Faculty Experts
Mohamed Abdelhamid
Expertise: Healthcare Analytics, Information Privacy and Cybersecurity
562.985.2361
Max Alberhasky
Expertise: consumer behavior, financial decision-making, how relationships shape financial well-being
Michelle Barrack
Expertise: Nutrition and dietetics for runners
Anna Bax
Expertise: Language, identity, power
Matthew Becker
Professor
Expertise: Subsurface Fluid-Flow Expert Across Diverse Systems.
Conrey Endowed Chair of Hydrogeology
562.985.8983
Andrea Calabrese
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Expertise: Structural engineering, seismic protection
Michael Carlson
Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography
Expertise: Marine Microbial Ecology
562.985.4806
Rashida Crutchfield
Professor
Expertise: Study of student homelessness, basic needs
Executive Director
562.985.2109
Shirley Feldmann-Jensen
Lecturer, Emergency Services Administration Program
Expertise: Disaster Risk Management, Community Resilience and Emergency Services Leadership
562.985.7489
Bita Ghafoori
Director
Expertise: PTSD and traumatic distress reactions in underserved communities
562.985.7864
Lauren Heidbrink
Associate Professor
Co-Founder/Editor
Expertise: Childhood and youth, transnational migration
Laurie Huning
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Hydrometeorology, remote sensing, climatology, modeling, and data analysis.
562.985.1790
Gary Hytrek
Faculty/Department of Geography
Expertise: Geography of globalization, community development, geography of social movements, spatial justice, social geography, urban policy, Latin America
562.985.2091
Steven Jensen
Professor
Expertise: Disaster Risk Management, Community Resilience and Emergency Services Leadership
562.900.4532
Amber Johnson
Expertise: Racial disparity in health equity, stress, cardiovascular disease
562.985.2301
Matt Lesenyie
Expertise: California politics, interest groups, political ads
Wade Martin
Professor
Expertise: Innovation & entrepreneurship, local economic development, risk analysis
562.985.5081
Sara Moghtadernejad
Associate Professor
Expertise: Advanced Manufacturing and Multiphase Process
562.985.7534
Amr Morsy
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Geotechnical research linking engineering and sustainability
562.985.4172
Sara O'Connor
Associate Director of the Geo-SpACE Lab
Expertise: Civic engagement, human geography, urban development, community-engaged research, disaster response, Central Asia
562.985.4790
Tyler Reeb
Executive Director, Center for International Trade & Transportation
Expertise: Translating Research into policy, fostering innovation
323.512.1852
Amin Rezaei
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Computer security, machine learning, and computer architecture
562.985.1505
Ali Rezaei
Expertise: Technology-assisted learning
Jose Rodriguez
Professor
Expertise: Persuasive messaging, fear-based messaging, intercultural communication
562.985.7954
Amanda Sauceda
562.985.4484
Kevin Wallsten
Professor
Expertise: American elections, public opinion, social media, race and ethnic politics
562.985.4709
Jake Wilson
Professor
Expertise: Labor, unions, intersection of racism and labor exploitation
562.985.7379
Mahdi Yoozbashizadeh
Professor
Expertise: Automation, 3D printing of metals, product development
562-985-5257
