Centers and Institutes

College of Arts, Media and Communication (AMC)

Arts and Communication Community Outreach, Research and Development Center (ACCORD)
Director: Wm Robert Bucker, Dean, College of Arts, Media and Communication x2246

The units below function as subcenters of Arts and Communication Community Outreach, Research and Development Center:

Center for Telecommunication Studies
Director: John Schultheiss, Professor of Cinema and Television Arts x3192

Figure Drawing Workshop
Director: Edward Alfano, Professor of Art x2242

Music Therapy Wellness Clinic
Director: Ronald Borczon, Professor of Music x3174

CSUN Youth Orchestra
Director: John Roscigno, Professor of Music x6834

Teenage Drama Workshop
Director: Doug Kaback, Professor of Theatre x5811

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: Mary Ann Trujillo, Professor of Art x2242

Center for Ethnic and Alternative Media
Director: Jose Luis Benavides, Professor of Journalism x3135

Center for Human Relations
Director: Peter Nwosu, Professor of Communication Studies x2853

Center for Visual Communication
Director: Dave Moon, Professor of Art x2242

College of Business and Economics

Institute for Business and Economics
Director: Judith Hennessey, Interim Associate Dean x2466

Center for China Finance and Business Research (CCFBR)
Director: Chao Chen, Professor of Finance, Real Estate and Insurance x4622

Center for Family Business Education and Research (FBER)
Director: David Russell, Professor of Finance, Real Estate and Insurance x4612

Center for Insurance Education and Research
Director: Patricia Born, Professor of Finance, Real Estate and Insurance x2459

Center for Management and Organization Development
Director: Alan Glassman, Professor of Management x6400

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

San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center
Director: Daniel Blake, Professor of Economics x7021

Wells Fargo Center for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Director: Frank Vigneron, Professor of Marketing x2018

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

Center for Financial Services
Director: G. Michael Phillips, Professor of Finance, Real Estate and Insurance x2459

The Bookstein Institute for Higher Education in Taxation
Director: Rafi Efrat, Professor of Accounting and Information Systems x2461

Michael D. Eisner 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: Richard Castallo, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies x2591

Center for Research and Innovation in Elementary Education
Director: David Kretschmer, Professor of Elementary Education x2621

Center for Professional Development and Educational Outreach
Director: Bonnie Ericson, Professor of Secondary Education x2580

Valley Trauma Center (VTC)
Director: Rita Baer, Executive Director of the Valley Trauma Center (818) 772-9981

Center in Educational Psychology and Counseling
Director: Beverly Cabello, Professor of Educational Psychology and Counseling x2549

The unit below functions as a subcenter of the Center in Educational Psychology and Counseling:

Community Counseling and Research Center
Director: Rie Mitchell, Professor of Educational Psychology and Counseling x2549

Special Education Institute for Research, Innovation and Teaching (SPIRIT)
Directors: Lawrence Fleischer, Professor of Deaf Studies x5116 and Nancy Burstein, Professor of Special Education x2596

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Center for Research and Services
Director: S.K. Ramesh, Dean x4501

Energy Research Center
Director: Hamid Johari, Professor of Mechanical Engineering x2187

Interdisciplinary Materials Science Research Center (with Science and Mathematics)
Director: Nicholas Kioussis, Professor of Physics and Astronomy x2775

College of Health and Human Development (HHD)

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

Center of Achievement for Adapted Physical Activity and Theraputic Exercise
Director: Carole Oglesby, Professor of Kinesiology x2182

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

Center for Health Ethics and Policy
Dirertor: Brian Malec, Professor of Health Sciences x3101

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

Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
Director: Tung-Shan (Tom) Chen, Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences x3102

Language, Speech and Hearing Center
Director: J. Stephen Sinclair, Professor of Communication Disorders and Sciences x2856

Center for Health Research and Community Service
Director: Brian Malec, Professor of Health Sciences x3101

Physical Therapy Center for Advanced Clinical Practice (PTCACP)
Director: Janna Beling, Professor of Physical Therapy x7445

College of Humanities

Center for the Humanities (College Umbrella)
Director: Teresa Williams-Leon, Special Assistant to the Dean x3301

Center for Ethics and Values
Director: Oscar Marti, Professor of Chicana/o Studies x7957

Center for the Study for the Peoples of the Americas (CESPA)
Director: Gabriel Gutierrez, Professor of Chicana/o Studies x2737

Center for Gender and Sex Research
Director: Jacob Hale, Professor of Philosophy x3579

Central American Research and Policy Institute (CARPI)
Director: Douglas Carranza Mena, Professor of Chicana/o Studies x2737

Institute for Gender Globalization and Democracy
Director: Jane Bayes, Professor of Political Science 310-459-7151

Institute for Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Studies
Director: Leilani Hall, Professor of English x3428

Women's Resource and Research Center
Director: Breny Mendoza, Professor of Women's Studies x2780

College of Science and Mathematics (S&M)

Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology
Director: Steven Oppenheimer, Professor of Biology x3336

W.M. Keck Computational Materials Theory Center
Director: Nicholas Kioussis, Professor of Physics and Astronomy x2775

Center for the Study of Biodiversity
Director: Tim Karels, Professor of Biology x3356

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

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (S&BS)

Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences (College Umbrella)
Director: Stella Theodoulou, Dean x3317

Center for the Study of Atlantic History
Director: Christopher Magra, Professor of History x3566

Center for Geographical Studies
Director: Shawna Dark, Professor of Geography x3532

Center for Southern California Studies
Director: Matthew Cahn, Professor of Political Science x6518

Center for Survey Research
Directors: Jerald Schutte and Harvey Rich, Professors of Sociology x3597, x7478

DuBois-Hamer Institute
Director: Karin Stanford, Pan African Studies x3311

University Center

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