Experts Directory: Media: Mass Media

Bernardo Attias

Department of Communication Studies
work: (818) 677-6895 / 2853
email: 

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

Learn more about Bernardo Attias:

CSUN Professor Tackles Confederate Monuments, in 'Rhetoric of Peace and Conflict' Research

José Luis Benavides

Department of Journalism
work: (818) 677-7242
email: jose.benavides@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

• Spanish-language media
• Ethics media
• Diversity
• Media in Latin America

Learn more about José Luis Benavides: 

• CSUN Professor Receives National Award for Teaching Journalism
• CSUN Play to Explore the Lives of People Who Live on the Border
• CSUN's El Nuevo Sol Wins Emerging Youth Voices Award
• American Photographer John Kouns Donates Collection to CSUN

Elizabeth Blakey

Department of Journalism 
work: (818) 677-3144
email: elizabeth.blakey@csun.edu

• First Amendment
• Civil liberties
• Social movements
• Media law
• Copyright
• Libel

Learn more about Elizabeth Blakey:

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David Boyns

Department of Sociology
work: (818) 677-6803 / 3591
email: david.boyns@csun.edu

• Sociological theory
• Emotions
• Social interaction
• Mass media
• Consumerism
• First-year public school teachers
• Quantitative survey research

Learn more about David Boyns:

• Teen Play to Explore the Power of Inclusion for Kids on the Spectrum
• Kaiser Permanente Awards CSUN $60,000 to Promote a Canoga Park Healthy Eating Program Focused on Educating Parents and Caregivers
• CSUN Awarded Campus Compact Grant to Bridge Divides on Campus and in Community
• CSUN Wins National Honor for Partnership with Canoga Park
• CSUN  Receives Nearly $q166,000 Eisner Foundation Grant to Assess Intergenerational Services in LA County 
• CSUN Awarded $880,000 to Address Obesity Rate in Canoga Park

Flavia Fleischer

Department of Deaf Studies
work: (818) 677-5116 or (818) 435-7340 (video phone)
email: flavia.fleischer@csun.edu
Also speaks: American Sign Language

• Deaf culture
• American Sign Language linguistics
• Deaf education
• Deaf sports
• Deaf activism and advocacy
• Media representation of deaf people

Learn more about Flavia Fleischer:

• CSUN Senators Make Campus History, Refuse to Allow Deafness to Become a Barrier to Success

Marquita Gammage

Department of Africana Studies
work: (818) 677-3112
email: marquita.gammage@csun.edu

• African-American sociology
• Africana womanhood
• Popular culture
• Black women in the media
• Black women's health and wellness
• Author: "Representations of Black Women in the Media: The Damnation of Black Womanhood"

Learn more about Marquita Gammage:

Africana Studies Faculty, Alumni and Students Gather to Honor Department’s Origins

Ellis Godard

Department of Sociology
work: (818) 677-4050
email: ellis.godard@csun.edu

• Statistical, survey and applied methods
• Crime
• Law
• Deviancy
• Social control
• Media
• Social movements and cyberspace

Shu-Sha Angie Guan

Department of Child and Adolescent Development
work: (818) 677-7249
email: angie.guan@csun.edu

• The ways social contexts (e.g. relationships, culture and technology/digital media) affect mental and physical well-being, particularly among ethnic minority and immigrant adolescents and young adults
• Cultural psychology
• Immigrant experiences
• Language brokering (immigrant translation/interpretation)
• Social support
• Digital/social media

Learn more about Shu-Sha Angie Guan:

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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”

Amy Hanreddy

Department of Special Education 
work: (818) 677-2522
email: amy.n.hanreddy@csun.edu

• Inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classrooms
• Media representations of individuals with disabilities
• Co-teaching
• Universal Design for Learning
• Consulting with TV/film producers and writers on disability representations, script consultations and connections to relevant disability organizations
• CHIME Institute
• Co-Author: “Teaching Communications Skills to Students with Severe Disabilities”

Learn more about Amy Hanreddy:

CSUN Professors Advise Self-Advocacy for Adults with Disabilities

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" 

Learn more about Sheena Malhotra:

• Think CSUN: The Myth of Gender Equity

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

Dave Moon

Department of Art
work: (818) 677-3022
email: dave.y.moon@csun.edu
Also speaks: Korean

• Advertising
• Graphic design
• Print production
• Role of business in art
• Technology in art
• Art and entertainment

Read more about Dave Moon:

• Professor Dave Moon's ARTpreneur Scholarship Blends Art and Business
• VISCOM Celebrates 10 Years of Students Designing Successful Career Paths
• 4VISCOM: A Center for Communications, Inspiring Careers for the Future
• CSUN's Student-Run VISCOM Team Helps LA Philharmonic's Holiday Mood

Yolanda “Linda” Reid-Chassiakos, M.D.

Student Health Center
work: (818) 677-3689
email: linda.reid.chassiakos@csun.edu
Also speaks: French, Greek, some Spanish

• Medicine
• Media literacy
• Health
• College and student health
• Smoking cessation
• Eating disorders
• Stress reduction
• Spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics

Learn more about Linda Reid-Chassiakos: 

• CSUN Clears the Air, to Become Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Campus with the Start of Fall 2015 Semester

Nate Thomas

Department of Cinema and Television Arts
work: (818) 677-3162
email: nate.thomas@csun.edu

• Issues of diversity and image portrayal in film and television
• The business and marketing of feature films
• Film and television production
• Issues in the foster care and child protection systems in Los Angeles County
• Child advocacy
• Producer/director: “East of Hope Street”'

Learn more about Nate Thomas:

• Diving Into The Discourse: A Conversation about the Movies with Nate Thomas
• CSUN Dedicates Building Wing in Honor of Hollywood Foreign Press Association
• CSUN Awarded $60,000 From Hollywood Foreign Press for Senior Film Projects
• The Hollywood Reporter and Variety Rank CSUN Among Top Universities in Entertainment Education
• Variety Compares CSUN Alum's Film to 'Gravity,' 'Apollo 13'
• Matadors Get Bird's-Eye View of Golden Globes Red Carpet
• Film Executive Glenn Gainor Credits His Years at CSUN with Influencing His Movie-Making Decisions
• Hollywood Foreign Press Association Gives CSUN's Curb College Film Department $2 Million
• CSUN Professor Nominated for Regional Emmy for Work with FBI
• Northridge Film Professor to Receive One of the CSU's Highest Honors
• CSUN Film Program Awarded $50,000 from Hollywood Foreign Press
• CSUN Named Among Top 25 Film Schools by Hollywood Reporter
• CSUN Professor Wins Regional Emmy for Work with FBI
• Hollywood Foreign Press Award CSUN $50,000 for Senior Film Projects
• CSUN Film Students, Faculty Team with FBI for Intellectual Property Warnings
• Nate Thomas: 2015 Wang Family Excellence Award Recipient (video)

Sally Turner

Department of Journalism
work: (818) 677-3135

• 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

Thelma Vickroy

Department of Cinema and Television Arts
work: (818) 677-6361
email: thelma.vickroy@csun.edu

• Television production
• Documentary production
• Developing high school documentary studies programs

Learn more about Thelma Vickroy:

• Student Film Draws Attention to Issue of Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Kristen Walker

Department of Marketing
work: (818) 677-2040
email: kristen.walker@csun.edu

• Social media
• Consumer information exchange
• Privacy
• Marketing and public policy
• Technology and consumer information
• Data-rich environments
• Trust and transparency
• Middle-school youth and digital literacy
• Social media and sports
• Small business and start-ups and issues of privacy and security

Learn more about Kristen Walker:

• A Big Factor In How AI Will Change Our World Is Trust, CSUN Prof Says
• CSUN Marketing Students Work with Fox Sports University
• CSUN Awarded Grant to Teach Youth About Online Privacy
• FOX Deportes to Use CSUN Student Ideas in UFC Campaign
• CSUN Professor Examines Transparency, Trust and Protection on the Web
• CSUN Marketing Professors Launch Campaign to Teach Elementary and Middle Schoolers About Online Privacy
• Brans Should Aim to Understand Consumers' Tweets, According to Marketing Professor at CSUN

Melissa Wall

Department of Journalism
work: (818) 677-5677
email: melissa.a.wall@csun.edu

• International news
• African media
• Citizen media
• Progressive social movements and the media
• Alternative media
• Blogs
• War news

Learn more about Melissa Wall:

• CSUN Professor Receives NSF Grant to Study Adhesives Inspired by Geckos
• CSUN Journalism Students To Report on Poverty for Global Project