
Kaitlyn Creasy, assistant professor of philosophy, has been selected for the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship from the American Association of University Women, where she will research stubborn social emotions and their harms.

Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote the second installment of his series on “When You Want to Be Closer Than They Do,” a columnist cited an article by Meredith Conroy (political science) on single-district state elections, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed on topics related to hate crimes and extremism.

Kevin Grisham (geography and environmental studies), Anthony Silard (public administration), David Yaghoubian (history), Diane Vines (nursing) and Vipin Gupta (management) shared their expertise on various topics in the news.

Formerly the child development program in the Department of Psychology, the new Department of Child Development will provide the opportunity to create new coursework that supports a state-of-the-art child development degree.

Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) was interviewed about the significance of the Raza Database Project’s findings that indicates the number of Latinos killed by police is severely undercounted, Diane Vines (nursing) spoke about access to a mobile medical clinic for the Palm Desert Campus’ Street Medicine program, and David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the latest news regarding the talks to revive the 2015 multi-national Iran nuclear agreement.

Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote on how social media exploits our loneliness, a study by Daniel MacDonald (economics) on wages and consumer prices was cited in a commentary, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed topics related to extremism and the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

Research by Daniel MacDonald (economics) was cited in article about employee wages and consumer prices, David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the latest talks on the Iran nuclear agreement, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed topics related to extremism and hate crimes.

Angela Clark-Louque (education) was a guest panelist at the California Association of African-American Superintendents and Administrators’ recent summit and on the Growing Inland Achievement program “Education Insight,” Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) discussed a plan by the G7 nations targeting big tech companies that move profits to low-tax offshore havens, Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote on overcoming rejection, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and anti-Asian hate crimes.

The appointment of Parastou Feizzaringhalam (English) to associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters makes headlines, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) is interviewed for an article about the extremist movement known as the Boogaloo Boys, members of which are suspected in the killings of two law enforcement officers in 2020.