CSULB Announces 55 New Faculty for the 2023-24 Academic Year

The Division of Academic Affairs is pleased to welcome 55 new faculty for the 2023-24 academic year. We look forward to supporting our new faculty as they excel in teaching, scholarship, and service. Together, they will enrich their respective departments, colleges, and CSULB's monumental initiatives. Meet our new faculty: 

 

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Pearl C. Hsiung

Pearl C. Hsiung
School of Art

 

 

 

 

 

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Meng Jung Yang

Meng-Jung Yang
School of Art

 

 

 

 

 

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Tava Tedesco

Tava Tedesco
School of Art

 

 

 

 

 

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Zakiya Atkinson

Zakiya Atkinson
Department of Dance

 

 

 

 

 

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Alison Kowalski

Alison Kowalski
Department of Design

 

 

 

 

 

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Matthew Montoya

Matthew Montoya
Department of Film & Electronic Arts

 

 

 

 

 

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Diana Anselmo

Diana Anselmo
Department of Film & Electronic Arts

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Aslihan Salih

Aslihan Salih
Department of Finance

 

 

 

 

 

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Mustafa Amini

Mostafa Amini
Department of Information Systems

 

 

 

 

 

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Maxwell Alberhasky

Maxwell Alberhasky
Department of Marketing

 

 

 

 

 

Monica Kabutey
Department of Accountancy

Jiarui Zhang
Department of Accountancy

Muhammad Hasan Ashraf
Department of Management & Human Resources Management

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Branson Boykins

Branson Boykins
Department of Advanced Studies in Education & Counseling

 

 

 

 

 

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Estella Chizhik

Estella Chizhik
Department of Teacher Education

 

 

 

 

 

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Christian Bracho

Christian Bracho
Department of Teacher Education

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Derek Hu

Derek Hu
Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

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Amir Ghasemkhani

Amir Ghasemkhani
Department of Computer Engineering & Computer Science

 

 

 

 

 

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Arash Sarshar

Arash Sarshar
Department of Computer Engineering & Computer Science

 

 

 

 

 

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Ebrahim Amiri

Ebrahim Amiri
Department of Electrical Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

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Jingyi Zeng

Jingyi Zeng
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Shams Tanvir
Department of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management

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Skyler Morgan

Skyler Morgan
Department of Criminal Justice

 

 

 

 

 

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Jeremy Ramirez

Jeremy Ramirez
Department of Health Care Administration

 

 

 

 

 

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Brian Kwan

Brian Kwan
Department of Health Science

 

 

 

 

 

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Heidi West

Heidi West
Department of Health Science

 

 

 

 

 

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Samuel Zeff

Samuel Zeff
Department of Kinesiology

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Christopher Burkett

Christopher Burkett
School of Social Work

 

 

 

 

 

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Jose Reyes Hurtado

Jose Reyes Hurtado
School of Social Work

 

 

 

 

 

Carol Leung
School of Social Work

Jae Min Lee
Department of Family & Consumer Sciences

Rebecca Perley
Department of Health Care Administration

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Sachiko Sakai

Sachiko Sakai
Department of Anthropology

 

 

 

 

 

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Felicia Montes

Felicia Montes
Department of Chicano & Latino Studies

 

 

 

 

 

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Tom Do

Tom Do
Department of English

 

 

 

 

 

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Kate Flach

Kate Flach
Department of History

 

 

 

 

 

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Carie Rael

 

Carie Rael
Department of History

 

 

 

 

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Ezgi Yildiz

Ezgi Yildiz
Department of Political Science

 

 

 

 

 

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Brenda Gutierrez

Brenda Gutierrez
Department of Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

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Maria Sanchez-Reyes

María Sánchez-Reyes
Department of Romance, German, Russian Languages & Literatures

 

 

 

 

 

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Martha Franco

Martha Franco
Department of Sociology

 

 

 

 

 

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Worapron Chanthapan

Worapron Chanthapan
Department of Journalism & Public Relations

 

 

 

 

 

Ann Thuy-Ling Tran
Department of Asian & Asian American Studies

Kelly Stewart
Department of American Indian Studies

Mystyn Mills
Department of Geography

Marie Jayaskera
Department of Philosophy

Shivani Bothra
Department of Religious Studies

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Michael Carlson

Michael Carlson
Department of Biological Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

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Joseph Groom

Joseph Groom
Department of Biological Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

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Jiae Lee

Jiae Lee
Department of Biological Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

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Yann-Meing Law-Kam Cio

Yann-Meing Law-Kam Cio
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

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Seungjoon Lee

Seungjoon Lee
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

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Sarah Grefe

Sarah Grefe
Department of Physics & Astronomy

 

 

 

 

 

Rolando de Santiago
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Joel Zinn
Department of Physics & Astronomy