Center for Southern California Studies

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Faculty Advisory Board

Jodi Brown

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Department
Social Work

Areas of Expertise
•  program evaluation, pedagogy, complementary alternative medicine (CAM), mental health care policy, organizational networks, and access to care

Lori Campbell

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Department
Sociology

Areas of Expertise
•  Social Stratification, Wealth Inequality, Education, Racial-Ethnic Inequality

Marquita Gammage

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Department
Africana Studies

Areas of Expertise
•  the historical representations of race, the social structures behind the creation and continuation of racism and misogyny, contemporary issues in the African American Community

Tom Hogen-Esch

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Department
Political Science

Areas of Expertise
• U.S. and California Government, Public Policy, Race and Ethnic Politics, and Urban Politics

Jessica Kim

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Department
History

Areas of Expertise
•  California and the West, Borderlands, Public History

Kim Kirner

Kim KirnerBio

Department
Anthropology

Areas of Expertise
•  Cultural Anthropology, North America
•  Diversity, Environmental Justice, Sustainability

Debbie Ma

Debbie MaBio

Department
Psychology

Areas of Expertise
•  social psychological phenomena related to stereotyping and prejudice
•  the ways in which race shapes thoughts, influences judgments, and impacts behavior

Regan Maas

Regan MaasDepartment
Geography

Areas of Expertise
•  Health, Medical, Urban Geography

Henrik Minassians

Henrik MinassiansBio

Department
Urban Studies and Planning

Areas of Expertise
•  policy analysis, public administration, urban and public management, accountability, contract design and management, policy implementation, research methods, urban studies and planning, public finance and budgeting, performance, management
   strategies, systems thinking

Boris Ricks

Boris RicksBio

Department
Political Science

Areas of Expertise
•  Urban Politics; State and Local Politics; Racial and Ethnic Politics; Environmental Justice; Public Policy; Political Leadership; and Public Administration