Remaking the Discarded: Papermaking and Collaborative Installation

Remaking the Discarded: Papermaking and Collaborative Installation will take place at CSUN during the 2023/24 academic year. It is a multifaceted project consisting of visiting artist lectures, papermaking and public art installation workshops, the EVAC Project veterans and artists collaboration exhibition shown in the CSUN West Gallery, and a culminating public artwork comprised of manipulated handmade rag paper, created by both...

Is Assimilation Costing Asian Americans Their Health? Type 2 Diabetes in California's Asian American Populations

The diabetes rates for Asian Americans has been increasing over the last twenty years, with over 1 out of 5 Asian Americans having diabetes, almost twice the rates to their White counterparts (11.3%) (Lee et al., 2011; Menke, Casagrande, Geiss, & Cowie, 2015). The diabetes prevalence for Asians living in the U.S. are higher than those individuals living in their countries of origin...

Hispanic Serving Institutions: Pathways to the Professoriate

California State University, Northridge. Scope of Work- In total, HSI-PATHWAYS will support 90 students from 3 Hispanic Serving Institutions committed to pursuing a career in the professoriate in the humanities, social sciences, and related fields. Upon acceptance, they will commit to making the HSI-PATHWAYS program a priority throughout their junior and senior year and will sign a participatory program contract. Through a part-time c...

ACLS Burkhardt Fellowship 2016-17

Yansi Pérez of Carleton College has been selected for an ACLD Burkhardt Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year and has chose the Department of Central American Studies at CSU Northridge as her residential site during the fellowship. The hosting department agrees to host Dr. Pérez for the 2016-2017 academica year, provide Dr. Pérez with physical resources, including office space, library and internet access, and provide opportunities for Dr. Pérez to pa...

STARTALK CSUN Russian Language & Culture Immersion Program

The STARTALK Russian Language and Culture Immersion Program is designed to promote accelerated language learning with integrated knowledge of culture, protocols, and national identity in modern Russia. The program will admit 20 undergraduates from universities and community colleges across the nation, dividing cohorts into two proficiency tracks: Novice Mid and Intermediate. Standards-based and thematically organized curriculum is program...