Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars 2019-20

The Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar Program is designed to assist students in preparing to enter PhD doctoral programs.  This outstanding opportunity has helped many former CSULB students open the door to doctoral study – some of whom are now professors at CSULB or other universities.

CSULB receives $3,000 from the Chancellor’s Office for each student who is selected as a Pre-Doctoral Scholar.  These funds are designed to enable the Scholar to travel to Ph.D.-granting institutions and professional meetings anywhere in United States.  Other eligible expenses include membership costs in professional organizations, applications fees, and other costs in applying to a doctoral program.  In addition, each Pre-Doctoral Scholar will have an opportunity to apply for a summer grant to work on an approved research program, typically at a University of California campus.  Each student applying to the Pre-Doctoral Program must select a CSU faculty sponsor who will be available to work with the student during the 2019-20 academic year in implementing a plan to prepare the student for enrollment in a doctoral program.

Scholars, Programs and Mentors

Scholars	Graduate Program	Faculty Mentor
Stephanie Calderon	Social & Cultural Analysis of Education	Nina Flores
Alondra Perez Cortez	Psychology	Robert Schug
Cammie Lam	Health Science	Niloofar Bavarian
Stephanie Leal	Biochemistry	Deepali Bhandari
Jacqueline Piña	Art History	Catha Paquette
Juan Rosas	Linguistics	Wendy Klein
Abigail Uribe	English	Dennis Lopez

Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-20

The Graduate Student Fellowship is awarded by the Dean of Graduate Studies upon recommendation from CSULB faculty to students who show potential for success in scholarly and creative activity and an interest in advanced study.  The purpose of the fellowship program is to support “mentored” or collaborative scholarly and creative activities involving CSULB graduate students and faculty mentors, ultimately with the intent of enhancing the graduate student culture on campus.

Ten graduate fellowships are available annually.  The amount of the fellowship is $9,000 for one academic year.  Funds for this award come from the Office of the Chancellor to support graduate students who demonstrate financial need, as well as academic merit.

Fellow, Program and Mentor

Fellow	Graduate Program	Faculty Mentor
Briana Stanley	Fine Art- Drawing and Painting	Fran Siegel
Brett Harrison	Ed.S. School Psychology	Kristi Hagans
Samantha Sommer	Ed.S. School Psychology	Kristin Powers
William Pasco	Civil Engineering	Vesna Terzic
Alisha Monsabais	Microbiology	Deborah A. Fraser
Ricky Lee	Mathematics	Ryan Blair
Avery Amerson	Philosophy	Nellie Wieland
Glen Gray	German Studies	Jeffrey L. Heigh
Josie Xing	Public Health-Community Health Education	Niloofar Bavarian
Oscar Navarro	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Dina Perrone

Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Scholars 2019-20

Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP).  The purpose of the Program is to increase the number of individuals who demonstrate potential as doctoral students and who may be interested in applying for future CSU instructional faculty.

This exemplary program has been in existence for over 20 years and has resulted in the hiring of over 600 CSU faculty members in a wide range of disciplines.  Currently, more than 35 CSULB faculty members are former recipients of this competitive award.

The program is open to applicants who will be new or continuing full-time students in doctoral programs at regionally accredited universities anywhere within the United States. Each applicant is required to have a full-time tenure/tenure track CSU faculty advisor who will provide professional mentoring and networking opportunities throughout the student’s educational experience. Applicants are not required to have attended the CSU or to have been accepted in a doctoral program at the time of their application.

The CDI loan is $10,000 per year for three years and forgivable for those with full- or half-time teaching appointments at a CSU campus.  Recipients must be CSU employees in order to receive loan forgiveness.  Being awarded the CDI loan is not a guarantee of employment at the CSU.

Scholars, PhD Programs and Mentors

Scholar	PhD Program	Faculty Mentor
Sewwandi Abeywardana	Chemical Education	Laura Henrinques, Shahab Derakhshan
Wilma Figueroa	Epidemiology	Niloofar Bavarian
Ashley Woody	Sociology	Kerry Woodward
Lorena Camargo Gonzales	Race and Ethnic Studies	Lindsay Perez Huber