Cal State Fullerton’s Academic Senate leadership for the 2024-25 academic year includes new and returning members. Most were elected during the electoral meeting on May 16, while two additional members were elected to fill vacant seats during the first meeting of the academic year on Aug. 29. The executive committee consists of the following members: […]
David Sandner, Cal State Fullerton professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics, is the co-author of a new fantasy and science fiction novel titled,”Egyptian Motherlode.” “Egyptian Motherlode” is a story about American music. In the novel, a mystical musician known as The Prophet uses music to bend reality and contact other realms. The novel takes […]
Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS at the age of 26, Austin Nation faced his own mortality until the release of the life-extending drug AZT. Now 40 years old, Nation is living his best life as a drag performer and an associate professor of nursing at Cal State Fullerton. His autobiographical show, “Becoming Austin Nation — From Crack […]
Cal State Fullerton’s School of Accountancy at the College of Business and Economics is the premier West Coast destination for a high-tech, data-focused and world-class accounting education. As the only program accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business for accounting education in Orange County, the school and the broader college are among a small […]
Christine Capetola, assistant professor of African American studies and accomplished scholar of queer, Black, sound, affect and performance studies, died July 30, 16 months after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Capetola joined Cal State Fullerton in fall 2021 in a postdoctoral fellow position awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies and transitioned to teaching […]
Cal State Fullerton’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Records announced the tenure and/or promotion of 69 faculty members. Recipients are listed by college with their new titles, effective Aug. 19. Promotion ArtsLisa Draskovich-Long, professor of theatre and danceAndrew Fedak, professor of artAmanda Rose Villarreal, associate professor of theatre and dance Business and EconomicsKen Guo, professor […]
In 2024, it seems like the world is changing faster than ever, with the rise of artificial intelligence economic changes, store closings, the start of new industries and new entrepreneurship trends. The Department of Marketing in Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics is up to the challenge of these ever-changing times, with two […]
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse will honor Cal State Fullerton Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Alissa Ackerman with the 2024 Gail Burns-Smith Award at the 2024 National Sexual Assault Conference. Ackerman is the co-founder and owner of the organization Ampersands Restorative Justice, which […]
The Department of Finance at Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics — a powerhouse in scholarly research — welcomes two new faculty members for the 2024-25 academic year. Noman Hossain and Yang Bai will join the department’s faculty as assistant professors this fall. We asked each of these faculty members about their backgrounds, research […]
The last week has been a wild one in the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average seeing its worst daily point performance in two years on Monday and the Japanese Nikkei 500 tumbling 12% in just one session, the worst drop there since 1987. What’s going on? “A major factor behind the turbulence […]