Upcoming Lecture
“Human Behaviors: What the Study of Twins Reared Apart Reveals About Heredity and Environment” with Nancy L. Segal, Ph.D.
Monday, April 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm, at the Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451
Nancy L. Segal is the author of Someone Else’sTwin: The True Story of Babies Switched at Birth, Indivisible by Two: Lives of Extraordinary Twins and Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior, and the senior editor of Uniting Psychology and Biology: Integrative Perspectives on Human Development. Her newest book, Born Together-Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study, will be released in May 2012.
About Richard Smith
Named CSUN's 1991-1992 Professor of the Year, two-time Distinguished Faculty Award winner Richard Smith had the care of many students' minds during his 41-year career at CSUN. His aim always was to open up those minds, to make his scholars think like cultural psychologists, " from the perspectives of other peoples, or other cultures."
In establishing the Richard W. Smith Endowment for Cultural Studies, Smith will continue looking after his students. The endowment will support activities within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences promoting the study of indigenous culture, including the Richard W. Smith Professor in Cultural Studies and the Richard W. Smith Student Award in Cultural Studies.
Twice nominated by his students for "Who's Who Among American Teachers" and twice the recipient of the CSUN Student Ambassador's Polished Apple Award, Smith is credited with a "profound and lasting impact" on the lives of those he taught.