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Research and Scholarship at California State University, Fresno

• Jendian, Mathew. (2009). “Intermarriage and the Armenian Community and Churches in the United States:  Implications for Armenian-American Communities and Churches.”  The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies 18(1):127-139. 

• Jendian, Mathew. (2008).  Becoming American, Remaining Ethnic: The Case of Armenian-Americans in Central California.  New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing. 

• Jendian, Mathew. (2008). Book Review of Aghanian, Denise.  2007.  The Armenian Diaspora: Cohesion and Fracture.  Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc.  Pp. 629-630 in Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3).
• Jendian, Mathew. (2007). “Intermarriage and Ethnic Boundaries of Armenian-Americans in Central California.”  Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies 16:5-24.

• Magdaleno, K. R. (2010). Mentoring latina / latino leaders. In Cooper &  Conley (Eds.), Keeping and Improving tomorrows school leaders  (pp.83-99). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing, Inc.,

• Petrovich, A. & Lowe, M. (2005). Developing cultural competence: Student and alumni perspectives.  Journal of Teaching in Social Work., Vol. 25(3/4), 2005. Haworth Press., Inc., p. 157-176

• Amirikia KC, Mills P, Bush J, Newman LA. Higher Population-Based Incidence Rates of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Among Young African American Women: Implications for Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations. Cancer 117(12): 2747-53, 2011

• Barakzai, M., Gregory, J., & Fraser, D. (2007).  The effect of culture on symptom reporting: Hispanics and irritable bowel syndrome.  Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 19(5), 261-267.
• Dr. Elaine Garan is currently establishing a partnership with the Native American Indian Community in the Fresno area. This comprehensive outreach involves tutoring struggling Native American children on campus. The initial goal of the project is to help children with literacy skills so they can navigate the dominant culture while maintaing their own heritage and tribal traditions.
• Accessibility for All: The ADA's Impact on Venue Access and Event Day Experience for Older Adults - Project Director, Dr. Michael Mahoney.

• Dr. Lisa Weston- research on same-sex desire and lesbian texts in early medieval Europe. Dr. Weston also serves on the Advisory Board of the Society for the Study of Homosexuality in the Middle Ages.
• Dr. Cui Lin, http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~clin/index.html is now leading new computing efforts to build up the first ATLAS Tier-3 Cloud in Fresno State http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~yogao/CSU-ATLAS/CSUF-ATLAS-Research.html
• Dr. Cui Lin and Dr. Yongsheng Gao from the Physics Department are now collaborating with the Lawrence Berkley Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, Nanjing University ( NJU), and University of Electronic and Science Technology of China (UESTC) and other institutions for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva, Switzerland http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~yogao/CSU-ATLAS/Intro-CSUF-ATLAS.html
• Heterosexual Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: A Multicultural Examination; Project Director Dr. W. Gregory Thatcher
• Ethnicity, Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem and At-Risk Eating Disordered Behavior Differences of Urban Adolescent Females; Project Director Dr. W. Gregory Thatcher
  
• Bradley-Geist, J.C., & Ruscher, J.B. (2011). Showcasing and subjugating minorities and women: Assignment to visible but trivial committees. Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture, 2, 5-18.
• Bradley-Geist, J.C., King, E.B., Skorinko, J., Hebl, M.R., & McKenna, C. (2010). Moral credentialing by association: The importance of choice and relationship closeness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1564-1575.
• AARA Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students sponsored by Health Resources and Services Administration; Project Director Dr. M. Barakzai
• Central Valley California Student Opportunity and Access sponsored by the California Student Aid Commission, Project Director Ms. F. Peña-Olgin
• Chukchansi Language Revitalization and Documentation Project: a nonprofit, cooperative endeavor between members of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians and the Department of Linguistics at Fresno State. Its goal is to enhance the revitalization of Chukchansi Yokuts, from preschool to adult education, and to document the structure of the language from sounds to sentences. Who is involved in the project
• Comparison of air-displacement plethysmography, hydrostatic weighing, and skinfold analysis for the estimation of body density in female collegiate cross country runners – Project Director Dr. Michael Coles
• Comparisons of Body Composition and Body Image in Racially Diverse Male and Female College Students – Project Director Mark Baldis
• CSU College Corps sponsored by the Trustees of the California State University; Project Director Ms. F. Peña Olgin
• Financial Literacy among Hispanics in the Central Valley sponsored by the United Way; Project Director Mr. A. Avalos
  Financial Literacy Study Released – (Daily Collegian, November 16, 2009)
• Fresno Men and Boys Color Project sponsored by the Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development; Project Director Dr. C. Joubert
• Honoring the Japanese American Experience sponsored by the Fresno Regional Foundation: Project Director Ms. T. Lau
• "Impacts of Language Barriers on Students' Openness to Diversity Attitude", International Journal of Business and Social Science, Volume 2, No.7, April 2011, ,
  J. M.Moghaddam, A. Peyvandi, J. Wang, (2011).
• MESA Schools Program sponsored by the University of California; Project Director Dr. R. Nunna
  
• MESA Engineering Program sponsored by The Regents of the University of California; Project Director Dr. R. Nunna
• Minority Student Success Initiative sponsored by WalMart; Project Director Dr. D. Nef
• National Land for People sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources; Project Director Ms. T. Lau
  
• Promotores Health Education Model for Improving Latino Health sponsored by UCSF Latino Center for Medical Education; Project Director Dr. J. Capitman
• The Psychological UNIFORM: A Sport Psychology/Life Skills Program with Inner-City High School Student-Athletes - Project Director Dr. Jenelle N. Gilbert
• Quality of Life and Wellness: The ADAs Impact on Venue Access for Aging and Older Adults - Project Director Dr. John McMillen
• Implementation of fall prevention screenings to underserved older adults in the Central Valley through a grant from the California Wellness Foundation - Dr. Peggy Trueblood
• Renaissance Scholars Program sponsored by the Walter S. Johnson Foundation: Project Director Ms. K. Lopez
• Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (Nursing) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Project Director Dr. M Barakzai
• Stanford NIH Project - Perceived Medical Discrimination sponsored by Dr. L. Crawley
• Talent Search sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Project Director Ms. J. Robledo
• USDA HSI Liaison Office sponsored by the USDA; Project Direction Dr. W. Covino