Jodi Gilliland and Sue Ullrich (both Continuing Education) presented at the annual spring conference of the California Workforce Association this month in San Diego. They presented "Gap Training for RNs" to showcase the nursing education collaboration between higher education and workforce development. Debra Collins of Workforce…

Lizbeth Arias (International Programs) has been awarded a Diversity and Diplomacy Fellowship through Humanity in Action, a collaborative transatlantic program in international relations and global diversity. A graduate student in the political science department, she was one of 24 fellows chosen from a 10-nation applicant pool. The fellowship,…

Patricia Heisser-Metoyer (Psychology), along with actress Ann-Marie Johnson and Darnell Hunt of UCLA, created "The African-American Television Report," which studies issues that concern African-American primetime performers. She has been a media researcher  consultant in Hollywood and former national director for diversity and…

Daniel Gerrity (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has a $330,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research grant that was highlighted during the White House’s water summit outlining the country’s commitments to a sustainable water future. The summit took place March 22. The grant was part of the EPA's Science to Achieve…

Manoucheka Celeste (Interdisciplinary Degree Program) authored "Entertaining Mobility: The Racialized and Gendered Nation in House Hunters International,” which appeared in Feminist Media Studies (early online edition mid-February, hard-copy available in October). The article features analyzes of the popular show and…

Szu-Ping Lee, Robbin Hickman, Sue Schuerman (all Physical Therapy), and Janet Dufek (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored "Influence of Procedural Factors on the Reliability and Performance of the Timed Up-and-go Test in Older Adults," which focused on a clinical assessment commonly used to quantify functional mobility and fall risk in…

Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) is the author of the recently published book Sociology in Everyday Life (Waveland Press). Over multiple successful editions, this distinctive text puts day-to-day life under the microscope of sociological analysis, providing an engaging treatment of situations and interactions that are resonant with readers’ daily…

Cheryl Perna (Nursing) co-authored “Patient Care Outcomes and Temporary Nurses,” which appeared in Nursing Management, and “The Development of a PTSD Standardized Patient Encounter,” which appeared in MedEdPORTAL Publications. The articles published during August and November 2015 respectively. She also led two poster presentations during…

Claudia Keelan (English) reads poems from her recently published translation Truth of My Songs: Poems of the Trobairitz with five members of the creative writing master's and doctoral programs, Michael Berger, Olivia Clare, Kristian Einstman, Shaun Leonard, and Autumn Widdoes (all English) in a video edition of Huffington Post…