COVID as a Catalyst for Transformation
Thursday, February 25, 2021
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. PST
To continue its yearlong 10th Anniversary Celebration, the Honors College will host “COVID as a Catalyst for Transformation,” an interactive forum featuring distinguished Honors College and EEP alumni panelists who will draw on their varied professional and personal experiences to reflect on the future in light of our recent experiences with COVID. The panelists will cover a range of topics such as the impact of COVID-19 on the medical, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries; and the interwoven issues of social justice, education, and economic and constitutional implications. Audience members will have the opportunity to submit questions to help foster a dynamic conversation.
Featured Panelists Include:
Luis Antezana Alba (’15)
Founder, Juntos 2 College; College/Career Advisor, Denver Scholarship Foundation
Chriscynthia Calhoun, BSW ('15)
Decedent Affairs Officer for VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
Special Emphasis Program Manager, Black/African American Employee Endeavors
Union Steward, American Federation of Government Employees
Paul Gowder, J.D., Ph.D. (EEP ’97)
Professor of Law, Northwestern University
Susanna J. Sabin, Ph.D. (EEP ’14)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University
Moderator:
Trinh Pham, Ph.D.
Former Director, Honors College; current Associate Dean of Cal State LA’s new College of Ethnic Studies
This special event will be held via Zoom Webinar and will be closed captioned. Please use this link to access the Zoom webinar on Thursday, February 25 at 5:30 PM PST: https://calstatela.zoom.us/j/86976824067. Please email [email protected] with any questions.