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Research Centers and Institutes

REVISED: 5/28/2004

College of Arts, Media and Communication (AMC)

Arts and Communication Community Outreach, Research and Development Center (ACCORD)
Director: William Toutant, Dean, College of Arts, Media and Communication x2246


Entertainment Industry Institute (EII)
(a collaborative effort involving the Colleges of AMC, Business and Economics, Engineering and Computer Science, Extended Learning and the Career Center)
Director: Bob Gustafson x2246

Center for the Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA)

Director: William Toutant, Dean of the College of Arts, Media and Communication x2246

 

College of Business Administration and Economics (BA&E)

Institute for Business and Economics
Director: Leila Asgari, MAR, x2831

Center for China Finance and Business Research
Director: Chao Chen, Professor of Finance x4622

Center for Family Business Education and Research (FBER)
Director: David Russell, Professor of Finance x2459

Center for Insurance Research and Education
Director: William Jennings, Professor of Finance x2459


Center for Management and Organizational Development
Director: Alan Glassman, Professor of Management x3576

Center for Real Estate
Director: Donald Bleich, Professor of Real Estate x2410

Center for Study of the San Fernando Valley Economy
Director: Daniel Blake, Professor of Economics x2447


Center for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Director: Richard Tontz, Professor of Marketing x2458

Center for Quality and Productivity Education
Director: Elizabeth Trybus, Professor of Management Science x2457

CSUN Tenant Legal Clinic
Director: Bruce Zucker, Professor of Business Law x3964

 

College of Education

Institute for the Advancement of Educational Studies and Programs (College Umbrella)
Director: Philip Rusche, Dean x2590

Center for Partnerships for Educational Reform
Director: William de la Torre, Professor of Educ. Leadership and Policy Studies x2591

Center for Research and Innovation in Elementary Education
Director: Nancy Prosenjak, Professor of Elem. Education x2627

Center for Research, Professional Development and Educational Outreach
Director: Bonnie Ericson, Professor of Secondary Education x2527

Center for Research, Professional Development and Services in Educational Psychology and Counseling
Director: Rie Mitchell, Professor of Educational Psychology x4976

Special Education Institute for Research, Innovation and Teaching (SPIRIT)
Directors: Lawrence Fleisher and Nancy Burstein, Professors of Special Education x5116, x2596

 

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Center for Research and Services
Director: S. T. Mau, Office of the Dean x2146

Energy Research Center
Director: Larry Caretto x4501

Interdisciplinary Materials Science Research Center (with Science and Mathematics)
Directors: Edward Carroll and S.T. Mau, Deans, Colleges of Science & Math and Engineering & Computer Science x2004, x4501, x3398

 

College of Health and Human Development (HHD)

Institute for Health and Human Development (College Umbrella)
Director: Helen Castillo, Dean x3001

Center of Achievement for the Physically Disabled
Co-Directors: Taeyou Jung (Land Program) and Belinda Stillwell (Aquatics), Professors of Kinesiology x2182

Center for the Study of Leisure and Play Behavior
Director: Veda Ward, Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies x3202

Center for Health Ethics and Policy
Dirertor: Miriam Cotler x3001

CSUN Aquatic Center
Director: John Van Arsdale, Professor of Leisure Studies x3202

Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
Director: Tung-Shan (Tom) Chen, Professor of Family & Environmental Sciences x3051

 

College of Humanities

Center for the Humanities (College umbrella)
Purpose: To coordinate all activities, including public lectures, conferences and
workshops, which address issues of importance in the humanities.
Director: Elizabeth Say, Interim Associate Dean x3301

Center American Studies
Director: Carleen Sanchez, Professor of Philosophy x6321

Center for Study of Peoples of the Americas
Under the direction of the College of Humanities and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Director: Gabriel Guttierez, Professor of Chicano Studies x2734

CSUN Women's Resource Center
Director: Sheena Malhorta x3110

Institute of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Studies
Director: Elizabeth Say, Professor of English x3301

 

College of Science and Mathematics (S&M)

Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology

Director: Steven Oppenheimer, Professor of Biology x3336

Center for Computational Materials Theory
Director: Nicholas Kioussis, Professor of Physics x2775

Center for Earthquake Studies
Director: Gerry Simila, Professor of Geological Sciences x3541

Center for the Study of Biodiversity
Director: Paul Wilson, Professor of Biology x2937

Center for Supramolecular Studies
Director: Barney Bales, Professor of Physics x2775

Interdisciplinary Mathematics-based Research and Education Center
Director: Carol Shubin, Professor of Mathematics x2721

 

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (S&BS)

Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences (College Umbrella)
Interim Dean: Stella Theodoulou 3317

Center for Geographical Studies
Director: Antonia Hussey, Professor of Geography x3532

Center for Public Archaeology
Director: Mark Raab, Professor of Anthropology x3331

Center for Sex Research
Director: James Elias, Professor of Sociology x3591

Center for Southern California Studies
Director: Martin Saiz, Professor of Political Science x7236

Center for Survey Research
Director: Jerald Schutte, Professor of Sociology x3597

DuBois Hamer Institute
Director: Barbara Rhodes, Professor of Pan-African Studies x3380

 

University Centers

California African American Political Institute
Director: David Horne, Professor of Pan African Studies x3311

Central American Studies Research Institute
Director: Hector Aguiles Magana x2734

China Institute
Director: Justine Su, Professor of Education, Leadership and Policy Studies x2591


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