Introducing CSUF’s 2020-21 Class of Tenure-Track Faculty

Ph.D., M.A. Chicana and Chicano studies, UC Santa Barbara; M.A., B.A. Spanish, Cal State Northridge

Chicanx and Latinx queer communities, oral history, sonic and spatial studies, queer of color performance, Joteria studies, queer archives, feminist pedagogies

Spanish

Ph.D. learning design and technology, Purdue University; M.A. educational technology, Azusa Pacific University; B.A. liberal studies and multiple subject credential program, Sacramento State University

Exploring digital badging as a mechanism for learning and to support educational technology, using digital tools to leverage teaching and learning, technology integration within teacher education, communication tools to support online learning, instructional design skills and knowledge

Ph.D., M.Phil, M.A.. English and comparative literature, Columbia University; B.A. English and linguistics, UC Berkeley

Diasporic Asian literature, Asian American literature, 20th-century multi-ethnic U.S. literature, comparative literature, critical translation theory, critical race theory

Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish

M.F.A. design-lighting, Yale School of Drama; B.A. theater and dance, Amherst College

Entertainment design, exhibition lighting, theater renovation

Ph.D. mathematics, University of Washington; M.S., B.S. mathematics, B.S. physics, North Dakota State University

Noncommutative algebra, algebraic geometry, integrable systems, orthogonal polynomials, spectral theory, geophysical fluid dynamics, quantum computing

Ph.D. chemistry, UC Davis; B.S. chemistry, B.A. music, Furman University

Development and tuning of intermetallic and ceramic oxide materials with favorable new and interesting structural, thermal, magnetic and transport properties

Ph.D. speech, language and hearing sciences; Au.D. audiology; B.A. psychology; B.A. speech, language and hearing sciences, University of Connecticut

Speech perception, perceptual learning, cochlear implants, auditory processing, auditory training, acoustic analysis, neuroimaging techniques, eye-tracking methods

Ph.D. social work, M.S.S.W. University of Texas at Arlington; B.S. cognitive science and psychology, University of Texas at Dallas

Integrated health care for mental health and substance use treatment, mental health stigma, mental health disparities among Latinx populations, culturally competent care, trauma-informed primary care, implementation of evidence-based practice in healthcare settings, psychometrics

Ph.D. media arts and technology, UC Santa Barbara; M.F.A. architecture, National University of Mexico; B.Arch. architecture, National Autonomous University

Audiovisual design, generative design, modular synthesis

Spanish

Ph.D. sociology, UC Irvine; M.A. global studies, UC Santa Barbara; B.A. English, Cal State Channel Islands

Social policy, environmental sociology, climate change, water governance, sociology of economic markets, finance, globalization

Ph.D. business administration-accounting, Texas A&M University; M.A. accounting and B.S. business administration-accounting, University of Arizona

Political connections, corruption, regulatory enforcement, corporate governance

Postdoctoral fellow, sport psychology, University of Ottawa and Cape Breton University; Ph.D. kinesiology, University of Windsor; M.H.K., applied human performance, University of Windsor; H.B.A. sport psychology, Laurentian University

Peer-to-peer mentoring relationships between high-performance athletes, athlete leadership behaviors, home (dis)advantage phenomenon in sport, coaching in Masters athletics, questionnaire development and validation

French

Ed.D. urban education, USC; M.A. educational administration, Saint Peter’s University; B.A. political science; mass media studies, Hofstra University; California and New Jersey multiple subject credential

Preparation experiences of literacy educators, literacy teaching, learning in postsecondary classrooms

Ph.D. Spanish literature, UC Davis; M.A. romance languages, The University of New Orleans; B.A. Spanish, The University of New Orleans

16th- and 17th-century Spanish literature, gender studies, history of sexuality, prostitution in literature, nonhuman studies

Spanish, Italian

Ph.D. mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. mathematics, Cal Poly Pomona

Wave-type phenomena from both numerical and theoretical perspectives, dynamical systems, fluid mechanics, mathematical modeling

Ph.D. joint doctoral program-special education, Cal State Los Angeles and UCLA; M.A. multicultural/multilingual special education and education specialist credential program in mild to moderate disabilities, Cal State Los Angeles; B.A. interdisciplinary studies, Humboldt State University

Latinx family participation in individualized education programs, developing positive and collaborative relationships between schools and teacher preparation programs, and culturally responsive and sustaining instructional practices

Spanish

Ph.D. agricultural and applied economics and B.A. economics, University of Illinois

Environmental economics with a concentration on conservation policy, environmental justice and non-market valuation

Mandarin

Ph.D., MBA, marketing, University of Missouri; M.A. economics, Sungkyunkwan University; B.S. management, Kyungwon University

Salesforce management, compensation strategies, behavioral economics, business-to-business platform growth, marketing strategies

Korean

Ph.D. accounting, University of Iowa; M.A., B.A. accounting, Renmin University of China

Financial reporting, voluntary disclosure, capital markets

Mandarin

M.F.A. theatre arts-design and technical production, Cal State Fullerton; M.A. education, Whittier College; B.A. dramaturgy, Whittier College

The evolution of stage machinery and theater architecture from the Italian Renaissance through the Industrial Age

Ph.D. art history and visual studies, Duke University; M.A. history of art and architecture, Pontificia Universidade Católica-Rio de Janeiro; B.A. theater studies, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Exhibition histories, cultural interchanges between South and North America, the ways in which artists negotiate and localize their production in a globalized world, decolonial methodologies and local avant-gardes

Portuguese, Italian, Spanish

M.M. music performance, State University of New York at Fredonia; B.M. music performance, Texas Christian University

20th-century French brass pedagogy, origins of jazz, baroque practices in modern eras, psychology of performance success in musicians

Ph.D. intercultural communication, University of Miami; M.A. international affairs, The George Washington University; B.A. political science, Yale University

International health campaigns

Portuguese

Ed.D. teacher education in multicultural societies, USC; Ed.M. language acquisition and literacy development, Harvard University; Advanced Program in English literature, Oxford University; B.A. English literature and minor in education, UCLA

Students’ voice in the learning and teaching process, teachers’ role and active agency in professional development and inquiry into professional practice, and critical literacy and equity education

Spanish

Ph.D. American history, UC Berkeley; M.A. history, San Francisco State University; B.A. history, Dominican University of California

African American history, urban history, race and sport, recreation and leisure

Ph.D., M.A. American studies, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; B.A. history, Whittier College

Latinx and Chicanx oral and public history, queer and feminist interventions in comparative ethnic studies and pedagogy, Central American diaspora, Latinx and indigenous spirituality

Spanish

Ph.D. mass communication, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; M.S. advertising, University of Illinois; B.A. advertising, Michigan State University

Integrated marketing communications on social/digital media

Korean

Ph.D., M.A. applied mathematics, B.S. mathematics, Arizona State University

Mathematical models in econophysics using stochastic processes and interacting particle systems, machine learning, data science, computational mathematics

Ph.D., M.S. mathematics, UC Irvine; B.A. mathematics, UC Berkeley

Partial differential equations, geometric analysis, spectral geometry

Japanese

Ph.D. marketing, University of Oregon; MBA, University of Maryland; B.A. German studies, UC Irvine

How consumers satisfy identity-relevant goals through food and beverage choice

Ph.D. materials science and engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S., B.S. materials physics, Fudan University

Computational methods and models to understand the self assembly, heat transfer, mass transport and mechanical properties of soft matter at interfaces; computational physics and data science to design materials for energy and environmental sustainability; materials of interest are mechanical metamaterials, polymeric membranes, nanotubes and graphene

Chinese

Ph.D. East Asian languages and literatures, The Ohio State University; M.A. teaching English to speakers of other languages/bilingual education, University of Findlay; B.A. foreign language studies, University of Kitakyushu

Pedagogical material development for study abroad students, social network development during study abroad, intercultural communication, Japanese-style shifting by foreign language learners

Japanese

Ph.D. advertising, University of Texas at Austin; MBA marketing management, Baruch College; B.A. psychology, Boston University

Consumer behavior, strategic communications, multicultural/global marketing, critical marketing, consumer culture, identity in the marketplace

Spanish

Ph.D. comparative literature, Princeton University; M.St. English literature, Oxford University; A.B. religious studies and women, gender and sexuality studies, Harvard University

Medieval literature, conspiracy theories, legal history, history of prison and policing, critical race theory, the global middle ages

Mandarin, Serbo-Croatian

Ph.D. organizations, strategy and international management, University of Texas at Dallas; MBA, National Chung Cheng University; B.A. public finance, National Chengchi University

Upper echelons theory, corporate governance, strategic alliance, international management

Mandarin

Ed.D.C.T., Ed.M. music and music education, Columbia University, Teachers College; M.M.-instrumental conducting, Cal State Fullerton; B.M.-instrumental music education, University of Michigan

The wind band as an artistic medium, ensemble conducting, instrumental music education, beliefs and values of music education practitioners, music educator preparation, literature for winds and new works for the modern wind band