Experts Directory: Gender and Sexuality

Elizabeth Adams

Associate Vice President, Undergraduate Studies
work: (818) 677-2969
email: elizabeth.adams@csun.edu

Folklore
Popular culture
Tourism
Teacher preparation in subject matter
Gender and sexuality

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Wendy Ashley

Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-7630
email: wendy.ashley@csun.edu

Individual, couples and family therapy, specifically identity, trauma and relational issues
Autism
Veterans
African Americans
Transgender individuals
Intersectionality, power and privilege

Bernardo Attias

Department of Communication Studies
work: (818) 677-6895 / 2853
email: bernardo.attias@csun.edu

War on terrorism
Media studies
Rhetorical studies
Political campaigns
Freedom of speech
Technology
Crime and punishment
Drug war
Peace and conflict
History of sexuality

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Marie Cartier

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
work: (818) 677-3110
email: marie.cartier@csun.edu

Art
Gender and women’s studies
Queer theory
Religion
Performance
Author: “Baby You Are My Religion–1950’s Butch Femme Bar Culture in the U.S. as Possibly Sacred Community” and “I’m Your Daughter, Not Your Lover”

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Cathy Costin

Department of Anthropology&
work: (818) 677-3331
email: cathy.l.costin@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

Archaeology, esp. South America
Gender
Food practices
Craft production (pottery, textiles)
Division of labor
Ancient societies

C. Jacob Hale

Department of Philosophy
work: (818) 677-7202
email: jacob.hale@csun.edu

Transgender studies
Los Angeles area transgender history

Marc R. Hamer

Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-2827
email: marc.hamer@csun.edu

Psychopathology
Psychoanalytical psychology
Object relations
Personality disorders
Attachment theory
Jungian psychology
Romantic love
Spirituality and human behavior
The influence of media on human behavior
The psychology of politics and political campaigns
Personality characteristics and sales performance
Author: Personality Characteristics and Superior Sales Performance and Marketing Yourself as a Psychotherapist

Vickie Jensen

Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
work: (818) 677-3293 / 3591
email: vickie.jensen@csun.edu

Gender and crime
Domestic violence
Violence
Homicide
Sibling violence
Masculinities and crime
Parenting in jail and prison
Adaptations to jail and prison
Gender and corrections
Author: “Why Women Kill: Gender Equality and Homicide”

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John Kephart III

Department of Communication Studies
work: (818) 677-3043
email: john.iii@csun.edu

Gender and media/masculinity
Pop culture and identity
Political debates and campaigns

Greg Knotts

Department of Elementary Education
work: (818) 677-3189
email: greg.knotts@csun.edu

Gender in elementary education
Sexuality in elementary education
Democratic education
Social studies education
Pre-service teachers
Integrating the arts in elementary education
Author: "Reclaiming Social Studies for the Elementary Classroom: Integrating Culture Through the Arts"

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Kristyan Kouri

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
work: (818) 677-5018
email: kristyan.m.kouri@csun.edu

Education
Gender
Race
Family

Florence Kyomugisha

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
work: (818) 677-5662
email: florence.kyomugisha@csun.edu

HIV and AIDS in women and minority populations

Sarina Loeb

Coordinator, Pride Center and LGBTQ Initiatives, University Student Union
work: (818) 677-5977
email: sarina.loeb@csun.edu

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues
Social justice issues

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Sheena Malhotra

Associate Dean, College of Humanities
work: (818) 677-7217
email: sheena.malhotra@csun.edu
Also speaks: Hindi

Film and television in India and the Indian diaspora
Gender and sexuality in popular culture
Intercultural communication
Bollywood
Call center in India
Co-author: "Answer the Call: Virtual Migration in Indian Call Center"
Co-editor: "Silence and Power: Feminist Reflection at the Edge of Sound"

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Peter J. Marston

Department of Communication Studies
work: (818) 677-2797 / 2853
email: peter.marston@csun.edu

The experience and communication of romantic love
Cultural study of media communication
Political arguments and debate
Popular music criticism
Popular culture censorship

Breny Mendoza

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
work: (818) 677-5641
email: breny.mendoza@csun.edu
Also speaks: German, Spanish

Political theory
Feminist theory
Latin American studies
Queer theory
Social movements
Gender planning
Author: “The Making of the Honduran Feminist Movement,” “Rethinking the Political” and “Rethinking Feminism in the Americas”

Scott W. Plunkett

Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-7480
email: scott.plunkett@csun.edu

Program evaluation
Parenting/family dynamics
Neighborhood, family, school and peer influences on adolescent development (ethnic minorities)
Gender differences
Non-verbal communication
Parenting education
Communication and conflict resolution

Kathryn Sorrells

Department of Communication Studies
work: (818) 677-2853
email: kathryn.sorrells@csun.edu

Intercultural communication
Intercultural conflict
Gender, race, class and sexuality
Feminism
Globalization

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Mark Stevens

Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling
work: (818) 677-2103
email: mark.stevens@csun.edu

Men’s issues
Rape education with men
Men and depression
Men’s health and psychotherapy
Author: “In the Room with Men: A Casebook of Therapeutic Change”

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Nayereh Tohidi

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
work: (818) 677-7218
email: nayereh.tohidi@csun.edu
Also speaks: Farsi, Persian, Tajik, Turkic

Middle Eastern culture
Middle Eastern politics
Gender and women’s issues in the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucus and Caspian regions, Iran and Azerbaijan Republic
Human rights and democracy
Islam and Islamist extremism
Women, religion and politics
Islam and ethnic issues in Iran
U.S. policy in Iran and the greater Middle East
Co-author: “Globalization, Gender and Religion: The Politics of Women’s Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts”
Co-editor: “Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity”
Author: “Feminism, Demokrasy ve Islamgarayi dar Iran” (in Persian)

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Sally Turner

Department of Journalism
work: (818) 677-3135
email: sally.turner@csun.edu

Images of men and women in the media
Media stereotypes
Television news
Media coverage of politics
Media coverage of women and minorities
Mass media history
The impact of mass media

Scott M. Williams

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 701-6898
email: scott.m.williams@csun.edu

Marriages
Family
Adolescent development
Human sexuality
Children with special needs i.e., autism
Author: “My Family: Past, Present and Future”

Teresa Williams-Leon

Department of Asian American Studies
work: (818) 677-4966
email: teresa.k.williams@csun.edu
Also speaks: Japanese

General Asian American studies
Biracial/multiracial identity
Interracial marriages
Race and ethnic relations
Sociology of race
Gender studies
Japanese American identity
Japanese American families