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Experts Directory: Gender and Sexuality

Elizabeth Adams

Associate Vice President, Undergraduate Studies
work: (818) 677-2969
别尘补颈濒:听elizabeth.adams@csun.edu

  • Folklore
  • Popular culture
  • Tourism
  • Teacher preparation in subject matter
  • Gender and sexuality

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Wendy Ashley

Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-7630
email:wendy.ashley@csun.edu

  • Individual, couples and family therapy, specifically identity, trauma and relational issues
  • Autism
  • Veterans
  • African Americans
  • Transgender individuals
  • Intersectionality, power and privilege

Bernardo Attias

Department of Communication Studies
work: (818) 677-6895 / 2853
别尘补颈濒:听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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Marie Cartier

Department of Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies
work: (818) 677-3110
email:marie.cartier@csun.edu

  • Art
  • Gender and women鈥檚 studies
  • Queer theory
  • Religion
  • Performance
  • Author: 鈥淏aby You Are My Religion鈥1950鈥檚 Butch Femme Bar Culture in the U.S. as Possibly Sacred Community鈥 and 鈥淚鈥檓 Your Daughter, Not Your Lover鈥

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Cathy Costin

Department of Anthropology&
work: (818) 677-3331
email:cathy.l.costin@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

  • Archaeology, esp. South America
  • Gender
  • Food practices
  • Craft production (pottery, textiles)
  • Division of labor
  • Ancient societies

C. Jacob Hale

Department of Philosophy
work: (818) 677-7202
email:jacob.hale@csun.edu

  • Transgender studies
  • Los Angeles area transgender history

Marc R. Hamer

Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-2827
别尘补颈濒:听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

Vickie Jensen

Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
work: (818) 677-3293 / 3591
email:vickie.jensen@csun.edu

  • Gender and crime
  • Domestic violence
  • Violence
  • Homicide
  • Sibling violence
  • Masculinities and crime
  • Parenting in jail and prison
  • Adaptations to jail and prison
  • Gender and corrections
  • Author: 鈥淲hy Women Kill: Gender Equality and Homicide鈥

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John Kephart III

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

  • Gender and media/masculinity
  • Pop culture and identity
  • Political debates and campaigns

Greg Knotts

Department of Elementary Education
work: (818) 677-3189
email:greg.knotts@csun.edu

  • Gender in elementary education
  • Sexuality in elementary education
  • Democratic education
  • Social studies education
  • Pre-service teachers
  • Integrating the arts in elementary education
  • Author: "Reclaiming Social Studies for the Elementary Classroom: Integrating Culture Through the Arts"

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Kristyan Kouri

Department of Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies
work: (818) 677-5018
email:kristyan.m.kouri@csun.edu

  • Education
  • Gender
  • Race
  • Family

Florence Kyomugisha


Department of Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies
work: (818) 677-5662
别尘补颈濒:听florence.kyomugisha@csun.edu

  • HIV and AIDS in women and minority populations

Sarina Loeb

Coordinator, Pride Center and LGBTQ Initiatives, University Student Union
work: (818) 677-5977
email:sarina.loeb@csun.edu

  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues
  • Social justice issues

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Sheena Malhotra

Associate Dean, College of Humanities
work: (818) 677-7217
别尘补颈濒:听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
别尘补颈濒:听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鈥檚 Studies
work: (818) 677-5641
别尘补颈濒:听breny.mendoza@csun.edu
Also speaks: German, Spanish

  • Political theory
  • Feminist theory
  • Latin American studies
  • Queer theory
  • Social movements
  • Gender planning
  • Author: 鈥淭he Making of the Honduran Feminist Movement,鈥 鈥淩ethinking the Political鈥 and 鈥淩ethinking Feminism in the Americas鈥

Scott W. Plunkett

Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-7480
别尘补颈濒:听听scott.plunkett@csun.edu

  • Program evaluation
  • Parenting/family dynamics
  • Neighborhood, family, school and peer influences on adolescent development (ethnic minorities)
  • Gender differences
  • Non-verbal communication
  • Parenting education
  • Communication and conflict resolution

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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Mark Stevens

Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling
work: (818) 677-2103
别尘补颈濒:听mark.stevens@csun.edu

  • Men鈥檚 issues
  • Rape education with men
  • Men and depression
  • Men鈥檚 health and psychotherapy
  • Author: 鈥淚n the Room with Men: A Casebook of Therapeutic Change鈥

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Nayereh Tohidi

Department of Gender and Women鈥檚 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鈥檚 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: 鈥淕lobalization, Gender and Religion: The Politics of Women鈥檚 Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts鈥
  • Co-editor: 鈥淲omen in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity鈥
  • Author: 鈥淔eminism, Demokrasy ve Islamgarayi dar Iran鈥 (in Persian)

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Sally Turner

Department of Journalism
work: (818) 677-3135
别尘补颈濒:听sally.turner@csun.edu

  • 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

Scott M. Williams

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 701-6898
email:scott.m.williams@csun.edu

  • Marriages
  • Family
  • Adolescent development
  • Human sexuality
  • Children with special needs i.e., autism
  • Author: 鈥淢y Family: Past, Present and Future鈥

Teresa Williams-Leon

Department of Asian American Studies
work: (818) 677-4966
email:teresa.k.williams@csun.edu
Also speaks: Japanese

  • General Asian American studies
  • Biracial/multiracial identity
  • Interracial marriages
  • Race and ethnic relations
  • Sociology of race
  • Gender studies
  • Japanese American identity
  • Japanese American families
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