CBAPP Faculty Account for Half of University’s RSCAAP Awardees
CBAPP was well represented by three of the six CSUDH faculty members who received funding from the Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Award Program (RSCAAP) to pursue research projects this semester. Selected CBAPP faculty members include Kimberly Perttula, assistant professor of management; Burhan Yavas, professor of quantitative methods; and Meng Zhao, assistant professor of marketing. Full story 

Newsmakers

Ken Elisaldez (B.S. Public Administration, 1991) was named the 2004 Teacher of the Year in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District. He teaches third grade at Arturo Sanchez Elementary School. Elisaldez, who grew up in East Los Angeles and Pico Rivera, was the first in his family to go to college. At Norwalk-La Mirada he also coaches other teachers, tutors students during breaks and after school and holds workshops to teach parents how to better help their children with their studies.

Raoul Freeman, professor of computer information systems, was recently re-elected as chairman of the Information Systems Commission of Los Angeles County.  The Commission, a ten-member body appointed by the Board of Supervisors, provides counsel and oversight to the county's information technology activities. This marks 10 straight years that his fellow Commission members have elected Freeman chairman.  He is the only academic who serves on the Commission.

Antoinette Lewis (B.S. Business Administration: Management and Human Resources, 2004) and senior Evelyn Long, business administration: management and human resources, recently secured full-time positions with Northrop Grumman’s Human Resources Department following their participation in the summer 2004 internship program. Lewis was recently hired as a contract employee, and Long was hired at her current pay rate with an understanding she will be promoted upon graduation.

Richard Malamud, professor of accounting and law, had his article, “How the IRS Can Close the Online Auction Tax Gap,” published in the Jan. 3 issue of the weekly Tax Notes. The article explains how the IRS can use Internal Revenue Code section 6045 to collect more tax from Internet auctions and traditional consignment sales by writing enabling regulations that require auctioneers to report their activity, as is currently done for dividend and interest income.

Three political science students attended the fall symposium of the Alliance Toward Harnessing Global Opportunities at UCLA in November where they engaged in debates on global issues and were evaluated for their ability to research, write and debate under time constraints. The students included seniors Myriam Forster and Maritza Dreux and junior Raul Murillo. Students from all over the United States attended the two-day symposium.

Anita Willis (M.B.A., 1979) was appointed city attorney of the City of Inglewood in December. Her professional expertise includes legal and administrative counsel for the cities of Oceanside and Los Angeles, as well as the law offices of Mallory and Brown Curtis in Los Angeles. Willis received her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 1992 and was also admitted to the California Bar Association that year.

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