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Submissions from 2023
Why Does Jan Term Exist? The Answer Will Surprise You, Hayden Royster
Bay Area filmmaker races with time to bring documentary on iconic Betty Reid Soskin to fruition, Sharon K. Sobotta
Submissions from 2022
A Sonnet in Silicon Valley: Join Us for Poetry Slam to Celebrate the Black History Month, Jyoti Bachani
Hum Hoge Kaamyab: San Jose’s Desi Poets Celebrate Black History Month, Jyoti Bachani
On not wishing one’s students were different, Anne Carpenter
How the consumption of green public spaces contributes to quality of life: evidence from four Asian cities, Antonietta Di Giulio, Manisha Anantharaman, and additional author(s)
Practic-ing culture: exploring the implications of pre-existing mobility cultures on (post-) pandemic practices in Norway, Ireland, and the United States, Mary Greene, Manisha Anantharaman, and additional author(s)
Characterizing Parent–Child Interactions in Families of Autistic Children in Late Childhood, James McCauley and Marjorie Solomon
Athletic Success and Donation Intentions: Does Sense of Community Mediate?, Addison Pond and additional author(s)
Rethinking digital literacy: A critical approach empowers students to create change, Molly June Roquet
From Sierra to Alma: a transformative experience at Saint Mary’s College of California, Elise Y. Wong
Opinion: Conservatives’ next target: California’s Redistricting Commission, Stephen Woolpert
Submissions from 2021
Reclaiming the Circular Economy: Informal Work and Grassroots Power, Manisha Anantharaman
Opinion: Why we need to fund the circular economy, Manisha Anantharaman and Patrick Schröder
Defeated, a man sat down, Jyoti Bachani
I arrived in this world a bit late, Jyoti Bachani
Injustice, Jyoti Bachani
Poetry for organizing, Jyoti Bachani
Dr. Anastasia Chavez - Testimonios: Stories of Latinx and Hispanic Mathematicians, Anastasia Chavez
Competing Visions: A History of California, Robert W. Cherny, Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo, and Richard Griswold de Castillo
Post–High School Daily Living Skills in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Elaine B. Clarke, James B. McCauley, and Catherine Lord
Excess protein enabled dog domestication during severe Ice Age winters, David Clinnick and additional author(s)
We Are Not Alone: William King and the Naming of the Neanderthals, David Clinnick and additional author(s)
BPA, BPAF and TMBPF Alter Adipogenesis and Fat Accumulation in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells, with Implications for Obesity, Isabel C. Cohen, Kristen G. Harnett, Sonya M. Schuh, and additional author(s)
Classification, Koszulity and Artin–Schelter regularity of certain graded twisted tensor products, Andrew Conner and additional author(s)
Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well, Anna I. Corwin
BPA and BPA alternatives BPS, BPAF, and TMBPF, induce cytotoxicity and apoptosis in rat and human stem cells, Kristen G. Harnett, Ashley Chin, and Sonya Schuh
Cytotoxic and apoptotic data of BPA and BPA alternatives TMBPF, BPAF, and BPS in female adult rat and human stem cells, Kristen G. Harnett, Ashley Chin, and Sonya M. Schuh
Implementing a Third Party Online Tutoring Component On Campus, Michael Hoffshire
Better Start Opening Your Husband’s Mail, Ladies, Emily Klein
Better start opening your husband's mail, ladies. Here's why, Emily Klein
Segmentation of individual donors to charitable organizations, Eric Kolhede and additional author(s)
Online #Boycotts: Consumers Calling for Accountability and Social Responsibility, Kimberly Legocki and Kristen Walker
Experience Affects EEG Event-Related Synchronization in Dancers and Non-dancers While Listening to Preferred Music, Hiroko Nakano, Mari-Anne Rosario, and Constanza de Dios
Emotional Modulation of Frontal Alpha Asymmetry - a Novel Biomarker of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Keith H. Ogawa and additional author(s)
Deregulation, listing and delisting, Kevin Okoeguale and additional author(s)
How many ideas do we need? Model of optimized creativity to maximize innovation, Wenting Pan and Nancy L. Lam
An Improved Top-Down Mass Spectrometry Characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Histones and Their Post-translational Modifications, Sarah R. Rommelfanger, James J. Pesavento, and additional author(s)
Critical digital literacy: Empowering students to build a better world, Molly June Roquet
Selena and her Fans También Lloran: The Descriptive Power of Melodrama in “Selena: The Series”, Maria Luisa Ruiz
Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown: Narcoqueens, Beauty Queens and Melodrama in Narconarratives, María Luisa Ruiz
6 Categories of Resolutions for a Happier Life, Michal Strahilevitz
8 Fun Tips for Making Your Resolutions Stick, Michal Strahilevitz
The Consumption of Altruism: How Giving to Charity is Both Different from and Similar to Eating Ice Cream, Michal Strahilevitz
Research on Happiness and Well-Being, Michal Strahilevitz, Ethan Kross, Raj Raghunathan, Zoe Chance, and Aaron Ahuvia
Office supply grab bag, Sarah M. Vital
Submissions from 2020
Fund Code Reduction Project, Swetta Abeyta
Algebra, Marilyn Abildskov
The Chalk Garden, Marilyn Abildskov
Green public spaces in the cities of South and Southeast Asia, Manisha Anantharaman and additional author(s)
What space for public parks in sustainable consumption corridors? Conceptual reflections on need satisfaction through social practices, Manisha Anantharaman and additional author(s)
Family engagement in a Catholic school: What can urban schools learn?, Rebecca Anguiano, Suzy Thomas, and Rebecca Proehl
Developing Empathetic Leaders through Storytelling: The Global Citizen Story Exercise, Marco Aponte-Moreno
Immigration as a leadership crucible, Marco Aponte-Moreno
Desi Poetry Reading Hits Home, Jyoti Bachani
Humanising management by using the arts, Jyoti Bachani
Using Theory to Develop Healthy Choices in Motion, a Comprehensive, Experiential Physical Activity Curriculum, Jacqueline J. Bergman and additional author(s)
The Politics of Fair Trade Consumption: A U.S. perspective, Caroline Burns and Ameera Ibrahim
Curiosity, wonder, invitation, Luz Casquejo Johnston
Beyond Behavior: Linguistic Evidence of Cultural Variation in Parental Ethnotheories of Children’s Prosocial Helping, Andrew Coppens, Anna I. Corwin, and Lucía Alcalá
Experiencing Presence: An Interactive Model of Perception, Anna I. Corwin and Cordelia Erickson-Davis
Climate-induced shifts in California butterflies, Jessica R. Coyle
Special Issue Editors' Introduction: Voices from the Field: Centering Southeast Asian Americans through Policy, Practice, and Activism, Loan Thi Dao and Peter T. Keo
Intergenerational Literacies: The Racial, Linguistic, and Cultural Resources of Families in Raising Young Children of Color, Tracey T. Flores, Emily Rose Schwab, Wintre Foxworth Johnson, and Alicia Rusoja
‘Without cleanliness we can’t lead the life, no?’ Cleanliness practices, (in)accessible infrastructures, social (im)mobility and (un)sustainable consumption in Mysore, India, Tullia Jack, Manisha Anantharaman, and Alison L. Browne
2020 California Ballot Measure Pro/Con, Jason Jakaitis
Denisse is Making Lasagna, Jason Jakaitis
Saint Mary's College of California: Trust and Tradition on a Tight-knit Campus, Gina Kessler Lee and Conrad M. Woxland
Too Much of a Good Thing: The Tipping Point of Employee Voice, Nancy L. Lam and Arnav Sheth
Exploring eWOM Volume and Valence on Reputation: A One Year Study Of 75 Global Brands On Twitter, Kimberly Legocki and Kristen Walker
Sound and Fury: Digital Vigilantism as a Form of Consumer Voice, Kimberly Legocki, Kristen Walker, and Tina Kiesler
Last Days of the Wind, Felicia Martinez
The Giver: Interview With Lois Lowry, Felicia Martinez
Foreign Domestic, Rashaan Meneses
The Distance of Now, Rashaan Meneses
The Spark: History and the Filipinx Imagination, Rashaan Meneses, Veronica Montes, and Marianne Villanueva
From Chansons Innocents for soprano solo, treble voices and organ, Helena Michelson
Rendezvous with Bloody Mary, Helena Michelson
What Two Imaginary Cats Tell Us About Who We Are (and How We’re Different), Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Race, Imposter Thoughts, and Healing: A Black Man's Journey in Self-Discovery While Working at a PWI, Calvin Monroe
Soundtracks of Sisterhood: Historicizing the Women's Music Movement, Bonnie Morris
LIFTing UP literacy: Urban teachers and university coaches collaborate to ensure literacy proficiency for students, Mary Kay Moskal, Kathy Perez, Mary Dierking, and Meredith Morgan
Reimagining schools with special guests Drs. Raina León and Mary Raygoza, Aaminah Norris, Raina León, and Mary Raygoza
This is your home now: on Juli Delgado Lopera’s ‘Fiebre Tropical’, Florencia Orlandoni
Hawaii as a microcosm: advancing the science and practice of managing introduced and invasive species, Liba Pejchar, Christopher A. Lepcyzk, Jean Fantle-Lepczyk, Steven C. Hess, Tracy M. Johnson, Christina R. Leopold, Michael Marchetti, Katherine M. McClure, and Aaron B. Shiels
The adult outcome of children referred for autism: typology and prediction from childhood, Andrew Pickles, James B. McCauley, Lauren A. Pepa, Marisela Huerta, and Catherine Lord
We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for: Women & leadership development in college, Jennifer Pigza and additional author(s)
Women and Leadership: Part 2, Episode 74, Jennifer Pigza and additional author(s)
Women and Leadership: Part 3, Episode 75, Jennifer Pigza and additional author(s)
Coping with School Closures as Student Teachers: Self-Compassion, Surrender, and Action, Mary Raygoza
COVID-19, Exponential Growth, and the Power of Showing Up in Social Solidarity: The Math Behind the Virus, Mary Raygoza
Social justice in teacher education: It’s not just a course, Mary C. Raygoza, Raina León, Chris Junsay, Aaminah Norris, Gemma Niermann, and additional author(s)
Racism is pandemic as well, Mary C. Raygoza, Aaminah Norris, and Raina León
Humanizing Online Meetings, Mary Raygoza, Raina J. León, Aaminah Norris, Chris Junsay, and Cliff Lee
Humanizing online teaching, Mary Raygoza, Raina León, and Aaminah Norris
Humanizing Online Teaching, Mary Raygoza, Raina León, and Aaminah Norris
Beyond skills: Asking critical questions about educational technology, Molly June Roquet
Untold Stories, Unsung Heroes: Using Visual Narratives to Resist Historical Exclusion, Exoticization, and Gentrification in Boston Chinatown, Carolyn Rubin, Loan Thi Dao, Izabella Villanueva, and Cynthia Woo
Review of "Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods", Alicia Rusoja