Experts Directory: Education: Higher Education
Vicki Allen
Student Affairs
work: (818) 677-5109
email: vicki.allen@csun.edu
- Leadership development
- Student development
- Communication
- Cross-cultural communication
- Racism
- Programming budgeting
- Time management
- Stress management
- Mentoring
- Goal-setting
- Ethics
Shari Tarver Behring
Interim Dean, Michael D. Eisner College of Education
work: (818) 677-4699
email: shari.tarver.behring@csun.edu
- Self-care and wellness for faculty and staff in higher education
- Organizational change
Inga Chira
Department of Finance, Financial Planning and Insurance
work: (818) 677-4615
email:
- Financial planning
- Retirement planning
- Passive investments
- Saving and budgeting
- Student job placement
Sandra B. Chong
Department of Elementary Education
work: (818) 677-2533
email: sandra.b.chong@csun.edu
Also speaks: Korean
- Literacy instruction in elementary school grades K–8
- English-as-a-second-language instruction and methods for K–16 and SDAIE
- Bilingual (Korean/English) instruction and methods for K–8
- Classroom management
- Credential and master’s program advisement
- Supervision of student teachers
- Home literacy practices and second language acquisition
Joyce Feucht-Haviar
Dean, The Tseng College
work: (818) 677-4711
email:
- Organizational transition
- Leadership
- Leadership in higher education
- Continuing higher education
- Distance learning
- Faculty development
Learn more about Joyce Feucht-Havier's work:
- CSUN Dean Receives Los Angeles County Women of the Year Award for Education
- New Extended University Commons Building Marks a Milestone in CSUN's Growth
- CSUN Master of Social Work Online Program Garners Top Ranking
- CSUN Online Master's Program Wins National Recognition
- CSUN Celebrates Launch of Business Incubator
- CSUN Receives International Honor for Its Online Master's Program
Jimmy Francis
Director, Student Recreation Center, University Student Union
work: (818) 677-2629
email: jimmy.francis@csun.edu
- Campus recreation facility operations
- Campus recreation faculty planning, design and construction
- Campus creation programming
- Campus recreation special event planning and execution
- Student employee development
- Camus recreation risk management
Debra L. Hammond
Executive Director, University Student Union
work: (818) 677-2390
email:
- Multiculturalism
- Leadership
- Student development
- Customer service
- Team building
- Management
- Goal setting
- Program planning and development
- Organizational development, i.e. restructuring and strategic planning
- Restructuring and strategic planning
- Change management
- Nonprofit management
- Decision making
- Mentoring
Learn more about Debra L. Hammond's work:
- Debra Hammond, Natural-Born Leader
- Q&A with CSUN University Student Union Executive Director Debra Hammond
- CSUN's Oasis Wellness Center Receies Honor for Outstanding Institutional Design
- CSUN University Student Union Director Receives CSU's Highest Honor
- CSUN Student Recreation Center Recognized for Leading the Way in Student Wellness
- CSUN Student Recreation Center Receives Architecture Award
Beth Lasky
Department of Special Education
work: (818) 677-2725
email: beth.lasky@csun.edu
- Delivering good instruction from kindergarten to adult education
- Diversity in education
- Inclusion of students with disabilities in schools, including colleges and universities
- Instructing students with disabilities
- Second-language learners
Learn more about Beth Lasky's work:
Kingson Leung
Coordinator, Special Initiatives,University Student Union
work: (818) 677-5652
email:
Also speaks: Cantonese
- Assessment
- Program planning
- Social justice
- Student development
- Chinese culture
Cathy McLeod
National Center on Deafness
work: (818) 677-2611
email: catherine.mcleod@csun.edu
Also speaks: American Sign Language
- Deafness
- Training administrators and regular education teachers in K–12 and postsecondary settings
- Advocacy of deaf rights and interpreting issues
Learn more about Cathy McLeod's work:
Henrik P. Minassians
Department of Urban Studies & Planning
work: (818) 677-5115
email: henrik.minassians@csun.edu
Also speaks: Armenian, Farsi
- Public policy and public administration
- County government
- Local politics
- Performance management and governance issues related to the public sector
- Author: Performance Reporting in Higher Education
- Author: Reporting Higher Education Results: Missing Links in the Performance Chain
Learn more about Henrik P. Minassians' work:
Roxanne Moschetti
Department of Child and Adolescent Development
work: (818) 677-5052
email:
- First generation college students
- Emerging adulthood and developmental transitions
- Social networks
- Social capital and the academic
- Social issues during the transition into college
S.K. Ramesh
Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science
work: (818) 677-4501
email: s.ramesh@csun.edu
Also speaks: Tamil
- Fiber optic communications
- Optical engineering
- Analog Integrated Circuit Design
- Science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
- Industry-university partnerships
- Pipeline issues and emerging workforce needs
- Continuous program involvement through outcomes assessment in engineering
Learn more about S.K. Ramesh's work:
- Engineering & Computer Science Dean S.K. Ramesh Shines as Bright as His Department
- S.K. Ramesh Joins ABET Board of Directors
- CSUN Dean S.K. Ramesh Teaches the World From His Home
- CSUN Joins White House Effort to Launch Renaissance in American Manufacturing
- CSUN’s College of Engineering Teams Up with Northrop Grumman to Launch Students’ Careers
- Cal State Northridge Engineering College Receives National Accolade
- CSUN’s College Engineering and Computer Science Signs MOU with Indian Technical College to Foster Research Collaboration
- S.K. Ramesh: Learning by Failing(video)
- S.K. Ramesh: The Computing (R)evolution (video)
- S.K. Ramesh: If You Want to Change the World, Be an Engineer(video)
Elizabeth A. Say
Dean, College of Humanities
work: (818) 677-3301
email:
- Women and religion
- Religion and social change
- Feminist ethics
- “Family Values” rhetoric and debate
- Academic leadership
- Author: “Evidence on Her Own Behalf: Narrative as Theological Voice” and “Gays, Lesbians and Family Values” and "The History and Future of Liberal Arts Education: From the Desk of the Dean"
Learn more about Elizabeth Say's work:
- CSUN Dean Elected President of National Arts and Sciences Council
- Family Values and Marriage Equity (video)
- Why the Humanities Matter(video)
Cheryl Spector
Department of English
Director, Academic First Year Experiences
work: (818) 677-3932
email: cheryl.spector@csun.edu
- College success/freshman success
- Common reading programs
- Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (2013)
- California Reads Book Selection panelist (2013)
Learn more about Cheryl Spector's work:
- CSUN Professor Honored For Her Work on Behalf of First-Year College Students
- CSUN's Incoming Freshmen to Explore Modern-Day Public Shaming in Common Reading Book
- CSUN Part of National Effort to Create Sustainable Change in Student Success
- Love's Tenacity Subject of CSUN 2015-16 Freshman Common Reading Selection
- CSUN Freshman Reading Choice Explores the Cure to Aging
- CSUN Freshman Reading Choice to Explore Our Love Affair with Garbage
Gregory Velazco y Trianosky
Department of Philosophy
work: (818) 677-7202
email: gregory.trianosky@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- Race
- Racism
- Racial identity
- Ethics
- Moral character
- Ethics of war
- Political philosophy
- Diversity and multiculturalism
- Diversity in faculty and curriculum
- Diversity training for corporations and governmental organizations
W. David Wakefield
Department of Child and Adolescent Development
work: (818) 677-5926
email:
- Ethnic and racial socialization of minority youth
- Children and teens’ understanding of race and ethnicity
- Minority adolescents’ experience with racism and discrimination
- Bridging the achievement gap between ethnic minority and white students
- Adolescent peer relationships (friendships)
- Adolescent/young adult risk taking behavior
- Bullying
- Childhood aggression
- First-generation college students pursuing graduate/professional degrees
William Watkins
Vice President for Student Affairs
work: (818) 677-2391
email:
- College student development
- Campus judicial processes
- Managing student conduct
- Social Greek-letter fraternities
- New student orientation programs
- Student leadership and student associations/government
- Extracurricular activities
Learn more about William Watkin's work: