Ph.D. student Azmal Hossan is now a Graduate Research Assistant for the Collaboratory Research Group on Climate Change and Biodiversity at CSU’s School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES). The interdisciplinary research group aims to explore the synergies and trade-offs between climate change action and biodiversity protection, specifically in the agricultural production system. Additionally, Azmal has […]
Verena Knerich successfully defended her dissertation, “Mind the Gap! Empowering Large Cross-disciplinary Teams to Bridge Divides.” Verena’s committee: Co-Chairs Drs. Jeni Cross & Ivett Guntersdorfer (LMU & Universität Salzburg) and Members Drs. KuoRay Mao, Stephanie Malin, and Louise Jennings (School of Education) “Congratulations from me, Verena!! As one of your committee members, I can attest […]
Three superstar students recently took over our Instagram account to show “a day in the life” in each of our concentrations. Beforehand, Tara Opsal, Elena Windsong, and Emily Martin contacted prospective students to invite them to follow along on social media. Kileigh Devlin, our Sociology Undergraduate Representative, showcased our Criminology & Criminal Justice concentration. Pi […]
Dr. Joshua Sbicca has been serving as an expert witness in a federal class action lawsuit that was recently covered by Verite News’“Lawsuit over farm line work assignments at Angola goes to trial” article and The Advocate’s“Advocacy groups press to abolish Angola prison’s Farm Line in Baton Rouge federal court” article. Last spring, Josh was […]
The 2026 College of Liberal Arts awards are announced.
Dr. Pat Hastings was quoted in a USA Today article, “Hilary Duff’s husband, Ashley Tisdale and why modern parenting is so messy” about modern parenting and mom groups. “These spaces that give advice and companionship are also places where parents are going to implicitly or explicitly compare themselves to other people and their parenting,” said […]
How do zoos reinforce cultural stereotypes we may not know we hold and what is prison agricultural labor and why does it exist?
A recent community-driven health study co-led by CSU sheds light on the environmental and health disparities for the more than 11,000 residents of the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods.
The highly-regarded French journal Alternatives Économiques reached out to Dr. KuoRay Mao seeking his expertise in green criminology, specifically in regards to China’s environmental strategies and what the trajectory could mean for worldwide sustainability. In the journal’s article “Is China really becoming an ecological country?” Dr. Mao shares valuable insight on how China’s model of […]
Dr. Pat Hastings and Ph.D. student Amber Obermaier have published “Growing up Different(ly than Last Time We Asked): Social Status and Changing Reports of Childhood Income Rank” in Social Psychology Quarterly. Three cheers for faculty-student collaborations! Abstract How we remember our past can be shaped by the realities of our present. This study examines how changes […]
