To continue its year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Watts Rebellion, California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomes best-selling novelist and Los Angeles native Walter Mosley as the 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture Series guest speaker on Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Loker Student Union ballroom. The author of more than 40 books ranging from crime novels to political essays, Mosley is considered one the most versatile and prolific writers in the United States today. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award. Mosley is best known for his mystery series featuring ... Read More
CSUDH Campus News Center Archive
A Change is Going to Come. But When?
What happens after a community rises up in protest and demands an end to inequality, brutality, racism and economic injustice? Justin Gammage, CSU Dominguez Hills assistant professor of Africana studies, examines whether or not civil rights movements – both past and present – have effected change. For the last couple of years, an angry chorus of protest has risen in response to a string of police shootings that have resulted in the deaths of unarmed African Americans across the United States. The Black Lives Matter movement, along with other activist groups, have newly elevated an old, persistent issue into the national dialogue. “In the last three years, there have been the largest ... Read More
Affordable Learning Solutions poised for growth this spring
Story compliled from the orginial piece written by Donna Cruz, Office of the Provost, Division of Acacemic Affairs. Photographs by Donna Cruz. When the California State University (CSU) system offered California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) the opportunity to be the test campus for the Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) program in 2009, University Library staff ran with it, as did the faculty. Today, they lead the way for faculty throughout the 23-campus CSU system in providing more affordable, quality educational content for their students through free and low-cost e-books, and other learning materials. “The aim here at CSUDH was to get as many free textbooks as ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: January 2016
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 Business Administration and Public Policy Richard Malamud, accounting and finance professor, was published in the January 2016 issue of the business journal Spidell's Federal Taxation. His article, “Inheriting or Purchasing S Corporation Stock” discusses and provides a potential solution to the tax problem associated with inheriting or purchasing S Corporation stock. He also had the article, “Information Reporting and Basis ... Read More
Alumna Monica Cooper: building a ‘robust’ financial future for the City of Carson
Since being voted in as treasurer of the City of Carson in March 2015, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumna Monica Cooper has been probing financial records and systems as she works to make the city's capital safer, its investments more strategic and transparent, and its portfolio more robust. Making Carson more financially viable is not just Cooper's ('91, MPA, and '90 B.S., Public Administration) job as treasurer, but is a promise she made to the city's nearly 93,000 residents when she ran for office. She is well on her way to keeping that promise, starting with protecting the city's assets. “Before I got here there was an issue with funds that were stolen via the ... Read More