Eric Avila, UCLA professor of history and Chicano/a Studies, examines the intersections of racial identity, urban space, and cultural representation in 20th-century America. Conversations on Race and Policing is free and open to the public and will take place at noon on Wednesday, March 19, via Zoom.
CSUSB alumna and author Keeonna Harris, and activist and radio host Cat Brooks will headline the two Conversations on Race and Policing this week. Harris will appear on the Wednesday, March 12, program, and Brooks on the Thursday, March 13, program. Both will be on Zoom.
San Bernardino County students from fourth grade through high school senior used podcasts, websites, exhibits, performances and documentaries to present research-based history/social science-based projects.
Ahlam Muhtaseb (media studies) was interviewed for a feature on the “Phoenix of Gaza XR” project, David Yaghoubian (history) was a guest on “The Adnan Husain Show” to discuss the modern history of Iran, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about the latest hate crime statistics.
Madeleine Hamlin is a Colgate University assistant professor of geography, whose work focuses on housing, policing, race, class and punishment in U.S. cities.
Working with the theme, “Rights and Responsibilities,” students from fourth grade through high school senior will present their research-based history/social science-based projects in the Santos Manuel Student Union-South beginning at 8 a.m.
Leonard Transportation Center faculty Kimberly Collins, Yunfei Hou and Raffi Der Wartanian, with graduate students Sai Kalyan Ayyagari and Bhavik Pankaj Khatri, published a study for the journal Data in Brief; Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) discussed the opening of the Palm Desert Entrepreneur Resource Center; and Michael Karp (history) coordinated the 20th annual Academic WorldQuest competition.
“In Conversation with Drs. Paloma Villegas (CSUSB Sociology) and Dylan Rodriguez (Dept. of Black Study & Media and Cultural Studies, UCR)” takes place at noon Wednesday, Feb. 26, on Zoom. The program is free and open to the public.
CSUSB Palm Desert Campus alumna Rhian Reyes was born and raised in the Coachella Valley and works as a campaign organizer at Audubon California in Palm Desert, where her work focuses on community outreach, organizing and education.