Daniel Coats ’12, MA ’15 (Communications) organized and led the initial author interview with astrophysicist Hugh Ross on Ross’ book, “Noah’s Flood Revisited,” which has ranked first among new releases in Amazon’s Science and Religion category since it debuted.
Max Beaudry ’12 (B.A. communications) was recognized with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program in 2022. His debut middle grade graphic novel, “Aw, Nuts!” was published in 2025.
Mark Small ’88 (M.A. music) authored “Lee Berk: Leading the Berklee Way,” a biography of Lee Berk, the namesake and visionary president of Berklee College of Music, published by Berklee Press/Hal Leonard in April.
Rose London ’97 (M.F.A. acting) is a OC Theatre Guild award nominee for her recent performance in “33 Variations” at Costa Mesa Playhouse. She will perform the one-woman show “Bela Lugosi meets Edna St. Vincent Millay” at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival in June.
Mina Choi ’15 (M.M. music-performance), a jazz pianist, educator, composer and conductor, released herdebut album, “Stories.” The recording features an ensemble of 12 CSUF alumni along with jazz legends George Cables and Alex Acuña. “Stories” was co-produced by Grammy Award-winning musician and CSUF School of Music faculty member Bill Cunliffe.
William Matthies ’73, ’75 (B.A. economics, MBA) had his new book, “The Unlived Lives of Raymond Quinn,” published in October.
Colleen Lane ’23 (M.A. anthropology) published her first book, “The Anthropology of Food: Recipes and Reflections From Human Culinary History” in July 2024.
Lily Espinoza ’11 (Ed.D. educational leadership) has recently published a new book called Centering Pura Vida. It chronicles her 20-year career working in education with diverse students of color student support programs.
Sean Charmatz ’03 (B.F.A. art-entertainment art/animation) directed DreamWorks Animation’s film, “Orion and the Dark,” streaming on Netflix. He previously worked for Nickelodeon’s Animation Studio, writing and directing “SpongeBob SquarePants.” His other credits include DreamWorks’ “Trolls” and Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Lego Movie 2.”
Jenn Jackson ’11 (M.A. political science) published their first book, “Black Women Taught Us,” to honor Black women and feminists whose work has been “erased from the archives.” The book is based on a course they teach in the political science department at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.