Publications
Updated 8/12/09
Brian Connett (Marketing) commented in a July 27 Daily News article about potential endorsements for Zac Sunderland, the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo. “I’m just imagining not just the individual manufacturers of the equipment but a retailer like REI that handles camping and all kinds of outdoors equipment and what have you might be approachable and ideal for him,” Connett said.
A Kansas City Star article recently featured Giovanni Sosa (Psychology) regarding a study on video games improving the brain age in adults. “The game is designed to help work your brain and increase blood flow to the prefrontal cortex,” Sosa said.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) was featured in a July 27 WashingtonTV article for calling on the international community to support democracy in Iran.
In a recent Daily News article, Bernardo Attias (Communication Studies) explained how Twitter works in organizing social movements. “Users wishing to use Twitter to complement their organizing strategies could probably cut through the noise with more careful use of hash tags…Specific tags could be associated with specific kinds of information,” Attias said.
D. P. Choudhary (Physics & Astronomy) was featured in a The Times of India article recently that discussed the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century.
A KPBS/NPR article about California’s budget crisis, featured an interview with Marcella De Veaux (Journalism) about the impact of the crisis on students.
A recent Daily News article by Larry Londre (Marketing) wrote an article discussed how precision pays off in advertising strategy.
Terry Piper (Student Affairs) commented in a July 23 San Fernando Valley Sun article about enrollment cuts for the spring semester. “It pains us to make decisions like this because they affect some of California’s most precious resources – its young people,” Piper said.
Nate Thomas (Cinema & Television Arts) commented in a July 21 Voice of America article about the state budget crisis. “Those who are going to be hurt by the layoffs and the cut classes and the decline in admissions to the CSU system, number one, will be working class people, a lot of students that are first-generation college-goers…,” Thomas said.
A Washington Times story recently included comments from Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) about Iranian women’s role in protests and leadership. “They protest alongside men, not behind them, and not in a segregated manner,” Tohidi said.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) was featured in a July 22 Washington TV article about a three-day hunger strike in support of hundreds of prisoners detained in the aftermath of the Iranian presidential election.
A recent Daily News article included comments from Lewis Yablonsky emeritus (Sociology) about the expense of the city’s security detail during Michael Jackson’s memorial service. “To me, it’s kind of a fiasco,” Yablonsky said, “but I don’t see anything criminal about it.”
Warren Bland (Geography) the emeritus professor commented in a July 15 Forbes article about the best downtowns for empty-nesters. “You don’t need the big suburban house. You don’t need two or three cars. And you can pocket some equity,” Bland said.
In a July 10 article in the Northwest Asian Weekly/Seattle Chinese Post, Wash., Michael Franklin (Biology) said eating toxic fish like white croaker poses potential harm to humans because the fish doesn’t metabolize pollutants like other fish.
Brittny McCarthy (Government and Community Relations) commented in a July 10 San Fernando Valley Business Journal article about the California budget crisis’ impact on CSUN.
A July 10 Salem-News.com in Oregon, featured an article that noted Steven Oppenheimer (Biology) has been selected to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
Terry Piper (Student Affairs) commented in a July 10 and July 17 Daily News article about the state budget crisis and its impact on CSUN. .“It’s unfortunate that the state is in financial crisis and everyone is going to be affected,” Piper said.
A July 13 article in LAist.com included a comment from Terry Piper (Student Affairs) about the state budget crisis and its impact on CSUN.
Shirley Svorny (Economics) wrote an article in the July 13 Daily News about how the state and federal government need to stop micromanaging health care.
In an July 13 Indianapolis Business Journal, Shirley Svorny (Economics) discussed the value and cost of government stimulus packages. “It’s the increased debt that is going to be a huge burden on the economy and will require higher taxes,” Svorny said.
Erica Wohldmann (Psychology) commented in a July 13 Psychology Today article about the benefits of mental rehearsal.
Carrie Saetermoe (Psychology) commented in a July 9 Daily News article about Providence Tarzana Medical Center’s efforts to become more child- and family-friendly. “We’ve come to be more children-friendly and family-friendly in treating children in the context of their families,” Saetermoe said.
Michael Franklin (Biology) commented in a July 8 Casa Grande Valley Dispatch – Ariz. article about California Asian markets weeding out a toxic fish like the white croaker.
Amalie Orme (Geography) commented in a July 3 Daily News article about contamination levels at Southern California beaches. “There are some beaches where yes, we know we should not go in the water,” Orme said.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) commented in a July 2 Los Angeles Times article about Iranian-born singers that support women and human rights. “They are part of a growing number of artists inside and outside Iran who are mobilizing to support the movement,” Tohidi said
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) commented in a July 8 Bennington Banner – Vt. article about women’s participation in Iranian protests.
A recent Daily News article by Melanie Williams (Business Law) discussed cuts to the American higher educational system. “With American college degrees worth more and more, we plan to support public higher education less and less. … No we’re cutting like crazy. Instead, we’ll bail out failing industries but underfund successful enterprises,” Williams wrote.
Michael Franklin (Biology) commented in a July 6 article published in the San Jose Mercury News, The Guardian – United Kingdom, and Erie Times & News – Pa., about California Asian markets weeding out toxic fish like the white croaker.
Diane Gehart (Educational Psychology & Counseling) commented in a June 29 Charlotte Observer article about the difficulty ahead for Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife in the wake of an affair.
Jack Solomon (English) commented in a June 29 Ventura County Star article about postsecret.com, a Web site that features anonymous secrets. “Obviously there is a human need to let other human beings know what’s going in their souls,” Solomon said.
Nate Thomas (Cinema & Television Arts) commented in a June 29 Daily News article about the cultural impact of Michael Jackson. “I would say Michael will stand above the others,” Thomas said.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) commented in a June 29 Winnipeg Free Press article about the role women play in Iran.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) commented in a June 29 Sierra Vista Herald article about participation by women in Iranian protests.
Elizabeth Adams (Humanities) commented in a June 30 Daily News article about earth-shaking events and their relationship with decades ending in 9. “Any time we’re standing on the edge of something – whether we’re in a new decade or a new century – we’re sometimes anxious,” she said.
Rafi Efrat (Accounting) wrote an article in the June 30 Daily News about the Bookstein Tax Clinic providing services to the needy.
Diane Gehart (Educational Psychology) commented in a June 26 article in The State – SC about the difficulty ahead for Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife in the wake of an affair. “I’ve worked with couples who can’t work through a text messaging affair when there was not physical touching,” Gehart said.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) commented in a June 26 Associated Press article about women moving to the forefront of Iran’s opposition movement.
A June 15 Tribune Media Services article cited Warren Bland’s (Geography) book, “Retire in Style: 60 Outstanding Places Across the USA and Canada,” which named many Canadian cities as excellent places for older people to live.
Anne Eggebroten (Religious Studies) wrote a commentary in the June 5 Women’s eNews publication, in which she writes about why calling abortion “murder” invites violence.
Shirley Svorny (Economics) wrote an article, “Eliminating California state licensing boards would save funds, aid consumers,” in the Daily News on June 20.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender and Women’s Studies) commented in a June 19 CNN news article about Iranian women demonstrating in the streets of Tehran. “Women have become primary agents of change in Iran,” Tohidi said.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) commented in a June 24 Daily News article about the amateur video of Neda Agha-Soltan dying on a Tehran street, in which she noted was “a rallying cry for the ongoing demonstrations and uprisings against fraud elections.”
Barry Gump (Family Business Center), president and CEO of Andy Gump Inc., discussed his management style in a June 4 San Fernando Valley Business Journal article. “It seems there are always opportunities out there if you are looking for them to take advantage of,” Gump said.
Tom Hogen-Esch (Political Science) commented in a June 18 Daily News article about the LAUSD’s controversial decision to cut summer school. “I don’t think anybody really knows the answer as to whether we’re in a completely different set of arrangements after this economic crisis has subsided,” Hogen-Esch said.
Shannon Johnson (College of Business and Economics) wrote an article in the May 26 Daily News about how businesses can benefit from mentoring.
Peter Marston (Communication Studies) commented in a June 4 Daily News article about political rumors, noting that “since we no longer get information from people we know, there is no opportunity for the information to be authenticated.”
Craig Oka (College of Business and Economics) wrote an article in the June 9 Daily News about the importance of internships in businesses.
William Roberts (San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center) commented in a June 16 Daily News article about L.A.’s expected economic rebound. “I think L.A. will come out of it before San Francisco and certainly before the Central Valley and Inland Empire,” Roberts said.
Roz Rosen (National Center on Deafness) commented in a June 16 Los Angeles Times article about the death of deaf advocate Marcella Meyer. “Her energy, enthusiasm and empathy were boundless,” Rosen said.
Vahram Shemmassian (Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures) was featured in the June 2 AZG Armenian Daily – Albania and the June 3 A Pakistan News for donating rare and historically significant photos to the Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA). “These photographs document the trying conditions and difficult challenges that the displaced Musa Dagh Armenians faced as survivors and refugees,” Shemmassian said.
Wayne Smith (Management) wrote an article in the June 16 Daily News about how businesses should consider “decision support” software.
Shirley Svorny (Economics) wrote an article in the June 20 Daily News about eliminating California state licensing boards. “In the case of licensing, getting the state out of the business of setting standards would actually benefit consumers,” Svorny wrote.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) commented in a June 23 CNN article that “women have become primary agents of change in Iran.”
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender & Women’s Studies) recently wrote chapters in two books. Tohidi’s article entitled “Ethnic and Religious Minority Politics in Contemporary Iran” will be published in “Contemporary Iran” edited by Ali Gheisari and her article entitled “Muslim Feminism and Islamic Reformation” was published in “Feminist Theologies: Legacy and Prospect.”
Updated 6/23/09
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology) co-review with CSUN student Justin Dreyfuss on “Cyclodextrins and Cellular Interactions” has been accepted for publication in the John Wiley and Sons, 500-page edited volume: Cyclodextrins in Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Cosmetic Field: Current and Future Industrial Applications. The review represents a comprehensive discussion on the potential use of these interesting molecules in human disease treatment and prevention.
Linda Rader Overman (English) has written an essay, “War Remembrances with Layers of Time” which has been accepted for publication in The Norton Nix, a new customizable print reader database by W.W. Norton & Co. and will be available fall 2009.
Updated 6/22/09
In an article published by the Daily News on June 1, Elizabeth Adams (Humanities) said she sees strong parallels between the gay marriage battle and the civil rights movement struggles of mid-century. “I think the backlash, if you look at what was going on in the South in (the) ‘50s, was just a virulent as what we’re seeing today in opposition to gay marriage,” she noted.
In a June 3 article in La Opinion, José Luis Benavides (Journalism) wrote about Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s relationship with a local television reporter.
Betty Ann Brown (Art) discussed the history of crystal skulls in a May 30 article in the Ventura County Star. “It’s a complete fabrication,” Brown said. She said the skulls are a legend that has “grown out of fairy tales, so they make adult fairy tales and this is one.”
Linda Reid Chassiakos (Klotz Student Health Center) has written an article in the May 11 Los Angeles Times about a mother-to-be sacrificing her chance of surviving cancer for her unborn child.
A recent Daily News article by Larry Londre (Marketing) discussed how businesses should develop a “game plan” for pricing. “If you are a business owner, you know how difficult it is to land customers and make a profit. Pricing is one of the most difficult marketing decisions that can make or break your profit,” Londre wrote.
Robert Lopez (English) wrote a commentary for the American Thinker about the nomination of Sonya Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Rick Marks (Journalism) commented in a June 2 Daily News article on Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dating another local television reporter. “He (Villaraigosa) has to know there are consequences for the woman he’s dating,” Marks said. “I think there’s just a real lack of judgment there.”
Marilyn McIntyre (Theatre) has recently written an article in Back Stage about acting. “Every role, every creative situation, every professional job – whether on stage, in front of a camera, or at a microphone – is unique and requires you to use different tools from your actor’s toolbox, “ McIntyre wrote
Updated 5/8/09
A manuscript by Adilifu Nama (Pan African Studies), "Brave Black Worlds: Black Superheroes as Science Fiction Ciphers," has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal, African Identities.
Several works by Dorothy Barresi (English) recently have been published or are forthcoming, among them "Pure Jesus, Early Morning Shift," a poem reprinted in Don't Leave Hungry: Fifty Years of Southern Poetry Review; her poems "Responsibility" and "How's the World Treating You?," published in the new online journal Chaparral, and an invited essay called "Baby Boom Poets and the New Zeitgeist," to appear in a special Baby Boom issue of Prairie Schooner.
A recent Daily News article by Larry Londre (Marketing) discussed Mother's Day as "one of the most commercially successful holidays in the U.S." Even in troubled economic times, he noted, the holiday remains a popular dining-out occasion. Increasing commercialization of the holiday, wrote Londre, spurred holiday founder Anna Jarvis to fight what she considered abuses of the celebration. The marketing professor joined with Jarvis in encouraging sons and daughters to visit or to write their mothers long letters, instead of concentrating merely on gifts.
Paul Wilson (Biology) wrote a commentary for the New Phytologist in which he reviewed a series of papers on how local populations of flowers adapt to local pollinators, and vice versa.
In article by Larry Varnes (Marketing) asked whether human interaction is "becoming a skill of the past," given the explosion of technology in communication. "Technology allows consumers to find whatever they want, whenever they want it, and at the lowest price," Varnes wrote, "without ever talking to a human being." Unintended consequences, he suggested, "could lead to a generation losing interpersonal skills."
Ashwani Vasishth (Urban Studies and Planning, Institute for Sustainability) has written an article entitled "A scale-hierarchic ecosystem approach to integrative ecological planning," recently published in Progress in Planning, 70(3): 99-132, (2008). In the paper, Vasishth outlined a proposal for ecological planning and an approach to its implementation.
Updated 4/20/09
Lynn Gordon (Elementary Education) is the author and designer of "The Big Collection of Phonics Flipbooks," a new teaching resource book for grades K-3. Published by Scholastic, this comprehensive collection of phonics flipbooks, dictation sheets and phonics assessments is designed to meet the needs of beginning readers, struggling readers and English learners, as well as students with learning disabilities, visual impairment or dyslexia. Gordon targets essential phonics skills such as basic blending, onsets, rimes, prefixes and suffixes. The materials are designed to inspire engaged learning and provide students with multi-sensory, hands-on, phonetic reading practice. Information about phonics and reading research, important phonics teaching tips and useful word lists for phonics and spelling instruction also are included in this resource.
Updated 4/17/09
Joan Giglione (Marketing) took readers through the ins and outs of choosing qualified tax preparers in an article written for the Daily News in early April. Giglione discussed the different kinds of preparers, from tax attorneys to CPAs, and suggested a number of questions taxpayers should ask practitioners. What are the hourly charges, for example? What are the practitioner's credentials? How long will it take to complete the return?
"The Fisherman's Cause: Atlantic Commerce and Maritime Dimensions of the American Revolution," a new book by Christopher Magra (History), represents the first book-length study of the connections between colonial America's commercial fishing industry and the American Revolution. William Fowler of Northeastern University says Magra's work "is a welcome reminder that America is a sea-minded nation...Magra's story, well told and well documented, is essential reading if we are to understand the role of the sea in establishing the American republic." The book "will appeal to anyone interested in the Atlantic world and the American Revolution as well as students of economic, maritime, and naval history," said Carl Swanson of East Carolina University.
Claude Willey (Urban Studies and Planning) has co-authored an article, "Conducting Mobility," which examines transportation and mobility in an increasingly globalized world. The article is published in the Australian journal Artlink 28 (1): 22-25 (2008) and can be accessed online at www.greenmuseum.org/c/conmob/conmob_html.html.
Updated 4/10/09
Robert Krol (Economics) contributed an opinion piece to the Los Angeles Times entitled "Cutting Politics Out of Budget Cuts in California." Published April 10, the article argued that California's government spending must be brought under control. One way to accomplish that, Krol wrote, is by establishing an independent bipartisan commission to propose a package of budget cuts. "If the Legislature does not see the wisdom in setting up an independent budget commission as a way to rein in out-of-control spending, proponents of responsible government could use the initiative process to force legislators' hands," he said.
Updated 4/8/09
Linda Reid Chassiakos (Klotz Student Health Center) and Louis Rubino (Health Sciences) recently co-edited a book with their Cal State Long Beach colleague Brenda Freshman. Entitled "Collaboration Across the Disciplines in Health Care," the book features a chapter by Terri Lisagor (Family and Consumer Sciences) called "Ancillary Services: Health Professions Education, Nutrition and Dietetics." Other CSUN faculty who contributed or co-wrote chapters are Marsha Chan, Joni Novosel, Ron Sorensen and Jerry Jackson (all Health Sciences), and George Sarka (Klotz Student Health Center). Released in March by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, the book explores the disciplines of medicine, including nursing, public health, health services and administration. The text uses a learning-centered approach to help students develop enhanced and highly effective communications and collaboration skills that promote success in diverse professional settings and environments with a variety of personalities.
Susan Curzon (University Library) has penned an article for the Library Journal on ways libraries can add to their portfolio of ways to manage cutbanks."A bank of ideas ready to deploy," wrote Curzon, "might just make the difference in our ability to survive and serve our patrons well during this recession." Among her array of ideas: 1) Never stop outreaching, 2) Talk to those who use the libraries, and 3) Counter myths about libraries such as "everything is on the Internet" or "no one uses libraries anymore."
Janet Oh (Psychology) has co-authored a paper called "The Role of Heritage Language Development in the Ethnic Identity and Family Relationships of Adolescents from Immigrant Backgrounds." Oh's paper is scheduled to be published in Social Development in 2010.
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology)was corresponding author and project director on a manuscript, "Exogenous hyalin and sea urchin gastrulation: Part IV: a direct adhesion assay-progress in identifying hyalins active sites," accepted without change by Zygote, the Cambridge University Press journal. Co-authors included Ed Carroll (Chemistry/Biochemistry), Stan Metzenberg (Biology), Virginia Hutchins-Carroll, Cathy Coyle-Thompson (Biology), and students Haike Ghazarian, William Dalrymple and Ziba Razinia.
Ana Sanchez-Munoz (Chicana/o Studies) is the author of a newly published book, "Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States: A Study of Speakers' Register Variation," published by Verlag Dr. Muller. Her chapter on "Different Words for Different Contexts: Intra-speaker Variation in Spanish as a Heritage Language" will appear in "Spanish of the Southwest: A Language in Transition," to be published by Editorial iberoamericana/Vervuert.
An article describing how word-of-mouth "buzz" can be stimulated was written by Art Shulman (Marketing) for the Daily News. In the article, Shulman discusses unique publicity campaigns, viral marketing and other means of advertising products.
A chapter co-authored by Holli Tonyan (Psychology) has been published in the "World Yearbook of Education 2009: Childhood Studies and the Impact of Globalization: Policies and Practices at Global and Local Levels," New York and London: Routledge. Tonyan's chapter is entitled "A Cultural-Historical Analysis of Play as an Activity Setting in Early Childhood Education: Views from Research and from Teachers."
Wendy Hill Williams (Family and Consumer Sciences/Family Studies) is the author of a story called "Riding a Bike," accepted for publication in the popular Cup of Comfort book series. Williams' story will appear in "A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Special Needs: Stories that Celebrate the Differences in Our Extraordinary Kids," slated for release in May 2009.
Jill Razani (Psychology) has co-authored an article, published in the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, that has landed in the Journal's top 50 most-read articles for February. Razani's article is entitled
"Predicting Everyday Functional Abilities of Dementia Patients With the Mini-Mental State." Its online version is available at http://jgp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/1/62.
Updated 3/17/09
Steve Dudgeon (Biology) and colleagues have published an article entitled “Experimental confirmation of multiple community states in a marine ecosystem,” in the ecology journal Oecologia.
Jutta Schamp (English) is the author of “Transfiguring Black and Jewish Relations: From Ignatius Sancho’s ‘Letters’ and Olaudah Equiano’s ‘Interesting Narrative’ to David Dabydeen’s ‘A Harlot’s Progress,’ “ accepted for publication in Ariel: A Review of International English Literature.
Updated 2/25/09
RosaMaria Chacon (English) has written an essay entitled “Two Voyeurs or One? Gazing Across Borders,” published recently in Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing.
“Being’s Wound: (Un) Explaining Evil in Jim Thompson’s ‘The Killer Inside Me’," by Dorothy Clark (English), was selected to appear in the February edition of The Journal of Popular Culture. It was posted in the journal’s online edition in January.
Jack Foley (Recreation and Tourism Management) demonstrated the importance of public recreation and parks during periods of economic distress in his article, “In Hard Times, People Need Their Parks Most,” published February 5 by the Daily News. Citing a number of historical examples to support his point, Foley argued that today, “instead of cutting programs and increasing fees, city and county officials should develop more effective ways to provide services…”
Updated 2/2/09
A new book by Joseph Galasso (English), “An Introduction to Feature Theory with a Special Note on the Nature of Early Child Grammars of English,” has been published by University Readers. “What ‘Feature Theory’ Grammar allows us to do is essentially break down the components of traditional ‘parts-of-speech’ words to a finer –grained analysis,” reads a description of the work.
Matthew Radmanesh (Electrical and Computer Engineering) is the author of the newly published “Advanced RF and Microwave Circuit Design” (Author House), a book that is “intended to provide a workable knowledge and intuitive understanding of RF and microwave electronic circuit design.” It employs “practical examples using both math and vivid illustrations…”
Updated 1/7/09
John Balian (Accounting and Information Systems) has written an article in the December 9 Daily News providing information for taxpayers on earning what is called a saver’s credit. “Low-income taxpayers can earn what’s known as a saver’s credit by contributing to either their 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA),” he wrote. Balian explains who can claim the saver’s credit, what the maximum tax credit is, which tax form to use in order to compute the credit, and other vital information.
Pamela Bourgeois and John Clendenning (English) co-authored an article entitled “Gatsby, Belasco, and Ethnic Ambiguity.” It was published in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review.
An article by Nancy Kurland (Management), making the point that a person “can work in any functional area or discipline and specialize in the green angle,” appeared in the January 6 Daily News. “By any reasonable estimate,” wrote Kurland, “millions of green jobs will be created in the coming decades, making it the largest growth area in our economy.” Work will be available retrofitting buildings to improve energy efficiency, creating alternative sources of energy, leading solar panel installation initiatives, and the list goes on, she said.
“Such Dust,” a poetry chapbook by Tracy Ann Teel (English), has been published by Finishing Line Press, www.finishinglinepress.com. “Tracy Teel renders intimate agonies with relentless emotional rigor,” said poet Michael Ryan. “What she’s after is the real thing, and remarkably, she finds it repeatedly in these poems: the singular consolation of articulate heartache which only the poised language of poetry can achieve. The results for her reader are the pleasures of insight and beauty and the unflinching authenticity of getting it right.”
Updated 12/19/08
Marina Boyadzhayan (Family & Consumer Sciences) has written a book entitled “The Art of Sewing,” newly published by Pearson Custom Publishing. The laboratory handbook was prepared for Clothing Construction I courses in all universities, fashion design institutes and community colleges, in the area of apparel design and merchandising. It includes notes, instructions, patterns and score sheets for Clothing Construction I laboratory courses.
In a November opinion piece written for the Los Angeles Times, Alexandra Cole (Political Science) described the discussion among children about Proposition 8. It is an irony, she wrote, “that gay marriage has become the No. 1 topic of discussion on school playgrounds and sports practice fields precisely because of Proposition 8. The political battle has done far and away more to raise awareness of same-sex marriage among schoolchildren than the state Supreme Court’s ruling in May ever would have…”
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology), with students Azalia Contreras and John Vitale, colleague Ed Carroll (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Oppenheimer’s research associate Virginia Hutchens-Carroll had their newest paper published in the premier Cambridge University Press journal Zygote, considered by some as “the number one journal” in fertilization/early development: “Exogenous hyalin and sea urchin gastrulation, Part III: Biological activity of hyalin from Lytechinus pictus embryos,” vol. 16, pp. 355-361 (November, 2008). The work was supported by Oppenheimer’s grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Updated 12/16/08
A new book by Matthew Radmanesh (Electrical and Computer Engineering), “The Ultimate Keys to Success in Business & Science: The Modern Blueprint for Prosperity,” has been published by AuthorHouse. According to a review that appeared in MarketWatch.com, the book “sets out to explore the ultimate governing principles of the entire business world with a top-down approach utilizing eight essential and powerful keys that can unlock the vault and open many hidden doors of opportunity.” Radmanesh explains and employs “sound scientific fundamentals such as the use of absolutes, the relativity of knowledge and the use of…scientific methodology” in the book, which offers readers a step-by-step approach to success in the business world.
Updated 12/9/08
An article entitled “The Politics of Persuasion versus the Construction of Alternative Communities: Zines in the Writing Classroom,” co-written by Ian Barnard (English) has been published in Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy.
Martin Pousson (English) has written a story entitled “The Donner Party,” which has been accepted for publication in the spring issue of the New Orleans Review.
Gerard Rossy (Management) has written an article, “Can Firms Learn from Collective History?” published in a November issue of the Daily News. In the article, Rossy sets out basic reasons why organizations are “so prone to making mistakes that seem so obvious to everyone after the fact.” First, he writes, “we have failed to sufficiently study failure.” Second, “our goals are often collective” but “our incentives are almost always individual.” Third, “success usually rewards the individual, but failure is shared by all (take the current $700 billion bailout of Wall Street.)” Our popular culture, observes Rossy, “increasingly reveres intuitive common sense over evidence-based principles or experience-based wisdom.” Somehow, he argues, “we need to find a way to apply what we all understand so well as individuals to our organizations and institutions.”
Updated 11/13/08
Ana Sánchez-Muñoz (Chicana/o Studies), Juana Mora (Chicana/o Studies), Gina Masequesmay (Asian American Studies), and Eunai Shrake (Asian American Studies) are co-authors of “Learning English/Learning America: Latino and Asian American Voices,” Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt, a new book dealing with the struggles of immigrants who journey to America and adapt to a new culture and language. “Learning English/Learning America” is organized into three sections—The Journey, Learning English, and Acculturation and Identity—each of which consists of stories collected from Latinos and Asian Americans about their experiences. An overview of relevant theories is provided for each section, to frame and highlight topic issues. ”We hope through sharing these experiences,” said Sánchez-Muñoz, “teachers and future teachers can have better insights about their immigrant (and children of immigrants) students’ struggles and help them overcome obstacles in their quest for a happy and successful life.” Sánchez-Muñoz also contributed an article entitled “Variación lingüistica en registros del español de hablantes de herencia” to Répertoire(s). Mode D’imploi. Pandora, 7, 209-222, a journal publication of the Université de Paris VIII, Paris, France.
Updated 11/12/08
A November 2008 article by Tammy Glenn (University Advancement) makes the case that a technique called “empathic design” is long overdue in the health care aids industry. “Resolve to Evolve,” Glenn’s article for HME Today, uses as an example the need for comfortable bedpans for bed-bound individuals. A “tidal wave” of special needs consumers soon will be seeking well-designed products, Glenn said. “Simple communication about what’s working and what’s not,” she concluded, “will be the dividing line between successful businesses and those that fail.”
Updated 11/10/08
“In the Break,” a novel by Jack Lopez (English), has been published in French by Editions de Seuil as La Vague. Lopez’ short story, “The Boy Who Swam with Dolphins,” has been reprinted in The Chicano/Latino Literary Prize Anthology.
Richard Squires (Geological Sciences) is co-author of an article, “Cretaceous trichotropid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America: Possible pathways to calyptraeid morphology,” which appeared in The Nautilus journal, Sept. 26, 2008, vol. 122, no. 3: 115-142.
William Whiting (Kinesiology) co-authored two chapters on “Lower Extremity Injuries” and “Upper Extremity Injuries,” published in the Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science, in its section on the biomechanical aspects of injury, orthopaedics and rehabilitation.
Updated 10/31/08
Kent Baxter (English) is the author of a new book, “The Modern Age: Turn-of-the-Century American Culture and the Invention of Adolescence.” Published by The University of Alabama Press, the book “examines theoretical and fictional discourses that circulate around the developmental stage of adolescence in order to argue that the common construction of the impulsive, conflicted, and rebellious adolescent found its origin and most vigorous articulation in America at the turn of the twentieth century and was inspired by broader cultural anxieties that characterized American society at that time.”
Updated 10/10/08
A poem by Scott Andrews (English) entitled “I (Thunderheart) N.Y.” has been accepted for publication in Sentence: A Journal of Prose Poetics.
Andrea Davies Henderson (History) has co-authored a new study, “Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level Women in Technology,” which investigates why the mid-level is “perhaps the most critical juncture for women on the technical career ladder because it is where a complex set of gender barriers converge.” A San Jose Mercury News article said the study, generated by Stanford University’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research and the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, found that “women face the greatest barriers to advancement when they are in mid-career.” Another finding: more mid-level technical women than men suffer poor health due to “excessive work-related stress.”
Shirley Svorny (Economics) writes that the use of innovation to make health care cheaper and more accessible is “the only good option.” In an October 6 Los Angeles Times article, Svorny argues that high-quality health care can be delivered in less expensive ways. “Annual physicals don’t need to be done in a high-priced medical office,” she offers as one example. As another, Svorny says patients “should have low-cost options when it comes to getting a simple hearing test.”
Two poems by Matt Terhune (College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) are forthcoming in the Beloit Poetry Journal and in Drunken Boat. They are entitled “Dublin, Georgia” and “Southern Gothic with Doric Column.”
Updated 10/3/08
Scott Andrews (English) has written an essay, “A New Road and a Dead End in Sherman Alexie’s ‘Reservation Blues,’ “ which will be included in Contemporary Literary Criticism (vol. 265), published by Gale.
A poem by Tracy Ann Teel (English) entitled “Late Harvest” has been published in Oracle: A Journal of the Literary Arts.”
Larry Varnes (Marketing) writes that in a “time-constrained society” bombarded with commercial communications, the smart marketer will stick to the basics: “Be relevant, keep it simple and entertain.” Varnes’ observations appeared in a Daily News article in late September. “Marketing communications,” he said, “should be something consumers seek out because they view it as a valuable tool—something they want to see or hear.”
Updated 9/23/08
A new study by Robert Krol (Economics), entitled “Trade, Protectionism, and the U.S. Economy: Examining the Evidence,” has been published by the Cato Institute. The study, described as a “comprehensive review of the important empirical studies that quantify the impact of trade on the economy,” examines data dating back to the end of World War II. A Cato Institute news release says the study “unequivocally shows that the expansion of international trade has been a boon for Americans and the U.S. economy.”
Linda Rader Overman (English) is the author of an essay entitled “Goodbye, Rita Hayworth. Hello, Margarita Cansino,” due to appear in “Reflect, Inform, Persuade: College Writing in the 21st Century,” scheduled for publication by Longman in 2009.
Martin Pousson (English) has sold his story, “Wanted Man,” to Epoch. The story is a chapter from “The Nerves,” Pousson’s novel-in-progress.
In an article published by the Cato Institute, Shirley Svorny (Economics) states that state licensing of medical professionals does not assure quality care. In contrast, Svorny argues, “licensure not only fails to protect consumers from incompetent physicians, but, by raising barriers to entry, makes health care more expensive and less accessible.” Education, credentialing and scope-of-practice decisions are better left to the private sector and the courts, she notes.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender and Women’s Studies) wrote a commentary for Women’s E News entitled “Iran’s Women’s Rights Activists are Being Smeared.” In the September 17 commentary, Tohidi said Iranian women’s rights activists have faced smears and arrests in their move to stall a bill easing “polygamy, temporary marriage and male-bias in divorce.”
Updated 9/12/08
John Balian (Accounting) is the author of an article, “College Students Can Get Breaks on Taxes,” written for the Daily News and published September 8. In the article, Balian points out that students who recently have entered college or who are returning to school “may be eligible to receive a tax credit for part of their paid tuition.” He discusses two education credits: the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit.
Authored by Rick Talbott (Religious Studies), “Nazareth’s Rebellious Son: Deviance and Downward Mobility in the Galilean Jesus Movement” was published as the lead article in the fall 2008 issue of the Biblical Theology Bulletin.
Updated 9/8/08
Pamela Bourgeois (English) wrote an article, “New Voices: Enduring Basic Writing,” which was published in CEA Forum (Winter/Spring 2008).
Irene Clark (English) is the author of ”Writing and Learning in the Health Sciences: Rhetoric, Identity, Genre and Performance,” published in the August 2008 issue of The WAC Journal.
Andrea Davies Henderson (History) co-authored a major, nationally recognized 2008 study on "Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know," produced by the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. The study, summarized the week of August 18 in The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed, is reported to be one of the most comprehensive, detailed reports on the subject to date. Nearly 100 pages in length, it surveyed more than 9,000 faculty members at 13 leading research institutions. Inside Higher Ed's report on the study's findings revealed that 36 percent of the surveyed faculty had academic partners.
Kitty Nard (English) has written a poem entitled “The Purification of Space for Jessica,” which will appear in the 2009 issue of Alehouse.
A paper by John Peters (English), presented two years ago in Paris, is now a chapter in a new book. “The Borders of Fidelity: Cosmopolitan Ethics in Ondaatje’s ‘The English Patient’ ” appears in Frontieres, marges and confines, edited by Corinne Alexandre-Garner and published by the Presses Universitaires de Paris 10.
Wayne Smith (Management) is the author of an article called “Modern Devices Can Affect Writing,” published September 1 in the Daily News. Smith notes that spelling and grammar checkers in contemporary word processors sometimes do not detect misplaced and dangling modifiers, homonyms, omitted verbs, run-on sentences and a host of other writing errors. “Writing well remains a difficult human endeavor,” said Smith. “Formal, quality writing, regardless of transmission medium, requires time commitment and focused effort.”
William Whiting (Kinesiology) co-authored a chapter on “Bone Biomechanics and Fractures,” published in the reference text, “Biomechanics in Ergonomics” (second edition). The chapter describes and explains the form and function of bone, mechanical testing procedures, bone’s mechanical behavior and common bone fractures.
Updated 8/28/08
Larry Steven Londre (Marketing) contributed an article to the August 26 Daily News describing “How to Create a Marketing Strategy.” Among several recommendations in the article were making one’s “marketing, advertising and promotion different than your competitors,” remembering one’s target customer and being “unique with your product mix.”
Updated 8/25/08
Abe Feinberg (Systems and Operations Management) suggested, in an article written for a late August issue of the Daily News, that to achieve smarter operations performance, businesses should consider cross-training their workforces, “so each worker can perform several tasks and each task can be performed by any one of several workers.” Feinberg cited Southwest Airlines’ flexible workforce and the fringe benefit of “low employee turnover” resulting from that flexibility.
Updated 8/15/08
Robert Chianese (English) penned an article, “Happy Golden Empire,” published August 12 in “Blowback,” the online forum for responses to articles, editorials and Op-Eds in the Los Angeles Times. Chianese explored the Chinese perspective on issues such as China’s reverence for social harmony over dissent and individuality. Chianese was a Fulbright senior specialist in American Studies last fall at Cal State Northridge’s sister campus, Shanghai Normal University.
The work of composer Liviu Marinescu (Music) can be heard on “Liviu Marinescu Chamber Music,” a new CD from Capstone Records. Music he has written since his emigration to the U.S. from Romania in 1994 is presented on this first all-Marinescu recording, whose liner notes were written by fellow composer Daniel Kessner (Music). Marinescu’s CSUN Music Department colleagues Julia Heinen, John Roscigno, Steven Thachuk, Françoise Régnat, Andrew Duckles, David Aks and Kessner can be heard on the CD, along with CSUN alumni Simon Carroll, Serena Vaquilar and Edgar Sandoval. Musicians Ovidiu Marinescu, Russell Peterson, Richard Kravchak, Shari Raynor and Danielle Ondarza also are heard.
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology) co-authored with Southern California Academy of Sciences Research Training fellow Sarine Shamirian research on “Carbohydrate based experimental therapeutics for cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases,” published in the Southern California Academy of Sciences Bulletin, Vol. 107, No. 2, p. 138 (abs. #107) (August 2008). Shamirian presented the research at the annual meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences in May.
Gerard Rossy (Management) presented “5 Simple Questions on Ethics” in an article written for the August 12 Daily News. In the piece, Rossy argues that ethical mistakes occur primarily “because we fail to clearly think through the longer-term implications of our decisions or actions.” To avoid such mistakes, Rossy suggests developing the habit of asking critical questions to “better understand their ethical implications.”
Udpated 7/23/08
Linda Reid Chassiakos (Klotz Student Health Center) wrote an article entitled “Doctor Counsels with Hope When Risky Procedure’s at Hand,” which appeared July 21 in the Los Angeles Times. In the article, Chassiakos describes the agonizing experience of dealing with a patient’s question: “Doc, am I going to make it?”
Robert Krol (Economics) is the author of “World Trade Benefits America,” an article published July 21 in the Daily News. Krol argues that “international trade provides the U.S. with significant benefits.” Government programs and better work force skills can offset labor market problems, he said.
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology), Ed Carroll (Chemistry/Biochemistry), Cathy Coyle-Thompson (Biology) and Virginia Hutchins-Carroll are co-authors of a paper entitled “Hyalin is a cell adhesion molecule involved in mediating archenteron-blastocoel roof attachment,” which was published in Acta Histochemica 110: 265-275 (2008). The paper for the first time identifies hyaline as a specific cell adhesion molecule, important because the repeat domain of hyaline is present in proteins in a wide range of organisms, from lowly bacteria to non-human primates and humans.
Linda Rader Overman (English) has penned her debut novel, “Letters Between Us,” to be released by Plain View Press October 6. David Bradley, author of “The Chaneysville Incident,” describes Overman’s work as a “clever, intricate, powerful novel” about girls who grew up during the wild days of the ‘60s and about “the women they become.” It is, according to “Persian Girls” author Nahid Rachlin, “a powerful story of search for self, identity, of losing a friend and finding her in a deeper sense…”
Updated 7/18/08
Curt Dommeyer (Marketing) penned a July 14 article for the Daily News, “Putting a Face on Market Research,” in which he contends that “marketing research helps companies make better decisions.” Citing an experiment he conducted to help determine factors that increase the response rate to mail surveys, Dommeyer acknowledged that the results were “not exactly” what he would have predicted, leading him to suggest that “We must test our strategies before investing a lot of money in them.”
Updated 7/11/08
Melanie Williams (Business Law) wrote an article entitled “Knowing Info’s Use is Key to Research,” published in the Los Angeles Daily News in early July. Discussing the merits and distractions of Web availability as a resource, Williams said the “real skill to be learned is what use to make of information. The students and employees who grasp that concept are the ones who will make the information age golden.”
Updated 7/2/08
Alan Glassman (Management) wrote an article, “Private, Public Business Different,” published July 1 in the Daily News. In the article, Glassman points out a number of ways in which private and municipal government organizations differ from each other. “In short,” Glassman wrote, “serving the common good of a democracy is very, very different from making a dollar.”
Christopher Shortell (Political Science) is the author of Rights, Remedies, and the Impact of State Sovereign Immunity (SUNY Series in American Constitutionalism), from the State University of New York Press, July 2008. Shortell’s book presents “engaging case studies on the impact of state sovereign immunity on both plaintiffs and states.” John J. Dinan, author of The American State Constitutional Tradition, said Shortell’s “meticulously researched book…makes use of an impressive range of primary sources in the course of assessing the impact of judicial rulings over a span of two centuries.”
Updated 6/27/08
William Jennings (College of Business and Economics) is the author of an article, “Consider Risks Before Retirement,” that appeared June 23 in the Daily News. Jennings wrote that baby boomers would do well to make sure they have “saved enough, invested enough, and worked long enough” as they prepare for retirement.
Linda Reid Chassiakos (Klotz Student Health Center) wrote an article entitled “Patients Face a Sellout of Their Privacy,” published in the June 18 issue of the Daily News. The article holds that SB 1096, a bill under consideration by the California legislature, would undermine patient privacy by “allowing companies to obtain patient prescription information and begin direct mailings to patients about their medications.”
Updated 6/19/08
Ben Yaspelkis III (Kinesiology) is the author of a paper entitled “Exercise training increases components of the CAP/c-Cbl signaling cascade in muscle of obese Zucker rats,” published in Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental 57: 858-856, 2008.
Updated 6/13/08
Linda Reid Chassiakos (Klotz Student Health Center) penned an article entitled “Savor Perfect Beach Days While You May,” which appeared in the June 11 Daily News.
Louis Pugliese (Educational Psychology and Counseling) wrote a commentary entitled “Teacher’s Field Trip Was Done by the Book,” published June 11 in the Daily News. His article discussed a field trip during which students met indigent workers at a day labor site.
Updated 6/06/08
Patricia Born (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) prepared with University of Virginia law professor Jeffrey O’Connell a study entitled "The Cost and Other Advantages of Early Offers Reform for General Liability Claims,” published in the Columbia Business Law Journal, in June. A news report said the study shows there are “strong advantages to a system in which businesses facing personal injury lawsuits could promptly pay injured parties for out-of-pocket medical expenses and lost wages while avoiding long court battles, high legal fees and ‘pain and suffering’ damages…’ “
Ben Yaspelkis (Kinesiology), former graduate student Jeffrey Bernard, John Ivy of the University of Texas, Austin, and other colleagues collaborated on an article entitled “Exercise training increases components of the c-Cbl-associated protein/c-Cbl signaling cascade in muscle of obese Zucker rats.” It was published in the June edition of Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental, 57: 858-866, 2008.
Updated 5/29/08
Glen Whitman (Economics) is the author of “Trouble in the Ranks: How the World Health Organization Unfairly Evaluates National Health Care Systems,” published by the International Policy Network in London for the Campaign for Fighting Diseases.
William Whiting (Kinesiology) authored a reference textbook, Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury, (second edition), published by Human Kinetics. The book explores the mechanical bases of musculoskeletal injury to better understand injury mechanisms and prevention.
Updated 5/16/08
Scott Andrews (English) penned a short story, “Now and Forever,” accepted for publication in The Langdon Review, 2008 edition. He will participate in “Langdon Weekend,” when works from the journal will be read and exhibited, at Tarleton State University in Texas, in September.
Robert Chianese (English) wrote an article entitled “’Sespe Brand’ Meets ‘Black Swan’ Brand” that appeared in the May 11 Ventura County Star.
Amber Norwood (English) is the author of three poems—“Monsoon," ”As Many As There Are Types of Grass” and “Nevada”—chosen for publication in Toasted Cheese, online June 1.
Updated 5/09/08
Richard Kilpatrick (English) had two poems accepted for publication: “Mood, In Blue,” in Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poems, and “Kirinyaga,” in Paper Wings.
Rick Mitchell (English) penned an article, “Derek Walcott’s Pantomime, Old San Juan’s Monuments, and the Everyday Spectacle of Caribbean Tourism,” for Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and Its Diasporas.
Shirley Svorny (Economics) wrote an opinion piece, “California Focus: Solving the CSU Budget Shortfall,” that appeared in the May 8 Orange County Register.
Updated 5/02/08
Edward Jackiewicz (Geography) co-edited with San Diego State University professor Fernando Bosco a text entitled “Placing Latin America: Contemporary Themes in Human Geography,” published in spring 20008 by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. Designed for upper division undergraduate courses, the book takes a thematic approach to the study of the diverse human geographies of Latin America.
Melissa Wall (Journalism) co-authored the journal articles “The Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation; U.S. Conservatives Take Aim at the British News Media,” published in Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 2008, and “ ‘A Window on Your World’: The Rise of British News in the United States,” published in Journalism Practice, 2008.
Updated 4/25/08
James Ballard (Sociology) authored “Scenario Development in Oil and Gas Management: Envisioning the Future by Means of Analytical Techniques,” in Strategic Insights, vol. vii, issue 1 (Feb. 2008); “Using Social Scientific Methodological Approaches to Reducing Risk: How the Risk Reduction Approach Works with Oil and Gas Faculties,” International Journal of Social Inquiry; “Perceptions and the Social-Political Aspects of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Waste Disposal," The Journal of Physical Security; “Yucca Mountain Transportation Security Issues: Overview and Update,” co-authored, in Waste Management Conference Proceedings; and “Mentoring for Success in Criminal Justice and Criminology: Teaching Professional Socialization in Graduate Programs,” co-authored with Melanie Klein (Sociology) and Amanda Dean, in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. With Vickie Jensen (Sociology), he co-authored a book entitled Teaching Qualitative Methods: A Collection of Syllabi and Instructional Materials, 4th edition. Ballard’s co-authored book chapter, “Legal Policy to Counteract the Threat of Catastrophic Terrorism,” appeared in NATO and Terrorism: On Scene—New Challenges for First Responders and Civil Protection. “Where is my Package—Exactly? Nuclear Waste Transportation, Public Safety and ITS,” was published in Bringing ITS All Together, Las Vegas, Nev.: Clark County Comprehensive Planning, Nuclear Waste Program. His book review, “Terror, Culture and Politics: Rethinking 9/11” appeared in Political Communication, spring 2008, and he penned “Assessment of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) developed by DOE” for Nevada’s Agency for Nuclear Projects. His “State of Nevada Funded Threat Assessment of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in California” was written for the same Nevada agency.
Dorothy Barresi (English) wrote poems entitled “John Lennon’s Lips” and “Arriving Late at the Birthplace of Pentacostalism,” accepted for publication in crazyhorse. Her poems, “Stereotype” and “Something in the House was Beeping” was accepted by WEST BRANCH, and “A Shopper’s Prayer” and “Winter Nap” are to appear in POOL.
John Clendenning (English) wrote a review of Paul Sorrentino’s “Stephen Crane Remembered” in Resources for American Literary Study.
Ronald Fischbach (College of Health and Human Development) co-authored with Irene Clark (English) an article, “Writing and Learning in the Health Sciences,” which was accepted for publication in the Writing Across the Curriculum Journal.
Leilani Hall (English) has penned two poems, “The Stroke and After Words” and “Sappho’s Last Dream,” both accepted for publication in the Disability Studies Quarterly. Shayda Kafai (English) also had poems—“Unremitting Behavior,” “Voice for the Body,” and “Sineater” accepted for the publication in the same quarterly.
Adilifu Nama (Pan African Studies) penned Black Space: Imagining Race in a Science Fiction Film, published by the University of Texas Press. The book is described by writer May-lee Chai as “a thought-provoking and timely exploration of white racial anxieties as projected onto black males in science fiction films.”
William Whiting (Kinesiology) authored a reference textbook, Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury, second edition, published by Human Kinetics. The book explores the mechanical bases of musculoskeletal injury, to better understand injury mechanisms and prevention.
Updated 4/18/08
David Ackerman and Barbara Gross (Marketing) co-authored "I Can Start that JME Manuscript Next Week, Can't I? The Task Characteristics Behind Why Faculty Procrastinate," Journal of Marketing Education, vol. 29 (August), 97-110. Together with Franck Vigneron (Marketing), the two penned "Peer Observation Reports and Student Evaluations of Teaching: Who are the Experts?" forthcoming in the Alberta Journal of Educational Research.
Rodolfo Acuna (Chicana/o Studies) has written “Corridors of Migration: The Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933.” The book explores the origins of Mexican American Labor activism from its earliest roots to its manifestation in the San Fernando Valley cotton strike.
Larry Allen (Biology) is co-author of a research article, "The decline and recovery of four predator fishes from the Southern California Bight," in the journal Marine Biology.
Anthony Arthur (English) published an essay entitled "Blood and Oil" in the New York Times Book Review. The essay focuses on the novel, "Oil," by Upton Sinclair, and the recent film, "There Will Be Blood."
Dorothy Barresi (English) will be the featured poet in the 2008 issue of Pool, which will include new poems and an interview. Her poem, “Spirit Photograph” will appear in /nor, and her poem “A Selective History of Los Angeles in Seven Turns” will appear in Pleiades. Her poem “American Fanatics” appears in the “Quirky American” issue of 5AM, and some of her poems have been reprinted in the anthology American Poetry Now.
Pamela Bourgeois (English) wrote an article entitled "New Voices: Enduring Basic Writing," accepted for publication iin the July 2008 issue of the College English Association Forum.
Ranita Chatterjee (English) has written an article entitled "Charlotte Dacre's Nymphomaniacs and Demon-Lovers: Teaching Female Masculinitie," published in Masculinites in Text and Teaching, Palgrave Macmillan 2008.
Robert Chianese (English) wrote an essay, “Excursion to a Chinese Farm,” that appeared in the Ventura County Star.
Barry Cleveland (Theatre) co-authored with colleague Annie Cleveland (Theatre) an article, “Fort Worth for Entertainment: Billy Rose’s Casa Mañana (1936-1939),” which appears in the spring 2008 issue of Theatre Design and Technology, the quarterly professional journal of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
Randy Cohen (Biology) co-authored with Rabia Djellouli (Mathematics) and a mathematics graduate student, Paul Ryan, an article that has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Mathematical Biology.
Deborah Cours, Kristen Walker and Tina Kiesler (Marketing) are the co-authors of "Self Construal, Reference Groups, and Brand Purchase Behavior," in European Advances in Consumer Research, vol. 8, 469-474.
Maria de Bellard (Biology) co-authored a paper in Neuron Gila Biology; a chapter in Proceeding VII European Meeting on “Glial cell function in health and disease,” and another paper in Acta Histochemia.
Curt Dommeyer (Marketing) wrote "Using the Diary Method to Deal with Social Loafers on the Group Project: Its Effects on Peer Evaluations, Group Behavior, and Attitudes," in the Journal of Marketing Education, vol. 29 (August), 175-188.
Robert Espinoza (Biology) co-authored a biography of Richard Etheridge, accepted for publication as an "Historical Perspective" by the journal Copeia. Etheridge was Espinoza's herpetology mentor at San Diego State.
Steven Graves (Geography) co-authored an article, "Usury Law and the Christian Right," which appeared in the spring issue of the Catholic University Law Review.
Barbara Gross (Marketing) is the author of "The Experience of Home Foreclosure: Coping with Involuntary Loss of Home and Transition of Identity," European Advances in Consumer Research, vol. 8, 87-93.
Leilani Hall (English) wrote the poem, “Regarding What Has Been Taught,” which will be published in The Laurel Review.
Edward Jackiewicz (Geography) is co-editor with Fernando Bosco of "Placing Latin America: Contemporary Themes in Human Geography," Rowman and Littlefield Pubishers.
Tim Karels (Biology) co-authored a paper that has been accepted for publication in the journal Conservation Biology.
Scott Kleinman’s (English) edition of the October eclogue of Edmond Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender has appeared online in The Broadview Anthology of British Literature; http//www.broadviewpress/babl/. Four more eclogues will be published in 2008.
Sharon Kollmeyer’s (English) poem, “Naemirhage, in private” appeared in the fall 2007 issue of Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poems.
Amy Levin (Social Work) authored "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act" in the Encyclopedia of Social Problems, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks. Levin co-authored with James Decker (Social Work) an article in the Journal of Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, vol. 23 (3/4),entitled "The Assessment of Staff Satisfaction as Compared to Client Satisfaction in Two Departments of Social Service Residential Treatment Facilities."
Evelyn McClave (English) co-authored an article with (former) linguistic graduate students Rita Tamer, Milo Mileff and Helen Kim on the relationship between cognition, speech, and gestures. “Head movements in the context of speech in Arabic, Bulgarian, Korean and African-American Vernacular English” was published in the journal Gesture.
Kitty Nard (English) wrote a poem, "Desert Woman," that appeared in the Winter 2008 edition of Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poems.
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology) Edward Carroll (Chemistry and Biochemistry) Virginia Hutchins-Carroll and Cathy Coyle-Thompson (Biology) co-authored a paper, “Hyalin is a Cell Adhesion Molecule Involved in Mediating Archenteron-Blastocoel Roof Attachment,” that has been accepted for publication in the journal, Acta Histochemica. Oppenheimer and Carroll and students Azalia Contreras and John Vitale co-authored a manuscript, “Exogenous Hyaline and Sea Urchin Gastrulation, Part III Biological activity of Hyalin Extracted from Lytechnius Pictus Embryos,” that has been accepted for publication in the journal Zygote. Oppenheimer also co-authored and co-presented the paper “Sea Urchin Hyalin from Lytechinus Pictus May Mediate Archenteron-Blastocoel Roof Attachment.” An abstract of that paper was published in Molecular Biology of the Cell, Volume 18, supplement, #2634, 2007. He also co-authored with (former) students Maribel Alvarez and Jennifer Nnoli a review that was published in Acta Histochemia.
Linda Rader Overman’s (English) epistolary novel, “Letters between Us,” has been accepted for publication by Plain View Press.
John Peters (English) wrote an article, “Hemingway’s Cats: Beyond Nonverbal Communication,” that has been published in The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science.
Jutta Schamp (English) wrote an article, “Written on the Body: The Re-inscription of Shakespeare’s Tempest and Othello in David Dabydeen’s Slave Song, Coolie Odyssey, and The Intended” that has been accepted for inclusion in the festschrift for her former Ph.D. advisor, Horst Breuer. (A festschrift is a book published in honor of a scholar’s career and includes contributions from colleagues.)
Cheryl Slobod’s (English) poem, “Apple Flesh & Chives,” has been published in the latest edition of the poetry journal, Alehouse Press.
Richard Squires (Geological Sciences) co-authored "Volutoderminae (Gastropoda: Volutidae) of Coniacian through Maastrichtian age from the North American Pacific slope," in the Journal of Paleontology 82 (2): 213-237, figs. 1-11.
George Uba (English) authored an article titled “From Signifying to Performance: International Ballroom Dance and the Choreographies of Transnationalism” that was published in the Journal of Asian American Studies, 10:2 (June 2007), 141-167. The article examines the participation of transnational Asians in international ballroom dance while offering a postcolonial analysis of ballroom dancing and a critique of the television show Dancing with the Stars.
Paul Wilson (Biology) co-authored a paper published in the International Journal of Plant Sciences.
Ben Yaspelkis (Kinesiology) wrote an article, “Effect of high-frequency resistance exercise on adaptive responses in skeletal muscle,” that was published in the December 2007 issue of Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise (39:2135-2144).