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Worth Sharing: Berdan Named Diversity Fellow

Sean Murphy
The sun shines through the boughs of a tree as a quiet creek is seen in the foreground.
Jason Halley / University Photographer

Gus Manolis Bridge crosses over Big Chico Creek that flows through campus on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 in Chico, CA. (Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU, Chico)

The following is a listing of professional achievements by Chico State faculty, staff, and students. Submit your professional achievements to ucomm@csuchico.edu.

Awards and Activities

Edward Berdan, a Political Science master’s student, has been named a 2021–22 American Political Science Association Diversity Fellowship Program Fellow. Focusing on American politics and public policy, Berdan explores Asian American and Pacific Islander political participation and voter preference.

Publications, Presentations, and Exhibits

David Brookes, Department of Physics, co-authored a pair of articles in the journal Physical Review Physics Education Research. In December 2020, Brookes published, “Implementing an epistemologically authentic approach to student-centered inquiry learning,” followed by “Social positioning in small group interactions in an investigative science learning environment physics class” this month.

Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy (English, ’97) is the Media Relations Coordinator at Chico State. When he's not writing press releases and pitching story ideas to the media or fielding media inquiries, he's writing about human interest stories, sports, the outdoors and the remarkable students, staff and faculty at Chico State.