College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences News
From Fear To Respect: How Indigenous People Use Fire
On Jan. 30, the C.E. Smith Museum of Anthropology at Cal State East Bay opened “Fire Without Fear: Restoring Indigenous Burning in California.”
March 20, 2023
Japan Friendship Ties Program
Kakehashi Japan Friendship Ties exchange program gives students insight into Japanese culture, history, society, technology and language.
December 8, 2022
Aiding Communication for Individuals with Aphasia
ñ's Aphasia Treatment Program celebrates 25 years
August 3, 2022
Marianna Wolff Receives 2021 Vivian Cunniffee Staff Award
Marianna Wolff, Administrative Support Coordinator in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences has been selected as the 2021 Vivian Cunniffe Staff Award honoree.
June 21, 2022
Wendy Ng, Dean of CLASS, named to Millennium Leadership Initiative
The leadership training program is supports individuals who are traditionally underrepresented in the highest ranks of postsecondary education.
May 18, 2022
Learning the Past, Shaping the Future
More than 40 students will present their capstone projects at the Department of History’s fifth annual conference.
May 4, 2022
'Coming Alive' Altar Celebrates Moving Forward After the Pandemic
Professor Eric Kupers, along with students and faculty from the Theater and Dance department, created the Altar for Coming Alive to honor the resilience, creativity and adaptability of our campus to reshape the way we move forward.
March 28, 2022
How to Spot Fake News
Cal State East Bay Lecturer of History and Communication Nolan Higdon gives tips for being a conscious news consumer.
March 3, 2022
Acknowledging Our History
Why it's critical to remember the Japanese internment on the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066
February 17, 2022
Alumna Chalia La Tour Nominated for Tony Award
Alumna Chalia La Tour (BA ‘12, Theatre) is one of five nominees for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play” at this Sunday’s Tony Awards for her role in “Slave Play.”
September 23, 2021
The History and Significance of Juneteenth
A question and answer series with with Cal State East Bay ethnic studies professor Nicholas Baham and lecturer Steven Cleveland on the cultural and historical significance of Juneteenth.
June 18, 2021
Ethnic Studies professor publishes award-winning book
Enrique Salmón describes his family as a living library of plant knowledge, which informed his newest book, “Iwígara,” an anthology of plants native to the Americas. It details the cultural, culinary and medicinal significance these ingredients have to the tribes that use them.
May 27, 2021
Interdisciplinary solution: Educating future law enforcement
A Cal State East Bay group developed a training, designed for criminal justice students, that explores autism and provides tips for improving communication with individuals who have autism during stressful or crisis situations.
May 13, 2021