Earlier this month Dr. Crystal Murphy (Political Science) and her student, Atty McLellan, gave a poster presentation at the Effective Altruism Global Conference at UC Berkeley. Dr. Murphy, Mclellan and Henley Lab fellow Sarah Lemay, worked together on the South Sudan World Food Program Cash Transfers research project over the summer, which stemmed from a
When Chapman University adjunct professor and psychologist Dr. Susan Larsen’s son Blakely graduated from the outstanding special needs program at Villa Park High School, she was at a loss as to what he was going to do with the remainder of his time. Blakely has autism and is intellectually disabled, yet has a disposition of
As promised, here is the first of many more blog posts from our first Scholar-in-Residence — Ms. Štěpánka Jislová, a comic book author/illustrator from Prague. Ms. Jislová will be joining us in October as part of the prestigious “Getting to Know Europe” grant that Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences was awarded from
Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies, Dr. Michael Wood, attended the Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast’s 50th Annual Conference hosted by California State Northridge June 9-12, 2016, where he was elected as a board member of the organization and presented on two different panels. During the conference he chaired a panel on the intersections of
At this time, as part of the prestigious “Getting to Know Europe” grant that Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences was awarded from the European Union, we are excited to announce that out first Scholar-in-Residence will be Ms. Štěpánka Jislová! Ms. Jislová, is a young comic book author/illustrator from Prague. She is
In May, Jacob Lampe (Sociology major, with an emphasis in Social Work, ’16) graduated from Chapman University and soon he will be attending USC’s School of Social Work, a program dedicated to improving the well-being of vulnerable individuals and communities, advance social and economic justice, and eradicate pressing societal problems in complex and culturally diverse
Author and Professor Alicia Kozameh has returned from New York City, where she participated in the Latin American Studies Association’s (LASA) International Congress, on its 50th anniversary . The annual conference brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors across the globe, and is organized by the largest professional Association
In 2015, a team comprised of four Southern California schools won second place in the Engineering portion of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition. The team, Team Orange County, was quoted as the most innovative collegiate group the competition had ever seen, missing the first place award by just one point. Team Orange
Dr. Jennifer Bevan keeps racking up the praise and awards for her latest book, entitled, “The Communication of Jealousy (Language as a Social Action)”. The book has just won The International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) book award. “I have studied jealousy since I was in my second semester of graduate school. It interests
Schweitzer Award of Excellence has been given since 1982 by C hapman University ’s Albert Schweitzer Institute to an individual and/or organization that exemplifies Schweitzer’s ethics of reverence for life and his dedication to a life of service. The 2016 Schweitzer Award of Excellence Winner is June Scobee Rodgers, Class of 1978