Faculty Experts

Mehrdad Aliasgari

CECS Chair/Associate Professor

Expertise: Computer security, applied cryptography

562.985.7987

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Yousef Baker

Associate Professor

Expertise: Anti-Muslim Racism, Middle East Studies

5629858864

Michelle Barrack

Associate Professor

Family and Consumer Sciences

Nutrition and Dietetics

Expertise: Nutrition and dietetics for runners

562.985.4545

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Anna Bax

Assistant Professor

College of Liberal Arts

Expertise: Language, identity, power

Curtis Bennett

Dean

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Expertise: Lottery probabilities, statistics

562.985.1521

Elaine Bernal

Lecturer

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Expertise: Chemistry education

562.985.2213

James Binnall

Associate Professor, Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice

Expertise: Rising Scholars, marginalization of convicted people

781.354.5141

Andrea Calabrese

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering

College of Engineering

Expertise: Structural engineering, seismic protection

562-985-8547

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Joshua Cotter

Associate Professor

Kinesiology

Director of Exercise is Medicine On Campus

Co-Director of the Physiology of EXercise and Sport (PEXS) Laboratory

Expertise: Optimized training programs for athletes

Rashida Crutchfield

Professor

School of Social Work

Expertise: Study of student homelessness, basic needs

Executive Director

Center for Equitable Higher Education

562.985.2109

Ayla Donlin

Lecturer

Kinesiology

Expertise: Exercise and fitness nutrition specialist

562.985.2005

Zoe Engstrom

Lecturer, Family & Consumer Sciences

Expertise: Consumer rights, managing money and debt

562.985.4484

Deborah Fraser

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Expertise: Heart disease, immunology

562.985.7597

Bita Ghafoori

Professor

Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling

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Director

Long Beach Trauma Recovery Center

Expertise: PTSD and traumatic distress reactions in underserved communities

562.985.7864

Benjamin Hagedorn

Associate Professor

Earth Science

Expertise: Groundwater recharge, reservoirs

562.985.4198

Ava Hedayatipour

Assistant Professor

College of Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering

Expertise: Bio-implantable and biomedical devices

562.985.8034

Lauren Heidbrink

Associate Professor

Co-Founder/Editor

Expertise: Childhood and youth, transnational migration

562.985.8530

Betina Hsieh

Associate Professor

College of Education

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Expertise: Teacher identity, critical literacies, Asian teachers

562.985.1012

Andrew Jenks

Professor

Expertise: Russian and Ukrainian history, Cosmonauts

562.985.8759

Seung-hoon Jeong

Assistant Professor

Cinematic Arts

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Expertise: Critical studies contemporary film

562.985.8135

William Jeynes

Professor

College of Education

Expertise: School Shootings, Education, Korea

562.985.5619

Amber Johnson

Associate Professor

Health Science

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Expertise: Racial disparity in health equity, stress, cardiovascular disease

562.985.2301

Matt Lesenyie

Assistant Professor

Expertise: California politics, interest groups, political ads

Chris Lowe

Shark Lab Director/Professor

Marine Biology

Expertise: White sharks, beach safety, Shark Lab

562.985.4918

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Wade Martin

Director

Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Expertise: Innovation & entrepreneurship, local economic development, risk analysis

562.985.5081

Danielle Munoz

Director

Basic Needs

Expertise: Basic Needs, Student Homelessness, CalFresh

562.985.8405

Nate Onderdonk

Professor, Geological Sciences Department

Expertise: Earthquakes, SoCal tectonics, San Andreas fault

562.985.2654

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Bruno Pernet

Professor

Biological Sciences

Expertise: Marine invertebrates, red tides, jellyfish

562.985.5378

Ali Rezaei

Professor

Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling

Educational Technology and Media Leadership

Assessment Coordinator

Assessment & Accreditation Office

Expertise: Technology-assisted learning

562.985.4532

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Amin Rezaei

Assistant Professor

Computer Engineering and Computer Science

Director

Expertise: Computer security, machine learning, and computer architecture

562.985.1505

Jose Rodriguez

Professor, Communication Studies

Expertise: Persuasive messaging, fear-based messaging, intercultural communication

562.985.7954

Gwen Shaffer

Professor

Expertise: Data security, ethical use of personal data

562.985.5433

Debby Sneed

Assistant Professor

Expertise: Physical disabilities in ancient Greece

Ted Stankowich

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Expertise: Mammals, predator-prey interaction, skunks, coyotes

562.985.4826

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Elyusha Vafaeisefat

Lecturer

Department of Film & Electronic Arts

Expertise: Producing, filmmaking

562.985.5404

Kevin Wallsten

Professor

Expertise: American elections, public opinion, social media, race and ethnic politics

562.985.4709

Oliver Wang

Professor

Expertise: Music, arts, culture

562.985.4600

Christine Whitcraft

Professor

Biology Department

Expertise: Wetlands, coastal ecosystems, riparian habitat

562.985.4820

Jason Whitehead

Associate Professor of Political Science

Expertise: Constitutional Law, Judicial Ethics

562.985.4712

Jake Wilson

Professor

Expertise: Labor, unions, intersection of racism and labor exploitation

562.985.7379

Teresa Wright

Professor

Expertise: Repression and student activism in China

562.985.4897

Mahdi Yoozbashizadeh

Associate Professor/Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

College of Engineering

Expertise: Automation, 3D printing of metals, product development

562-985-5257

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