Experts Directory: Urban Issues

Alejandra Acuña

Department of Social Work

work: (818) 677-7798
email: aacuna@csun.edu aacunalcsw@gmail.com
Also speaks: Spanish

Urban youth and families
Traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Resilience
Mental health in schools
School social work
Family communication
Family engagement in children’s mental health
Evidence-based mental health practices
Cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools
Parenting and family therapy
Solution-focused brief therapy
Child welfare
Program evaluation
Cultural/traditional mental health practices
Social marketing campaigns for mental health

Peter Bellin

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
work: (818) 677-4719
email:

Industrial hygiene
Safety
Indoor air quality
Toxic chemicals
Hazardous waste management

Kenya Covington

Department of Urban Studies and Planning
work: (818) 677-6463
email:

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

Ronald A. Davidson

Department of Geography
work: (818) 677-3513
email: rdavids@csun.edu

Public space
California coast
Metropolitan Los Angeles
Geography education
Humanistic geography

Priya M. Ganguli

Department of Geological Sciences
work: (818) 677-4669
email:

Mercury cycling in the environment
Mining impacts
Environmental remediation/restoration
Groundwater-surface water interaction
Contaminant transport and fate
Technical consultant in 2010-2011 to the EPA Klau/Buena Vista Mercury Mine Superfund Site, specifically riparian and reservoir sampling design and remediation strategies
From 1999-2006 served as engineering geologist and environmental specialist for the San Francisco Bay Water Board, specifically for environmental remediation for such areas as mine sites, streams, groundwater, wetlands/slough

Steve Graves

Department of Geography
work: (818) 677-3517
email:

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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CSUN Faculty Published in Comprehensive Historical Atlas of Los Angeles

Scott Hauswirth

Department of Geological Sciences
work: (818) 677-4880
email: scott.hauswirth@csun.edu

Groundwater contamination
Contaminated site remediation
Contaminant fate and transport
Hazardous waste
Groundwater

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

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”

Antonio F. Machado

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
work: (818) 677-2065
email: amachado@csun.edu

Teratology (birth defects)
Toxicology
Environmental health
Genes and development
Gene/environmental interactions and chemical interactions in the causation of birth defects

Hillary Miller

Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677-7712
email: hillary.miller@csun.edu

Theater and performance power World War II
Urban development and the arts
Fiscal crises and theater
Community-based performance
Sociology of culture
Theater and culture of the 1970s
Dramatic structure and playwriting
Author: “Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York City”

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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CSUN Hosts Summit on Stopping Human Trafficking

Amalie J. Orme

Department of Geography
work: (818) 677-3864
email:

Flooding
Weather—storms
Landslides
Beach erosion
Fire
Gang prevention
Earthquakes and climate change in Owens Valley
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CSUN Geography Students Take to the Sky to Better Study the Ground

Boris E. Ricks

Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-5133
email: boris.ricks@csun.edu

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: martin.saiz@csun.edu

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

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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Yifei Sun

Department of Geography
work: (818) 677-3524
email:

Geographic information science
Quantitative methods
Innovation, urban and regional development
Innovation and development in China

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CSUN Prof’s Research Explores Success of LADWP’s Energy Saving Programs

Zeynep Toker

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

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

Ashwani Vasishth

Department of Urban Studies and Planning
work: (818) 677-6137
email: vasishth@csun.edu

Environmental planning
International development
Sustainability
Regional planning

Kathleen Young

Department of Health Sciences
work: (818) 677-4725
email:

Women's health prevention education
Cultural competency in healthcare
Health policy
Health policy development
Community health advocacy
Health inequities
Comprehensive breast cancer prevention education/screening programming

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