CSUSB CAL Talks

Dr. Gregory Gondwe researches contemporary media ecosystems and their implications on society. His scholarly works are based on the interrogation of the effects of persuasive media messages across cultural and geographical boundaries. Essentially, he examines how individuals and groups of different backgrounds assimilate and accept information as either true or false. He asks questions like, “What...

Loydie Burmah is a lecturer of oral communication [CSUSB] and media studies [SBVC]. She’s also a researcher and journalist. Her most recent publication is a thesis about cancel culture. She enjoys multimedia immersion arts and technology, cultural studies, digital and social media. Loydie graduated with an M.A. in Communication Studies as one of the Outstanding Graduate Students for the College of...

Kaitlyn “Kaity” Creasy is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at CSUSB. She is the author of the book “The Problem of Affective Nihilism in Nietzsche, Thinking Differently, Feeling Differently. Nietzsche is perhaps best known for his diagnosis of the problem of nihilism. In this book, Kaitlyn Creasy offers a comprehensive account of affective nihilism that draws on Nietzsche's...

Listen as Shane describes his challenging upbringing and what led him to CSUSB and to major in Communication Studies. What Professor inspired him? You'll hear about that wonderful relationship. Shane is attending Oregon State for his Ph. D. But does he want to return to the Inland Empire after that? It's a very engaging story!

Elder, Morongo Band of Mission Indians California State University, San Bernardino Mr. Ernest H. Siva is a respected elder of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, whose influence has enriched the lives of thousands in and outside the Inland Empire. He is central to the transmission of Indian culture through his exceptional work as a musician, extensive involvement in community life and education a...

Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb is a professor of media studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Muslim & Arab Worlds (CSMAW) at California State University, San Bernardino. She is the recipient of the 2020 CSUSB Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activities Award and was one of the 2019-20 Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Faculty Mentor Awardees. She has an M.A. in Journal...

One of our very own, a College of Arts and Letters graduate, Rebecca Waring-Crane describes her on-going project "Who is my Neighbor?" It's her creation in the socially engaged art practice based on storytelling. She reaches out to her neighbors to know them better. Rebecca also details her decision to "go back to school" after a long hiatus to pursue her dream of becoming...

Get an an inside look at the person who runs RAFFMA on the campus of CSUSB, the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art. Eva describes growing up in communist Poland and how she was always surrounded by art and naturally fell in love with the medium. Eva joined the museum as Director in 1998. During her long museum career, Eva has curated close to one hundred exhibitions. She has published clos...

Dr. W. Benson Harer is a longtime supporter of Cal State San Bernardino and the university’s Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA). His Harer Family Trust has provided the museum with their considerable collection of Egyptian antiquities as gifts to CSUSB. These incredible artifacts are on permanent loan to RAFFMA. Listen as Dr. Harer explains how he came to live in San Bernardino af...

Professor Katherine "Kathy" Gray is a glass artist who teaches various glass courses at CSUSB and has her work displayed in museum glass collections. She is also a reality TV show participant! Kathy talks about her background very far away from Cal State San Bernardino in the Great White North and what led her to be the resident master of glass on our campus. What is it about glass blowi...

Dr. Garcia specializes in philosophy of race and epistemology. His focus is on epistemological questions raised by race and racial injustice. He also works on the nature of race concepts and categories and the degree to which, if any, we are disposed to categorize each other using them. His teaching interests are in Latin American philosophy, philosophy of hip hop, ethics, social-and-political phi...

Dr. Stacey Fraser, CSUSB Music Department Chair, Professor and Opera Theater Director discusses her background and how she came to be at CSUSB. Plus, we talk to her about her Amazon streaming short film, "Still Life After Death." The film also ties in with a Grammy submission for one of her songs which we feature in the podcast. Here are some of the details of the film which the soprano...

Mihaela describes her participation and direction on the virtual lab at California State University, San Bernardino. This is the student run lab where they practice augmented and  virtual reality. She starts with her fascinating story about coming to the U.S. from Romania. Plus, you'll hear how she will incorporate AR/VR at home during the pandemic. She's funny and engaging! Enjoy!