Rio Hondo College

This volume showcases the research, teaching, and community engagement of fellows from the Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship program, which from 2018 to 2025 supported 110 faculty across 61 institutions. Edited by Carmen Carrasquillo (San Diego Miramar College) and Brian Stipelman (Frederick Community College), the collection highlights the challenges and opportunities faced by two-year-college scholars, documenting how they integrate research into the classroom and serve diverse student communities. More than a record of individual projects, the publication celebrates the vital role of community college faculty as teacher-scholars whose contributions enrich the humanities and higher education at large.

The end of the Cold War over 20 years ago changed perspectives on security in the international community. State continuity as a security goal gave way to security on an individual basis – human security. Focus on human security was seen as a way to ensure security of the international community did not collapse. Human security, as a neologistic international concern created a multidisciplinary field of study that brought factors to security not appreciated during the bipolar environment of the late twentieth century. This chapter provides a broad overview of human security as it developed into an international interest that has seen programs implemented in its name in every region of the world. Human security draws strength through the empowerment of individuals to take local actions in order to mitigate fear and want in their lives. Human security, like any agenda, has its critics in both the international and academic arenas. Critics claim that human security transgresses national sovereignty as United Nations efforts can be taken in the name of the individual over that of the state. Notwithstanding this ongoing debate, human security has survived over two decades to become a powerful focus in the study of international security.

The Hawaiian Islands have long been an important laboratory for evolutionary research because their geological histories offer many natural experiments. For example, the Maui Nui complex, 4 islands that have been repeatedly connected and separated by fluctuating sea levels, lie near Hawaii Island, which has never been connected to another island. Here, we examine the genetic consequences of fluctuating island areas and connectivity using microsatellite analysis of 2 widespread, endemic Hawaiian damselflies. We screened 152 Megalagrion xanthomelas individuals from 5 islands at 14 loci and 34 Megalagrion pacificum from 3 islands at 11 loci to explore dispersal patterns and genetic diversity. Our data suggest that Pleistocene fluctuations in sea level alternated between creating land bridges that facilitated gene flow between once and future islands, and ocean channels that inhibited dispersal. Furthermore, interglacial periods of high sea stands likely reduced suitable habitat availability, causing the loss of genetic diversity on Maui Nui due to bottlenecks and founder events. Finally, we propose that gene flow from Molokai to Lanai may be enhanced by assisted dispersal from the trade winds that are channeled between volcanoes on western Maui and eastern Molokai. Our results emphasize the importance of variable microevolutionary processes in Hawaiian biogeography.

GO RIO is a universal access, mass-transit program that has been offered to all students who are registered full-time at Rio Hondo College. Through an agreement with five local transit agencies, full-time students can obtain a pass that provides full access seven days a week throughout the entire semester.

Who is the community college communications student? What does he need to learn?How do we teach this material to these students? - These questions are covered byidentifying the student, emphasizing appearance, clear and complete message, andgood will in communications, and discussing effective interpersonal relationships inthe classroom. This article discusses the value of variety in classroom techniques andalso lists specific types of practical writing exercises.

Speech in adult education. This is the second in a series illustrating the rising interest and activity in speech training on the adult level. The manuscript of the following article was originally presented at the Western Speech Association convention in San Jose last. November.