Centers & Institutes

CSUSB maintains a number of officially recognized Institutes and Centers with each of them focusing on leveraging faculty, staff, and student expertise for the benefit of the region we serve.

Below is a brief description of all officially approved CSUSB centers and institutes with contact information and website links.

California State University, San Bernardino

Approved Institutes, Centers, & Similar Organizations

Institute for Child Development and Family Relations
The Institute for Child Development and Family Relations has four active units: 1) A model laboratory school, which serves both typically and atypically developed infants through kindergarten-age children; 2) A child assessment and development center, which provides assessment and diagnostic services for families; 3) A parenting and family relations resources center, which provides education, training and child and family counseling to the community; and 4) The existing University Center for Developmental Disabilities, which serves children with autism and other pervasive developmental disabilities and their families.  The Institute also houses a number of clinical and research programs, including Community University Initiative for the Development of Attention and Readiness (CUIDAR) and the SART Pediatric Assessment Referral and Treatment Center with the County First 5 Commission.
Director:  Sybil Carrere  scarrere@csusb.edu  909-537-3844
http://icdfr.csusb.edu

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Inland Commerce and Security Institute
The mission of the ICSI is to promote the study, analysis and policies associated with the region's commerce and allied security activities.  Further, the ICSI will become a center of excellence serving the commerce and security needs and aspirations of our students, faculty and community.
Director:   C.E. Tapie Rohm, Jr.  trohm@csusb.edu   909-537-5786
Director:   Pat McInturff  pmcintur@csusb.edu   909-537-5741
Website: Pending

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Community Counseling Center
The Community Counseling Center is a service and training clinic housed in the Department of Psychology.  The CCC has two purposes: 1) To provide low-cost or free counseling service to individuals from the community; 2) To provide a training site for graduate student therapists-in-training.
Director:  Ed Teyber eteyber@csusb.edu   909-537-5569
http://www.psychology.csusb.edu/UserFiles/File/CCC_Web_Flyer.pdf

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Center for the Study of Correctional Education
The center provides program development, research, evaluation, and training for teachers working in prisons and juvenile institutions.  It publishes the Journal of Correctional Education, and conducts major assessment studies, program evaluation, and program development activities under contract with clients such as the California Department of Education, The California Department of Corrections and Youth Authority, as well as with institutions overseas. 
Director: Carolyn Eggleston  egglesto@csusb.edu   909-537-5654
Director: Thomas Gehring  tgehring@csusb.edu  909-537-5653 http://www.csusb.edu/coe/cg/csce/index.html

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Center for Criminal Justice Research
The Criminal Justice Research Center provides expertise and research assistance to criminal justice agencies and organizations.  The center develops funded research projects involving faculty and students that focus on criminal justice policy issues concerning local and regional agencies and the conduct of program evaluations and community impact studies.  It houses the Crime Prevention Analysis Lab, which supports and conducts research focusing on public space, using a variety of tools and methods not commonly used in the criminal justice field.  Research involves both community-wide crime mapping and place-intensive methods to assist agencies and community groups in developing crime prevention solutions.
Director: Gisela Bichler  gbichler@csusb.edu   909-537-5510
http://ccjr.csusb.edu/

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University Center for Developmental Disabilities
The UCDD provides evaluation, assessment, training, and support for autistic children, their parents and siblings.  This is a clinical training program of the College of Education, Special Education credential program in cooperation with the departments of Nursing, Social Work, and Psychology.  The clinical program is under contract with the County Regional Center for client services.
Director: Dwight Sweeney  dsweeney@csusb.edu  909-537-5495 http://www.csusb.edu/coe/cg/ucdd/

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California Council on Economic Education
The California Council of Economic Education office houses the statewide headquarters of the California Council on Economics Education.  The office supports and encourages programs that provide K-12 teacher training in the economics method-enhancing K-12 economics curricular offerings to include information on the U.S. economy, the world economic system, and the economics content of various social and political issues.
Director: R. J. Charkins  rcharkin@csusb.edu   909-537-5553
http://www.ccee.org/

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Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship
The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship is the result of several years of planning, curriculum development, and partnership building by members of the faculty and administration in the College of Business and Public Administration at California State University, San Bernardino.  IECE has focused its programs and services in three areas:  1) Entrepreneurship education; 2) Experiential learning and student internships; and 3) Small business and entrepreneurial assistance.  IECE offers business consulting services, student internship resources, and entrepreneurial training programs that help small businesses and entreprenuers in the community achieve greater levels of success in their business ventures.  The IECE is currently under contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Commerce-SBA, and Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and private sector funders to deliver services to special small business constituencies.  Its subordinate units include the Women’s Business Center, the Family Business Center, and the International Motorsports Alliance.
Director:  Michael Stull  mstull@csusb.edu  909-537-5708
http://entre.csusb.edu/

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Palm Springs Institute for Environmental Sustainability
The mission of the Palm Springs Institute for Environmental Sustainability is to improve the quality of life in the Coachella Valley through research, education and advocacy on issues pertaining to environmental sustainability.  The institute strives to be the premier community partnership for providing research data, consumer information, and practical recommendations regarding environmental sustainability in the Coachella Valley.
Director:  Ted Coleman  coleman@csusb.edu  909-537-5537
Director:  Fred Jandt  fjandt@csusb.edu  760-341-2883

http://pdc.csusb.edu/PS_Environmental_Sustain.htm

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Center for Equity in Education
The Center for Equity in Education was established for program development, research and evaluation related to providing equitable education for students at all levels of the educational system.  The center focuses on special needs public school students with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Director:  Juan Gutierrez  jgutierr@csusb.edu  909-537-5625
http://www.csusb.edu/coe/cg/cee/

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Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism
The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino is a non-partisan organization that conducts research, formulates policies and engages in community partnerships to: 1) eliminate violent activities that undermine the stability of pluralistic democracy; and 2) resolve and eliminate conflict and violence on account of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation and immigration status.
Director:  Brian Levin  blevin@csusb.edu   909-537-7711
http://hatemonitor.csusb.edu/

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Information Assurance and Security Management Center
The mission of the iASM Center is to promote and study and application of information security management, computer forensics and other related information assurance topics.  This center brings together faculty from related disciplines with government and industry for the purposes of research, curriculum development, training and awareness.
Director:  Tony Coulson  tcoulson@csusb.edu  909-537-5768
http://iasm.cbpa.csusb.edu/iASM_Home.html

 

International Institute
The International Institute develops programs to enhance intercultural communications and understanding.  It provides coordination, facilitation, and support of campus-wide faculty and student international program development and supports regional internationalization efforts, international business and exchange programs.
Director:  Rosalie Giacchino-Baker  rosalie@csusb.edu   909-537-5633
Director:  Paul Amaya  pamaya@csusb.edu   909-537-5193
http://ii.csusb.edu

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Center for the Advancement of Second Language Acquisition
The CSUSB Center for the Advancement of Second Languages Acquisition provides workshops for Inland Empire teachers to enhance their skills.  The center presents programs honoring K-12 student achievements and provides enrichment activities.  It also provides scholarships for students and teachers to attend summer seminars at UC Santa Barbara.
Director:  Terri Nelson  tnelson@csusb.edu   909-537-5849
http://flan.csusb.edu/

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Learning Research Institute
The institute promotes an interdisciplinary scholarly focus on teaching and learning and how they may be improved.  It seeks to formulate scholarly projects, generate financial and other support, allocate research funds, and otherwise serve as an advocate for scholarly attention on learning.  Activities include bringing in local and national speakers, offering advice on relevant measures and assessments, promoting a research report series on learning at CSUSB, and conducting both immediate and long-term research projects.
Director:  James C. Kaufman  jkaufman@csusb.edu   909-537-3841
http://lri.csusb.edu

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Watson & Associates Literacy Center
The Literacy Center offers tutoring in reading, writing and oral language for students across the K-12 grade levels as well as adults seeking empowerment and better life opportunities through literacy.  Trained staff members pinpoint specific and general needs of children, adolescents and adults then design and implement remedial programs based on each individual’s needs.  This assessment and instructional emphasis is complemented by a research component.
Director:  Mary Jo Skillings  maryjosk@csusb.edu   909-537-5639
Director:  Diane Brantley  dbrantle@csusb.edu   909-537-5605
Director:  Steve Comadena  mcomaden@csusb.edu   909-537-7731 http://www.csusb.edu/coe/dean/building/LiteracyCenter.htm

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Center for the Enhancement of Mathematics Education
The Center for the Enhancement of Mathematics Education identifies, analyzes and addresses the needs of mathematics teachers in the Inland Empire.  The Center has taken the lead in developing collaborative grant proposals for mathematics, science and technology education with the San Bernardino Superintendent of Schools and K-12 school districts within the Inland Empire Region and currently manages the regional California Mathematics Project and a National Science Foundation Noyce Scholars program.
Director:  Davida Fischman  fischman@csusb.edu   909-537-5394
http://www.math.csusb.edu/faculty/fischman/CEME/home.html

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Center of Islamic and Middle East Studies
Established in September 2005, it is a teaching and research center to serve the region, and the California State University system by supporting the development of cross-disciplinary curricula language programs in Arabic, Turkish, and Farsi and research on issues related to the Middle East in world affairs.
Director:  Ralph Salmi  rsalmi@csusb.edu   909-537-3778
http://csbs.csusb.edu/programs/cimes/

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Community-University Partnerships Institute
The Community-University Partnerships office advances community-based programs at CSUSB.  CUP supports faculty in developing community-based teaching that integrates academic theory with community service and research to address local problems.  By incorporating these projects into the curriculum, CUP teaches students to be active citizens and that the theories taught in the classroom do apply to real-world issues.  Central to the mission of CUP are three goals:  1) to integrate service learning and community-based research into the curriculum; 2) to support and promote high quality, reciprocal community-university partnerships that are firmly rooted in the curriculum; and 3) to foster the development of a civic perspective in education.
Director:  Diane Podolske  dpodolsk@csusb.edu   909-537-7483
http://partnerships.csusb.edu/

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Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis
The institues was established in 1985 to meet the information needs of policy and decision-makers in the Inland Empire.  It conducts applied business, social and public policy research, and has contracted survey research, marketing studies, general research and evaluation for state and local government, and private sectors.  The institue holds partnership in the Inland Empire Research Consortium with UCR Center for Social Research. Its monthly Inland Empire purchasing manager reports are funded by local media and businesses.
Director:  Shel Bockman  sbockman@csusb.edu   909-537-5733
Director:  Barbara Sirotnik  bsirotni@csusb.edu   909-537-5729
http://iar.csusb.edu/

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Center for Prose Studies
The Center for Prose Studies was established to remedy the lack of a rigorous collective effort devoted to the product of expository writing instruction and of the prose itself.
Director:  Jacqueline Rhodes  jrhodes@csusb.edu   909-537-5026
Director:  Ellen Gil-Gomez  egil@csusb.edu   909-537-5816
http://english.csusb.edu/

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Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization
The OTTC promotes high-tech businesses, job growth and economic development in the Inland Empire.  Its business and research services help government agencies, private enterprise and academia commercialize their technologies in a timely manner.  OTTC acts as a unique gateway between academia, government and the private sector by enhancing client services and benefits through strategic partnerships.  To accomplish its mission OTTC works in conjunction with the following key partners: the San Diego-based Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology and the CCAT at California State University, San Bernardino.  The CCAT program in the OTTC offers clients a number of services designed to expedite the transition of new technologies to the marketplace or to the government for defense- or homeland security-related procurement purposes.  Services fall under two general categories: 1) Business services designed to define the overall market and business potential of a given product or technology, including the following categories -- market feasibility; assessments; market analyses; business plan development; market validation studies; and 2) Research services designed to support, advance or complete the development of a new product or technology, including the following categories -- technology development; prototype development; testing and evaluation.  CLients seeking CCAT assistance can apply under one or both service categories, and will be evaluated on the basis of merit and relevance to the overall program.
Director:  Tim Gerrity  tgerrity@csusb.edu   909-537-5314
http://ottc.csusb.edu

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Leonard Transportation Center
Founded in 2006, the center was created through a multi-year grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and matched with funding from the California Department of Transportation.  The center primarily attends to the Inland Empire's transportation needs, while serving as a focal point within the region to maximize the impact of local transportation initiatives.  One focus is on the policies and practices that impact effective movements of people and goods within and through the Inland Empire.  The center's national and regional objectives are threefold: 1) Basic and applied research, the products of which are judged by peers or other experts in the field of transportation to advance the body of knowledge in transportation; 2) An education program relating relating to transportation that includes multidisciplinary course work and participation in research; and 3) An ongoing technology transfer program that makes transportation research results available to potential users in a form that can be implemented.  The theme of the center is Decision-Making and Management of Transportation Systems. 
Director:  Dr. Haw-Jan “John” Wu  jwu@csusb.edu   909-537-5036
http://leonard.csusb.edu/

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Water Resources Institute

The Water Resources Institute supports, coordinates and conducts regional and state wide policy analysis and research in all water-related areas.  It has an extensive collection of current Geographic Information System-based data and historical records related to water, including aspects such as water rights, quantity, quality, treatment, and management.  The institute also provides instruction in the form of federally-funded education programs, workshops, courses, certificates, and degree programs in water resources.
Director:  Susan Lien Longville  slongvil@csusb.edu   909-537-7684
http://wri.csusb.edu/

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