Michelle Light (Libraries) has been elected the vice president/president-elect of the Society of American Archivists (SAA). She begins her one-year term this August and will become SAA's 75th president in 2019-20.  SAA is North America's oldest and largest national professional association dedicated to the needs and interests of…

Nicole Espinosa and Erika Abad (both Interdisciplinary, Ethnic, and Gender Studies) participated in the second annual Clexacon, a lesbian and bisexual media convention, at the Tropicana earlier this month. Espinosa, a women's studies major, participated on the "Lexa's Legacy" panel. Professor-in-residence Abad participated on the "Queer Women of…

Ikseon Suh (Accounting) and collaborators Anna Rose and Jacob Rose, both from Oregon State University; Jay Thibodeau of Bentley University; Kristina Linke of University of Groningen; and Carolyn Norman of Virginia Commonwealth University won third place in the 2017-18 Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting and Ethics for their paper, "…

Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) and program alumni Jayson McClaren (’17) and Skyler Sudweeks (’17) co-authored “Acute Effects of Walking on the Deformation of Femoral Articular Cartilage in Older Adults,” which appeared online in March (ahead-of-print) in the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. The study was a first of its kind comparing the acute…

Kate Hausbeck Korgan (Graduate College) just completed her term as president of the Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) and now serves as past-president, which involves serving on the Council of Graduate Schools Board. The primary purpose of WAGS is to facilitate professional networking and provide an arena for accredited institutions…

Barb Brents (Sociology) was interviewed on Air Talk, hosted by Larry Mantle on KPCC in Los Angeles. The segment was titled "Controversial Classifieds Website Backpage.com Is Now under Government Seizure, but for What Reason and on What Grounds?"

Dr. Robin Reinke (Dental) completed the American Dental Education Association Leadership Institute, becoming a fellow of the 2018 graduating class. The institute supports the nation’s most promising individuals at academic institutions in becoming leaders in dental and higher education. Prospective fellows are selected from a competitive pool of…

Kelly Ai-Sun Tseng (Life Sciences) was awarded a $224,250 grant from the Nevada INBRE: IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence funded by the National Institutes of Health. Her research project "Building a Molecular Blueprint for Productive Eye Repair" aims to identify genes and signals that induce eye regeneration. Research…

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published an original research article in the prestigious Journal of Lipid Research. Data were obtained from the landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and its follow-up phase, the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study, showing higher…

Karen P. West (Dental) received the American Dental Education Association’s (ADEA) premier award — the ADEA Distinguished Service Award — at the 2018 annual session & exhibition in Orlando, Florida, in March. The ADEA Board of Directors presents this award when an ADEA member has made an extraordinary contribution to dental education…

Kerie Francis (Sociology) has received the 2018 Alex G. and Faye Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award. This prestigious annual award was established in 1981 to recognize excellence and innovation in teaching and mentorship. 

Sharon Jalene (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) earned the 2018 CSUN Faculty Achievement Award, which recognizes a faculty member’s outstanding dedication to students through advising, classroom instruction, mentorship, or special events. Jalene is a two-time past recipient of the CSUN Faculty Excellence Award, and the 2015 recipient of the…