by Julia Halprin Jackson | Apr 20, 2022 | Spartan Spotlight
Johnny Damm’s ‘Failure Biographies’ English Lecturer Johnny Damm’s latest book, “Failure Biographies” (The Operating System), was named one of the best graphic novels of 2021 by the Publishers Weekly Critics Poll. An accomplished graphic novelist and visual poet, his...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Apr 8, 2022 | Spartan Spotlight
Wendy Rouse’s ‘Public Faces, Secret Lives’ This May, Associate Professor of History Wendy Rouse will publish her third book, “Public Faces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement.” Her research examines how the traditional narrative of...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Feb 25, 2022 | Spartan Spotlight
The Metamorphosis of Recovery Kathy Córdova stands outside Recovery Café in San José. Photo by Robert Bain. Kathy Córdova, ’85 Social Science, is the executive director of Recovery Café San José, a nonprofit healing center for those traumatized by addiction,...
by Brett Bralley | Feb 25, 2022 | Spartan Spotlight
Eyes to the Martian Sky Bob Haberle, ’74 Meteorology, ’75 MA Meteorology. Photo: Robert Bain Bob Haberle, ’74 BS, ’75 MS, Meteorology, has worked at NASA for 38 years, taking part in four Mars missions, studying the red planet’s atmosphere and...
by Brett Bralley | Feb 25, 2022 | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Spartan Spotlight
Jessica Castillo Vardaro: Uplifting Latino/a Students Jessica Castillo Vardaro, assistant professor of biology at San José State University, studies the American pika — a small rabbit-like mammal living in the mountains of western North America — to learn how climate...
by Tiffany Harbrecht | Oct 6, 2021 | Spartan Spotlight
SJSU Senior Hannah Bittar Earns 2021 CSU Trustee Award for Outstanding Achievement SJSU senior Hannah Bittar is a student leader and nonprofit co-founder, who is galvanized to achieve her higher education goals while helping lift up others. Last month, San José State...
