Area of Expertise: Racial Issues
Alcala, Lucia
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Areas of Knowledge
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Intercultural Education
- Mayan communities
Chin, Christina
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Asian American communities
- Asian American sporting cultures
- Asian American media representation
- Race and ethnic identity
- Immigration
Dover, Alison G.
Associate Professor of Secondary Education
Areas of Knowledge
- Social Justice Education
- Curriculum Standards
- Teacher Education Policy
Espinoza, Russ K.E..
Professor of Psychology
Areas of Knowledge
- Prejudice in the U.S. legal system
- Psychology and law
- Modern forms of prejudice
- Socioeconomic status and society
- Quantitative research methodology
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
Heiner, Brady
Executive Director, Project Rebound at CSUF; Chair, CSU Project Rebound Consortium
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Areas of Knowledge
- Prisons
- Higher education in prison
- Mass incarceration
- Policing
- Public safety
- Prisoner reentry
- Racism
Lee, Emily S.
Professor of Philosophy
Chair of the Department of Philosophy
Areas of Knowledge
- phenomenoloy
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty
- feminist epistemology
- philosophy of the body
- philosophy of race
Literte, Patricia
Associate Professor of Sociology
Director, McNair Scholars Program
Areas of Knowledge
- Race and Ethnicity
Malagon, Maria C.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Latina/o Education
- Latina/o Youth
Nation, Austin
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Areas of Knowledge
- Substance use
- Men who have sex with men (MSM)
- LGBT
- African American
- Black mistrust of the healthcare system and medical research
- Mental health
Perez, Michael P.
Professor of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Critical Race Studies, Native Pacific Studies
Pewu, Jamila
Assistant Professor of History
Project Director, Mapping Arts OC
Areas of Knowledge
- Digital History/Digital Humanities
- African Diasporic Placemaking
- Black Geographies
- Public Humanities
- African Studies
- City Planning History
- 19th Century US
Puente, Henry
Professor of Communications
Areas of Knowledge
- Media diversity issues
- Film marketing/distribution
- U.S. Latino film/media
- Latino film distribution
- Media/film stereotyping
Sekhon, Sharon
Lecturer in American Studies, Asian American Studies, University Honors Program
Areas of Knowledge
- History
Sparks, Anthony
Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
Areas of Knowledge
- Television Industry/Media Industry Studies
- Television Writing/Screenwriting
- Politics & Performance Studies
- African American Culture & Politics
Tsong, Yuying
Professor of Human Services
Associate Director of University of Honors Program
Areas of Knowledge
- Asian American Psychology
- Mental Health
- Disordered Eating & Body Image
- Immigration & Transnational Families
Tsong, Yuying
Professor of Human Services
Associate Director of University of Honors Program
Areas of Knowledge
- Asian American Psychology
- Mental Health
- Disordered Eating & Body Image
- Immigration & Transnational Families
Varzally, Allison M.
Professor of History
Areas of Knowledge
- immigration
- comparative race relations
- international adoption (history of)
