Faculty

Students find that the depth and breadth of experience of HUX professors affords them the opportunity to pursue a more personalized program than is often possible in traditional graduate programs, while at the same time ensuring a high caliber of academic guidance. The disciplines listed under each photo indicate the area of the HUX program in which they teach. Many also teach in CSUDH departments corresponding to these disciplines.

ISET ANUAKAN ianuakan@csudh.edu

HISTORY
  • PhD. University of California, Berkeley, 2002

Expertise/Interest: 19th & 20th Century U.S. History; Non-Western (Africa & Asia) Economic & Social History; Folklore (Myths/Folktales/Folk Medicine) Research Methods; Africana Film Theory; Cultural Politics of Gender.

KIMBERLY BOHMAN KALAJA kbk1@nyu.edu

ENGLISH
  • B.A. Scripps College, Claremont 1992
  • M.A. Queen's University, Belfast 1995
  • M.A. Princeton University 2004
  • Ph.D. Princeton University 2004

Expertise/Interest: 19th and 20th Century Irish, British and American Fiction. Women's Literature / Studies of Gender. 19th and 20th European fiction--especially experimental movements in France--and including Eastern European texts. Film Studies. Violence in literature; Game theory and literature; Comparative Literature and Comparative Literary Theory.

DAVID W. BRADFIELD DBradfield@csudh.edu Prof. David Bradfield
MUSIC
  • B.Mus. North Texas State University, 1976
  • M.Mus. North Texas State University, 1982

Expertise/Interest: Electronic/Computer Music; Music Composition/Theory; 20th Century Music; Music and Technology.

ANITA CHANG ba508@yahoo.com
MUSIC
  • B.M. California State University, Fullerton, 1986
  • M.M. Manhattan School of Music, 1987
  • D.M.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1994

Expertise/Interest: Piano literature, symphonic works

PATRICIA H. CHERIN PCherin@csudh.edu
Dr. Patricia Cherin
ENGLISH
  • B.A., M.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1969, 1975
  • M.A. University of Southern California, 1989
  • Ph.D University of Southern California, 1992

Expertise/Interest: Literary Theory; Interdisciplinary Studies; Modernisms; Poetry; Creative Writing; 20th Century (American) Literature; Pastoralism; Cultural Disciplines

DAVID A. CHURCHMAN
DavidAChurchman@aol.com Dr. David Churchman
BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCE
  • B.A. University of Michigan, 1960
  • M.A. University of Michigan, 1964
  • Ed.D University of California, Los Angeles, 1972

Expertise/Interest: Military History, European 1600-Present, Middle Eastern; Arab History and Culture.

Read the fascinating story and see photos of Professor Churchman's Fulbright semester in Ukraine.

MARIE CONNORS
mconnors@uci.edu
ENGLISH
  • B.A. University of Memphis, 1972
  • M.A. University of Memphis, 1981
  • M.F.A. in Creative Writing/Poetry, University of California, Irvine, 1989

Expertise/Interest: Poetry, creative writing, film history and criticism, American literature.

WILLIAM L. CUMIFORD Cumiford@chapman.edu Dr. William Cumiford
PHILOSOPHY
  • B.A. Chapman College, 1963
  • M.A. California State University, Fullerton, 1969
  • Ph.D Texas Tech University, 1977

Expertise/Interest: Modern Latin America; United States Diplomatic History; Colonial Latin America; Latin American Government and Politics; Modern European History; Ancient History; United States Social, Cultural, Intellectual History; United States Government and Politics.

MIGUEL DOMINGUEZ mdominguez@csudh.edu
(310) 243-3315

FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • B.A. California State University, Los Angeles, 1970
  • M.A. Brown University, 1973
  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1983

Expertise/Interest: Twentieth century Latin American literature/Chicano literature, Mexican folklore and folklore, Spanish American linguistics, Pre-Columbian culture.

MYRNA DONAHOE mdonahoe@csulb.edu

HISTORY
  • B.A. California State University, Los Angeles, 1963
  • M.A. University of California, Irvine, 1981.
  • Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 1987.

Expertise/Interest: Labor studies, women studies, ethnic studies, Native American studies, community studies.

BRYAN FEUER bfeuer@csudh.edu
(310) 243-3962


HISTORY
  • B.A. University of Arizona, 1967
  • M.F.A. University of California, Irvine, 1971
  • M.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1977
  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angles, 1981

Expertise/Interest: Archaeology, ancient world civilizations (Greece, Rome, and the Near East), slavery (particularly in the ancient world), the city in history, warfare in history and literature, the individual and society.

KATE GALE kgale@csudh.edu
LITERATURE
  • B.A. Arizona State University, 1987
  • M.A. California State University, Northridge, 1990
  • Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University, 2004

Expertise/Interest: Twentieth century American poetry, African American literature and myth, theater, opera

PATRICIA B. GAMON pgamon@socal.rr.com
(310) 243-3310 
Dr. Patricia Gamon
ART
  • B.A. University of Central Florida, 1978
  • M.A. Florida State University, 1981
  • Ph.D Stanford University, 1991

Expertise/Interest: Art and visual culture from the Renaissance through Postmodernism.

LILA B. GELLER LGeller@csudh.edu
(310) 243-3322
Dr. Lila Geller
LITERATURE
  • B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1952
  • M.A. California State University, Northridge, 1965
  • Ph.D University of California, Los Angeles, 1969

Expertise/Interest: Shakespeare; Renaissance Studies; Drama; Women's Studies; Jane Austen.

DANIEL GREENSPAN danielgreenspan@hotmail.com

PHILOSOPHY
  • B.A. Dbl Major: Philosophy & Religion, New College (Honors College of Florida) 1998
  • M.A. Villanova University 2002
  • Ph.D. Villanova University 2006
     
    Expertise/Interest: 19th/20th Century Continental Philosophy, Ancient Greek Thought, Philosophy and Literature.
JUDSON GRENIER judgrenier@earthlink.net
(310) 545-7819


HISTORY

• B.A. University of Minnesota, 1951
• M.A. University of California (Berkeley), 1952
• Ph.D. UCLA, 1965

Expertise/Interest: U.S. history 1800-1965, westward movement, Civil War, Progressive Era, California history, World War II.

WILLIAM M. HAGAN haganw@aol.com Dr. William Hagan
PHILOSOPHY
  • A.B. University of Santa Clara, 1948
  • M.A. Gonzaga University, 1950
  • S.T.L. Faculte de Theologie, Enghien Belgium, 1957
  • S.T.D. Georgetown University, 1960

Expertise/Interest: Philosophy of Religion; Aristotle; Scholasticism; World Religions; Topics in Ethics; Classical Western Philosophy; Philosophy of Culture, Language; Religious Studies; Fundamentalism; Non-Fundamentalist Belief; Secular Humanism; Existentialism; Nature of Philosophy; Science; Religion; Sexist and Racist Language; Critical Thinking.

ARTHUR L. HARSHMAN artz23@earthlink.net
Dr. Arthur Harshman
ART
  • B.A. Antioch College, 1964
  • M.A. Michigan State University, 1964
  • M.A. University of Chicago 1968
  • Ph.D University of Chicago 1977

Expertise/Interest: Art History - particularly Modern Art: the movements of Futurism, Dada, Surrealism; Renaissance Art; Ancient to Modern Art Theory; History of Film; Intellectual, Cultural and Military History of Europe, History of Military Uniforms.

GILAH Y. HIRSCH gilah@linkline.com

ART

     

  • B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1967
  • M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1970

Expertise/Interest: 2-D Design; Modern or Abstract Painting.

HOWARD R. HOLTER hholter@csudh.edu
HISTORY

     

  • B.A. Northwestern University, 1962
  • M.A. University of Wisconsin, 1963
  • Ph.D University of Wisconsin, 1967

Expertise/Interest: Topics in Western Civilization, 1300-present; Community and Family History; Historic Preservation; Soviet and East European Studies; Historical Biographies; The Cold War; The Third World Countries since 1880; The Modern Arab World; Modern Germany.

FUMIKO HOSOKAWA FHosokawa@csudh.edu
(310) 243-3448

HISTORY
  • B.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1969
  • M.A./Ph.D University of California, Los Angeles, 1971, 1973
  • M.S. California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1984

Expertise/Interest: Ethnic Minorities; Family Studies; Aging; Counseling; Domestic Violence.

JAMES S. JEFFERS
JJeffers@csudh.edu
(310) 243-3191

HISTORY
  • B.A. Biola University, La Mirada, 1977
  • M.A. University of California, Irvine, 1985
  • Ph.D University of California, Irvine, 1988

Expertise/Interest: Ancient Greece and Rome, History of Christianity, Medieval Europe, Renaissance/Reformation, Religious Studies.

KATHRYN KENDZORA khux@cox.net
(949) 552-3995

ENGLISH
  • Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 1988
  • M.A. University of California, Irvine

Expertise/Interest: British and American literature, film, modernism, literary theory.

KENNETH LEE klee44@gmail.com


RELIGION
  • A.B.Occidental College, 1988
  • M. Div. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1992
  • M.Phil. Columbia University, 1997
  • Ph.D. Columbia University, 2001

Expertise/Interest: East Asian Buddhism, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Eastern Religions, Western Religions

DONALD F. LEWIS DLewis@csudh.edu
(310) 243-3328
 
Dr. Donald Lewis
PHILOSOPHY
  • B.A. University of Toledo, 1964
  • M.A. University of Toledo, 1965
  • Ph.D University of Southern Illinois, 1970

Expertise/Interest: Contemporary European Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Science; Existentialism; Social/Political Philosophy; topics in the History of Philosophy.

HAROLD MARIENTHAL hathal@aol.com
(845) 758-2977


THEATRE ARTS
  • B.S. Northwestern University, 1947 
  • M.A. Northwestern University, 1948
  • Ph.D. The University of Southern California, 1966

Expertise/Interest: Script-writing, topics in theatre, film.

BEN MIJUSKOVIC (310) 243-3328 
Dr. Ben Mijuskovic
PHILOSOPHY
  • B.A., M.A. Roosevelt University, 1964, 1967
  • M.A., Ph.D University of California, San Diego, 1991, 1972
  • M.S. San Diego State University, 1987

Expertise/Interest: Moral Decisions; Themes in Western Philosophy; Marx, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Husserl; History of Ideas; Ethics; History of Philosophy (Ancient and Modern); Philosophy of Religion; Man and Society; Existentialism and Phenomenology; Social Ethics; Medical Ethics; Philosophy in Literature; Love.

CHRISTOPHER MONTY c.cmonty@verizon.net


HISTORY

  • B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1991
  • M.A. University of California, Riverside, 1994
  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2004

Expertise/Interest: Russian Empire and the Soviet Union; modern Europe; imperialism; European cultural and intellectual history, 1800-present; Russian and Soviet cultural and intellectual history, 1800-present; modern Latin America; theory and history.

JOANNA NACHEF jnachef@elcamino.edu Dr. Joanna Nachef
MUSIC
  • B.Mus. California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1980
  • M.Mus. University of Southern California, 1983
  • D.M.A. University of Southern California, 1988

Expertise/Interest: Choral Music; Multi-cultural and Ethnic Music; Interdisciplinary Humanities.

ABE C. RAVITZ  
Dr. Abe Ravitz
ENGLISH
  • B.A. City College of New York, 1949
  • M.A. New York University, 1950
  • Ph.D New York University, 1955

Expertise/Interest: 19th-20th Century American Literature; American Popular Culture.

HAMOUD SALHI hsalhi@csudh.edu
(310) 243-3568

POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • B.A. University of Algiers, 1981
  • M.A. USC, 1985
  • Ph.D. USC, 1995

Expertise/Interest: Comparative politics, international relations, cultural pluralism, political economy, information technology and social and political change.

PORFIRIO SANCHEZ porfhry@aol.com

FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • B.A. New Mexico State University, 1955
  • M.A. New Mexico State University, 1958
  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1964

Expertise/Interest: Traditional and contemporary Hispanic literature, ethics and women's studies, alienation in women's literature, topics in alienation and estrangement, Chicano/Latino history, literature, and culture.

JACQUELINE SHANNON

drjshannon@aol.com


MUSIC
  • B. F. A. Florida State University, 1986
  • M. A. University of Montana, 1989
  • D. M. A. University of Washington, 2000

Expertise/Interest: Eighteenth century music, music appreciation, brass techniques

LYLE E. SMITH lsmith@csudh.edu Dr. Lyle Smith
ENGLISH
  • B.A. Willamette University, 1965
  • M.A. Harvard University, 1971
  • Ph.D Harvard University, 1971

Expertise/Interest: 18th Century British Literature and Culture; British Drama; Literary Criticism; Shakespeare; Renaissance Literature and Culture; 17th Century Literature and Culture; Comparative Mythology; Joseph Campbell; Carl Jung.

FRANCES J. STEINER FSteiner@csudh.edu Dr. Frances Steiner
MUSIC
  • B.S. Temple University, 1956
  • M.A. Radcliffe College, 1958
  • B.Mus. Curtis Institute of Music, 1956
  • D.M.A. University of Southern California, 1969

Expertise/Interest: Women in Music; Performance Practices; Theory; Baroque and Classical Periods of Music.

S. GLEN WHITE gwhite@dc.rr.com

ART
  • B.A. Louisiana State University, 1963
  • B.F.A. Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles, 1967
  • M.F.A. Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles, 1967

Expertise/Interest: Studio Painting; Contemporary Art; Modern Art; Printmaking; Art Criticism.

JOANNE ZITELLI JZitelli@csudh.edu

 


ENGLISH

  • B.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1972
  • M.A. Occidental College, 1974
  • Ph.D University of California, Irvine, 1982

Expertise/Interest: 19th Century English and Continental Literature (poetry and prose); Romantic movement; 17th Century English and Continental Literature (especially Milton); Philosophy and Literature; Literary Theory; Feminist Studies; Interdisciplinary Studies (especially poetry and painting).