Vivian Price is respected by her peers and admired by her students, many of whom have become active partners in her creative work and causes, from filmmaking and research around equity, race, and gender, to environmental racism and climate change. Price is a professor of interdisciplinary studies and coordinator of the Labor Studies program at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). She has earned the 2020 Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award. The award acknowledges research, scholarship and creative activities that are essential components of the university’s mission. The honor also recognizes professional activities that provide intellectual ... Read More
Environmental Science
Faculty Highlights: February 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. College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences John Keyantash, associate professor and chair of the Department of Earth Science and Geography, was the keynote speaker at the Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Hydrology’s Roorkee Water Conclave 2020 in Uttarakhand, India. Keyantash spoke on “Indices for Meteorological and Hydrological Drought.” College of Extended and International ... Read More
CSUDH Eats iPhone App Helps Students Find Affordable and Free Food on Campus
By Laurie McLaughlin There is a growing need for access to nutritious food for students struggling to meet this basic need across the CSU system. At CSUDH, the Information Technology team worked with Apple technology to design the CSUDH Eats iPhone app, which will be available for free. It is difficult, if not impossible, to excel academically if you are hungry, says Chris Manriquez, vice president of information technology. “Food insecurity—not being able to afford regular meals—is one of the challenges that some of our students face. Students grapple with a number of insecurity issues, including transportation, housing, and psychological support, but not having enough to eat is the one ... Read More
Tree-Ring Lab Gives Students ‘Core’ Hands-On Experience
Education is all about empowering students, according to Parveen Chhetri, assistant professor in the Department of Earth Science and Geography at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). For the trio of student assistants working in CSUDH’s Tree-Ring Lab -- David “Skip” Saldana, Michelle Mohr, and Gabriel Angulo -- that means getting invaluable hands-on experience in the skills of dendrochronology, the dating and study of annual growth rings in trees. The Tree-Ring Lab is currently working on a project analyzing the history of drought events in California. By examining the thickness of trees’ yearly growth rings, they can deduce the amount of rainfall an area received in a ... Read More
2019 President’s Student Leadership and Service Awards
Highlighting their exemplary leadership, commitment to inclusion and student support, and the impact they have had on the campus community, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) honored five students with the Presidential Award for Outstanding Student during the 2019 President’s Student Leadership and Service Awards Ceremony on May 7. The annual event also celebrates and showcases co-curricular experiences through student organizations, and recognizes outstanding faculty and staff who support them. The university is home to 115 student organizations with more than 2,300 students involved in various clubs. Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Alejandro Campos, ... Read More
