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
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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
CSU Dominguez Hills Student Betty Solares Receives CSU Trustees’ Award
Bertha (Betty) Solares, a human services major and sociology minor at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has endured much in her life: an abusive mother, teen pregnancy, an abusive husband, drug addiction, and depression. At her lowest point she was living on the streets, had lost custody of her child, and wound up in jail twice. When Solares learned she was pregnant with her second daughter, she made the decision to turn her life around. Today, Solares carries a 3.6 GPA at CSUDH, and she is not letting her troubled past cripple her. Instead, she is using it as her inspiration to help and serve others. Solares' story and success has garnered her California State ... Read More
Susan Needham Named finalist for Civically Engaged Faculty Award
Anthropology Professor Susan Needham was a finalist for the Campus Compact's 2016 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award for her passion in involving her students in research and relationships that greatly benefit the communities that California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) serves. A national coalition of colleges and universities, Campus Compact created the Ehrlich Award to recognize faculty who demonstrate exceptional engaged scholarship, including an ability to lead students in progressive civic learning; who conduct community-based research; promote and create community partnerships; and are committed to service-learning and civic engagement. Needham, who along ... Read More
Ashish Sinha’s Research on Asian Monsoon Leads to Discovery of What Ends Ice Ages
Professor Ashish Sinha and a team of international researchers used their analysis of stalagmites recovered from a cave deep in central China to not only map over 640,000 years of history of the Asian Monsoon–the longest and most accurate record to date–but also change the understanding of how ice ages terminate. ...examining stalagmites with radio metric dating, we are able to link ice ages and the monsoons with our record. Now that's exciting.” Sinha, chair of the Department of Earth Science and Geography at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), and his team published a paper in the journal Nature detailing their data from Sanbao Cave, where stalagmites provide ... Read More
