2024 Faculty Stipend Recipients Announced

By Janey Roeder

Ethics Across the Curriculum and Ethics Research Stipend Recipients Announced

To advance our vision of having an ethics module in every CSULB course, twenty-two $3,000 stipends are being granted to faculty for integrating 3-hour ethics modules into their courses.  The Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership has awarded over $500,000 in Ethics Across the Curriculum stipends since the program was initiated in 2005.  The 2023-2024 proposal review committee, chaired by Danny Paskin (Journalism and Public Relations), selected the following faculty stipend recipients:

Ethics Across the Curriculum Stipends

  • Sandra Arevalo – Ethics, Climate Change and Health (Human Development)
  • Jesus Ayala – Integrating Ethical Use of Video in Journalism Curriculum (Journalism and Public Relations)
  • John Becker – Religion and Nature: Framing Religious Ecologies of Justice (Religious Studies)
  • Shivani Bothra –Ethical Foundations of South Asian Traditions: Exploring Values and Virtues of Living Traditions (Religious Studies)
  • Worapron Chanthapan – Ethics and Framing: The Responsibility of Public Relations Practitioners (Journalism and Public Relations)
  • Tyler Dilts – The Ethics of Representation for Fiction Writers (English)
  • Shirley Feldmann-Jensen – Ethical Challenges, Decision Making, and the Professional Code of Ethics for Emergency Management (Criminology, Criminal Justice and Emergency Management)
  • Casey Goeller – Ethical Considerations of using OpenAI (Chat GPT) in the Classroom (Family and Consumer Sciences – Gerontology)
  • Aiden Lee –Integrating Ethical Considerations into Marketing and Analytics Education (Marketing)
  • Seungjoon Lee – Ethical Modeling and Communication in Data Science (Mathematics and Statistics)
  • Yuping Mao – Applying Various Ethical Perspectives to Understand and Resolve Intercultural Conflicts (Communication Studies)
  • Tina Matuchniak – Ethical Considerations When Using AI for College Writing(English)
  • Rezenet Moges-Riedel – Ethical Reflectivity of each Positionality as an Able-Bodied and/or Hearing Person in a Disabled or Deaf Space (American Sign Language, Linguistics, and Deaf Cultures)
  • Nayawiyyah Muhammad – Faith and Race: Environmental and Social Justice across Communities (Religious Studies)
  • Jennifer Newton – Dark Public Relations Tactics in a Post-Truth Era: Navigating Ethical and Unethical Practices in Modern-Day Journalism and Public Relations (Journalism and Public Relations)
  • Teresa Puente – Applying Cultural Competence and Ethics in Journalistic Coverage of Latinx Communities (Journalism and Public Relations)
  • Wikrom Prombutr – Ethical Issues in Company Valuation: A Deep Dive into Controversial ESG Companies  (Finance)
  • Loretta Ramirez – Hauntology as Homecoming: Cultural Rhetorics Ethics Module (Chicano and Latino Studies)
  • Itxaso Rodriguez – Ethically Assessing Bi/Multilingualism in Children (Linguistics)
  • Hojong Shin – Global Financial Crisis and Ethics (Finance)
  • Shams Tanvir – Ethical Issues in Transportation Engineering: A Vital Step Towards Sustainable Mobility (Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering Management)
  • Tina Zhao – Ethical Issues in Government Budget Cycle (Public Administration)

Faculty Ethics Research Stipends

To strengthen its research pillar, the Ukleja Center also offers $5,000 Faculty Ethics Research Stipends to support original research and contribute to the body of knowledge in disciplinary and interdisciplinary ethics.  $110,000 has been awarded since this program began in 2013.  The review committee, chaired by Maria Carpiac (Family and Consumer Sciences – Gerontology), is pleased to announce the following 2023-2024 research stipend recipients:

  • Shadnaz Asgari – Artificial Intelligence Fairness in Clinical Decision Support Systems (Biomedical Engineering)
  • Ezgi Yildiz – Compromising Under State Pressure: The European Court of Human Rights Walking Back on Rights of Refugees (Political Science)

Congratulations to all our faculty stipend recipients and thank you for bringing our vision to life – enhancing the integration of ethics across the entire CSULB campus!