpack the Past series. The article examines ways in which white racial fears, in the wake of African American demands for civil rights starting in the 1940s, gave rise to conservative philanthropic investment aimed at protecting the economic interests of the wealthy business elite classes.

Nicol also presented a workshop “Why is This Happening? Understanding the Critical Race Theory Debates” for the Junior States of America Winter Congress.
 

College of Business Administration & Public Policy

Jennifer Brodmann, assistant professor of finance and faculty researcher, presented at the L.A. County Economy Development Corporation’s event “The Future of Cannabis: Growing from the Ground up,” which examined recent trends and potential opportunities in Southern California’s cannabis industry.

 

 
 

College of Extended & International Education

Hamoud Salhi, associate dean of international education, was a featured panelist for the AL 24 News channel’s special coverage of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. Amidst the Russian-Ukraine war, the United States has decided to ban Russian imports. Salhi discussed whether this is a good idea and what this means for the economy.

 

 

 

College of Health, Human Services & Nursing

Amer El-Ahraf, emeritus professor of health sciences and former president of the National Environmental Health Association, authored “Dietary Modification as a Control Measure of a Naturally Occurring Environmental Carcinogen: The role of dietary fat source modification on the toxic and carcinogenic effects of Aflatoxin Bi,” a research paper accepted for presentation at the Association’s 2022 conference.

 

 
 

College of Natural & Behavioral Sciences

Erin McCauleyErin McCauley, assistant professor of chemistry, co-authored “Natural Product Phenolic Diglycosides Created from Wildfires, Defining Their Impact on California and Oregon Grapes and Wines” for the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Natural Products. The study discusses the effect wildfires in the West are having on the wine industry, as well as which grapes and wines are impacted by smoke taint.

 
 

Recent quotes and/or interviews in the media from faculty

“Workers in occupations that require them to be face to face, such as in health care, retail, dining, and hospitality industries, wonder if the wages are commensurate with the health risks that they take daily. Fear of contracting the deadly virus may lead them to spend more time with their loved ones and to consider a change in occupations, or a trend towards a work balance that they are truly passionate about.” – Prakash Dheeriya, professor of finance, was quoted in WalletHub about how the pandemic has changed working trends in American workers and what policies governments should instill to ensure trust between employer and employee. He was also quoted by Reform Austin about the importance of quality of life to American workers.

“Ernest is one of the most passionate creatures in the world. I know his students were very stimulated by the sheer energy that emanated from this man.” – Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art emerita, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times about Emeritus Professor of Art Ernest Rosenthal, who retired in 1985. The quote was part of a profile of Rosenthal, who just turned 102 and is showing an 80-year collection of his art at Tin Flats Gallery in Los Angeles.

Michael Manahan“The credit card company cannot turn off your lights, but the electric company can (although several laws regulate the ability of electric companies to do so). However, electricity is one of those basic needs. For most people, it is pretty difficult to live without it. So, the fact that 40% of Americans are worried about missing an electricity payment is scary […] Personal financial management should be a required course for every high school and college student in this country.” – Michael Manahan, lecturer of finance, spoke toWalletHub about late payments and whether or not credit card companies provided lenience during the pandemic.

“[Starlink’s satellites] are valuable tools for communication by political and resistance leaders and journalists, if they are unable to safely access the internet or it is blocked.” – Larry Press, professor of information systems, provided The Mercury News his opinion on the Starlink satellites sent to Ukraine to deflect Russian control of their Internet access.

 
 

Sonal Singhal“They’re only cryptic to us, and our limited sensory perception.” – Sonal Singhal, assistant professor of biology, was interviewed by National Geographic about our inability to see a type of morphologically cryptic lizards in Australia.

Faculty Highlights: February 2022

February 17, 2022 By admin

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. To share faculty news, email ucm@csudh.edu.

College of Arts and Humanities

Lorna Fitzsimmons, professor of humanities, presented “‘The memory bound to the window’: Enabling Resistance to ASD Oppression,” at the online Memory, Forgetting, and Creating–International Interdisciplinary Conference organized by the University of GdaÅ„sk, Poland and Norwegian University of Science and Technology on Jan. 13 and 14.

Benito Gomez Faculty at California State Uinversity Dominguez Hills

Benito Gómez, professor and advisor of modern languages, authored the article “La violencia virulenta y su relación con la depresión en Don Quijote,” [PDF] which was published in the Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Spanish Literature. The article examines the relationship between depression and reading for the protagonist of Don Quixote.

Additionally, Gómez’ book, El fenómeno de la escritura como terapia en la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea was published in 2021 by Editorial Pliegos. In the book, Gómez studies examples of literary creation as self-therapy in contemporary Latin American literature.

Ryan HarveyRyan Harvey, lecturer of philosophy, co-authored Nietzsche’s The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner for Edinburgh University Press. The book focuses on Friedrich Nietzsche’s lifelong obsession with Richard Wagner and interprets the influence Wagner had on Nietzsche and his philosophy.

Donna Nicol, chair and associate professor of Africana studies, was a featured panelist for the City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month Roundtable discussion on “Black Health and Wellness” on Feb. 3, along with other L.A. County scholars of African American studies.

Laura Talamante
Laura Talamante

Doris Namala
Doris Namala

Laura Talamante, chair and professor of history, co-authored “Education during the Enlightenment: Women Engaging Critical Inquiry” with CSUDH history major, Jasmine Abang, for a special issue of Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines. The two also presented with Doris Namala, lecturer of history, on the panel “Collaborating With Student Scholars” at the fall National Institute for State and Organizational Development conference for best and promising practices that increase student success.

Talamante also published “Mapping Women’s Revolutionary Control of Their Environment & Property in Marseille: A Digital Mapping Project” in The Journal of the Western Society for French History. She also presented with Nicole Rodriguez, former director of the Career Center, on the panel “Breaking the Silence: Institutional Responsibility in Promotion to Full Professor” at the February Sociologists for Women in Society virtual conference.

College of Business Administration and Public Policy

Shari BerkowitzShari R. Berkowitz, associate professor of criminal justice administration, presented to the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyer Association for their “Into the Future” conference. Her presentation included a discussion pertaining to Borden v. United States, 559 U.S. 133,137 (2010) and her research on faulty memory and eyewitness identification.

Nancy Deng

Rui Sun
Rui Sun

Xuefei “Nancy” Deng, professor of information systems, and Rui Sun, associate professor of public administration, authored the peer-reviewed article “Barriers to e-Learning During Crisis: A Capital Theory Perspective on Academic Adversity,” which was published in the Journal of Information Systems Education. The paper highlights the new digital divide in e-learning and provides practical implications for educational institutions to support underserved students in overcoming academic adversities and building educational resilience.

Jennifer Macy

Jennifer Macy, associate professor of criminal justice, received the Richard Tewksbury Award from the Western Society of Criminology. She was awarded, as it requires, for her contribution to activism on the relationship between crime and sexuality.

College of Education 

Edward Curammeng, assistant professor of education, co-authored the article “Critiquing Empire through Desirability: A Review of 40 Years of Filipinx Americans in Education Research, 1980 to 1920” in the Review of Educational Research (RER). The article takes stock of how Filipina/x/o Americans are presented in educational research and provides a conceptual approach for conducting reviews of the literature using empire as an analytic and a desire-based framework. This article is RER‘s first published piece on Filipina/x/o Americans in its 90-year history.

College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Janine Gasco and Cheryl McKnight
Janine Gasco (left) and Cheryl McKnight (right)

Janine Gasco, professor of anthropology, and Cheryl McKnight, director of the Center for Service Learning, Internships & Civic Engagement (SLICE), authored “Challenging the Underrepresentation of Native Americans in Higher Education at an Urban, Comprehensive University,” in Chapter 10 of Diversity and Inclusion in Educational Institutions. This chapter delves into the detrimental effect of the education system’s refusal to accurately inform adolescents of true Native American history, the solutions already being pursued, and how CSUDH is currently trying to better serve this community.

Tianjun Lu, assistant professor of earth sciences, co-authored “Using crowd-sourced low-cost sensors in a land-use regression of PM2.5 in 6 US cities” for Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health.

The article emphasizes the importance of LUR models in improving human health and pinpointing intra-city exposure patterns.

Kenneth Seligson, assistant professor of anthropology, gave the seminar lecture “Los Hornos Anulares – Investigaciones sobre la producción de la cal en las tierras bajas mayas del norte (Annular Kilns: Investigations of Burnt Lime Production in the Northern Maya Lowlands),” with the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico. Seligson’s lecture explored studies conducted on the construction technology of pre-Hispanic lime kilns.

Ray Sumner
Ray Sumner

John Menary
John Menary

Ray Sumner and John A. Menary, lecturers of earth science, co-authored “Surprise! Discoveries with a Field Methods Class” in the Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, published by the University of Hawai’i Press. The article discusses the unexpected twists and turns the participants in their Field Methods class experienced, and how they refocused and refused to let it slow them down.

Recent quotes and/or interviews in the media from faculty

Prakash Dheeriya“[Postponed collections of fees and taxes] will reduce the burden to small businesses on their operating cash flow. Other measures can include borrowing from capital markets at low-interest rates to finance the operations of governments. Money raised in this manner can fill in the gap from the postponement of the collection of revenues.” – Prakash Dheeriya, professor of finance, gave his input to The Center Square on the improvement tax breaks would have on Hawaii’s economy.

Natasa Christodoulidou“Not everyone who applies for a credit card will be approved. When this happens, you can build your credit score in alternative ways, such as being added as an authorized user on someone else’s card or taking out a credit builder loan.” – Natasa Christodoulidou, professor of marketing and management, provided expert advice for MoneyGeek’s two new studies on bad credit and fair credit.

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