Experts Directory: Popular Culture

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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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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Mauro Carassai

Liberal Studies Program
work: (818) 677-3343
email: mauro.carassai@csun.edu
Also speaks: Italian

  • Digital humanities
  • Criticism and theory
  • American studies
  • Contemporary American literature
  • Popular culture

 

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"

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Peter J. Garcia

Department of Chicana/o Studies
work: (818) 677-3491
email: peter.garcia@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

  • Latin American ethnomusicology
  • Southwest borderlands culture
  • Chicana/o folklore
  • Member of the advisory board of the Encyclopedia of Latina/o Folklore
  • Author: “Decolonizing Enchantment: Echoes of Nuevo Mexicano Popular Musics”

 

Ellis Godard

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

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

 

Steve Graves

Department of Geography
work: (818) 677-3517
email: steve.graves@csun.edu

  • Popular culture
  • Predatory lending
  • Social justice
  • Landscapes
  • Geography education
  • Author: “Landscapes of Predation, Landscapes of Neglect: An Analysis of Banks and Payday Lenders”

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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

 

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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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

 

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

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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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Maria Mami Turnmeyer

Department of Asian American Studies
work: (818) 677-4966
email: mariaturnmeyer@yahoo.com

  • Asian American literature and poetry
  • Postmodern and post-colonial literature
  • Popular culture and the Asian American experience
  • Creating writing workshops
  • Diversity projects
  • Asian American performance art and drama

 

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

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Veda E. Ward

Department of Recreation and Tourism Management
work: (818) 677-3202
email: veda.ward@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

  • Parks, recreation and tourism curriculum development, assessment and national accreditation
  • Women, leisure and family—work life balance
  • Community development—new urbanism, facilities, open space, human potential
  • Leisure and spirituality
  • Leisure and aging—nutrition, exercise and personal development
  • Parks and recreation—statewide master plans
  • Recruiting minorities into the parks and recreation profession
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