Achievements

Stephen Cunha

Geography

Geography Professor Stephen Cunha's critical book review of "The Future of Mountain Agriculture" appears in the Journal of Mountain Research & Development 35:2.

Leena Dallasheh

History

History Assistant Professor Leena Dallasheh had her article "Troubled Waters: Citizenship and Colonial Zionism in Nazareth" published in the International Journal of Middle East Studies. Focused on the contest over water management in Nazareth during early Israeli statehood (1948–56), it traces the negotiations between the city’s Palestinian residents and the Israeli state. A microcosm of Palestinians’ incorporation as undesired and marginalized citizens into a self-defined Jewish state, it shows how the struggle over a vital natural resource, where it is in short supply, was both a matter of fulfilling practical needs and a part of negotiating citizenship.

L. Rae Robison

Dance, Music & Theatre

On June 6, Rae Robison was invited, along with 14 other educators and professional designers, to serve as a panelist for Design Showcase West in Los Angeles hosted by the UCLA David C. Copley Center for Costume Design in Film & Television. Topics covered the state of design education in colleges and universities. Rae was invited by Deborah Nadoolman-Landis, UCLA professor and costume designer of the Indiana Jones films among others.

Dave Woody

Art + Film

Photographs by Art Department lecturer, Dave Woody, were recently featured in the New York Times as part of an article about post Katrina New Orlean's.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/magazine/why-new-orleans-black-reside…

Robert Cliver

History

On August 5 of this year, Associate Professor Robert Cliver presented his paper, "What Chinese Silk Exports Can Teach Us about the Cold War" at the World Economic History Congress in Kyoto, Japan.

Robert Cliver

History

In July of 2015, Associate Professor Robert Cliver of the Department of History presented his paper "Second Class Workers: Gender, Industry and Locality in Workers' Welfare Provision in Revolutionary China" at the workshop, "The Habitable City in China" at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in the People's Republic of China.

Robert Cliver

History

In June 2015 Associate Professor Robert Cliver of the Department of History presented his paper "Capitalists in Mao's China from the Socialist Transformation to the Suppression of Rightists" at the meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Asia in Taibei, Taiwan.

Dr. Michael S. Bruner

Communication

Communication Professor Dr. Michael S. Bruner had his article, “Fat Politics: A Comparative Study,” published in M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture, Vol. 18, No. 3 (2015). Drawing upon popular magazines, newspapers, blogs, Web sites, and videos, this essay compares the media framing in public discourse of six, “fat” political figures from around the world. The analysis begins with public discourse surrounding William Howard Taft, the 330 pound, twenty-seventh President of the United States. The article explores the medicalization of “fat” and phenomena such as “fat shaming.” The final section helps readers take a more critical perspective on fat politics.

Dr. Michael S. Bruner and Ms. Brittany N. Stuckey

Communication

Communication Professor Michael Bruner presented the paper, "Methods for Accounting for the Reception of Food-Related Images," at the Joint 2015 Annual Meetings and Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, June 24-28, 2015. The paper was co-authored by Brittany N. Stuckey, an Undergraduate Research Fellow in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

Javier Rojas

Journalism & Mass Communication

Journalism Major Javier Rojas has been elected to the California College Media Association as a student board member. The former managing editor of the Lumberjack newspaper will represent the interests of student newspapers across the state.