“This experience may take you out of your comfort zone, but it will definitely change you and shape you for the better.” With that, Fulbright alumni ambassador Rebecca Littman-Smith inspired a classroom full of students at California State University, Dominguez Hills who are interested in applying for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. student program. During a presentation held on June 19 on campus, Littman-Smith offered tips, advice and information on the Fulbright U.S. Student grant program that is designed to send American students to a foreign country for one academic year to work on a study/research project or teach through the English Teaching Assistant (ETA) program. The highly ... Read More
Negotiation
Professor of NCRP Nancy Erbe Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Chair
Nancy Erbe, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding (NCRP) at California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been awarded the 2014-2015 Fulbright-PUC (Pontifícia Universidade Católica) Rio de Janeiro Distinguished Chair in American Studies. The highest level of Fulbright, the distinguished chair is most often awarded in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, and only one has been awarded this year in American Studies for Brazil. Out of 8,000 total grants awarded each year by the Fulbright Scholar Program, of which 800 are Scholar Fulbright awards, Erbe was among the 38 distinguished chairs. “Receiving this award means so many ... Read More
A. Marco Turk Honored with award from Southern California Mediation Association
For perhaps the greatest legacy of his career–redesigning the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (NCRP) as stand-alone undergraduate and master's degree programs at California State University, Dominguez Hills–Avrum Marco Turk was honored with the Southern California Mediation Association's (SCMA) 2013 L. Randolph Lowry Award. The award was presented in November during a reception preceding the 25th Annual SCMA Fall Conference held at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, where he served as a panel moderator discussing mediation approaches. Turk, former director and now professor emeritus of NCRP at CSU Dominguez Hills, said the recognition came as a surprise but ... Read More
Adjunct Professor, Fulbright Scholar Elizabeth Jackson Melds Disciplines for International Instruction
Elizabeth Jackson, an adjunct professor in negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding (NCRP) at California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been a guest lecturer in 17 countries, with her latest assignment taking her to Russia. Through the Fulbright Specialist Program, Jackson spent a 30-day residency this past April at Ural Federal University (UFU) in Ekaterinburg, Russia, where she presented lectures to 26 graduate students studying communications on objectivity in international journalism from the perspective of psychological biases. “[The students] were absolutely mesmerized. They had never had this kind of offering before, because it was a cross-cultural discipline,” ... Read More
Munashe Furusa Appointed Dean of College of Arts and Humanities
California State University, Dominguez Hills announces the appointment of Dr. Munashe Furusa as dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, effective July 1. Furusa has served the university during the past 13 years as professor and department chair of Africana studies, chair of the Academic Senate, the executive director of the California African American Political and Economic Institute on campus, acting associate dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, and most recently as acting dean. He has also chaired and served on numerous committees, and been honored with several university recognitions, including the university's Excellence in Service Award in 2008, the 2004 Lyle E. Gibson ... Read More
