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Administrative Staff / Department Contact Info

Department Chair: Nancy Martin Email: Nancy.martin@csulb.edu

Karen Tang: Karen.Tang@csulb.edu Gisselle Rodela: Gisselle.Rodela@csulb.edu

Department Phone: (562) 985-4602

Faculty

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Image	Sabrina Alimahomed Research Interests: Race, gender, class, sexuality; race and racism; Gendered Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism; War on Terror; gender and counterterrorism; Security and surveillance; Transnational feminisms; Women of color feminisms. Office Location: PSY-134
Image	Kalman Andrassy Research Interests: Research Methodology Evaluative Research Geopolitics Social Impact of Political and Economic Change Global Crisis Management. Office Location: FO3-313
Image	Michael Barnes Office Location: PSY-205A
Image	Nielan Barnes Research Interests: Transnational Social Movements & Civil Society Non-profit Organizations & Voluntary Sector Sociology of Health and Medicine Qualitative Methods & Community-Based Research Health and Medicine in Latin America Sociology of the AIDS epidemic Latino Health Beliefs and Practices Gender, Sexuality and Health Office Location: FO3-302
Image	Kristina Brown-Arellano Research Interests: First Generation College Students Higher Education Criminology and Deviance Social Justice Qualitative Methods Office Location: TBD
Image	Carole Campbell Research Interests: Heterosexual AIDS Epidemic Women and HIV/AIDS Female Prostitution Male and Female Gender Roles and Sexuality Families & HIV/AIDS Office Location: PSY-128
Image	Robert Chlala Research Interests: Urban Sociology and Policy Labor, Cooperatives & Solidarity Economics Critical Cannabis & Drug Studies Feminist & Black Radical Geography Race, Gender and Sexuality Political Economy & Movements Community Engaged Methods. Office Location: PSY-131
Image	Jeff Davis Research Interests: Ethnic minority mental health Occupational conditions and mental health Social psychology of ethnic conflict. Office Location: PSY-137
Image	Vanessa Dixon Office Location: FO3-302
Image	Stephanie Eaves Main Courses: Social Psychology (SOC 335) Sociology of Race, Class & Gender (SOC 346) Sociology of Families (SOC 300) Office Location: FO3-300
Image	Shelley Eriksen Research Interests: Medical sociology, research methodology Intersectional feminist analysis of adult, children and family health Public health, family violence, national and international medical markets, and violence studies and prevention Systemic approaches to sexual assault advocacy services and gender/power-based violence prevention strategies on university campuses and communities Office Location: LA3-103C
Image	Martha Franco Research Interests: Youth Studies Unaccompanied Minors Central American Studies Latin American Youth Migration Immigrant Communities Education Inequality Legal Sociology Qualitative Methods, Archives Office Location: PSY 133
Image	Anna Gluzman Research Interests: Work-family conflict and mental health Inequality of opportunity in education Sociology of immigration Office Location: FO3-300
Image	Nora Griffin Main Courses: Sociology of Families Sociology of Gender Office Location: FO3-300
Image	Jan Haldipur Research Interests: Urban Sociology Crime, Law, and Deviance Race and Ethnic Relations Qualitative Methods Office Location: PSY 139
Image	Andrea Helzer Main Courses: SOC 335: Social Psychology SOC 423: Child Abuse and Prevention SOC 462: Sociology of Health and Medicine SOC 464: Aging and Society Office Location: PSY 205-A
Image	Alfonso Hernandez Marquez Research Interests: Social Stratification and Inequality Labor, Urban Sociology Sociological Theory Office Location: PSY 123
Image	Nathan Horn Main Courses: SOC 100 SOC 335 SOC 345 Office Location: PSY 205-B
Image	Leyenda Jacobson Harris Main Courses: Intro to Research Methods Principles of Sociology Social Problems Office Location: FO3-313
Image	Kavitha Koshy Research Interests: Global Sociology Transnational Feminism Global Social Movements Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Office Location: MHB-811
Image	Michael Lara Office Location: PSY-128
Image	Andrew Lohmann Office Location: PSY-219
Image	Claudia López Research Interests: Global migration, displacement, citizenship Critical urban studies Housing crisis Political participation Ethnography, community-engaged research Colombia, Southern California Office Location: PSY-127
Image	Nancy Martin Department Chair Research Interests: Sociology of Gender Sociology of Religion Social Movements. Office Location: PSY-135
Image	Guenevere Mead Office Location: FO3-313
Image	Armando Mejia Research Interests: Political Sociology, Social Movements and Activism Urban Sociology and the Planning of Cities Environment, Public Health, and Justice Social Stratification and Inequality Sociology and Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Sociology and Politics of U.S Latino/a/x Populations and Latin America Comparative Political Economy Globalization and Development Studies Social Theory and Qualitative Research Methods. Office Location: PSY-205-B
Image	Shae Miller Research Interests: Social movements Race, class, gender and sexuality Transgender and queer theory Identity theory Qualitative research methods Office Location: PSY-122
Image	Chantrey J. Murphy Research Interests: Social Psychology Group Processes Self & Identity Experimental Methods Incarcerated Populations Theory Development Quantitative Methods Office Location: PSY-126
Image	Janet Muñiz Research Interests: Latino/a economic life Immigrant communities Ethnic Identity Qualitative methods Office Location: PSY-136
Image	Leakhena Nou Research Interests: Global Health Medical Sociology Sociology of Human Rights & Social Justice Social Psychology Sociology of Southeast Asian Health Sociology of Gender Office Location: PSY-124
Image	Roberto J. Oriz Research Interests: Global Sociology Environmental Sociology Political Economy Global Inequality Historical Sociology Social Theory Latin American Studies Office Location: PSY-129
Image	Steven Osuna Research Interests: Racism and political economy Globalization and immigration Policing and criminalization Sociological theory Office Location: PSY-137
Image	Varisa Patraporn Research Interests: Race/Ethnicity and Immigration Asian American Places Community Engaged Research Housing and Community Economic Development Office Location: PSY-138
Image	Noe Ramirez Research Interests: Chicana/o and Latinx Sociology Globalization Native American/Indigenous Sociology Rebel Music and Art Activism Sociological Theories Social Movements Sociology of Sport Office Location: PSY-123
Image	Esa Syeed Research Interests: Urban Education Social Movements Qualitative Methods Race/Ethnicity Office Location: PSY-125
Image	Jose Tabares Office Location: PSY-121
Image	Oliver Wang Research Interests: Popular culture/music Race and ethnicity Identity and community formation. Office Location: PSY-140
Image	Brian Wiley Research Interests: Globalization Inequality, Neoliberalism, Political Economy Latin America Research Methods Qualitative Comparative Analysis Office Location: PSY-121
Image	Jake Wilson Research Interests: Race, Racism, & Labor Logistics, Ports, Warehouses & Supply Chains Racialized Divisions in the Working-Class Unions, Global Workers’ Struggles E-commerce’s (Amazon’s) Impact on Work/Labor The Gig Economy Automation, Algorithmic Management & the Future of Work; Whiteness, Masculinities & Labor Office Location: PSY-132
Image	Kerry Woodward Research Interests: Race, class, and gender Poverty and economic inequality The child welfare system Public policy and the state Sociological theory. Office Location: PSY-207
Image	Kristine Zentgraf Research Interests: Migration and Immigration Transnational families Sociological Theory Office Location: FO2-229

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