Welcome to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Featured Events
SBS Welcome Back Event for Continuing Students
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Continuing Students: Let's start the semester off right! Please join us for the CSBS Welcome Back Event. You’ll have a chance to meet your new Dean, get to know your faculty & staff, enjoy free food, explore college resources and win cool swag. For more information and to RSVP, please Read more
Freshman and Transfer Students: Fall 2018 Kick-Off & Open House
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 11:00am
Photovoice: An Arts-Based Method for Assessing Needs and Services of Nonprofits
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 1:00pm to 2:40pm
Photovoice: An Arts-Based Method for Assessing Needs and Services of Nonprofits CSUN Sociology Professor Moshoula Capous-Desyllas will discuss her research study about photovoice methodology as an assessment tool for evaluation research. Used with three local nonprofit organizations, the strengths and limitations of this methodology will be highlighted and discussed within the context of evaluating services and assessing client needs. Students, faculty, and Valley nonprofit leaders all are encouraged to attend this free lecture. Read more
HSI Pathways to the Professoriate Info Sessions
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Have you ever considered getting a Ph.D. and becoming a professor? Come learn about the HSI Pathways to Professoriate program. More Info Session Dates. Read more
10th Annual Research Fellows Colloquium
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
The Office of the Provost cordially invites you to come hear our distinguished faculty speak about their research. Read more
Featured News
Yan Searcy Named Dean of CSUN’s College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
July 24, 2018
Yan Searcy, associate dean in the School of Health and Human Services at Southern Connecticut State University, has been named dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University, Northridge.
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Psychology Professor Receives $435,000 Federal Funding to Study Individuals with HIV+
June 26, 2018
California State University, Northridge assistant professor of Psychology, Alyssa Arentoft, is spending the next three years examining health risk behavior and neurocognitive functioning in those who have the human immunodeficiency virus. Read more
LA City Attorney’s Office Taps CSUN’s Criminology & Justice Studies Dept. to Help Assess its Community Justice Programs
April 17, 2018
California State University, Northridge’s Department of Criminology and Justice Studies is less than a year old, but its students are already working closely with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office to help officials there evaluate the effectiveness of some of its programs. Read more
CSUN in DC Intern Publishes Post on Trans Elders for the National Center for Transgender Equality
March 27, 2018
Communications major and Queer Studies minor Michaé Pulido published an article "Respect Your Trans Elders: Two Justice Warriors Who Paved the Way for Today’s Trans Movement” as part of their DC Internship with the National Center for Transgender Equality. Read more
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sierra Hall, Room 401
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8256
Mail Drop: 8256
Phone: (818) 677-3317
Fax: (818) 677-3480
Dean's Welcome
Welcome to the 2018-2019 Academic Year! While I have the joy of welcoming everyone to the new school year, it is the CSUN family that has welcomed me warmly to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Despite being new to CSUN and California, I feel completely at home. The warmth reverberates through every smile and every interaction that I have had ranging from lunch with Interim Dean Matthew Cahn (now Interim Vice Provost), Chairs, greeting and dining with students during freshman orientation, meeting faculty while walking through Sierra Hall, and even joining the local community here on the Oviatt Library lawn for the Associated Students Summer Film Series.
Read the rest of Dean Searcy's Welcome Message.