Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Gary Totten (English) has published an article, "Newland Archer's Crisis of (Im)mobility: Gendered Routes of Travel in The Age of Innocence," in the fall 2023 issue of the journal American Literary Realism. The article examines how the writer Edith Wharton's own travel experiences inform her portrayal of gender, travel, and…
The official book trailer for Hammer of the Dogs: A Novel by Jarret Keene (English) can now be viewed on YouTube. Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring 21-year-old Lash. With her high-tech skill set and warrior mentality, Lash is a…
John Haberstroh (History) led a round-table discussion on "Chatting about ChatGPT: Wisdom, Worries, and Warnings," which covered pedagogical strategies for Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association's annual meeting at CSU Northridge on Aug. 11, 2023. This discussion sought to clarify the…
Ph.D. candidate Sheetal Survase (Public Affairs) and Elizabeth Johnson (Liberal Arts, Academic Advising Center) published a research article titled, "Serving on the Front Lines of Higher Education: Exploring Advisors' Coping During COVID-19," in the NACADA Journal. This study examines the relationship between advisor work conditions and the…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by US Embassy in Singapore and Singapore Press Club to give a talk on misinformation and US-China relations on August 14. In this talk, Wang shared his recent findings on the effect of misinformation and fact-checks, and illustrated the conflict between the freedom of speech and…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published an article, "Who are the non-separable voters?," in Electoral Studies. In this article, Wang examines three competing hypotheses on the formation of non-separable preferences through a poll result in the 2021 Taiwan referendum. In this referendum, Taiwanese voters were motivated to form…
Professor Roberto Lovato (English) was interviewed by the El Tecolote podcast about the San Francisco Chronicle's racist reporting on Hondurans in San Francisco.
John Haberstroh (History) presented at the "AI x Education" Online Conference on Saturday, August 5, 2023. On the panel "Higher Ed: Redefining Education in the AI Era," John discussed the opportunity for college instructors to implement "AI Non-use" and "AI Limited-use" pledges. This strategy is based on mutual trust and allows instructors to…
Professor Robert Futrell (Sociology) gave a keynote talk at the opening session for the Mobilization Conference on Protest, Resistance, and Democratic Retreat in San Diego, California, on June 9, 2023. The talk, “The Constellation of Extremist White Supremacism: A Cognitive-Emotional Approach,” explained how white supremacist extremism endures,…
Anthony King, Danielle Le, Aldo Barrita, Richard Chang, Donna Sim, Ting Tong, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented a research poster titled, "Do Gamers Play for Money? An Analysis of Gaming Motives, Relative Deprivation, and Upward Mobility," at the American Psychological Association's annual conference in Washington, D.…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published the following papers:
The first article (Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools) was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
The second article (A Network…
Professor Julián Barroso-Merino (World Languages and Cultures Department) presented "Cognitive, metacognitive strategies and processing fluency in acquisition of Spanish vocabulary" during the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 2023 Conference in Salamanca, Spain, on June 26-29.
This case analysis demonstrates that…