Experts Directory: Consumer Issues
Paul Fidler
Department of Systems and Operations Management
Work: (818) 677-2470
Email: paul.fidler@csun.edu
- Manufacturing resource management
- Supply chain management
- Aerospace products
- Consumer products
Mariam Beruchashvili
Department of Marketing
Work: (818) 677-2420
Email: mariam.beruchashvili@csun.edu
- Consumer behavior
- Role of gender identity and emotions in consumption
- Consumer trends
- Consumer finance/economics
- Consumer insights
- Advertising and promotion
Articles: “Servicescapes emplacing masculinity: Pursuing fighter identity at the martial arts gym,” Journal of Consumer Culture 2025
Podcast Interview: Diving into the Discourse, Ep.30: Changing Consumer Habits
David Boyns
Department of Sociology
work: (818) 677-6803 / 3591
email: david.boyns@csun.edu
- Sociological theory
- Emotions
- Social interaction
- Mass media
- Consumerism
- First-year public school teachers
- Quantitative survey research
Learn more about David Boyns:
- Teen Play to Explore the Power of Inclusion for Kids on the Spectrum
- Kaiser Permanente Awards CSUN $60,000 to Promote a Canoga Park Healthy Eating Program Focused on Educating Parents and Caregivers
- CSUN Awarded Campus Compact Grant to Bridge Divides on Campus and in Community
- CSUN Wins National Honor for Partnership with Canoga Park
- CSUN Receives Nearly $q166,000 Eisner Foundation Grant to Assess Intergenerational Services in LA County
- CSUN Awarded $880,000 to Adress Obesity Rate in Canoga Park
Yi “Tom” Cai
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 677-3122 / 3051
email: yi.cai@csun.edu
Also speaks: Chinese
- Consumer resource economics
- Family resource management
- E-commerce
Learn more about Yi "Tom" Cai:
CSUN Faculty Offer Tips for Keeping the Holiday's Healthy
Claudia Fajardo-Lira
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 677-3021 / 3051
email: Claudia.fajardo@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- Food science and technology
- Food safety
- Nutrition
- Functional foods
- Food chemistry
- Biotechnology
- Sustainability
Learn more about Claudia Fajardo-Lira:
Magaram Center Uses Most Advanced Health Assessment Technology: Bod Pod
Kristen Walker
Department of Marketing
work: (818) 677-2040
email: kristen.walker@csun.edu
- Social media
- Consumer information exchange
- Privacy
- Marketing and public policy
- Technology and consumer information
- Data-rich environments
- Trust and transparency
- Middle-school youth and digital literacy
- Social media and sports
- Small business and start-ups and issues of privacy and security
Learn more about Kristen Walker:
- CSUN Marketing Students Work with Fox Sports University
- CSUN Awarded Grant to Teach Youth About Online Privacy
- FOX Deportes to Use CSUN Student Ideas in UFC Campaign
- CSUN Professor Examines Transparency, Trust and Protection on the Web
- CSUN Marketing Professors Launch Campaign to Teach Elementary and Middle Schoolers About Online Privacy
- Brans Should Aim to Understand Consumers' Tweets, According to Marketing Professor at CSUN
Wendy Host
Department of Recreation and Tourism Management
work: (818) 677-3202
email: wendy.yost@csun.edu
- Bridal coaching
- Business communication
- Career coaching
- Communication skills
- Customer service
- Employee recruitment
- Employee retention, training and development
- Event planning
- Life coaching
- Marketing
- Problem solving
- Work/life balance
- Small business development