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Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts) discussed ways the arts community is adjusting to sharing its work during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Kevin Grisham (assistant director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and chair, geography and environmental studies) was interviewed on how extremist groups are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to spread hate and violence.
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Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about anti-Semitic hate incidents a year after a fatal synagogue shooting in Poway and also about the rise in hate incidents against Asian-Americans over the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bree Putman (biology) talked about the importance of citizen participation in the City Nature Challenge 2020, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed on right-wing extremists using the uncertainty and fear surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic to recruit to their ranks.
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Brian Levin (criminal justice), Scot Zentner (political science) and David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the COVID-19 outbreak from their areas of expertise.
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Michael Stull (entrepreneurship), Scot Zenter (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Carol Damgen (theatre arts) were included in recent news coverage.
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Brian Levin (criminal justice) comments on the guilty plea by the mother of one of the attackers in the December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino.
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L. Kottke (psychology), Meredith Conroy (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and David Yaghoubian (history) are mentioned in news media coverage.
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Research by a CSUSB Department of Biology team led by Jeremy Dodsworth and Paul Orwin has been published and the work of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism was cited in an opinion column.
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Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for two articles about extremist groups and David Yaghoubian (history) discussed sanctions imposed by the U.S. over Iran’s missile program.