Two of Doris Namala’s greatest thrills are experiencing students’ enthusiasm about her lessons that challenge European-centered perspectives of Mexican history, and knowing her former students who now teach are relishing the same experience in local schools. Namala, a colonial Latin American historian, is well respected in California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) History Department for her bold and creative approach to integrating her research into student learning. That admiration has garnered her the 2018 Catherine H. Jacobs Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award, an honor that acknowledges non-tenure track lecturers who have “demonstrated excellence in teaching effectiveness ... Read More
College of Arts and Humanities
‘In the Next Room’ Sure to Create Hysteria
California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) production of “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play),” playwright Sarah Ruhl’s comedic play set in the 1880s about sex, intimacy, equality, and the use of a new instrument to treat female “hysteria,” will run on campus April 6, 7, 13, and 14 at 8 p.m., and April 15 at 2 p.m. Produced by CSUDH’s Department of Theatre and Dance, and directed by Shonni Holmes, alumnus and theatre arts faculty member, “In the Next Room” is the department’s final theatrical production of the 2017-18 season. “Sarah Ruhl is masterful at two things:finding the humor in serious topics, and exploring the depths of the female experience, and‘In the Next ... Read More
Graduating Studio Art/Design Students Exhibit their Work
Contact: Kathy Zimmerer: (310) 243-3334; kzimmerer@csudh.edu (Carson, CA) – From mixed media and ceramic sculpture to paintings and socially engaged ad campaigns, the creative diversity and talent of 53 graduating seniors from the California State University, Dominguez Hills Art and Design Department will be on full display in “Content: 2018 Senior Studio Art Exhibition” (April 16-24) and a one-day pop-up exhibit, “Vantage Point: 2018 Senior Design Showcase” (May 3). “Content: 2018 Senior Studio Art Exhibition” will run April 16-24 with an opening reception on Monday, April 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The “Vantage Point: 2018 ... Read More
Bianca Murillo Radically Rethinks Global Capitalism
Associate Professor of History Bianca Murillo’s first book, “Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth Century Ghana” (Ohio University Press, 2017), provides an expansive perspective of global capitalism that examines how race, gender, and power are created through commercial networks, and offers a radical rethinking of how economies and markets function. Funded by the Fulbright Hays Program and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Murillo conducted extensive research in the U.K., Europe, and West Africa to trace the evolution of consumerism in the colonial Gold Coast and independent Ghana as far back as the late 19th Century. But while much of the research for her book was spent ... Read More
CSUDH Awarded $445K from Mellon Foundation to Support Students’ Doctoral Pursuits in Humanities
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been awarded a $444,832 subgrant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to encourage more undergraduate students from underrepresented minority groups (URM), including African American, Latino/a, Native American, and other students committed to diversity, to pursue Ph.D.s in the humanities. The subgrant is part of a larger $2,211,000 award to the CSU Foundation to establish Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) programs at five CSU Southern California campuses—Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles. The Mellon Foundation’s centerpiece program, MMUF, aims to address the lack of diversity among ... Read More
