Faculty

Sabrina Alimahomed, Assistant Professor
Email: Sabrina.Alimahomed@csulb.edu
Office: PSY 138
Phone: (562) 985-4607

Main Teaching Areas:
Race, Class, and Gender; Race and Ethnic Relations; Sexualities; Bodies and Borders: Feminism and Globalization (WGSS)

Education and Research Interests:
BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, UC Berkeley, 2001; MA in Sociology, UC Riverside, 2005; Ph.D. in Sociology, UC Riverside, 2011. At CSULB since 2011.
Race, Class, and Gender; Transnational and Islamic Feminisms; US Muslims; War on Terror; Homeland Security; Critical Racial-Ethnic Studies; Sexualities.

Nielan Barnes, Assistant Professor
Email: Nielan.Barnes@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-141
Phone: (562) 985–4608

Main Teaching Areas:
Principles of Sociology
Medical Sociology
Health & Medicine in Latin America
Qualitative Methods & Community-Based Research

Education & Research Interests:
B.A. (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) Women’s Studies, San Diego State University, 1994; M.A. Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego, 1998; M.A. Sociology, University of California, San Diego, 2001; Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, San Diego, 2005. CSULB since 2005.
Non-profit sector and organizations; Sociology of Health and Medicine; Transnational Social Movements; Gender and Sexuality; Sociology of AIDS; Globalization, Social Inequality and Health.

Carole Campbell, Professor
Email: ccampbel@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-128
Phone: (562) 985–4617

Main Teaching Areas:
AIDS
Social Problems
Sexuality

Education & Research Interests:
University of Albuquerque, 1978; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1984. CSULB since 1986.
AIDS, gender roles, and sexuality; AIDS and family policies

Norma Chinchilla, Professor
Email: Norma.Chinchilla@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-144
Phone: (562) 985–4760

Main Teaching Areas:
Social Change
Social Stratification
Gender in Global Perspective
International Social Conflict

Education & Research Interests:
B.A., Raymond College, U. of Pacific, 1965; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973.
Joint Appointment with Women’s Studies. CSULB since 1982.
Women and social movements in Latin America; Central American immigration; Global cities: the case of Los Angeles.

Jeff Davis, Associate Professor
Email: Jeffrey.Davis@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-137
Phone: (562) 985–4601

Main Teaching Areas:
Social Psychology
Mental Health
Social Stratification

Education & Research Interests:
B.A., North Carolina Central University, 1987; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1997.
CSULB since 1997.
Ethnic minority mental health; Occupational conditions and mental health; Social psychology of ethnic conflict.

Shelley Eriksen, Professor
Email: Shelley.Eriksen@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-125
Phone: (562) 985–4209

Main Teaching Areas:
Sociology of Women
Sociology of Families
Medical Sociology

Education & Research Interests:
B.S. Sociology–Southern Oregon University; M.A. Sociology–University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ph.D. Sociology–University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
CSULB since 1999.
Joint appointment in Human Development.
Adult siblings; Kinship and care work; Sibling violence;
Age, gender and racial dynamics of cosmetic surgery usage; Race, patient care and the health care professions.

J. William Gibson, Professor
Email: jwgibson@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-136
Phone: (562) 985–4606

Main Teaching Areas:
Contemporary Theory
Qualitative Methods
Sociology of the Environment

Education & Research Interests:
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1973; Ph.D., Yale University, 1985.
CSULB since 1990.
Cultural sociology; Political and military sociology; Sociology of the environment.

Gary Hytrek, Professor
Email: ghytrek@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-127
Phone: (562) 985–2091

Main Teaching Areas:
Social Change
Sociology of Globalization

Education & Research Interests:
BA Political Science, 1985, California State University, Bakersfield; MA Latin American Studies, 1988, UCLA; MA Sociology, 1990, UCLA; PhD Sociology, 1996, UCLA.
CSULB since 2002.
Sociology of Globalization; Globalization, restructuring, and community development; Globalization and Democracy; Social Change in Latin America.

Hicks Marlowe, Full-Time Instructor
Email: hmarlowe2@verizon.net
Office: PSY-134
Phone: (562) 423–9510

Main Teaching Areas:
Social Psychology
Quantitative Methods
Principles of Sociology
The Family
Soc. of Small Groups

Education & Research Interests:
B.A., CSU Long Beach, 1965; M.A., University of Washington, 1969; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1977; Post Doctoral Fellowship, Oregon Social Learning Center, 1984-1986. CSULB since 1987.
Social Psychology; Small Group Processes; Reinforcement/Exchange Theory; Interpersonal Manipulation; Family Process.

Nancy Martin, Assistant Professor
Email: Nancy.Martin@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-135
Phone: (562) 985–9381

Main Teaching Areas:
Principles of Sociology
Statistics
Sociology of Religion

Education & Research Interests:
B.S. Engineering, Cornell University, 1986; M.A.
Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2000; Ph.D.
Sociology, University of Arizona, 2007.
CSULB since 2007.
Sociology of Gender; Sociology of Religion; Social Movements.

Armando Xavier Mejia, Assistant Professor
Email: Armando.Mejia@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-129
Phone: (562) 985–4610

Main Teaching Areas:
Urban Sociology
Political Sociology and Social Movements
Environmental/Social Inequalities and Problems
Immigration, Race & Ethnicity
U.S Latino/a Populations andLatin America
Globalization and Development

Education & Research Interests:
BA, University of California, Berkeley; MCP, University of California, Berkeley; MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison; PhD. University of Wisconsin, Madison (Expected, 2012). CSULB since 2012.
Urban/Community Development; Politics and Social Movements; Global Political Economy; Poverty and Environmental Inequality; Race/Ethnicity and Immigration; Sociology of U.S Latinos/as andLatin America.

Leakhena Nou, Associate Professor
Email: lnou@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-143
Phone: (562) 985–7439

Main Teaching Areas:
Social Psychology
Child Abuse & Prevention
Sociology of Women
Sociology of Southeast Asian Health

Education & Research Interests:
B.A. California State University, Fullerton, (Sociology) 1991; M.S.W. Columbia University, New York City, (Social Work) 1993; M.A. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, (Sociology) 1997; Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, (Sociology) 2002. CSULB since 2005.
Southeast Asian and Asia Pacific Studies; Asian American Studies; Social Psychology; Medical Sociology; Sociology of Health and Mental Health; Social Movements and Identity Construction; Sociology of the Family; Sociology of Organizations; Race, Class, and Gender Stratification.

Oliver Wang, Associate Professor
Email: owang@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-140
Phone: (562) 985–4600

Main Teaching Areas:
Race & Ethnicity
Social Issues/Problems
Popular Culture

Education & Research Interests:
B.A. Sociology, U.C. Berkeley, 1994; M.A., Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, U.C. Berkeley, 2004. CSULB since 2006.Race & Ethnicity; Identity; Community Formation; Popular Culture.

Jake Wilson, Assistant Professor
Email: Jake.Wilson@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-132
Phone: (562) 985–7379

Main Teaching Areas: Principles of Sociology Race, Gender and Class Modern Sociological Theory

Education & Research Interests: B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2001; M.A. Sociology, University of California, Riverside, 2005; Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Riverside, 2008. CSULB since 2008. Race and Gender Inequality; Critical Race Theory; Globalization and Labor; Whiteness and Masculinities.

Kerry Woodward, Assistant Professor
Kerry.Woodward@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-139
Phone: (562) 985-4236

Main Teaching Areas: Social Problems, Classical Theory, Sociology of Families, Poverty and Public Policy.

Education & Research Interests: BA Women’s Studies, Smith College, 1995; MA Sociology, New School for Social Research, 1998 PhD Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 2009. Poverty and welfare reform; child welfare and the foster care system; social inequality, particularly the intersections of race, class, and gender; social justice; theory. CSULB since 2009. 

Kristine Zentgraf, Professor
Email: kzentgra@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-144
Phone: (562) 985–1689

Main Teaching Areas: Classical Theory Social Stratification

Education & Research Interests: BA, CSULB, 1987; MA, UCLA, 1989, Ph.D. UCLA, 1998. CSULB since 1995. Poverty; Stratification; Race and Ethnicity; Economic Restructuring.