Prof. Manfred Keil co-authored a list of the 23 good things that happened in 2023 in the Inland Empire when it comes to the economy.

Prof. Jessamyn Schaller was quoted in a piece on how education does not solve the pay gap between men and women. She stated, “There’s studies that show women who have a female professor in their intro-level class in sort of STEM fields or in economics are more likely to choose that class as a major. It’s important to me that, when I teach intro, I teach it in a way that kind of shows my students how interesting it can be and try to be a role model for it.

Prof. Jack Pitney was quoted in an article on how more than 75,000 people left the state of California this year, according to census estimates. He said, “It’s not just the absolute size of the population, but the size relative to other states. When one state gains, other states must lose."

Prof. Ron Riggio co-authored an op-ed on how humor can make leaders more effective in the workplace.

In a co-authored op-ed, Prof. Manfred Keil discussed the outlook for the economy in the U.S. and the Inland Empire.

Prof. Kenneth Miller was mentioned in an article on A24’s film, Civil War, in which California and Texas are on the “same side” during the Civil War. His book, Texas vs. California: A History of Their Struggle for the Future of America was cited, laying out all the ways in which the two states’ directions have diverged. Yet on a fundamental level, he notes, the “similarities run so deep” that the two states are akin to “close siblings that became rivals.”

Prof. Frederick Lynch was quoted in an article on corporate diversity. He observed, “affirmative action frameworks were retooled into new policy rationales aimed at matching the workplace ethnic and gender diversity with that of rapidly changing customer bases.”

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