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Maria Avila Receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Teach in Colombia

April 29, 2021

(Carson, Ca.) Maria Avila, associate professor of Social Work at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award to teach pedagogical skills at the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander in Cúcuta, Colombia. Her three-week appointment begins May 31. Fulbright Specialist award recipients are selected based on their academic and professional achievement, leadership in their field, and their potential to foster long-term cooperation between institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Avila began teaching at CSUDH in 2014 in the Department of Social Work. Her research focuses on creating change in and outside of higher education through ... Read More

Terry McGlynn Honored with 2021 Presidential Outstanding Professor Award

April 22, 2021

CSUDH Professor of Biology Terry McGlynn.

Professor of Biology Terry McGlynn says it’s not the technical details that really drive research, or the “very minute questions” scientists seek to answer. He believes the best fundamental questions are often asked by those who are new to the field. McGlynn has always treasured the curiosity-driven insights his students bring to his research of the natural world, and the “really big questions” they have asked often during field research in remote locations such as the rain forests of Coast Rica, in Australia, or while just exploring a location’s raw beauty. McGlynn began teaching at CSUDH in 2007 as an assistant professor of biology, but he began traveling to rain forests to study ... Read More

Anthropology Student Rubi Landa Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship

April 13, 2021

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While the pandemic may have put a damper on anthropology student Yesenia “Rubi” Landa’s plans to travel abroad to research the water management strategies of the Maya, her thirst for knowledge still resulted in sound data-driven conclusions. As an undergraduate researcher at CSUDH, Landa has examined climate change data gathered in Cerro Hul, a small Maya site in the Puuc region of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. She worked under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Anthropology Kenneth Seligson. “My research was conducted to estimate the total water storage capacity of underground cisterns –  known as Chultuns – at Cerro Hul, and whether they would have been enough to support the ... Read More

Fynnwin Prager’s Influenza Economic Research Pays Dividends During COVID-19

April 11, 2021

  Fynnwin Prager is an expert on the economic repercussions of epidemics and pandemics. In the article, Prager draws parallels between the study he co-published in 2016, “Total Economic Consequences of an Influenza Outbreak” and recent economic predictions about COVID-19. He also touches on economic and business resilience, the need for better support for communities of lower socio-economic status during health crisis, and a new research partnership with colleagues at USC CREATE and ImageCAT that uses satellite-imaging data to explore various economic factors related to COVID-19. In 2016, Fynnwin Prager, associate professor of Public Administration at CSUDH, co-published the study the ... Read More

Faculty Highlights: March 2021

March 24, 2021

Faculty Highlights

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 Arts and Humanities Nancy Erbe, professor of Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (NCRP), co-edited the book “Preventing and Reducing Violence in Schools and Society,” a collection of innovative research on the evolution and implementation of nonviolence concepts within social settings in order to prevent oppression and violence among global communities. The book explores ... Read More

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