A group of local school districts, community colleges and Cal Poly Pomona are the recipients of a $2.5 million grant to prepare more underrepresented students to complete college degrees and find careers in engineering and computer science. The grant comes from the L.A. Region K-16 Collaborative, convened by the nonprofit UNITE-LA, and focuses on closing racial and gender gaps in postsecondary education and building equitable pathways to careers in healthcare, engineering and computer science across Los Angeles County. Pomona Unified School District (PUSD), Citrus College, Mt. San Antonio College, and CPP will work together to serve students in the East L.A. County subregion and increase access, retention and …

Political Science Senior Kyle Chao knew he wanted to pursue a career in human rights law and was looking for internship opportunities when he heard about the Judicial Internship Program at Cal Poly Pomona. He applied for the spring 2022 session of the program hoping to not just see what lawyers do on the job but also the role of clerks, transcribers, bailiffs and others who help keep courtrooms running. The course was just what Chao was looking for. “During the judicial internship, we observed court proceedings, and it was interesting to sit back and see how judicial proceedings worked,” Chao said. “It’s not like what you see on TV …

Cal Poly Pomona Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership Liane I. Hypolite recently co-authored the fourth report in a series of papers from UCLA’s Civil Rights Project. The inception of this research study was prompted by growing concerns over legislation threatening to limit the discussion of racial history in classrooms. In response to pushback and bans from legislators, the report aims to empower educators with the knowledge and tools needed to teach race effectively and address the contentious issue of teaching race in schools. The report is headed by Suneal Kolluri, assistant professor in the Educational Policy and Leadership Department at the UC Riverside School of Education; Liane I. Hypolite, …

Liberal Studies Assistant Professor Jeff Roy has guest edited a special issue of Feminist Review titled “Queer Elsewhere ←→ South Asian Imaginaries,” which explores gender diversity and sexual identity across South Asia and beyond. The special issue led by Roy, Pavithra Prasad (Cal State Northridge), Rumya Putcha (University of Georgia) and Omar Kasmani (Freie Univesität, Berlin) offers unique perspectives on queer and hijra-thirunangai-Khwaja Sira-trans experiences in the global South, as part of a collective effort to decolonize queer studies. “The articles, essays and multi-modal works in this themed issue journey beyond area and queer studies’ analytical habits to center queer and trans figures as abundantly loving and desiring, not just …