Faculty and Staff Directory
Main office: Sequoia Hall (SQ) 141
Phone: 818-677-3051

Terri Lisagor, EdD, MS, RD
Acting Department Chair
SQ 141, 818-677-3051
Staff
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Administrative Support Coordinator SQ 141 818.677.3051 |
Administrative Assistant II SQ141 818.677.3051 |
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Mund, Shauna, BS, BEd Instructional Support III SQ141 818-677-2217 |
Tatum, Lynn, MFA Instructional Support III SQ141 818.677.3846 |
Full-Time Faculty
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Assistant Professor Nutrition, Dietetics, & Food Science |
Besnilian, Annette, MPH, RD, CLE Dietetic Internship Director Nutrition, Dietetics, & Food Science SQ200T 818.677.2841 |
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Assistant Professor Consumer Affairs |
Cai, Tom, PhD Associate Professor Consumer Affairs SQ 200E 818.677.3122 |
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Associate Professor Apparel Design & Merchandising SQ 200H 818-677-4486 |
Cho, Hira, PhD Assistant Professor Apparel Design & Merchandising SQ200L 818.677.3440 |
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Professor & Graduate Coordinator Nutrition, Dietetics, & Food Science SQ 200R 818.677.3021 |
Gilbert, Joyce A., PhD, RD, LD Director, Marilyn Magaram Center Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science SQ120 818.677. 3102 |
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Giordano, Angie,PhD Associate Professor Family Studies SQ 200P 818.677.7851 |
Griffin, Judith, MA, CID Interior Design SQ 204B 818.677.7915 |
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Director-Child and Family Studies Center Family Studies 18330 Halstead St. & SQ200E 818.677.7251 |
Hill, Barbara, MS Family Studies SQ 200M 818.677.7149 |
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Kim, JongEun, PhD Associate Professor Apparel Design & Merchandising SQ208B 818.677.3907 |
Kohn, Rodica R, M Arch, MFA, Leed GA, CID Interior Design SQ 200U 818.677.4485 |
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Assistant Professor Family Studies |
Certified Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Consumer Affairs, Apparel Design & Merchandising Undergraduate Coordinator SQ 200B 818.677.3120 |
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Lisagor, Terri, EdD, MS, RD Associate Professor Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science SQ 200F 818.677.3119 |
Assistant Professor Family Studies SQ 204D 818.677.4693 |
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Assistant Professor Consumer Affairs SQ 208A 818.677.7859 |
Pontikis, Kyriakos, PhD Professor Interior Design SQ 208C 818.677.3117 |
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Thakur, Anubhuti (Bhatia), PhD Associate Professor Interior Design SQ200N 818.677.4962 |
Torabian-Riasati, Setareh, DrPH, RD Assistant Professor Director Didactic Program in Dietetics Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science SQ 200K 818.677.2842 |
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Warren, Shirley, MS Associate Professor Apparel Design & Merchandising SQ 204C 818.677.4488 |
Williams, Scott, PhD, LMFT Family Studies SQ200V 818.677.6898
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Part-Time Faculty
| Berger, Roxane, MA | Interior Design |
| Boyadzhyan, Marina, MS | Apparel Design& Merchandising |
| Brusasco, Joyce Marie, MS | Family Studies |
| Cheng, Richard, MBA | Consumer Affairs/ADM |
| Darmanyan, Yevegeniya, MS, RD | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Davis, Catherine, MS | Consumer Affairs |
| Dunlap, Christa, M.A. | Family Studies |
| Ellis, Julie, MS | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Fernandez, Miguel | Consumer Affairs |
| Froyen, Erik, PhD | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Gaynor, Patricia, MS | Interior Design |
| Goodwin, Belinda MS | Apparel Design & Merchandising |
| Gray, Shelly, MS | Family Studies |
| Hatkoff, Terry, PhD | Family Studies |
| Herrera, Pastor, MS | Consumer Affairs |
| Keating, Liza, MS | Family Studies |
| Knowles, Ellen, M.HP. | Interior Design |
| Kole, Lorraine, MS | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Carin Kreutzer, MPH, RD | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Little, Ritamarie, MS, RD | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Makarem, Samar, MS, RD | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Matthews-Maxwell, Erin, MS | Family Studies |
| McKay, Ava MS, RD | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Oliva, Juan, MS | Family Studies |
| Perl, Soniya, MS | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Pouldar, Roya, MA | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Schlesinger, Cynthia, MS | Consumer Affairs |
| Stahl,Ann, MS | Consumer Affairs |
| Sutter, Ilene, MS | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Trieu, My Trinh (Sony), MS | Family Studies |
| Unal, Ragip, PhD | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
| Williams, Cynthia, MS | Apparel Design & Merchadising |
| Yand, Yali, PhD, CFP | Consumer Affairs |
| Young, Rosalyn, MS | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science |
Emeritus and Retired Faculty
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Akers, Alyce, PhD Professor, Family Studies (Emeritus Faculty) |
Brinn-Feinberg, Victoria, PhD, IIDA, CID Professor, Interior Design, Urban Studies & Planning (Emeritus Faculty) |
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Chen, Tom, PhD Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science (Emeritus faculty) |
Filbeck, Marilynn, PhD Associate Dean Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Consumer Affairs |
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Larkin, Dee, MS, RD Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science (Retired) |
Martin, Allen, PhD Professor, Department Chair Consumer Affairs (b.1963-d.2011) |
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Mauksch, Roberta, MS Associate Professor, Interior Design (Emeritus faculty) |
Owens, Nancy, PhD Professor Apparel Design and Merchandising (Emeritus faculty) |
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Robinette, Karen, EdD Associate Professor Apparel Design & Merchandising (Emeritus faculty) |
Smith, Christine, PhD, RD Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science (Emeritus faculty) |
Department of Family & Consumer Sciences
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8308
818.677.3051
email: fcs@csun.edu
Family & Consumer Sciences' main office is on the first floor of Sequoia Hall (rm. 141), which is east of the Oviatt Library, west of the University Student Union and south of Jacaranda Hall.
A note about visitor parking: Drive up to the info gate at Lindley and Nordhoff for instructions about where to park and to purchase a parking pass ($6.00 per day).






































