More Than Marches
How do movements such as #MeToo, #NeverAgain, #BlackLivesMatter and #TimesUp gain traction? SJSU professors and experts weigh in.
Category: Spring-Summer 2018
Reshaping the American Dream
Silicon Valley has disrupted its way into a housing crisis, one so severe that the workers needed to power tech’s growth engine are being priced out of a future here.
Role-Playing it Safe
Speech pathologist Pamela Wiley, ’72 Communication Studies, created the Spectrum Shield training program to pair law enforcement with young men with autism.
You are the Change
Catherine Koanja, ’18 Nursing, had to help her mother read medication labels as a child. As a nurse she plans to advocate for health literacy.
Faculty Spotlight: Peter Beyersdorf
Physics and Astronomy Professor Peter Beyersdorf’s research helped detect gravitational waves for the first time in 2015.
Learning Love
Paul Thiebaut III, ’09 Economics, is the founder of 10 Books a Home (10BH), a nonprofit tutoring service for nearly 200 low-income families in the Ravenswood City School District.
Exploring the Legacy of an Abolitionist
Rycenga’s research on abolitionist educator Prudence Crandall (1803–1890) has provided an early example of how education can be a catalyst for social change.
One Washington Square: Arena of Influence
Watch a video on the challenges and opportunities facing woman athletes today.
Yvonne Escalante: Forging Tradition from Maize to Mace
Alumna Yvonne Escalante’s philosophy as a craftswoman and SJSU Art and Art History lecturer helped to shape the meaning of the university’s new ceremonial mace.
Power SJSU: Help Along the Way
Learn about SJSU’s efforts to eliminate food insecurity and how to participate in and support the Inspiration to Innovation gala.
Job Maestro: Is Your Workplace Inclusive?
San Jose State Chief Diversity Officer Kathy Wong(Lau) shares tips for creating an inclusive workplace culture.
Class Discussion: Creating a Generation of Aspirational Leaders
Marketing Professor Marilyn Easter and Alora Frederick, ’18 Business Administration, founded the G.o.A.L. program to create an inclusive space for Spartans.
Editor’s Perspective: Our Words Matter
Reading poetry can be an exercise in perspective taking, slowing down to see and listen to each word and how it interacts with its neighbors.
A Message from President Papazian
We need you, the university’s alumni, to be part of our ongoing efforts to embody and empower true inclusion and equity.
Spartan Women in Sport: Stacey Johnson, ’80 Public Relations
Stacey Johnson has made it her mission to “speak actively for women.”
Spartan Women in Sport: Marti Malloy, ’10 BS, ’15 MS Mass Communications
As a professional woman athlete, Malloy confronted—and often defied—common stereotypes about gender and sport.
Spartan Women in Sport: Lynn Vidali Gautschi, ’76 Kinesiology, ’77 Teaching Credential
“Setting kids up to be successful is probably one of the greatest feelings in the world, those adults in your life, those coaches that really go unnoticed in the world, they are the ones who have a lot to do with helping kids.”
Spartan Women in Sport: Dana Dormann, ’90 Finance
“I love being able to have an impact on young people in an area where I feel like I have the most expertise. Sport is a great equalizer.”
Spartan Women in Sport: Gay MacLellan, ’83 MA Kinesiology
“To see women perform at high levels, and to hear those women speak and present themselves, I think changes a lot of people’s opinions and outlook on women,” says Gay MacLellan, ’83 MA Kinesiology. Learn how the former fencing champion and pioneering international referee has applied her athletic prowess to life beyond sport.
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