Hedy Moscovici was recently selected as a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her research and service to professional organizations. The professor of education at California State University, Dominguez Hills has focused her research on the teaching of mathematics and science at the elementary, secondary, and college levels and the professional development of an international community of teachers. She will be recognized at AAAS's annual conference to be held in Washington D.C. in February. Moscovici was also recognized with the Distinguished Educator Alumna Award by the College of Education at Florida State University. A native of Bucharest, ... Read More
Research
Don Hata: Historian Publishes Fourth Edition of Work on Japanese American Incarceration
A fourth edition of “Japanese Americans and World War II: Mass Removal, Imprisonment, and Redress” (with Dr. Nadine Ishitani Hata; Wheeling, Ill.; Harlan Davidson, 2010) has recently been published by Dr. Don Hata, emeritus professor of history. The introductory summary of the subject, which evolved from a 33-page essay, was originally written in 1974 by Hata and his late wife, who taught history at California State University, Dominguez Hills before becoming a professor of history and emeritus vice president of Academic Affairs at El Camino College. On Dec. 16, Don Hata visited the Albany Civil Rights Institute in Albany, Ga. for a book signing and presented a talk on the ... Read More
Can’t Buy Me Love: Course Examines Consumer Spending
Despite the economic downturn, holiday spending still happens, with shoppers looking for the perfect gift at a good price. As is often the case, the would-be Santas are also buying presents for themselves, many of which will end up in the backs of closets or otherwise never used. This fall, in Anne Choi's class on “American Consumerism,” students were asked to bring items to class that had caused them to feel buyer's remorse. The session, which was recorded by American Public Media's “Marketplace,” aired on NPR on Dec. 13. Choi says that people often think they can buy happiness “because the media tells us that we can.” “It has become easier to buy things than to do things that ... Read More
Science Students Represent CSU Dominguez Hills at ABRCMS National Conference
Students from several science cohorts at California State University, Dominguez Hills attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), which was held in Charlotte, N.C. last month. Four students presented their research at ABRCMS, with Kristie Gordon taking home a certificate of achievement for her presentation on “Sex-drugs and HIV: How Substances Became Associated with Sex among African American and Latino Young Men Who Have Sex with Men.” A senior majoring in sociology, Gordon was mentored by Dr. Matt Mutchler, associate professor of sociology, interim director, Urban Community Research Center at CSU Dominguez Hills, and director of community-based ... Read More
Jerry Moore: Anthropologist Establishes Consortium of Ecuadorean and Peruvian Scholars
Professor of anthropology Jerry Moore and Dr. Francisco Valdez of the Institut de Recherche Pour le Développpement (IRD) laid the groundwork for a bi-national collaboration between archaeologists in Ecuador and Peru this summer for long-term projects to explore the prehistory of the border regions between the two nations. The two-and-a-half week conference of international university students, archaeologists, and other scholars visited 15 ancient sites in Ecuador and Peru, viewed collections in national museums in both countries, and made public presentations to communities in La Libertad and Cuenca, Ecuador and in Tumbes and Piura, Peru. The project is funded by the Wenner Gren ... Read More
