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Behavioral and Social Sciences
On July 5 Trevor Getz, associate professor of history, was a guest
on KPFA radio's "Living Room" program. In discussing his "Journeys
of Race and Reconciliation" oral history project with Bay Area and
South African students, he said "young people can learn from other
generations, process and share this with their own generation... this
project was influenced by the South African government's initiatives
on race and reconciliation to find ways in which to have an open national
debate about race, about restorative justice, about coming together to
solve problems."
Ethnic Studies
Belinda Reyes, assistant professor of Raza Studies, commented on mid-20th
century Latin American migration to California on the KALW radio's
seven-part series, "In Search of the American Dream," which
aired in April and May. "In 1965 the federal government ended
the quota act that gave preference to European immigrants and also
ended a guest workers program for people from Latin America," she
said. "So, the nation experienced a decrease in European immigrants
and an increase in immigrants from Asia and Latin America as well as
an influx of undocumented immigrants... California saw a major shift
in its demographic."
Humanities
Lu Rehling, professor and director of the Technical Writing program,
was interviewed for the July 2007 "Pen to Paper" column in
Entrepreneur magazine. Regarding the issue of college graduates seeking
jobs in public relations and marketing firms without the necessary
writing skills, she said that businesses can help employees become
better writers but it takes money and time. "You can't get
a quick fix," Rehling said. "There isn't a three-step
program where all of a sudden you're a great writer."
Health and Human Services
Professor of Holistic Health and co-director of the Institute for Holistic
Healing Studies Erik Peper was quoted regarding his biofeedback research
in the June 2007 issue of the German magazine, GQ. "Most sports
coaches request their athletes to concentrate. With the use of the
physiological recordings shown on the computer screen, one can objectively
measure concentration. With this approach, the athletes discover that
during parts of their mental rehearsal of their sport routine they
were too anxious. They can be aware and conscious of that which they
were previously unaware."
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