CSU Dominguez
Hills Experts Guide Online Directory

CHEMISTRY
Lihung Pu, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Organometallic chemist, research focus on heavier group 14 elements: germanium and tin.
(310) 243-3984
lpu@csudh.edu
http://www.csudh.edu/apu
Oliver Seely, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Protein sequence comparisons and analysis. Biochemical phenotypes of genetically engineered plants. Saturday College for middle school pupils. Applications of computers to education; SOCRATES Computer assisted testing and evaluation. Public domain databases in the sciences. Cataloguing and submission of images to the CSU IMAGE archive.
(310) 243-3778
oseely@csudh.edu
Noel S. Sturm, Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department
Peptide and protein chemistry; organic synthesis; tissue culture techniques
(310) 243-3383
noel@chemistry.csudh.edu
CHICANO/CHICANA STUDIES
Marisela R. Chávez, Assistant Professor of Chicano and Chicana Studies
Research on Chicana/o history, Chicana political activism, U.S. social movements, U.S. women’s history, gender studies, ethnic studies, feminisms.
(310) 243-3226
mchavez@csudh.edu
Irene Vasquez, Professor of Chicana/Chicano Studies
Chair, Chicana and Chicano Studies Department; Member, CSUDH Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building Team.
Research/teaching interests include: Indigenous peoples of Mexico, U.S. social movements, gender and sexuality, African descent populations in Latin America, and Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building.
(310) 243-3070
ivasquez@csudh.edu
CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN'S ISSUES
Maria T. Hurtado-Ortis, Associate Professor of Psychology
Chicanos in higher education, child care in the Latino community, adolescents of color. Outstanding teaching assistant of the year, 1997.
(310) 243-3508.
mhortiz@csudh.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Kazimierz Kowalski, Professor of Computer Science
Expert in World Wide Web design and management, computer network and databases, computer organization, the Internet, artificial intelligence. Recipient of the Polish government’s Knights Cross of the Order of Merit; Lyle Gibson Distinguished Teacher Award, 1999; chair, Scholarship Committee, Polish University Club. Author of three textbooks on expert systems and information retrieval. Memberships include American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, and Association for Computing Machinery.
(310) 243-2034
kkowalski@csudh.edu
Marek A. Suchenek, Professor of Computer Science
Methods of logic in computer science; automated reasoning; knowledge representation and processing; model theory; deductive data bases; non-monotonic logic.
(310) 243-3398
suchenek@csudh.edu
COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Larry Rosen, Professor of Psychology
International expert in the "Psychology of Technology." Books: TechnoStress: Coping With Technology @Work @Home @Play and The Mental Health Technology Bible
Research Interests: (1) The impact of technology, (2) online dating, (3) video game playing and children (4) information overload, (5) technology and society
(310) 243-3477
lrosen@csudh.edu
Oliver Seely, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Applications of computers to education; SOCRATES Computer assisted testing and evaluation.
Public domain databases in the sciences. Cataloguing and submission of images to the CSU IMAGE archive. Protein sequence comparisons and analysis. Biochemical phenotypes of genetically engineered plants. Saturday College for middle school pupils.
(310) 243-3778
oseely@csudh.edu
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Franklin Strier, Professor of Business Law
Corporate governance and business ethics.
(310) 243- 3472/3556
fstrier@csudh.edu
CRIME, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Clarence “Gus” A. Martin, Associate Professor of Public Administration & Public Policy and Acting Assistant Vice President for Faculty Affairs
Teaching and research fields: Administration of justice; terrorism and extremism; homeland security; juvenile justice; fair housing; urban affairs. Former chair of the Department of Public Administration & Public Policy.
Formerly director of Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburg; Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin islands; Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Executive Associate for Legal Affairs for the American Psychological Assoc.; Legislative Assistant, Office of Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), and Assistant to co-chair Rangel for the Mondale Presidential Campaign.
Author: Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives and Issues, 2d ed.: Sage Publications, 2006; “Globalization and International Terrorism,” in The Blackwell Companion to Globalization (George Ritzer, editor): Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2006; Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems, Sage Publications, 2005; The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings, Sage Publications, 2004 – and more.
(310) 243-3768, 243-3444
http://cbapp.csudh.edu/depts/public/gmartin/
gmartin@csudh.edu
CROSS CULTURAL COLLABORATION, PEACE BUILDING
Jaime S. Cruz, Lecturer, Social Behavioral Sciences
Member, CSUDH Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building Team. Research/teaching interests include: community based empowerment strategies, outreach and recruitment of college bound students, urban youth intervention / prevention programs, and Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building.
jscruz@ucla.edu
Munashe Furusa, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies
Research/teaching interests include: Critical Theory, African Literature and Culture, African Caribbean, African American, Afro-Latin American and Russian Literatures, and Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building.
Formerly an assistant professor in the Department of African Languages and Literature, University of Zimbabwe. African World Literature and Culture and Oral Literature in the African World.
(310) 243-3042/3040
mfurusa@csudh.edu
William Little, Professor of Africana Studies
Research/teaching interests include: Africana Political Thought, Africana Leaders, Africana Family, and Africana Economic and Community Development, Africana Identity Construction & Development, and Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building.
(310) 243-2155
wlittle@csudh.edu
A. Marco Turk. Professor of Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
Director of the NCRP Graduate Program; Chair, Graduate Council; International experience as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Conflict Resolution (Cyprus) and as a peacebuilding consultant/educator/trainer in Cyprus and the Middle East, as well as in Norway and the United States. Areas of emphasis: Negotiation of Ethnic Conflict, and Restorative Justice.
(310) 243-2295
amturk@csudh.edu
Irene Vasquez, Professor of Chicana/Chicano Studies
Chair, Chicana and Chicano Studies Department. Member, CSUDH Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building Team. Research/teaching interests include: Indigenous peoples of Mexico, U.S. social movements, African descent populations in Latin America, and Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building
(310) 243-3070
ivasquez@csudh.edu
Ron Wilkins, Lecturer, Africana Studies
Member, CSUDH Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building Team. Research/teaching interests include: cross-cultural, collaborative interactions between African and Latino youth, and Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Peace Building.
(310) 243-3042
rwilkins@csudh.edu
CULTURAL & LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY, LITERACY LEARNING
Sharroky Hollie, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Expert in culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and learning; African American education issues, literacy and language development for underachieving students (K-12); effective professional development; charter school design. Educator in large urban school district for 12 years, co-founder of charter school, and national educational consultant.
(310) 243-2076
shollie@csudh.edu ; beblack@comcast.net
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