Program Recognition
Mark Brown, government, has been awarded a two-year grant from the Ethics and Values Studies program at the National Science Foundation for his project, “Toward a Political Theory of Bioethics: Participation, Representation, and Deliberation on Federal Bioethics Advisory Committees.”
Mark Brown, government, was awarded the Virginia Walsh Award for best dissertation from the American Political Science Association's section on Science, Technology and Environmental Politics during the Association's annual meeting in Chicago, Sept. 2-5, 2004. His dissertation, completed at Rutgers University in 2001, explores the relationship between science and citizenship in modern democratic theory and politics.
Dorman to receive Wang Award - 2002
Article from The Bulletin, April 22-28, 2002
William Dorman, a longtime professor at CSUS and a favorite among students, has been named as a 2002 recipient of the prestigious Wang Family Excellence Award from the CSU system.
Dorman is one of five people to receive the award this year. It honors exemplary contributions and achievements in both their academic areas and their universities. Each recipient receives $20,000 to use for any purpose.
The award was established in
1998 with a $1 million gift from
CSU Trustee Stanley T. Wang.
It is to be given each year for
10 years to four faculty members
and one administrator from
throughout the 23-campus CSU
system. This is the fourth year it
has been given.
Dorman, who won in the
social and behavioral sciences
and public services category, is a
government professor at CSUS.
He has taught and conducted
research in mass media and politics
since joining the faculty
in 1967. He also is a graduate
of CSUS, where he earned
his undergraduate degree before
beginning his graduate work at
UC Berkeley.
Dorman has built a national
reputation for his research into
American mass media and its
relationship to American foreign
policy. Among his many publications,
he contributed an article
on journalism to the 40th anniversary
issue of the Bulletin of
the Atomic Scientists, he is coauthor
of the 1987 book U.S.
Press and Iran, and he was on
a national panel that produced
the highly regarded study on the
Gulf War titled Taken by Storm:
The Media, Public Opinion, and
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Gulf
War. He currently is conducting
a review of recent research on
the American media’s international
coverage for the Center
for War, Peace and the News
Media at New York University.“I’ve been able to do some
research, but for me the focus
has always been on teaching,”
Dorman says. “Teaching is my
first love, and CSUS is a teaching
institution first and foremost.”
That dedication to teaching
has been strong throughout Dorman’s
years at CSUS. He has
taken part in workshops, seminars,
peer-to-peer coaching –
anything to improve his teaching.
He also has designed and
introduced 10 new courses in
government and journalism.
Dorman is known across
campus for his engaging lectures
and warm personality. The
CSUS Alumni Association gave
him its Distinguished Faculty
Award in 1992 and the student
government presented him with
its Students First Award in 1995.
Dorman
And he has received most
other major campus honors
– including the Outstanding
Teaching Award, the Outstanding
Scholarly Achievement
Award and the John C. Livingston
Annual Faculty Recognition
Award.
“The Wang Award was quite
a surprise, and a wonderful
one,” Dorman says. “Of course,
when you’ve been at CSUS as
long as I’ve been, you can put
together quite a list of equally
deserving people. So there was a
certain amount of good fortune
involved as well.”
The awards will be presented
at the May 14 CSU Trustees’
meeting.
Capital University News
April 7, 2005
Rep. Barbara Lee, a Democratic congresswoman from the East Bay, Sacramento State government and ethnic studies professor David Covin, and John Prendergast, an Africa expert with the International Crisis Group, will be honored at the annual Peace Awards Dinner from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday, April 30, at Sacramento State's University Union Ballroom.
A VIP reception, awards dinner and dance will mark the conclusion of the 14th annual Africa Diaspora Conference, April 28 to 30, sponsored by the University's Center for African Peace Conflict Resolution and the Pan African Studies Program.
Covin has been a government and ethnic studies professor at Sacramento State since 1970. He is co-founder of the Sacramento Area Black Caucus and serves on the executive board of the Women's Civic Improvement Club, which works to improve the lives of black people in Sacramento. Formerly president of the University's Pan African Studies Program, Covin received a Community Service Award in 2004 from the University's College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
Joe Serna Jr., 2000
College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
Academy of Distinction and Honor
The Academy of Distinction and Honor recognizes publicly the outstanding achievements of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the College. In many cases, an education in one of SSIS's programs has laid the foundation for a career or activity that has had a major impact on one's community. We wish to honor alumni and students whose efforts have significantly influenced their social and/or professional communities. We also wish to recognize faculty and staff who once worked in the college and who clearly had a profound influence on our students. Finally, we wish to acknowledge the generous efforts of those in the community who have helped SSIS and its programs fulfill their potential to offer the best education to our students and to build bridges between CSUS and the region.
