What’s the best way to make an ancient civilization accessible to a wide audience? Ask Jackeline and Lesli Hernandez, and they will tell you that podcasting is the key. The two sisters, who both graduated from CSUDH in May with degrees in anthropology, started the podcast “Uncovering the Ancient Maya” in Spring 2022 to provide accurate, historical insights about the Maya to the general public. “Podcasting is how people now get information,” Lesli said. “Maya culture is hard to explain. We hear so many misconceptions about the Maya community, and we wanted people to be more informed.” The Hernandez sisters credit Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ken Seligson for helping them ... Read More
Anthropology
Anthropology Graduate Brings Personal Perspective to Research
The CSUDH Class of 2022 has had many obstacles to overcome to reach graduation—and graduating senior Lukas Daniels (BA, Anthropology) is no different. He transferred from El Camino College to CSUDH in the spring of 2020, just in time for the campus to “go virtual” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As he and his fellow students were navigating the transition to online learning, Daniels was dealing with his own unique challenges. He lives with Hyper Mobile Joint Disorder, which causes chronic pain in his joints, fingers, and limbs. “My joints kind of move in place when they're not supposed to,” he explains. His hypermobility issues can make typing painful and difficult—an obvious problem ... Read More
CSUDH Professor Enjoys Side Project as TV Anthropology Expert
Whether it’s the bones in the Paris catacombs or the historical use of psychedelics, television producers know who to call when they need some expert commentary: CSUDH associate professor of anthropology Sarah Lacy. In the last six months, she has been featured prominently on both the History Channel’s The UnXplained with William Shatner and CuriosityStream’s History by the Numbers, which also airs on Smithsonian Channel Canada. Lacy’s foray as an expert commentator started as a fun YouTube project. She and Cal Poly Pomona history professor Rachael Hill starred in several short videos for Gamology’s Experts React series, offering academic opinions on the accuracy of historical video games ... Read More
Seligson, Ken
Ken Seligson, Ph.D. Title: Assistant Professor Department: Anthropology Areas of Expertise Archaeology and anthropology, the Ancient Maya, human-environment relationships, Mesoamerica, ancient civilizations Professional Background Seligson is an archaeologist who has conducted fieldwork in Mexico, Honduras, and Spain. He specializes in human-environment relationships, conservation, and technology in the Maya lowlands of eastern Mexico. His forthcoming book, The Maya Marvel: Climate Change and Human-Environment Relationships in the Classic Maya Lowlands (2022) will be published by Oxford University Press. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. He has ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: April 2021
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 Business Administration and Public Policy Larry Press, professor emeritus of information systems, participated in an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers online forum that addressed options and plans for extending high-speed internet access to under-served areas of New Hampshire. Press has followed internet satellite projects since the first generation of low earth ... Read More
