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From hospital closures to nursing shortages, many are hopeful that the inauguration of President Obama and talk of a healthcare component within a stimulus package will mean more funding for the County. Add Gerardo Pinedo (B.A. interdisciplinary studies/public administration, 2001), to that list. In November, Pinedo began his role as interim director of government relations and policy for the County’s Department of Health Services. Here, the man who helps coordinate the County’s healthcare lobbying efforts looks ahead to evaluate the likelihood of a new funding vein for the County as well as what needs to be done to fix the County’s other top healthcare issues. Full story NewsmakersTayyeb Shabbir, associate professor of finance and accounting, presented a paper entitled, “Role of the Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds in the current global financial crisis,” in the premier national conference co-sponsored by American Association of Allied Social Sciences and the Middle East Economics Association held in San Francisco , January 2-5, 2009. Shabbir also served as a discussant for a paper in another session during the same conference. Clarence “Gus” Martin, assistant vice president for faculty affairs, had the third edition of his book, Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues, published this month. Martin, who was a professor of public administration prior to accepting his current post in charge of faculty affairs, continues to be involved in the field as an expert on terrorism in the post-9/11 world. In the new edition, Martin offered new case studies, analyses, and elaborated on discussions of topics such as Homeland Security and human rights. Martin is also the author of Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies, and the editor of The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings. Bingsheng Yi, assistant professor of accounting and finance, had a paper published this month in the Spring 2009 issue of Corporate Ownership and Control. The paper, titled "The Two Faces of Busy Outside Directors,” was co-authored with J. Barry Lin from Simmons College and Chia-Wei Chen from Tunghai University in Taiwan.If you are interested in becoming active in Friends of the College or would like to receive information on Friends Mixers and other upcoming events, please contact deanstrong@csudh.edu. Newsletter Archives:
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