Associate professor of finance Tayyeb Shabbir recently presented a paper titled “Impact on 'East Asia:' 1997-98 Asian Crisis vs. 2007-09 Global Financial Crisis” at the annual international conference of the Global Academy of Business and Economic Research (GABER) in New York in October. He also served as chair for the session, “Global Financial Crisis: Impact and Policy Response.” The article has been published in GABER's Conference Proceedings. While in New York, Shabbir, an expert on financial crises, was also interviewed by Li Jing, an international reporter and American correspondent for the Xinhua News Agency (XNA), the largest wire and television agency in China. The interview was ... Read More
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Kimberly Bohman-Kalaja: Professor of Literature Named Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Kimberly Bohman-Kalaja, associate professor of literature in the Humanities External Master of Arts (HUX) program at California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2010-2011. “I feel incredibly lucky and truly grateful,” she said of being selected for the prestigious program. Bohman-Kalaja will spend the spring 2011 semester–from February to August–at the University of Tirana in Tirana, Albania, where she will be lecturing and conducting research on the way in which Albania's writers are shaping the nation's identity. “I am interested in the way in which writers and poets see themselves in relation to their national identity,” said ... Read More
Andrew J. Leist: Alumnus Uses Digital Media Arts Skills in Medical Field
There's an art to surgery, and while surgeons orchestrate and perform, technicians in the operating room also make important contributions. California State University, Dominguez Hills alumnus Andrew J. Leist is one such technician, bringing his digital media arts skills to the medical field. After receiving his bachelor's degree in digital media arts in 2008 and while continuing to work in the music industry, Leist landed a job as an audio/visual technician at USC University Hospital Department of Surgery in Los Angeles, where he manages media technology used by surgeons performing endoscopic procedures. “It's fascinating. Before I started [working at USC University Hospital], I ... Read More
Daniel Cano: Alumnus Wins International Latino Book Award
According to Daniel Cano (Class of '77, B.A., English; '84, M.A., Spanish), all one needed to make it as a journalist in 1920s Los Angeles was the ability to read and write, and a good mentor. In Cano's case, all that was needed to become an award-winning novelist was his desire to become a writer and his education at California State University, Dominguez Hills and Santa Monica College (SMC), where he now teaches literature, composition, and creative writing. This fall, Cano received the 12th International Latino Book Award for historical fiction with his third book, “Death and the American Dream.” The Los Angeles native says that the protagonist of his 1991 “Pepe Rios,” which was ... Read More
Gerardo Yepez: Principal of Torrance Elementary Works Toward Collaboration
Although the afternoon dismissal bell has rung at Torrance Elementary School, principal Gerardo Yepez (Class of '93, liberal studies; '96, teaching credential) isn't finished working. He can be seen at the school's entrance, greeting parents and saying goodbye to students for the day. Yepez, a Los Angeles native, taught for many years in the Lennox and San Mateo-Foster City school districts before becoming an administrator. During his eight years as principal at Torrance Elementary, the school has consistently earned high marks on real estate sites such as redfin.com and trulia.com for its high level of service to the community, a population that Yepez regards as his ... Read More
