Salim Faraji has been on a 25-year quest for answers to a transformation that took place more than 1,500 years ago. His findings led him to author the book “The Roots of Nubian Christianity Uncovered: The Triumph of the Last Pharaoh” (African World Press: Trenton and London, 2012). In it, Faraji, associate professor and chair of Africana studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills, explores the influence that a 5th century Nubian pharaoh had on ancient Nubian culture and its conversion to Christianity. “This king, Silko, is pivotal. He is like Constantine was in the Roman Empire. Constantine is really the emperor who makes Christianity the legitimate religion in the Roman ... Read More
Research
Professor Ganezer Goes to Washington
Discovery. That, in large part, is what drives the human race forward. It's also what drives California State University, Dominguez Hills physics professor and cutting-edge researcher Kenneth Ganezer. Ganezer is also driven by the need to engage more students in science along with their faculty mentors, and as an officer of the California/Nevada section of the American Physical Society (APS), he traveled to Washington, D.C. and Greenbelt, Md. last semester to lobby for better funding for science as well as physics research and education to make that possible. Ganezer along with four other physicists from Sonoma State University, University of California, Davis, UC Santa Barbara, ... Read More
Federal Minority Biomedical Research Support Program at CSUDH Renewed
Kumar Tiger, a 21-year-old senior microbiology major, aspires to be biomedical scientist because he “saw the health disparities among people like me and my family and I was not satisfied with the solutions being provided.” He wants to play a part in finding solutions and proactively preventing sickness, and he says the experiences he has had through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program at California State University, Dominguez Hills will help him achieve his career goals. “MBRS RISE has taught me more than just laboratory techniques,” said Tiger who has worked on projects ... Read More
Three-year Grant Awarded to Sociology Professor for HIV/AIDS Related Study
Matt Mutchler, associate professor of sociology and director of the Urban Community Research Center (UCRC) at California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been awarded a nearly $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to conduct a three-year groundbreaking study exploring how young gay and bi-sexual black men talk about sexual health with their friends. A collaboration with the Department of Sociology at CSU Dominguez Hills, AIDS Alabama, AIDS Project Los Angeles (where Mutchler directs community-based research), and the University of Alabama, the study aims to better understand how sex talk may influence safer sexual ... Read More
Ludivina Vasquez: A Better State of Mind
Ludivina Vasquez, 20, finished strong at California State University, Dominguez Hills, graduating on May 18 with a Bachelor of Art in psychology from the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences. Vasquez started out as an average student, but reached her stride toward the end of her sophomore year. That's when she discovered research-- or when chair and professor of psychology Mark Carrier discovered her. Because she was actively participating and excelling in his critical thinking course (PSY 110), Carrier asked her to participate in the George Marsh Applied Cognition Laboratory, which he directs along with fellow psychology professor Larry Rosen and conduct her own independent ... Read More
