By Joseph Bedard Electronic media manipulation is impacting our current epistemology and has left our democracy flawed. Charles Metts, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at CSUSB. He has been a researcher in the areas of contemporary critical theory, visual culture, media criticism and aesthetics. His paper, “Reclaiming the Typographic Mind in an Age of Authoritarian Aesthetics and Bliss” was presented at the Union for Democratic Communication Conference, Media, Resistance, and Justice: The Fight for Humanity. Being a concerned professor for our democratic future, Dr. Metts provides his outlook on the promotion of pro-authoritarian ideologies through social media platforms. Q: During … [Read more...] about Dr. Metts supports the idea that electronic media is propagating anti-democratic, pro-authoritarian impulses
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Dr. Texeira comments on Black Lives Matter movement
Dr. Mary Texeira has been a sociology professor at CSUSB for nearly 19 years. In the 1970s, she went into law enforcement at 21 years old. As a professor, she specializes in social inequality, race and ethnicity, class, and gender and sexuality. Q: How was your experience in law enforcement when you first started? A: I thought it was really exciting. But there's always the sexism and racism that you deal with, not from the people on the streets, but from your fellow officers. My role to getting into law enforcement had to do with a court order. The court ordered police fitnesses in the 1970s, and courts were ordering police departments to diversify their departments, not just racially … [Read more...] about Dr. Texeira comments on Black Lives Matter movement
Q & A with Geology Professor: high winds at CSUSB
Professor Joan Fryxell is a Geology professor at CSUSB who has witnessed the damage that has been caused by the high winds. Today, she talks to us about why we are having them and the effects they have on everyone. Q: What causes strong winds? A: What causes strong winds is the difference in air pressure. If you have really high pressure in one place and lower pressure in another, the air is going to equalize pressures. Air will not make the high pressure higher, it will flow from high pressure to low pressure. That’s what generates wind regionally. The bigger the difference the stronger the flow, so the harder wind will blow. There’s also the issue of daytime heating. … [Read more...] about Q & A with Geology Professor: high winds at CSUSB