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Media Index - by Topics

This is a list of current hot topics and some subjects of interest to the media.

Press on the first letter of the topic you wish to look up:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

 


A

 

African-American issues (see Black)

 

AIDS (see HIV/AIDS)

 

anthropology/archaeology
James Brady, Patricia Martz

 

affirmative action
Siegrun Freyss, Fernando A. Hernandez, Tom Larson

 

Africa
Beryl Bellman, Jonathan Nwomonoh

 

aging
E. Frederick Anderson, Marlohn Balas, Connie Corley, Steven Hawkins, Kim Miller

 

astronomy (star and planet formation)
Susan Terebey

 

aviation design/safety
Frank Tullo (Technology)

 

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B

 

bilingual education
Charles Leyba, Marguerite Ann Snow

 

Black (African-American)
Shirley Better, Lamont Yeakey

 

blindness/visual impairment
Diane Fazzi

 

body image
Janet Lever

 

business ethics
John Steiner

 

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C

 

California
Marilyn Elkins, Patricia Martz, Linda O'Hirok

 

campaign rhetorics
Kevin Baaske, Jon Beaupre

 

cancer
Matthias Selke

 

cave exploration, discoveries
James Brady

 

child abuse (see domestic violence)

 

child care/pre-school
Pamela Kisor, Marlene Zepeda

 

children's literature
Michelle Hawley, Steven Jones, Judith Washburn

 

China
Sin Fong Han, Lih-Min Hsia, Richard Kao, Stephen Ma, Yongyi Song

 

Chinese diaspora
ChorSwang Ngin

 

cinema/film
Alan Bloom, Blake Jackson (Communication Studies)

 

city contracts/billing
Greg Andranovich

 

civil rights
Scott Bowman, Fernando A. Hernandez, Lamont Yeakey

 

civil war
Chris Endy

 

climate/weather
Steve LaDochy, Hengchun Ye

 

conflict resolution
Mustafah Dhada

 

corporate mismanagement
Maria Boss, Rick Hayes, John Steiner, Dang Tran

 

cults
Sheila Price (Philosophy)

 

cultural diversity (multicultural education)
Mohammad Auwal, Beryl Bellman, Jean Phinney

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D

 

dance choreography
Theresa Larkin, Hae Kyung Lee

 

demographics
Ali Modarres

 

depression
Herbert Goldberg, Paula K. Vuckovich

 

digital signal processing
Jeffrey Beyon

 

diversity (see cultural diversity)

 

DNA
Jamil Momand, Kathy Roberts

 

domestic violence
<Suzanne Regan, Marcel Soriano

 

drug education
Desdemona Cardoza, Behjat A. Sharif

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E

 

earthquakes
Neda Fabris, Steve LaDochy, Gary Novak

 

eating disorders
Fary Cachelin, Laura Calderon

 

ecology
Alan Muchlinski, Carlos Robles

 

Egypt
Aida O'Reilly, Daniel C. Crecelius

 

elections/politics
Nadine S. Koch, Jaime Regalado, Martin Schiesl

 

entrepreneurship
Doris Christopher, Steve McGuire

 

ethics
Sharon Bishop, Elaine Draper, Ann Garry

 

evolution
Patrick Krug, Donald Paulson

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F

family issues, violence, therapy (see domestic violence)

 

fashion design
Rebecca Davis (Art), Carol Tuntland

 

feminism (see women's issues)

 

fiber optics
Fred Daneshgaran

 

film (see cinema)

 

fire ecology, protection
John A. Gamon, Ray Shackelford

 

flooding
Young C. Kim

 

folklore
Steven S. Jones, Elliott Oring

 

food safety
Roberto Chamul, Pera Jambazian, Harmit Singh

 

foreign policy
Michael Siler

 

forensic science
Donald Johnson, Elizabeth Miller, Katherine Roberts

 

France
Christopher Endy, Christophe Lagier

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G

gang violence
Kimberly King, Marcel Soriano

 

gardening
Ronald Tsukashima

 

gas prices
Tom Larson

 

gender issues
Julie Albright, Hema Chari, Dionne Espinoza, Siegrun Freyss, Ann Garry, Kimberly King, Janet Lever

 

genetics
Margaret Jefferson, Howard Rosen, Sandra Sharp

 

gerontology (see aging)

 

gifted children
Richard Maddox

 

globalization
Christopher Endy

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H

herbal medicine
Norman Klein, Jon L. Olson

 

HIV/AIDS
Thomas W. Barkley, Jr.,

 

homeland security
Beryl Bellman, David Gadish, Michael Siler

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I

immigration
Timothy Lim, Ali Modarres

 

information technology
Russell Abbott, Ronald Lemos, Paul Rosenthal

 

information security
Ludwig Slusky

 

insider training
Maria Boss

 

intercultural communication (see cultural diversity)

 

international relations
Naomi Caiden, Christopher Endy, Stephen Ma

 

Iraq (see Middle East)

 

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J

 

Japan
Rauf R. Khan, Ronald Tzukashima

 

jazz
Paul De Castro, James Newton (Music)

 

jury selection
Kenneth Wagner

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K

Korea
Kern Kwong, Kim Miller, Moonsong David Oh, Eui-Young Yu

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L

 

landslides
Kim Bishop, Robert Stull

 

LAPD history (1920s-1950s)
David Jenks

 

Latin America
Marjorie Bray, Donald Bray, John Kirchner

 

legal ethics
Joseph Deering

 

linguistics
Raquel Ackerman, Thomas Peterson

 

literacy
Margaret Moustafa

 

literature
Steven Jones

 

Los Angeles
Siegrun Freyss, Tom Larson, Ali Modarres, Martin Schiesl

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M

 

magnetic resonance
Oscar Bernal, Guo-meng (Peter) Zhao

 

Mayan culture
Manuel Aguilar, James Brady

 

Mexican repatriation
Francisco Balderrama

 

Mexico
Francisco Balderrama, Roberto Cantu, Alfonso Gonzalez, Fernando A. Hernandez, Jon L. Olson, John Rees

 

mental health
Joseph Prabhu

 

metabolic diseases
Wayne R. Tikkanen

 

Middle East
Kazem Alamdari, Mohammad A. Auwal, Daniel C. Crecelius, Irving Kett, Afshin Matin-asgari

 

money and banking
Stephen Pollard, Dang T. Tran

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N

 

neuroscience research
Ramani Durvasula, Beverly Krilowicz (Biological Sciences), Amelia Russo-Neustadt (Biolofical Sciences)

 

nursing care standards
Marilyn Friedman

 

nutrition
Laura Calderon, John Orta

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O

 

obesity
Laura Calderon

 

office romance
Janet Lever

 

organized labor
Tom Larson, Jaime A. Regalado

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P

 

parenting
Pamela Kisor, Marlene Zepeda

 

playwriting
José Cruz González

 

poetry
Lauri Ramey, Timothy Steele

 

police administration
Nathaniel Trives

 

policing/security
Blair Berkley, David Jenks

 

pollution
Steve LaDochy, Richard Vogl

 

posttraumatic stress
Loretta Birckhead, Gaithri Fernando

 

Proposition 187
Marcel Soriano

 

public policy
Naomi Caiden, Siegrun Freyss, Michael McLendon, Jaime Regalado

 

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Q

 

Quantum Hall Effect
Edward H. Rezayi

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R

 

race relations and social conflicts
Scott Bowman, Lena Chao, Kimberly King, Jaime A. Regalado, Marcel Soriano, Ronald Tsukashima

 

redistricting
Ali Modarres

 

religions
Joseph Prabhu

 

remedial courses in higher education
Marcel Soriano

 

retail management
Tyrone Jackson

 

Romania
Domnita Dumitrescu

 

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S

 

senior citizen issues (see aging)

 

Shakespeare
Caroline McManus, Alison Taufer

 

solar energy
Stephen F. Felszeghy, Richard Roberto, Le Tang, Chivey C. Wu

 

SPACE Lab
Helen Boussalis, Maj Mirmirani (Mechanical Engineering)

 

special education (Federal No Child Left Behind Act)
Ann Barbour, Mary Falvey, Christine Givner (Special Education and Counseling), Nancy Hunt

 

spousal abuse (see domestic violence)

 

supermileage competition
Virgil Seaman

 

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T

 

teen pregnancy
Karen Nielsen-Menicucci

 

telecommunications
Martin Roden

 

terrorist activities
Kelly Madison, Afshin Matin-asgari, Michael Siler

 

Third World countries
Kazem Alamdari, Michael Siler

 

three-strikes law
Micol Seigel (Liberal Studies)

 

tornadoes
Steve LaDochy

 

transportation
Hassan Hashemian (Civil Engineering), Irving Kett, John Kirchner

 

trauma therapy
Loretta Birckhead, Susan Crimmins, Mitchell Eisen, Gaithri Fernando

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U

 

ulama (Mesoamerican ballgame)
Manuel Aguilar, James Brady

 

urban planning/studies
Siegrun Freyss, Tom Larson, Killian P. H. Ying

 

unemployment
Tom Larson

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V

 

Vietnam
Marilyn Elkins

 

viruses
Nancy McQueen

 

volcanoes
Robert Stull

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W

 

weather (see climate)

 

welfare reform
Neil Cohen

 

wireless technology
Fred Daneshgaran, Martin Roden, Song Xing (Information Systems)

 

women's issues
Siegrun Freyss, Ann Garry, Kimberly King, Susan Mason, ChorSwang Ngin, Suzanne Regan, Carole Srole

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X

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Y

 

youths, at-risk
Phillip Carter, Kimberly King, Marcel Soriano

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Z

 

zoology
Betsy Peitz

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