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CSUSB political science professor discusses how female presidents are portrayed on screen
The New York Times
Oct. 21, 2025
Meredith Conroy, a professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino, and the author of “Masculinity, Media and the American Presidency,” was interviewed for an article on how female presidents are portrayed on screen, and the how Americans may perceive a female president in real life.

The cleaner way to get ripped
The Atlantic via DNYUZ
Oct. 17, 2025
Guillermo Escalante, a kinesiology professor at California State University at San Bernardino and a competitive bodybuilder, was interviewed for an article about “clean bulking,” also called “lean bulking,” a term used by bodybuilders to mean that they workout while only consuming slightly more calories than the body needs to maintain itself.

Communicating research evidence within the therapeutic space: A competency framework for graduate social work education
Journal of Teaching Social Work
Keri West (social work) was part of a team that published an a article that “describes the development of a competency framework for communicating research evidence within the therapeutic relationship, in support of a teaching and learning innovation aimed at cultivating holistic competence in Master of Social Work students as they learn about and perform EBP (evidence-based practice).”

Troubled Times: Canadian social workers' early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
International Social Work
Keri West (social work) was part of a team of researchers who surveyed Canadian social workers about “about early adversities, mental health, and resilience” during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the abstract: “Bivariate analysis (n = 236) was conducted to understand relationships between predictor and outcome variables; and logistic regression analyses were conducted for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and resilience. The impact of pandemic-related factors was also investigated.”

The complex role of financial hardship in understanding depression among youth in Uganda
Journal of Affective Disorders
Jamal Appiah-Kubi (social work) led a team of researchers who published a study that examined the effect of financial hardship on the mental health of youth in Uganda. From the abstract: “This study addresses three fundamental questions: (1) what is the relationship between financial stability and depression? (2) to what extent is the relationship mediated by financial hardship? and (3) do these possible relationships differ by adolescents' age and gender?”

The state of evidence on the influence and apprenticeship on youth economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
Jamal Appiah-Kubi (social work) led a team of researchers who examined the effects of apprenticeship on economic outcomes among the youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. “This systematic review sought to help fill the empirical gap by comprehensively synthesizing the existing evidence,” according to the abstract.

The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of sexual and reproductive health care during disasters in Louisiana
Traumatology
Priyanjali Chakraborty (social work) was part of a research team that explored how COVID-19 “intersected with other disasters, such as hurricanes and floods, and how this in turn impacts the provision of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care services” in the state of Louisiana.

Moving beyond safety to healing: Survivors and practitioners' inputs on survivor-centered intimate partner violence research
Social Work Research
Priyanjali Chakraborty (social work) was part of a research team that published an article that focused on intimate partner violence research. From the abstract: “In this article, authors describe the feminist participatory research approach, whereby they invited women who are survivors and practitioners to offer inputs on a proposed longitudinal qualitative study to examine help-seeking pathways among female survivors.”

Moral injury and religious coping as serial mediators between childhood sexual abuse and depressive symptoms among survivors in the USA. 
Journal of Religion and Health
Christina Hassija (psychology, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) was part of a team of researchers who examined how “investigated how (childhood sexual abuse) severity, moral injury, and religious coping influence depressive symptoms among survivors of CSA.” Moral injury is defined as “a persistent distress arising from experiences that shatter one’s sense of goodness in oneself, others, or higher powers.”

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