Faculty News & Publications
News
Laura Talamante
The professor and Chair of History received the Tyler Stovall Western Society for French History Mission Prize due to her outstanding efforts to combat structural inequality and promote empowerment and inclusion within and beyond the world of French and Francophone historical studies. The prize selection committee was especially impressed by Talamante’s work cultivating an inclusive, diverse, and empowering space at CSUDH.
Sonal Singhal
Associate Professor of Biology Singhal’s proposal was selected for a CSU Creating Responsive, Equitable, Active Teaching and Engagement (CREATE) award in the amount of $50,000 for the 2023-24 academic year. CREATE Awards support faculty in implementing new, groundbreaking academic interventions and course redesign to directly address student success and focus on closing equity gaps for all CSU students. Singhal’s proposal, “Equity-Minded Reform in STEM Gateway Courses,” aims to boost CSUDH students’ success in STEM while creating a culture of sharing best practices across STEM faculty.
Gary Polk
Lecturer of Marketing and Management Gary Polk was included in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Leaders of Influence: Nonprofit & Philanthropy 2023” for his work founding the Innovation Incubator at CSUDH and the Polk Institute Foundation, which focuses on social entrepreneurship and minority small business owners.
Publications
Toddy Eames
Eames, associate professor of Film, TV, and Media, earned the award for Best Cinematography at the Vermont Film Festival for the film AXEL, a short documentary she co-produced. AXEL explores themes of childhood and rebellion through the lens of a 14-year-old skateboarder, musician, and graffiti artist in upstate Vermont.
Charles “Chuck” Dickerson
The supervisor of special ensembles was celebrated in The Orchestra Chuck Built, a documentary by Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated director/producer Ryan Suffern. The film centers on Dickerson’s work in founding, directing, and conducting the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, and was screened at Mountainfilm in Telluride, Colorado.
Jonathon Grasse
Grasse, professor of Music, received a nomination for the American Musicological Society’s 2023 Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award. This recognition stems from his 2022 publication, Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais. The award underscores exemplary scholarly contributions to critical race and/or critical ethnic studies within the musicological domain.
Mary Talusan Lacanlale
The assistant professor of Asian Pacific Studies authored Filipinos in Greater Boston, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series. The book traces the presence of Filipinos in Massachusetts since the 19th century, and how the community has grown in the early 21st century to more than 25,000 people.
Augustus “Gus” Martin
Martin, professor of Criminal Justice Administration, co-authored The Handbook of Homeland Security, published by Routledge. The book addresses areas such as countering terrorism, critical infrastructure protection, information and cybersecurity, military and private sector support for Homeland Security, risk assessment, and preparedness for all hazards and evolving threats. It is Martin’s ninth book.
Terry McGlynn
The professor of Biology appeared in the Netflix children’s series Ada Twist, Scientist (Season 4, Episode 20). He talks about ants’ behavior and anatomy during the episode, which focuses on real-life scientists and their fields of study.
Vivian Price
Price, a professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Labor Studies, produced a short film, Talking Union, Talking Climate, which was screened in Uppsala, Sweden, and at the SDG Bergen Conference in Bergen, Norway. The film portrays a conversation between oil workers from Nigeria, the United States, and Norway, capturing their sentiments on the intersection of the oil industry and climate change, green transition, and union work.
