Motivated by the dramatic psychological changes her mother went through before and after serving time in prison, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) human services major Asia Watkins aspires to work with women of color and their families experiencing the same challenges. “When she came home from prison my mom just wasn't the same. She suffered from depression, anxiety, and personality disorder,” said Watkins, a Carson resident who has a certificate in mental health recovery, and is expected to graduate with her bachelor's degree from CSUDH in May 2017. “So it's personal to me. I want to go into the prison system and specifically target women of color, starting with ... Read More
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Matt G. Mutchler Examines HIV Prevention Communication among Black Gay and Bisexual Men
Professor of sociology Matt G. Mutchler's research over the past 20 years into HIV prevention and treatment issues, especially within the African American community, has garnered him more than 15 external research awards and respect as an expert in the field. In addition to serving as a faculty member at California State University, Dominguez Hills, he is currently a visiting professor with the Center for AIDS Prevention and Study at University of California, San Francisco, and director of community-based research with AIDS Project Los Angeles. Mutchler's more recent work addresses sexual communication among African-American gay and bisexual males and their close friends, and other sexual ... Read More
Ellie Zenhari Shares Thoughts About ‘Watts: Then and Now’ Exhibit and Project
Assistant Professor Ellie Zenhari shares her thoughts about the "Watts: Then and Now" exhibit and student project, photography, and her current project. Ellie Zenhari earned her MFA at Savannah College of Art and Design and has been with CSUDH in the Art & Design Department since 2012 teaching photography, motion graphics, 3D animation, and interactive design classes. She has traveled and photographed extensively around the world, and her work has been exhibited in a solo exhibit in the Library Cultural Art Center at CSUDH (2015-2016), Watts Labor Committee Action Community Gallery (2015), the Louvre Museum in Paris (2015), the International Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami, Florida ... Read More
Alumnus Robert Goodwin Ecotourism and Cultural Retreat in Bulgaria
In 2006, just after earning his bachelor's degree in anthropology from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), alumnus Robert Goodwin took out a map of the world and threw a dart at it, and it sunk in Bulgaria. It was four years later that Goodwin followed the trajectory of that dart and traveled to Bulgaria on a two-week archaeological field excavation. While there, the idea to open an international field school in archaeology in the post-communist country took shape. “I was sitting on a dirty floor in a little church working on frescoes. I then said to my partner, 'You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to build a global center where people around the world can learn ... Read More
Alumnus Cuauhtémoc Avila Wastes No Time Building Trust in School District
As the first Mexican American and youngest Latino school chief ever hired by the Rialto Unified School District (Rialto USD), Cuauhtémoc Avila understood that building trust in the community and among teachers, administrators, and support staff in his district would take some time, and he didn't waste a minute of it. Avila, who graduated with his master's degree in Educational Administration in 2008 from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), was unanimously appointed superintendent of the Rialto USD in 2015. “The biggest challenge was re-establishing trust within the community, and with district staff, given what they had gone through the previous three years,” said ... Read More