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Faculty Experts
Andi Stein
Professor of communications
Andi Stein is the author of several books, including “Why We Love Disney: The Power of the Disney Brand.” She developed the graduate-level class “Deconstructing Disney” which examines the influence that Walt Disney and the Walt Disney Co. have on entertainment and communication.
David Marley
History and honors program lecturer
David Marley wrote the first oral history of a specific Disney attraction, “Skipper Stories: True Tales From Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise.”
Steven Chen
Associate professor of marketing
Steven Chen can speak to feminist messaging in Disney’s animated films and how that messaging has changed over time. His research is published in “Feminism in Youth Media: A Study of Disney-Pixar Animation.”
Anil Puri
Professor of economics
Anil Puri, director of the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting, has studied Disneyland Resort’s economic impact on Orange County and Southern California.
Matthew E. Kirby
Professor of geological sciences
Matthew Kirby researches global climate change with expertise in California’s geological past history of droughts, floods, fires, and vegetation using lake and wetland sediments.
Mojgan Sami
Assistant professor of public health
Expert in global and urban health, urban planning, health equity, social justice in health, and the structural determinants of health including projects on active transportation, park access, food sovereignty and environmental justice.
Joe Carlin
Assistant professor of geological sciences
“Research like ours is important to establish a baseline for natural climate change that was not caused by humans, then we can compare it to climate change today — and ultimately pinpoint the impact by humans, and how we may fix this situation.”
Darren R. Sandquist
Professor of biological science
Expert in how the brittlebush, a desert shrub, is responding to climate change in water availability and temperatures, even in Death Valley. His research on water stress spans 20 years.
Mira Farka
Associate professor of economics
Expert in financial and monetary economics, forecasting and applied econometrics and applied macroeconomics. Co-director of CSUF’s Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting.
Anil Puri
Professor of economics
Expert in economic forecasts and policy analysis, economic impacts and environmental issues. Director of CSUF’s Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting. He also speaks Hindi and Punjabi.
Joshua Smith
Professor of physics
Expert in optics and gravitational-wave astronomy. He is the Dan Black Director of the Nicholas and Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy.
Jocelyn Read
Associate professor of physics
A neutron star astrophysicist expert in black holes, astronomy and physics.
Geoffrey Lovelace
Associate professor of physics
A computational astrophysicist specializing in numerical relativity. His research focuses on using supercomputer simulations to model colliding black holes.
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