Experts Directory: Politics and Government: Domestic

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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Lawrence Becker

Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-3478
email: lawrence.becker@csun.edu

Congress
Presidency
National elections
Presidential elections
Congressional procedures

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Elizabeth Blakey

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

First Amendment
Civil liberties
Social movements
Media law
Copyright
Libel

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‘First Amendment Symposium’ to spotlight campus free speech

Kenya Covington

Department of Urban Studies and Planning
work: (818) 677-6463
email: kcovington@csun.edu

Urban and social policy (geared at addressing poverty)
Child care supply/geography
Welfare reform
Geography of opportunity
Coping with poverty

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Two CSUN Professors Receive Haynes Foundation Fellowships

Nicholas Dungey

Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-7231
email: nicholas.dungey@csun.edu

Political philosophy
Modern and postmodern political theory
Modern and postmodern political language
Modern and postmodern political power
Modern and postmodern political identity

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Melisa Galvan

Department of Chicana/o Studies
work: (818) 677-7356
email: mgalvan@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

History of Mexico, especially the 19thcentury
Borderlands history
Latin American history
History of Contraband
Chicano/Latino history
Political economy
Port studies

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New Student Program Aims to Increase Diversity Among Future Humanities College Professors

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”

Tom Hogen-Esch

Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-3484
email: tom.hogen-esch@csun.edu

Los Angeles politics
Urban issues
California politics
American government

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Political science professors reflect on election results

John Kephart III

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

Gender and media
Pop culture and identity
Political debates and campaigns

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Matadors Engage in Civics and Democracy Through CSUN Act Now Events

Jinah Kim

Department of Communication Studies
work: (818) 677-7414
email: jinah.kim@csun.edu

Asian American and Korean American politics and culture, including the Los Angeles riots, 20th and 21st century popular culture, contemporary politics and K-pop
Asian-Latino cultural and political relations
Issues impacting undocumented Asian populations
Author:“Postcolonial Grief: Afterlives of the Pacific Wars in the Americas”

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Robert Krol

Department of Economics
work: (818) 677-2430 / 2462
email: robert.krol@csun.edu

International economics
State budget and tax issues

Marta Cristina López-Garza

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
Department of Chicana/o Studies
work: (818) 677-6488 / 4785
email: marta.lopez-garza@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

Economic development
Ethnographic field research
Formerly incarcerated women
Immigration and public policy
Race and class studies
Urban sociology
Women’s/feminist studies
Documentary filmmaking from a social science perspective
Visual sociology (photography)
Member, Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, South Los Angeles
Member, Institute for the Renewal of the California Draw
Co-author: “Regions That Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together”
Co-editor: “Asian and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy: The Metamorphosis of Los Angeles”
Documentary: “‘When Will the Punishment End?’ Formerly Incarcerated Women Rebuilding Their Lives”

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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”

Kristina Meshelski

Department of Philosophy
work: (818) 677-2752
email:

Political philosophy
Liberalism
Affirmative action
Fairness
Justice

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

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James A. Mitchell

Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-2673
email:

United States foreign policy
International organizations; World Bank, IMF, UN, etc.
Central and Eastern European affairs
American government, particularly presidential elections
Author: “Studies in American Foreign Policy,” “Readings in American Government,” “Understanding American Government,” fourth edition, and “American Government and Politics in Focus,” second edition

Michael Neubauer

Department of Mathematics
work: (818) 677-3111
email: michael.neubaur@csun.edu
Also speaks: German

Weighing designs
Apportionment theory
Electoral College
Voting theory

Boris E. Ricks

Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-5133
email:

Racial and ethnic politics
Political leadership
Black politics
Urban politics
California politics
Local politics
Black elected officials
County government
Public policy

Martin Saiz

Department of Political Science
Center for Southern California Studies
work: (818) 677-7236
email:

City politics
Urban politics
State politics
California politics
Economic development policy
Urban planning and development
Community organizing
Voting and elections
Author: “Local Parties in Political and Organizational Perspective”

Victor N. Shaw

Department of Crime and Justice Studies
work: (818) 677-7311
email:
Also speaks: Chinese

Drug abuse
AIDS
Crime
Deviancy
Criminal justice
Social control
Organizational behavior
Academic careers
Teaching research
Public policy
Economic reform
China/Asia issues
Social control in China
Chinese work units

James F. “Jack” Solomon

Department of English
work: (818) 677-0906 / 3431
email:

Semantics
History of literary criticism
Literary theory
Cultural studies and criticism
Popular culture
Educational politics
California issues
Author: “The Signs of Our Times; Signs of Life in the USA” and “California Dreams and Realities”

Stella Z. Theodoulou

Special Assistant to the President and Provost
work: (818) 677-2957
email:
Also speaks: French, Greek

Public policy
Welfare policy and AIDS
European politics
American politics
Surveys and polls
Policy evaluation and analysis
AIDS—policy evaluation and analysis
Methodology, research design
Author: “The Louisiana Republican Party, Public Policy: The Essential Readings,” “AIDS: The Politics and Policy of Disease,” “Methods for Political Inquiry, Policy and Politics in Six Nations” and “The Art of the Game: Understanding American Public Policy Making”

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Zeynep Toker

Department of Urban Studies and Planning
work: (818) 677-2872
email: zeynep.toker@csun.edu
Also speaks: German, Turkish

Community participation in urban planning
Urban design
Feminist approaches in urban planning
Qualitative research methods

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

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

Wendy Wen Wang

Department of Sociology
work: (818) 677-3597
email: wen.wang@csun.edu
Also speaks: Chinese

Social demography
Social stratification
Race and ethnic relations
Quantitative sociology
Population movement
Migration
Fertility transition
Occupational mobility
Discrimination in the United States

Joseph Wiltberger

Department of Central American Studies

work: (818) 677-6502
email: joseph.wiltberger@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

Central American migration
Asylum and refugee matters
Gang-related violence in Central America
U.S.-Mexico border studies
U.S. immigration law enforcement
Immigration detention and deportation
Central American country conditions
U.S. Latinx immigration
Northern triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras)
Political, economic and social issues in El Salvador
Migration, remittances and development