The California Writers Series
For more information on the California Writers Series, contact ecase@csub.edu.
- John Brantingham - March 3, 2021
 - Kara Vernor - December 3, 2021
 - Wendy C. Ortiz - September 16, 2020
 - Dixie Salazar - March 27, 2019
 - Lindsay Wilson - October 14, 2019
 - Christopher Buckley - November 15, 2018
 - Brendan Constantine - April 19, 2017
 - Vickie Vertiz - November 16, 2017
 - Brian Evenson - May 10, 2016
 - Dana Gioia - December 1, 2016
 - Matthew Zapruder - November 18, 2015
 - Lucy Corin - November 12, 2014
 - Clarence Major - October 3, 2013
 - Rae Armantrout - April 11, 2013
 - Marisa Silver - April 23, 2013
 - Tatjana Soli - February 1, 2012
 - Kevin Clark - April 12, 2012
 - Matthew Specktor - October 11, 2012
 - Mona Simpson - May 10, 2011
 - Harryette Mullen - September 20, 2011
 - Alex Espinoza - February 10, 2010
 - Eric Gudas - April 15, 2010
 - Suzanne Greenberg - September 23, 2010
 - Juliana Spahr - January 27, 2009
 - Aimee Phan - April 8, 2009
 - Frank Bidart - October 20, 2009
 - Charles Hood & James Sepsey - October 1, 2008
 - Joe Wenderoth - January 17, 2007
 - Ngugi wa Thiong'o - September 28, 2007
 - Kay Ryan (Pulitzer Prize winner and former United States Poet Laureate) - January 11, 2007
 - Wanda Coleman (Guggenheim and NEA Fellow) - October 19, 2006
 
Lectures in Language and Linguistics
The Lectures in Language and Linguistics series aims to bring a California-based linguist and/or language expert to CSUB’s campus every quarter to speak on a given topic and to meet with students and faculty. The lecture series is intended to further the development of linguistics studies here at CSUB as it will serve as a forum for linguists to report on their published works or on-going research in all areas of linguistics, including sociolinguistics (e.g., language contact, language and gender, varieties of English, language change), psycholinguistics, historical/comparative linguistics, second language acquisition/ English as a Second Language, or language and computers (e.g., artificial intelligence).
For more information on The Lectures in Language and Linguistics contact Emerson Case at ecase@csub.edu.
- Dr. Megha Sundara (UCLA) - March 22, 2022
 - Dr. Robert Bayley (UC Davis) - March 17, 2021
 - Dr. Eve Sweetser (UC Berkeley) - November 10, 2021
 - Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor (Hebrew Union College/USC) - October 21, 2020
 - Dr. Alessandro Duranti (UCLA) - April 20, 2017
 - Dr. Sharese King (Stanford) - February 18, 2016
 - Dr. Isla Flores-Bayer (Stanford) - November 14, 2016
 - Dr. Kristen Greer (UCLA) - November 4, 2015
 - Dr. Jeremy Calder (Stanford) - March 4, 2015
 - Dr. Susanne Gahl (UC Berkeley) - May 5, 2015
 - Dr. Robert Kennedy (UC Santa Barbara) - January 30, 2014
 - Dr. Chris Golston (CSU Fresno) - May 8, 2014
 - Mr. Ron Warren - October 16, 2014
 - Dr. Chris Wen-Chao Li (SFSU) - January 22, 2013
 - Dr. Russell Schuh (UCLA) - May 15, 2013
 - Dr. Robet Podesva (Stanford) - October 30, 2013
 - Dr. Malcolm Awadajin Finney (CSU Long Beach) - March 1, 2012
 - Dr. Edward Finegan (USC) - November 1, 2012
 - Dr. Sharon Rose (UC San Diego) - Feburary 15, 2011
 - Dr. Larry M. Hyman (UC Berkeley) - November 9, 2011
 - Dr. Mary Bucholtz (UC Santa Barbara) - January 21, 2010
 - Dr. Norwood Gove (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) - October 11, 2010
 - Dr. Ellen Lipp (CSU Fresno) - February 25, 2009
 - Dr. Aaron Sonnenschein (CSU Los Angeles) - May 20, 2009
 - Dr. Joseph Galasso (CSU Northridge) - February 20, 2008
 - Dr. Rong Chen (CSU San Bernardino) - October 17, 2007