Literacy Scholars for the Future of Los Angeles Receives a $10,000 Grant from the Mara Breech Foundation

Los Angeles has markedly lower English language literacy rates than other major cities in the United States, which is not surprising when considering its large population of non-native English speakers. As CSUN credentials more teachers than any other

Liberal Studies Senior Deborah Dougall-Loperena Wins Aspiring Teachers of Color Fellowship

“I didn’t know how I’d be able to do it,” Liberal Studies senior Deborah Dougall-Loperena says of her lifelong desire to become a teacher. “I just knew I wanted to.”

“Borderlands and Immigration: The Power of Religious Symbols and the Politics of Resistance”

Harvard Professor Davd Carrasco delivered a provocative and informative lecture at CSUN to approximately 250 students and faculty on April 27th.

Florence Kyomugisha Selected as 2011/12 University Research Fellow

Gender and Women’s Studies Associate Professor Florence Kyomugisha has been selected as a 2011/12 University Research Fellow, one of nine faculty members — one from each College and the University Library — appointed per cycle.

Prof. Rick Mitchell's CSUN Research Fellows Project Opens in Los Angeles

Rick Mitchell's CSUN Research Fellows' project, a satire on academia's role in the "War on Terror," opens in Los Angeles.

Prof.Mitchell's new play with music set in Afghanistan, SHADOW ANTHROPOLOGY: A Post-9/11 Comedy, opens Saturday, January 15th, 2011, as part of the Company Creation Festival at Son of Semele Theater, in Silver Lake. The play will be running in repertory with three other plays through February 25th.

Liberal Studies Program to Offer Interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability

Over the past decade, CSUN's campus-wide sustainability programs have put the University on the cutting edge among environmentally progressive institutions, acting not just to conserve and produce energy but to lay meaningful groundwork for ongoing stewardship on and off campus. Among the latest major campus initiatives, the Liberal Studies Program in the College of Humanities will offer students an academic Interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability, debuting in Spring 2011.

COH Awarded $100,000 to Create Program in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the College of Humanities $100,000 to create a new Minor and Program in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (MEAIS), the College is pleased to announce. Led by Gender and Women’s Studies Professor Nayereh Tohidi, CSUN faculty and students have long envisaged the creation of an interdisciplinary Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program to guide humanities teaching, scholarship, and program development in cross-cultural bridge building, interreligious dialogue, the role of Diaspora Muslims, and the effect of the women’s movement on reformation, democratization, and secularization of Muslim societies.