California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomed 29 faculty members this fall semester. Join the CSUDH Campus News Center in congratulating them on their new appointments! College of Arts and Humanities Fernando Severino, Assistant Professor, Communications Academic Background: Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Minnesota Master of International Affairs, Columbia University B.S., Journalism, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Research Interests/Current Projects: Severino's research areas and interests are in the intersection between mass media and international affairs, political communication, and journalism studies. Prior to CSUDH: Severino served as ... Read More
College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences
Philip Vieira Receives NSF Grant to Advance Skills in STEM Education Research
Philip Vieira, associate professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant totaling more than $228,000. Created for early- and mid-career researchers, the funding will enable Vieira to conduct rigorous fundamental research in STEM education by examining retention among students in STEM majors through a First-Year Seminar course. Vieria’s project is funded through NSF’s Education and Human Resources Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) program. “This grant an important first step in developing a robust research program in STEM education on our campus in order to support ... Read More
Engagement and Activism in Modern Physics Education
Source: Physics Central By Korena Di Roma Howley As a young girl growing up in Sacramento, California, Ximena Cid would sit on her roof and stare at the night sky. “I always had a love of the stars, of the universe,” she says. Today, Cid is chair of the physics department at California State University, Dominguez Hills and has pivoted from a focus in space science to one in physics education research (PER). “In grad school, I became more and more fascinated with the way people learn [and how] the ways in which we present ideas impacts how people understand them,” she says. She looks at how topics in physics might be rendered to better support students, noting that teaching in ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: July-August 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 Professor Matthew Jones, chair of the Mathematics Department, and mathematics lecturer Sharon Lanaghan have co-written the article “Building and Sustaining Success in Precalculus: A Multi-Pronged Approach" for the journal Primus. Their paper describes the rationale, implementation, and impact of the redesign of precalculus at ... Read More
Sociology Student Noé López Named a Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar
Master of Sociology student Noé López is focusing his research and thesis on examining higher education through a “racial and sociological lens.” Now, as California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) 2020 CSU Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar recipient, he will be much better equipped to pursue his aspirations of becoming a professor at a Hispanic-serving institution, where he can fuse his research and teaching to empower historically “disinvested” students. López, who is on track to complete his master’s degree in spring 2021, carries a notepad to jot down ideas for his thesis as they emerge. “I really enjoy doing this kind of work,” he said. “With my research and thesis, ... Read More
