Faculty News

Christopher Moreman

Lessons from the Dark: What Our Monsters Reveal

In Dr. Christopher Moreman’s class, horror is cultural philosophy with fangs.

October 31, 2025

Paul Carpenter holding his bike

Cal State East Bay Chair to attempt a daring nearly 1,000 mile ride through the UK

This August, Cal State East Bay’s chair of kinesiology will take on one of the most famous long-distance road cycling events.

July 29, 2025

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New Surgeon General’s Report Addresses Disparities Among Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Cal State East Bay professor’s research featured in the report

Cal State East Bay Associate Professor of Public Health Arnab Mukherjea’s research was cited in Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities—A Report of the Surgeon General.

November 27, 2024

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Catching Brain Waves: Prestigious NIH award helps Prof. Divya Sitaraman and her student research assistants ride the rising neuroscience tide of brain-mapping

With her scientific gumption, the help of her student research teams and her success in bringing her research into the classroom, Professor Divya Sitaraman will receive $33 million in NIH funding to map the mouse brain.

July 12, 2024

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Cal State East Bay Professor of Public Health Receives Prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship

Schmeltz will spend a year in Washington, D.C., where he will meet with national health and health policy leaders and get experience in the federal policymaking process. 

July 5, 2024

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Cal State East Bay Professor Takes Her Research and Passion to London

Cal State East Bay Associate Professor of Educational Leadership Kate Strom has been appointed as an honorary associate professor at the University College, London.

September 25, 2023

Jean Lin and her book cover "A Spark in the Smokestacks"

What Middle Class Communities in China can Teach us About Environmental Activism - Professor of Sociology Jean Lin’s New Book Lays Out the Case

Lin’s deep interest in building community capacity and resiliency inspired her newly released book.

September 7, 2023

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Cal State East Bay Professor Granted Nearly $2M to Help Spur Climate Action

Cal State East Bay is one of 11 California State Universities to receive funding from The California Climate Action Seed Grants and Matching Grants. Tony Marks-Block, assistant professor of anthropology, geography and environmental studies at Cal State East Bay, serves as the principal investigator for CSUEB’s project.

August 24, 2023

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A Special Q+A with CSUEB's 30-Year Staff

As Cal State East Bay continues to flourish through education and innovation, it is crucial to recognize the dedicated individuals who have been the bedrock of our institution’s success.

August 17, 2023

Andrea Arauza Rivera

Cal State East Bay Professor Recognized for Excellence Inside and Outside the Classroom

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) honored Assistant Professor of Mathematics Andrea Arauza Rivera with the Henry L. Alder Award earlier this year.

August 8, 2023

Michelle Gravier

Making a Difference: Cal State East Bay Professor Honored for Her Work in Aphasia Research

Cal State East Bay Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Michelle Gravier was recently named a Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Distinguished Scholar.

July 10, 2023

Sonia Jethani

Cal State East Bay's Director of Financial Aid Reacts to Student Loan Forgiveness Financial Aid Ruling by the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled against President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan on Thursday, sparking frustration for students and higher education officials.

July 3, 2023

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Stress in Your Teen Years Could Put You at Risk For Obesity

Michael Stanton, Cal State East Bay professor of public health, and his co-author Antwan Jones, professor of sociology, epidemiology and public policy at George Washington University, were interested in two sources of stress.

June 12, 2023

Rita Liberti and Dave Zirin holding up their awards

Professor of Kinesiology Honored for Service to Sports History

Cal State East Bay Kinesiology Professor Rita Liberti recently received the Guy Lewis Recognition Award for Contributions to the Field of Sport History.

June 8, 2023

Professor Farzad Shahbodaghlou

Dedicated to Students: Professor of Construction Management Receives Prestigious Award

Cal State East Bay’s director of the Construction Management Program, Farzad Shahbodaghlou was in high school when he discovered his love of teaching.

March 10, 2023

Sociology of Sport textbook

Understanding sport off the field: Two Cal State East Bay Professors contribute to “Sociology of Sport”

Matthew Atencio, Co-Director of the Center for Sport and Social Justice, and Becky Beal contributed to the newly released 12th edition of Sociology of Sport.

February 15, 2023

Headshot of Mariaelena Marcano with the words 2021 E. Kika De La Garza Fellow

Mariaelena Marcano Selected for National USDA Partnership Fellowship

Mariaelena Marcano, internship compliance coordinator and general studies faculty member, was selected as one of 25 faculty and staff from Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) across the nation as a 2021 E. Kika De La Garza Fellow.

June 24, 2021

A University on the Move

Cal State East Bay increases total number of tenured, tenure-track faculty

January 25, 2021