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Museum of Anthropology Named in Honor of Professor Emerita Valene L. Smith
Published: November 18th, 2009
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November 19, 2009
Joe Wills
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Museum of Anthropology Named in Honor of Professor Emerita Valene L. Smith
California State University, Chico’s long-standing Museum of Anthropology has a new name that honors the contributions of Valene L. Smith, CSU, Chico anthropology professor emerita.
Financial Planning Expert Discusses New Strategies After the Fall of Wall Street
Published: November 18th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2009
Kathleen McPartland
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Dee Hoffman Wills
College of Business
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Financial Planning Expert Discusses New Strategies After the Fall of Wall Street
The College of Business 2009 Executive Lecture Series will present financial planning expert Scott Hanson on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m. in Performing Arts Center 134. A College of Business alumnus of California State University, Chico, Hanson will talk about how the rules for financial planning have changed after the fall of Wall Street in 2008.
Faculty Expert Database
A list of CSU, Chico faculty areas of expertise
Paul Lopez
Sociology
Dr. Paul Lopez's book The Braceros: The Untold Stories is scheduled to come out this spring from Kendall/Hunt Publishers. Other areas of expertise include Chicano/Latino Studies, labor markets, and public policy.
Tanya Wattenburg Komas
Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program
Dr. Komas is the director of CIM, one of five such programs in the nation. She took CIM students to Pointe Du Hoc, Normandy, France, in spring 2008 to assist in the evaluation of concrete bunkers at the World War II D-Day landing site.
Robert Tinkler
History
Dr. Tinkler is the Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 2008-2009. He is the author of James Hamilton of South Carolina (Louisiana State University Press, 2004). His fields of interest are the American South, Civil War, and Reconstruction.
Janya Lalich
Sociology
Dr. Lalich is an international leader in the exploration of cults and extremist ideologies. She is the author of Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults and Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships.
Diana Dwyre
Political Science
Dr. Dwyre's fields of expertise are campaign financing, parties and elections, and congressional elections. She is the co-author, with Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, of Limits and Loopholes: The Quest for Money, Free Speech, and Fair Elections.
Jinsong Zhang
Organic Chemistry
Dr. Zhang has received several awards for her work with the synthesis of natural compounds with potential medicinal uses. At CSU, Chico since 2006, she received a two-year Research Corporation grant that supports her work with undergraduate students.
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