California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) President Thomas A. Parham to host Consequential Conversations: A Dialogue with Toni Scott on Wednesday, November 18th at 4 p.m. The conversation with mixed media visual artist Toni Scott launches the strategic creative partnership between Scott and CSUDH offering insight into her artistic background, key influences on her work, and plans for upcoming projects. Consequential Conversations: A dialogue with Toni Scott, takes place Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. Click here to register. Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Scott's installations, exhibitions and individual works largely explore her African American, Native American, and European ... Read More
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Master’s in Cyber Security Program Honored with 2020 Outstanding Credit Program Award
The Master of Science in Cyber Security program at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been honored with the 2020 Outstanding Credit Program Award by the University Professional and Continuing Education Association, West Region. The award recognizes programs that are original in concept and/or approach in a degree-applicable or professional advancement format. Launched in 2018, the accelerated, 18-month program at is taught by faculty in CSUDH's Computer Science Department and offered through the College of Extended and International Education. ... Read More
CSUDH Jazz Professor Teodross Avery Celebrates the Music of Thelonious Monk on New Album
Saxophonist and California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Music Teodross Avery has felt a connection to the music of Thelonious Monk from an early age. “I've been listening to his music since I was 15 years old,” says Avery. “He was one of my favorites and my heroes long before I started pursuing degrees in music.” Avery's longtime love and respect for his music has resulted in a new album celebrating Monk's work, “Harlem Stories: The Music of Thelonious Monk,” released in September on Wj3 Records. The title of the album refers to Monk's strong New York roots. “I wanted to make sure that we brought the spirit of Harlem ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: October 2020
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 ucpa@csudh.edu. College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences Ximena Cid, professor and chair of the Physics Department, was a featured speaker on Oct. 20 during 2020 SACNAS - The National Diversity in STEM Virtual Conference, the largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country. Her inspirational presentation was titled, “Who We Are and Where We Come From Shape Who We Are as ... Read More
Matthew Luckett’s Book Explores Horse Stealing on the Western Great Plains
Riffling through dusty files in an old shed behind a courthouse in Chadron, Nebraska, External Master's in Humanities academic coordinator Matthew Luckett scanned ledgers and criminal case files that had not been touched in decades. He was looking for horse thieves as part of his research for his book "Never Caught Twice: Horse Stealing in Western Nebraska, 1850-1890." The book, published by the University of Nebraska Press, documents the widely misunderstood crime in American mythology of horse stealing, revealing that it was perpetrated by four main Western Plains groups whose crimes inadvertently transformed plains culture and settlement. For some, violence was the solution for ... Read More
