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CSULB Welcomes New Faculty

Each year, California State University, Long Beach welcomes a talented group of new faculty members to campus.  This year is no exception, with 44 diverse new faculty members joining more than 30 departments this fall. 

“We are very fortunate to be able to welcome these new faculty members this year,” Interim Provost Don Para said. “I know that this is an exceptional group of instructors, scholars and creative artists, who will most certainly have a positive and lasting impact on this campus.”


College of the Arts

Mason Cooley

Assistant Professor, Art

MFA, Art Center College of Design

John Kleinpeter
John Kleinpeter

Assistant Professor, Design

MFA, CSU Fullerton

Creative Interests: Graphic Design in history, culture & the built environment

Wesley Woelfel


Wesley Woelfel 

Assistant Professor, Design

MA, CSU Long Beach

Creative Interests: Audio-visual semantics

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College of Business Administration

Praveen Sinha

Praveen Sinha 

Associate Professor, Accountancy

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests: Role of financial analyses in stock markets, regulations

 

Vicki Scherwin
Vicki M. Scherwin

Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources Management

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Research: Leadership/Manager-Subordinate Dyads

Mark Washburn


Mark W. Washburn

Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources Management

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Research: Manager's influence on stock market analysts

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College of Education

Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado
Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado

Assistant Professor, Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling

Ph.D., University of Maryland

Research: Ethnic identity development and internalized racism

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  College of Engineering

Jin-Lee Kim
Jin-Lee Kim

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management

Ph.D., University of Florida

Research: Green building, Information technology in construction

Yu-Fu Ko
Yu-Fu Ko

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Research: Structure

Chih-Cheng Lo
Chih-Cheng Lo

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Ph.D., Texas A & M University

Research: Lab-on-a-chip technology

Sergio Mendez
Sergio Mendez

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Research: Nanotechnology & alternative energy

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College of Health and Human Services

Marine Aghekyan
Marine Aghekyan
 

Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., Auburn University

Research: Online retailing, brand image

 

Stephan Buckingham
Stephan L. Buckingham

Assistant Professor, Social Work

Ph.D., University of Louisville

Research: HIV/AIDS & Neuropsychology

Catherine Cummins
Catherine A. Cummins-Vigneron

Assistant Professor, Nursing

M.D., University of Sydney, Australia

Research: Advance Directives

Erlyana Erlyana
Erlyana Erlyana

Assistant Professor, Health Care Administration

Ph.D., University of Southern California

Research: Health use, disparities

Maria A. Gurrola
Maria A. Gurrola

Assistant Professor, Social Work

Ph.D., Arizona State University

Research: Hispanic issues & economics

Mary Gustin
Libby E. Gustin

Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Research: Responsible Environmental Behavior in the Hospitality Industry

 

Lisa Jennings
Lisa K. Jennings

Assistant Professor, Social Work

Ph.D., University of Alabama

Research: Gerontology/Prison Healthcare

Dong-Eun Kim
Dong-Eun Kim

Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research: Appeal fit and size 3D Technology

Mikiko  Nakajima
Mikiko  Nakajima

Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

Ed.D., University of Southern California

Research: Athletic Training

Alice E.  Noquez
Alice E. Noquez

Assistant Professor, Nursing

Ph.D., University of San Diego

Research: Biobehavorial Oncology


Jennifer A. Ostergren

Assistant Professor, Communicative Disorders

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Research: Neurologic speech, language, and cognitive disorders

Wilbur F.W. Wu
Wilbur F.W. Wu

Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Research: Applied Motor Learning Biomechanics

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College of Liberal Arts

Ruixi  Ai
Ruixi Ai

Assistant Professor, Asian and Asian American Studies

Ph.D., Harvard University

Research: Chinese studies

Hyowon Ban
Hyowon Ban

Assistant Professor, Geography

Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Research: Geographic Information Science, Geovisualization

Lori Baralt
Lori B. Baralt

Assistant Professor, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Research: Gender, health, breast cancer, and social movements

San Steven Bolkan
San Steven Bolkan

Assistant Professor, Communication Studies

Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

Research: Applied Communications

Kiyomi Chinen
Kiyomi
Chinen

Assistant Professor, Asian and Asian American Studies

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Second Language acquisition

Alexander Klein
Alexander Klein

Assistant Professor, Philosophy

Ph.D. Indiana University

Research: History & Philosophy of Science, William James

Wendy Klein
Wendy L. Klein

Assistant Professor, Anthropology/ Linguistics

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Research: Japanese/South Asian Studies

Jacqueline W. Mills
Jacqueline W. Mills

Assistant Professor, Geography

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Research: Geographic information sciences built environment & natural disasters

Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Assistant Professor, English

Ph.D., Texas A & M University

Research: Medieval English Literature

Andrew Ojede
Andrew Ojede

Assistant Professor, Economics

Ph.D., Kansas State University

Research: Open Economy Macroeconomics, Development Economics and Time Series Econometrics

Rita M.  Palacios
R
ita M. Palacios

Assistant Professor, Romance, German, & Russian Languages & Literatures

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Latin American Literatue & Culture

Charles Ponce de Leon
Charles Ponce de Leon

Associate Professor, History and American Studies

Ph.D., Rutgers University

Research: American cultural & Intellectual

Michiko Takeuchi
Michiko Takeuchi

Assistant Professor, History

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Research: Japan & Asian Women

Amy Widestrom
Amy Widestrom

Assistant Professor, Political Science

Ph.D., Syracuse University

Research: Economics inequality American political behavior

Kerry Woodward
Kerry C. Woodward

Assistant Professor, Sociology

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Research: Welfare Reform

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College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Yohannes Abate
Yohannes Abate

Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., University of Iowa

Research: Nano-Science, Nanotechnology

Joshua D. Chesler
Joshua D. Chesler

Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Research: Math Education

Shahab  Derakhshan
Shahab Derakhshan

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Ph.D., University of Waterloo

Research: Solid state inorganic materials

Prashanth  Jaikumar
Prashanth Jaikumar

Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., Stony Brook University

Research: Nuclear Astrophysics

Houng-Wei Tsai
Houng-Wei Tsai

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Research: Epigenetic Neuroendocrinology

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University Library

 

Khue Duong
Khue Duong

Senior Assistant Librarian, University Library

MLIS, University of Washington

Research: Library Info Science

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