Faculty Advisory Board

Department
Social Work

Areas of Expertise
•  program evaluation, pedagogy, complementary alternative medicine (CAM), mental health care policy, organizational networks, and access to care

Department:
Sociology

Areas of Expertise:
• Social Stratification, Wealth Inequality, Education, Racial-Ethnic Inequality

Department
Africana Studies

Areas of Expertise
•  the historical representations of race, the social structures behind the creation and continuation of racism and misogyny, contemporary issues in the African American Community

Department
Political Science

Areas of Expertise
• U.S. and California Government, Public Policy, Race and Ethnic Politics, and Urban Politics

Department
History

Areas of Expertise
•  California and the West, Borderlands, Public History

Department
Anthropology

Areas of Expertise
•  Cultural Anthropology, North America
•  Diversity, Environmental Justice, Sustainability

Department
Psychology

Areas of Expertise
•  social psychological phenomena related to stereotyping and prejudice
•  the ways in which race shapes thoughts, influences judgments, and impacts behavior

Department
Geography

Areas of Expertise
•  Health, Medical, Urban Geography

Department
Urban Studies and Planning

Areas of Expertise
•  policy analysis, public administration, urban and public management, accountability, contract design and management, policy implementation, research methods, urban studies and planning, public finance and budgeting, performance, management
   strategies, systems thinking

Department
Political Science

Areas of Expertise
•  Urban Politics; State and Local Politics; Racial and Ethnic Politics; Environmental Justice; Public Policy; Political Leadership; and Public Administration