2.5 months. 120 hours. Countless overgrown weeds. One determined student. From June 1 to August 19, CSUF environmental studies graduate student Alexandra Lewandowski worked to restore the California Native Meadow at Fullerton Arboretum. From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each week, she would head to the meadow with nothing but her weeding tools, trash bins, […]
Myungjung “MJ” Kwon, professor of public administration, and Mikyong Kim-Goh, professor of social work, recipients of a 2018-2019 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity grant, utilized the grant to collect survey and interview data from local government managers, supervisors, and employees regarding the perception, benefits, and challenges of telework. Their resulting telework research has been published […]
Adelia Jones, an alumna of Cal State Fullerton’s Online Bachelor’s Program in Humanities & Social Sciences, was recently accepted into an accelerated nursing program at Delaware State University. However, her journey to this accomplishment was not that simple. It all began two years ago. In 2020, Jones graduated from Solano Community College and was set […]
The Grupo de Teatro en Español, a student group in the Modern Languages and Literatures department, recently received funding to put on a Bilingual Hispanic Theater festival as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. The Grupo de Teatro en Español, a Latinx theater student organization affiliated with the Modern Languages and Literatures department of California State […]
Erualdo González-Romero, assistant professor of Chicano/Chicana studies, co-edits a new book, Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures. The book provides case studies in select cities in the United States and global south, including New Orleans, Houston, Tucson, Los Angeles, and Chile. The authors examine key ways a lack of affordability arises in the housing and commercial […]
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI-CSUF, is a program at Cal State Fullerton that allows older adults to continue learning in a university setting. They offer classes, events, and educational trips that keep participants engaged and socially active. Every year, OLLI selects a CSUF gerontology graduate student to be recognized for their outstanding contributions to […]
During Pride Month, one CSUF professor asks what queer ecology can teach us about environmentalism. Nicole Seymour, associate professor in the Department of English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics, examines how environmental destruction connects to gender and sexuality, as well as racism and classism. “Pride Month is a great time to reflect on the consumerism and […]
Assistant professor of American Studies Kristin Denise Rowe (“Kris”) was recently named a 2022 Career Enhancement Fellow by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. This award supports Career Development Opportunities for Junior Faculty in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts. The Career Enhancement Fellowship, funded by the Mellon Foundation and administered by Citizens & Scholars, […]
Cal State Fullerton received a $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation for The Latinx Lab for Storytelling and Social Justice led by faculty in the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS), which aims to transform communities and address structural racism through the art of storytelling. The […]
Cal State Fullerton’s Institute of Black Intellectual Innovation will sponsor the Innovative Research Futures Conference, Black Ecology from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 14. The program will take place in PLS 360. Presenters include: Portia Preston Jackson, assistant professor of public health who will lead off with “Humanize those of us doing […]