Grants and Publications

Our reputation for excellence is built on scholarship and practice. A strong research agenda ensures that the College of Arts and Letters is a major contributor to the growing body of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences. 

During the 2022-2023 academic year, CAL faculty and staff were awarded $13M+ in external funding.

Selected Recent Grants

Ronald Shadbegian
The Economic Burden of Tobacco Product
California Department of Public Health
$108,084

Trent Biggs, Pascale Marcelli, Amy Quandt, and Ramona Perez
Expanding and Diversifying Careers in sustainable food systems along the US-Mexico Border
USDA Agricultural Research Service
$550,000

Douglas Stow
SDSU TCTAC for EPA Region 9: Center for Community Climate Action, Energy and Environment Justice
Environmental Protection Agency
$1,320,000

Mathias Schulze and Christopher Brown
SDSU-LARC National Language Training Center for DoD
Institute of International Education
$900,000

Todd Braje
Historic Chinese Abalone Fishing Industry Study
DOD Naval Facilities Engineering Command
$314,468

Recent Book Publications

book cover - Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism tan backgroundJONATHAN GRAUBART
"Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and Other Pariahs"
2023
Temple University Press

book cover - rock artAMANDA KEARNEY
"Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories): Narratives of Rock Art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria"
2023
with li-Yanyuwa li-Wirdiwalangu, Liam M. Brady, and John Bradley
Sydney University Press

book cover - person in boat on water near the Solomon IslandsMATTHEW LAUER
"Sensing Disaster: Local Knowledge and Vulnerability in Oceania"
2023
University of California Press

book cover - person on beach with large rock structuresSTEPHEN-PAUL MARTIN
"Twenty Twenty"
2023
Spuyten Duyvil

book cover - heart with bedroom in shadowEMILY SCHUCKMAN MATTHEWS
"Sex Work in Contemporary Russia: A Cultural Perspective"
2023
Rowman & Littlefield

book cover - nature, waterfallSTEPHEN L. WEBER
"Reflections in the Mirror of Life: A Philosopher's Notebook"
2023
San Diego State University Press

book cover - building at a university, fall leavesAMY WONG
"Stories of Survival: The Paradox of Suicide Vulnerability and Resiliency among Asian American College Students"
2023
Oxford University Press

MONICA J. CASPER
"Babylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z"
2022
Rutgers University Press

DAVID P. CLINE
"Twice Forgotten: African Americans and the Korean War, An Oral History."
2022
The University of North Carolina Press

ENIKO CSOMAY
"The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning"
2022
with Reka R. Jablonkai (eds.)
Routledge

JENNIFER SHEPPARD
"Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects" (3rd edition)
2022
with Cheryl Ball and Kristin Arola
Macmillan Learning

ELISA SOBO
"The anthropology of power, agency, and morality: The enduring legacy of F. G. Bailey"
2022
with Victor de Munck (eds.)
Manchester University Press