Experts Directory: Women鈥檚 Issues
Xochitl Alvizo
Department of Religious Studies
work: (818) 677-2742
email: xochitl.alvizo@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- Feminism and religion
- Congregational studies
- Religion and social justice
- Emerging church
- Co-author: 鈥淲omen Religion Revolution鈥�
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Scott Brown
Department of Journalism
work: (818) 677-3135
email:听Scott.brown@csun.edu
- Images of minorities and women in the media
- Literary journalism
- Cultural and societal factors regarding the media
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Edith Chen
Department of Asian American Studies
work: (818) 677-4966
email: Edith.chen@csun.edu
- Asian American studies
- Race and ethnicity in the U.S. and Latin America
- Asian Pacific American women
- Chinese Americans
- Pedagogy
- Applied research
- Youth opportunity grant impact on Molokai, Hawaii
- Author: 鈥淭eaching About Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Assignments and Strategies for Classrooms鈥�
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Marquita Gammage
Department of Africana Studies
work: (818) 677-3112
email:听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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Phyllis Herman
Department of Religious Studies
work: (818) 677-3925
email:听phyllis.k.herman@csun.edu
Also speaks: French, Sanskrit
- Indian (South Asian) religious traditions
- Women and religion
- Author: 鈥淭he Constant and Changing Face of the Goddess in Asian Traditions鈥�
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Marta Cristina L贸pez-Garza
Department of Gender and Women鈥檚 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鈥檚/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: 鈥淩egions That Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together鈥�
- Co-editor: 鈥淎sian and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy: The Metamorphosis of Los Angeles鈥�
- Documentary: 鈥溾�榃hen Will the Punishment End?鈥� Formerly Incarcerated Women Rebuilding Their Lives鈥�
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Lara Medina
Department of Chicana/o Studies
work: (818) 677-3392
email: Lara.medina@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- U.S. Latinos and religion
- Chicano/a religious history
- Religion and ethnicity
- Women and religion
- Liberation theology
- Popular religious traditions and transformations
- Dia de los Muertos
- Chicano/a Catholic healing traditions
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Breny Mendoza
Department of Gender and Women鈥檚 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: 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�
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Ashley Samson
Department of Kinesiology
work: (818) 677-6151
email: ashley.samson@csun.edu
- Sports psychology
- Sports sociology
- Student-athlete family stressors
- Motivations and mental toughness in distance runners
- "Think-Aloud" protocol in distance runners
- Psychological changes during endurance sports training
- Verbalization of thoughts during sports tasks
- Women in sports听
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Nayereh Tohidi
Department of Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies
work: (818) 677-7218
email:听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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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鈥攚ork life balance
- Community development鈥攏ew urbanism, facilities, open space, human potential
- Leisure and spirituality
- Leisure and aging鈥攏utrition, exercise and personal development
- Parks and recreation鈥攕tatewide master plans
- Recruiting minorities into the parks and recreation profession
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Kathleen Young
Department of Health Sciences
work: (818) 677-4725
email:听Kathleen.young@csun.edu
- 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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