Faculty
AIS Tenured Faculty
OfficeHours: Tuesday and Thursday, 11am-12pm (students)
Tuesday and Thursday, 12pm-1pm (faculty)
In person, FO3-306
*By Zoom/Teams upon request
**I am also available by appointment outside of these times.
E-mail: theresa.gregor@csulb.edu
AIS Full-Time Tenure-Track Faculty
Office Hours: by appointment on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in F03-306 and by appointment through the Office Hours Zoom room
Email: Thomas.reed@csulb.edu
Office Hours: on leave for the 2025–26 academic year as a UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: Kelly.Stewart@csulb.edu
Kelly Stewart - American Indian Culture and Research Journal Feature
AIS Full-Time Lecturer
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 11:30 – 1:30pm and by appointment. Office FO3-306.
E-mail: Cindy.Alvitre@csulb.edu
AIS Part-Time Faculty — Adjunct Faculty (listed in Alphabetical Order)
Office: Virtual
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 11 A.M. – 12 P.M. and by appointment.
Email: adelita.arredondo@csulb.edu
Office: Virtual
Office Hours: 10am to 1pm, or by appointment. Email me at least a day or two ahead of time to reserve your spot. I will then email you an invite for videoconferencing.
E-mail: Daniele.Bolelli@csulb.edu
Daniele Bolelli's research interests include American Indian history, the history of world religions (with a particular focus on Taoism and Buddhism, and on the interaction between monotheistic and polytheistic religions), U.S. History (in particular, American popular culture), the history of ancient Rome, and the global history of martial arts.” Professor Bolelli hosts the popular podcast History on Fire.
Office: Virtual
Office Hours: 7:45PM – 8:30PM, Saturday
4:45PM – 5:30PM, Thursday
6:30PM – 8:30PM, Monday
Email: Kevin.Hale@csulb.edu
Judge Deborah Sanchez
Office Hours: 1 Hour after class or by Appointment.
Email: judgesanchez@aol.com
Deborah Sanchez is Chumash, O’odham and Raramuri American Indian. She worked to maintain the annual ceremony of the Chumash crossing the ocean channel in their traditional canoe for more than a decade. She studies and teaches the Šmuwič language (Chumash) and has composed several contemporary Šmuwič songs. The songs honor Chumash traditional beliefs and way of life, including songs of wonder and mourning. She has been teaching the Šmuwič language to community members since 2010.
During her career as an attorney, Deborah was a volunteer for the Southern California Indian Center, handling issues ranging from Landlord-Tenant cases to the Indian Child Welfare Act. She was an attorney for nearly 20 years prosecuting child exploitation cases, hate crimes and employer negligence cases resulting in death of the worker. She is now a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles.
In addition to receiving awards and being acknowledged throughout her career as a lawyer, Deborah has received community service awards from the American Indian Scholarship Fund (2007) and Project Amiga (2007); a Distinguished Alumni award from California State University, Long Beach (2008); was honored as one of the distinguished Native Americans by Southern California AIM and the California Indian Education Association (2012); the public service award from the Latino City Attorney’s Association (2013); received the Educational Service Award from Pukuu, an American Indian nonprofit (2015); the Heritage Award from the Aquarium of the Pacific for service to the Native American communities (2016); and was selected as one of the ground-breaking stories for the Los Angeles County Law Library’s documentary (2016).
Deborah is a poet and has been published in the San Diego Poetry Annual and in News from Native California under the name D. Lorraine Sanchez. She was recently nominated (2020) for a Pushcart Award for her poem Standing Rock. Deborah also serves on the boards of various nonprofit organizations involving Indigenous Peoples and has been part of a delegation for several years at the United Nations, Permanent Forum on the Rights of Indigenous People and the Commission on the Status of Women.
Office: Virtual
Office Hours: M/W: 1-1:50/3:30-4:30 pm or appointment scheduled by email.
Email: Lola.worthington@csulb.edu
AIS LB-ESP Faculty — Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program
Office Virtual
Office Hours: Saturdays, Following Class. 12:30 – 1:30 pm
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Office: Virtual
Office Hours: TBA
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Office: Virtual
Office Hours: Saturdays, Following Class. 12:30 – 1:30 pm
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AIS Currently Affiliated Faculty
Office: Virtual
Office Hours: by appointment
E-mail: laurie.gatlin@csulb.edu
Member of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Leech Lake Band
Recent AIS Past Faculty
AIS Past Program Directors (listed chronologically)
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