Greg Woods (Justice Studies) was interviewed by SJ Mercury News in their article “Idaho Official Investigating Millbrae Police Chief for Property Tax Break“.

Below is his quote:

It’s becoming increasingly common for Bay Area law enforcement officers to own a primary residence outside of the state due to the region’s high housing costs.

Woods said that’s especially true for senior law enforcement officials who may be eyeing retirement, adding that despite the optics, it doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t committed to serving the public.

“They have to decide whether or not they choose to lead by example, and whether or not they choose to be part of the community they represent,” he said. 

Dr. Laureen Hom (School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies) published a research brief “Planning for the Future of Chinatowns: A Systems Approach to Assessing Impacts and Needs” in the California State Library CRB Nexus Initiative.

From the key takeaways:
“Urban Chinatowns and other historic ethnic enclaves in the United States are experiencing threats of gentrification and forced displacement. Community stakeholders in urban Chinatowns often situate the neighborhood as a system of interconnected elements (i.e. residential, economic, institutional, and cultural) that serve local residents, the broader Chinese American community, and tourists. A systems approach to conducting assessments for Chinatowns should examine community relationships and use culturally relevant data collection strategies. The application of the systems framework to a community impact assessment for Philadelphia’s Chinatown showed how direct impacts to one aspect of the neighborhood, specifically transportation and mobility, would create ripple effects and direct impact to the residential, economic, and institutional elements of the neighborhood.”

Emeritus Professor Terry Christensen provides his insights on Santa Clara County Measure A and voter turnout for the upcoming November 2025 special election in an interview with KTVU.

Dr. Dallas Augustine (Justice Studies) recently published “Unexceptional Patterns of Solitary Confinement: Cycling and Re-entry Shocks Within the Prison” in The British Journal of Criminology, published by Oxford Academic.

From the abstract:
“[W]e document how people in prison in Washington state experience solitary confinement not once over one long period, but repeatedly over an average of 6.3 shorter ‘spells’ during their incarceration, followed by periods of adjustment as people re-enter the less restrictive general prison population. We identify three categories of shocks people experience across repeated spells: sensory overload, fractured social relationships, and distorted perceptions.”

Dr. Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Dr. Kerri J. Malloy, Dr. Jodie Warren, Elisa Aquino, and Dr. Soma de Bourbon have co-authored a new peer-reviewed article, “Survivance of Native American and Indigenous Students at a Four-Year Hispanic-Serving Institution,” published in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (Taylor & Francis, 2025). This collaborative research, conducted by Native and Indigenous faculty and staff in partnership with the Native American Student Organization at San José State University, draws on Brayboy’s Tribal Critical Race Theory and Gerald Vizenor’s theory of survivance to explore how Native American and Indigenous students navigate higher education within a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The study identifies six core themes, including lack of belonging, institutional erasure, racism and microaggressions, broken promises, and the enduring power of survivance through community, cultural pride, and advocacy. The authors emphasize that higher education must address systemic inequities while centering Indigenous voices and sovereignty. Their findings contributed to the eventual establishment of the Native American and Indigenous Student Resource Center at SJSU.