The Faculty Noontime Talks continue on Tues., April 4 with Heather Moore , musicologist, educator, and professional pianist. Her presentation, “From Synth-Pop to Psych Rock: Defining “Krautrock” as a Genre,” will expose listeners to the experimental rock and electronic music of 1970s West Germany, exploring the musical and philosophical ideas connecting this diverse body of […]
The Faculty Noontime Talks continue Tuesday, March 21, with Mikel Hogan, professor of human services. Her presentation, “Edge Dancers: Mixed Heritage Identity Negotiation of Multi-Ethnic/Racial/Marginalized College/University Students,” will first describe the study that coined the term “edge dancers.” This study revealed their “performance” as a dance of three simultaneous experiential themes of alienation, complexity and […]
The Patrons of the Library at California State University, Fullerton, will hold the first of its lecture series of 2023 in the Pollak Library, Room 130 at 2 p.m on Sat., March 18. Gustavo Arellano will discuss “Digging Beyond the Orange Crate Label: An OC Native’s Guide to Learning More About his Homeland and Why […]
Calling all Orange County residents – Help us preserve Black OC history. CSUF Digital Futures and the Pollak Library are currently documenting the stories of Orange County’s Black communities from the 1920s through the present. The #NetworkedOC digital public humanities project, is looking for personal or professional photographs, images, letters, and documents that speak to […]
The Faculty Noon time Talks continue on Tues., March 7, with Amirah Saafir, assistant professor in the child and adolescent studies. Her presentation is entitled, “Understanding the Role of School Ethnic/Racial Context in Shaping Racial Identity Development for Black Adolescents.” This talk will focus on exploring different aspects of how school ethnic/racial environments shape Black […]
The Faculty Noon Time Talks continue on Tues., March 14 with Christine Vu , assistant professor in the School of Nursing presenting “The Essence of Wellbeing: The Method for Stress Reduction and Prevention of Burnout”. Vu’s scholarly work focuses on the practice of wellbeing, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, self-reflection, professional identity, and how to promote […]
The Pollak Library’s Faculty Noon Time Talks continue on Tuesday, Feb. 28 with Randall Fujimoto, designer and instructor of a game-based, learning microcredential program at CSUF. Fujimoto is a game-based learning designer and the executive director of GameTrain Learning, Inc. His presentation, “Game-Based Learning in Higher Education,” will provide an overview of game-based learning (GBL) […]
The Faculty Noontime Talks continue on Tuesday, Feb. 21 with Hunter Hargraves, associate professor of cinema and television arts. His presentation, “Getting into Uncomfortable Television,” is based on his new book, Uncomfortable Television. The book examines the turn to discomfort in 21st century American television, outlining how television used well-known formal and generic changes to […]
The Faculty Noontime Talks continue on February 14 with Tommy Murphy from the Department of Mathematics. His presentation focuses on “The Remarkable Life of Alexander Grothendieck.” Grothendieck, a renowned mathematician, died in 2014, after a truly extraordinary life. A refugee during World War II, he rose from humble beginnings to become a dominant force in […]
February 7 marks the return of the popular Faculty Noontime Talks hosted by Pollak Library. Our first talk will be presented by R. Douglas Manning, titled “Southern California is our Classroom: Interaction of Academia & The Sport Industry.” This presentation will provide an overview of the academic and career opportunities available in the sport industry, […]