Area of Expertise: Gender Studies
Bedell, John W.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Family studies and family issues
- Sociology of city life
- Social psychology
- Gender issues
Bowser, Brenda J.
Professor of Anthropology
Areas of Knowledge
- Amazonia, Indigenous peoples, identity and material culture
Bredin, Renae M.
Associate Professor of Women's Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Women's issues
- Technology and gender
- Martha Stewart
- Native American literature
- Gender issues
Dalley, Lana L.
Professor of English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics
Areas of Knowledge
- Literature and Economics
Davis-Pacheco, Jodi
Lecturer in Women and Gender Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Queer Studies
- Long Beach LGBTQ Populations
Dolhinow, Rebecca E.
Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Student activism
- Educational activism
- Neoliberal education
- Critical university studies
- The new Commons movement
Englar-Carlson, Matt
Professor of Counseling
Areas of Knowledge
- men and masculinity
- boys and male adolescents
- child counseling
- mental health of men
- clinical work with boys and men
- social class as cultural variable
- changing gender roles for men
- men and diversity
- group process
- fatherhood
- social justice and men
- group leadership
- positive psychology and men
- health psychology
Gradilla, Alexandro J.
Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Non-western thought
- Bioethics
- Cultural competency
- Male circumcision (medical)
- Mexican immigration
- Latino identity in the US
- White privilege
- First generation college students
- Mentorship
- Men's Studies
- Maleness and masculinity
- Marxist/Anarchist theory
Graham, Natalie J.
Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Chair of the Department of African American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Creative Writing
Hargraves, Hunter
Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
Areas of Knowledge
- television criticism
- popular culture studies
- television history
Ketchum, Karyl E.
Professor of Women and Gender Studies
Chair of Women and Gender Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- LGBTQ
- Gender in K-12 Education
- Queer Studies
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Topics
- Arabella Huntington
- Women and Gender Studies
- transgender-related topics
- Diversity
Lane, Carrie M.
Professor of American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- work
- unemployment
- job loss
- insecure/precarious work
- gig work
- gender
- feminism
- self-employment
- professional organizing
- clutter
- disorganization
- simple living
- minimalism
- masculinity
- office work
- white-collar work
- overwhelm/burnout
- disability
- ableism
- community
- study abroad
- Denmark
- Bali
- ethnography
- hoarding
- internships
- service-learning
Lippa, Richard
Professor of Psychology
Areas of Knowledge
- Gender
- Sex differences
- Masculinity and femininity
- General personal and social psychology
Loftin, Craig M.
Lecturer in American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- LGBT History
- U.S. Pop Culture History
- 1980s Music Videos
Malagon, Maria C.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Latina/o Education
- Latina/o Youth
Mugambi, Helen
Associate Professor of English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics
Areas of Knowledge
- Gender constructions
- Nationhood and song performance in postcolonial Uganda
- Feminist theory in orature and literature
Neufeld, Stephen
Professor of History
Areas of Knowledge
- Mexico
- History- Latin America
- History-military
O'Regan, Valerie R.
Professor of Political Science
Areas of Knowledge
- Women and Politics
- Celebrities and Politics
Osborne-Thompson, Heather
Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
Areas of Knowledge
- Television history
- Television genres
- Children's television
Pérez, Patricia A.
Professor and Chair
Areas of Knowledge
- College Access, Choice, and Persistence
- Educational Equity
- Latina/o Education
Pillsworth, Elizabeth G.
Professor of Anthropology
Areas of Knowledge
- Human reproductive ecology
- Evolutionary psychology
- Mate choice
- Shuar (Indigenous Amazonian population)
- Ovulation studies
Reynolds, Chelsea J.
Assistant Professor of Communications
Areas of Knowledge
- Online Sexuality
- LGBTQ Media
- Feminist Media
- Magazines
Seymour, Nicole
Associate Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics
Areas of Knowledge
- Environmental Humanities
- Environmentalism
- Literature and the Environment
- Film and the Environment or Ecocinema
- Queer Theory or Queer Studies
- LGBTQ Literature or Queer Literature
- Queer Ecology
- Transgender Studies or Transgender Theory
- Performance Studies
- Affect Theory or Affect Studies
Shepard, David S.
Professor of Counseling
Areas of Knowledge
- Men's mental health
- portrayal of men in movies and television
- growing up male in America
- depression
- causes and treatment of depression (men and women)
- what makes relationships work
- marriage counseling
- psychology
- gender issues
Solberg, Eric J.
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Areas of Knowledge
- Wage and employment discrimination in labor markets
- Economics of aging and gerontology
- Minimum wage
- Wages (gender pay gap)
- Discrimination, labor markets
Stambough, Stephen J.
Professor of Political Science
Areas of Knowledge
- Campaigns and elections
- female political candidates
- direct democracy
- culture war politics
Tran, Lisa
Professor of History
Areas of Knowledge
- 20th-century China
- Overseas Chinese
- Global history
Traylor, LaTosha L.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Female Incarceration
- Prisoner Re-entry and Reintegration
- Corrections
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Intersectionality
