Faculty Experts
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Michelle Barrack
Expertise: Nutrition and dietetics for runners
Anna Bax
Expertise: Language, identity, power
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James Binnall
Associate Professor, Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice
Expertise: Rising Scholars, marginalization of convicted people
781.354.5141
Andrea Calabrese
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Expertise: Structural engineering, seismic protection
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Rashida Crutchfield
Associate Professor
Expertise: Study of student homelessness, basic needs
562.985.2109
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Zoe Engstrom
Lecturer, Family & Consumer Sciences
Expertise: Consumer rights, managing money and debt
562.985.4484
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Bita Ghafoori
Director
Expertise: PTSD and traumatic distress reactions in underserved communities
562.985.7864
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Lauren Heidbrink
Associate Professor
Co-Founder/Editor
Expertise: Childhood and youth, transnational migration
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Amber Johnson
Expertise: Racial disparity in health equity, stress, cardiovascular disease
562.985.2301
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Wade Martin
Expertise: Innovation & entrepreneurship, local economic development, risk analysis
562.985.5081
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Nate Onderdonk
Professor, Geological Sciences Department
Expertise: Earthquakes, SoCal tectonics, San Andreas fault
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Jose Rodriguez
Professor, Communication Studies
Expertise: Persuasive messaging, fear-based messaging, intercultural communication
562.985.7954
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Ted Stankowich
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Expertise: Mammals, predator-prey interaction, skunks, coyotes
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Kevin Wallsten
Professor
Expertise: American elections, public opinion, social media, race and ethnic politics
562.985.4709
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Jason Whitehead
Associate Professor of Political Science
Expertise: Constitutional Law, Judicial Ethics
562.985.4712
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Jake Wilson
Professor
Expertise: Labor, unions, intersection of racism and labor exploitation
562.985.7379
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Mahdi Yoozbashizadeh
Associate Professor/Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Expertise: Automation, 3D printing of metals, product development