Experts Directory: Politics and Government: Foreign
Jennifer De Maio
Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-4744
email: jdemaio@csun.edu
Also speaks: Italian
- African politics
- Conflict studies
- U.S. foreign policy
- International relations
- Ethnic politics
- Civil wars in Africa (Darfur, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)
- Author: “Confronting Ethnic Conflict: The Role of Third Parties in Managing Africa’s Civil Wars”
Learn more about Jennifer De Maio work:
- CSUN's Model United Nations Team Takes First Place Once Again
- CSUN's Model United Nations Team Sweeps at National Competition
- CSUN's Model UN Team Takes First at International Competition
- CSUN Model United Nations Team Takes Top Honors
Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens
Department of History
work: (818) 677-3566
email: susan.fitzpatrick@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- History of Peru
- History of Guatemala
- U.S. relations in Central America
- Religion (Catholicism) in Latin America
- Indigenous communities
Keiko Hirata
Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-7233
email: keiko.hirata@csun.edu
Also speaks: Japanese
- Asian politics
- International relations
- U.S./Japanese relations
- Civil society
- Comparative politics
- Foreign policy analysis
- Author: “Civil Society in Japan: The Growing Role of NGOs in Tokyo’s Aid and Development Policy”
- Co-editor: “Norms, Interests and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy”
Rachel T. Howes
Department of History
work: (818) 677-2755
email: rthowes@csun.edu
Also speaks: Arabic, French
- Middle East history—pre-modern and modern
- Medieval Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Syria
- Medieval court politics
- General modern political history
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)
Learn more about Nayereh Tohidi work:
- CSUN Panel to Explore President Trump's 'Muslim Ban'
- CSUN Professor Ponders What It Means to be Muslim in America
- Prominent Iranian Human Rights Activist to Teach at CSUN in the Fall
- Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program Blossoms at CSUN
- CSUN Students Rally in Support of Mahsa Amini, Human Rights
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