Hats off to this homegrown lady! Penny grew up in Redlands and it's fun to hear what kind of things she did there as a teenager. Always drawn to radio, Lecturer Drake-Green achieved her Associate of Arts degree in Radio-Television from San Bernardino Valley College but there was some years in the carnival thrown in there! Miss Penny, as the students affectionately call her, made her way to Cal State San Bernardino where she earned both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Communication Stud...

You'll enjoy hearing about Art and Design from the perspective of Dr. Scalissi. Discovering her love of and interest in art came at an early age in a home filled with artists. Andy Warhol plays a big part in her launch!Nicole is a historian of contemporary art. Her research focuses on performance, intervention, and installation art that deals with issues of violence, Latinx/Afro-Latinx identities, and representation in the United States, in Aztlán, and at the border shared with Mexico. Her te...

I was delighted to spend time interviewing Dr. Kirk! His lively, easy-going disposition is contagious. From a Huntington Beach humble beginning to a world-class scholar, hear the engaging delivery of his story here on the CAL Talks Podcast Series. From his CSUSB bio:Dr. Kirk Kanesaka is an Assistant Professor of Japanese and Asian Studies. His specialty is in premodern Japanese literature and theater. In particular the emergence of early modern (1603-1900) popular fiction and...

Join us for a listen to the brightly spoken podcast from one of our latest additions to the CAL family in our Philosophy Department.Andrea Daventry tells us about her educational path from sunny and balmy Florida to the wilds of the Connecticut River valley in Amherst, Massachusetts. And she adds where she settled on living in the Inland Empire (great pick!).The courses she teaches at CSUSB include Introduction to Ethics, Feminist Philosophy and Sexual Ethics. She talks about how our students...

Professor Wasserstein is the latest addition to the wonderful Department of English at CSUSB. Is it something about people from the Midwest that makes them inherently nice and polite? I don’t know but she is both!Izzy was born and raised in Kansas. She’s the author of two poetry collections, This Ecstasy They Call Damnation and When Creation Falls, the short story collection All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From (a Lambda Literary Award finalist), and the forthcoming novella These Fragil...

This is an entertaining and informative episode with Dr. Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez. It's an understatement to say that Guillermo is colorful, intelligent, funny and a deep thinker. He is all that and more as he adds his depth and style to the Department of Theatre Arts here at Cal State San Bernardino. Guillermo holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Utah, a Master of Fine Arts from UC San Diego and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Guillermo gr...

During this episode on the College of Arts and Letters Podcast Series we spend time with Miriam Fernandez, PhD who recently received her promotion to Professor in the CSUSB English Department.What is the difference between writing and composition? This expert puts it plain and easy to understand and practice. Her stance? Everyone can write!Her current research focuses on Chicanx rhetorical practices and the rhetorical uses of Llorona storytelling. One of her research projects looks at the use...

The Art and Design building at CSUSB is an enormous and finely equipped space for students to learn and practice their craft. One of the leads in the department is the guest you'll listen to on this episode. Andrew Oakes is an Art and Design Professor who loves the world of branding. He describes how he has successfully run his own branding design company for decades while also teaching multiple disciplines in Art and Design on campus.Mr. Oakes is an Inland Empire native through and through. ...

Newly promoted Professor of Communication Studies, Dr. Thomas Corrigan discusses his research and teaching which examines the relationship between wealth, power, and the media. This area of Communication Studies is also known as the Political Economy of Communication (PEC). He shares the focus of two of his Fall 2023 courses which are Digital Media and Society and the Political Economy of Communication.His research specifically focuses on the business of sports media, the news ecosystem in Ca...

Here's another engaging episode in the CAL Podcast Series on Mental Health and Well Being.Dr. Neal Malik (Dr. Neal) has worked in higher education since 2007. He is currently an Associate Professor within the Department of Health Science and Human Ecology and Program Director for the Master of Science in Health Services Administration the Program Coordinator for the Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration programs. Prior to his current position, he has served as Department Chair...