Grants and Writing Resources for California State University, Dominguez Hills

The 21st Student Research Conference, held March 3-5, 2026, set a CSUDH record: 391 students presented 287 projects in 45 sessions, with presenters from almost every academic program. Two months later 16 occupational therapy students became the first cohort to earn doctorates from the university. Their three-year program ends in an applied capstone in which students assess a community's needs and design a program to meet them.

Presenting Research

Undergraduate and graduate students enter the same Student Research Conference. Oral presenters get ten minutes plus five minutes of questions from judges. Posters run 36 by 48 inches, and a class or lab can propose a symposium of four to six related talks. Students early in a project can join a roundtable, where a faculty or staff moderator gives feedback.

Individual oral, poster and symposium presentations are eligible to advance to the CSU Student Research Competition, where students present to juries of professional experts.

Graduate Funding and the Path to a PhD

The Office of Graduate Studies lists three programs on its funding page. The Graduate Equity Fellowship covers tuition and mandatory fees for up to two years for California residents and AB540 students with financial need. Graduate Research Advancement and Development grants have separate applications for research costs and for travel. The Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program prepares doctoral students for CSU faculty positions, with mentoring from a CSU faculty advisor.

Juniors, seniors and master's students aiming at a research doctorate can apply to become Sally Casanova Scholars, with one-on-one faculty guidance and funding for activities. In the McNair Scholars Program, undergraduates complete a summer project with a faculty mentor that ends in a paper, poster or conference talk, then present at the Student Research Conference in their graduation term.

Student Journals

Anthropology undergraduates have produced the Electronic Student Journal of Anthropology since Winter 2008. Student editors make every editorial decision and lay out each issue; the most recent, Volume 21, appeared in September 2025.

Poems, fiction, nonfiction and art go to Enjambed. The English Graduate Association picks the work, the Art and Design Department helps design the yearly issue, and current and former CSUDH students may submit.

Writing Help and Thesis Review

The Writing Center tutors writers at all levels and in every discipline, through online appointments or e-tutoring. Faculty writing professionals also lead hour-long group workshops, and instructors can request a class visit to introduce the center before a major paper is assigned.

Master's theses and projects pass through format review in Graduate Studies after every committee member certifies by email that the document has been proofread, edited and documented in a style suited to the discipline. A thesis reviewer annotates the file, and students may revise as many times as they need before the publication deadline. Finished theses go into ScholarWorks, the CSU's shared repository, either in full or as an abstract.

Your committee has to certify that a thesis is proofread and edited before format review, and our editors can do that last round of work. See our California State University, Dominguez Hills dissertation and thesis editing and California State University, Dominguez Hills essay editing pages, or write to editors@editorsforstudents.com.

From Our Writing Guides

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• Escaping the Revision Pile: Strategies for First-Round Approval