Former ARCS Fellow and recent CSUN grad Garret Eiferman (BASc, Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies) has been hired by Zero Waste Pro, where he assists in conducting waste composition studies for two of the country’s leading waste managements companies. This is just one more example of how ARCS mentors, provides networking links to industry, and helps promote entrepreneurial efforts to our students. Way to go, Garret!

As part of Hessam Ghamari’s Fulbright Research Fellowship, he had the opportunity to present a seminar titled, “Architecture for Health: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Health-Centered Architecture” to faculty members and graduate students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Calicut, India. This seminar was designed to highlight the critical role of architecture in promoting health and well-being through interdisciplinary research and evidence-based design strategies.

ARCS faculty and collaborators, Thomas Chan, So Young Kim, Basak Ramaswamy, Jeremy Argueta, Ana Patino, and Alexandria Christoforatos received Best Paper Award 2024 by the International Council on Systems Engineering for their paper, Soft Skills for Hard Missions: Ethnographic Insights of Mars 2020 Space Operation Team Dynamics.

• Adinai Seiitbek Kyzy: Rush University’s MSN program 
• Harmony Whiting: USC’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Masters program 
• Maya Habash: Touro University Nevada Medical School
  
• Samuel Mercado: CSULB’s Human Factors Psychology MS program
• Julia Spencer: CSUN’s Anthropology MA program
• Jessica Steiner: CSUN’s Anthropology MA program

ARCS Associate Ronnie Vincent just graduated with a double major in Anthropology and Chicano/a Studies. Ronnie was a Project Rebound student, which is especially significant because formerly incarcerated individuals are notoriously absent from knowledge production activities. Even after graduation Ronnie continues to assist us (WHO?) with coding and analysis of interviews.

ARCS Associate Simran Deo is an Anthropology major and Sociology minor, and has been the most active in bringing ARCS’ NAME OF PROJECT project home. Simran co-authored a paper with faculty member Kevin Zemlicka that she co-presented to the Society for Applied Anthropology (SFAA) 84th Annual Conference in March. In the paper, Autoethnographic Reflections on the Value of Community Engaged Research to “Teaching Universities”, Simran discussed her participation on her ARCS project and what it has done for her. Publication is in the works in collaboration with Drs. Kim Kirner and Rachel Giraudo. Our panel WAS THE PANEL AT THE SAME CONFERENCE AND WERE BOTH OF YOU ON IT? addressed similar themes. Simran, Kevin, Kim and Rachel are putting together their papers for submission to Human Organization. This is a huge deal for an undergrad like Simran as SFAA is a highly reputable, long-standing society and a national conference. Kudos to Simran and the team!

ARCS Fellow Emerson Martinez began at ARCS as an undergraduate psychology major. His efforts on the WHICH PROJECT?? team helped increase the visibility of ARCS across campus, which led to the development of several programming tools such as PPT presentations and flyers. He graduated with high honors last year and just finished his first year in the MS program in the College of Education – College Counseling and Student Services. Emerson became a US citizen while participating as an outreach Fellow. Congrats to Emerson on all his accomplishments.