Sabbatical Leaves

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The granting of sabbatical leaves (AA-2021-11) is intended for the mutual benefit of the University and the person granted such a leave. CSU Dominguez Hills is committed in supporting and encouraging the teaching, research, scholarly and creative activities, and professional development of the faculty unit employee. Hence, we encourage all full-time faculty members to peruse this page for more details on eligibility, applications, and timelines.

To view the Leaves and Honors Committee members for this academic year, please click on the following link: 2020-2021 Leaves and Honors Committee.

CSU/CFA (Unit 3) Collective Bargaining Agreement Faculty Leave Information

For more information and eligibility, please refer to the below articles of the Unit 3, California Faculty Association Collective Bargaining Agreement.

CBA Article 22, Leaves of Absence Without Pay
CBA Article 27, Sabbatical Leaves
CBA Article 28, Difference in Pay Leaves

Leaves and Honors Sabbatical Leave Calendar (2022-2023)

December 1, 2021: Notifications to eligible faculty

January 28, 2022 Sabbatical applications DUE to Faculty Affairs and Development via Interfolio

February 11, 2022: Leaves and Honors Committee review begins

March 11, 2022: Leaves and Honors Committee selection due

April 22, 2022: University President issues Sabbatical Leave letters

Difference-In-Pay Leave Calendar (2022-2023)

December 1, 2021: Notifications to eligible faculty

January 28, 2022: Applications DUE to Faculty Affairs and Development via Interfolio

February 11, 2022: RTP Committee review begins

March 11, 2022: RTP Committee selection due

April 22, 2022: University President issues Difference-In-Pay-Leave letters

Sabbatical / DIP Application and Forms

If you are a full-time faculty eligible for a sabbatical leave or DIP, you may apply and submit your application to the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development via Interfolio.

Current FERP faculty are not eligible for sabbatical or difference-in-pay leaves.

Sabbatical or Difference-In-Pay Leave Application [PDF]
Promissory Note [PDF]
Change in Term of Sabbatical Leave [PDF]
Sabbatical Leave Criteria & Scoring Sheet [PDF] (For informational use only)

Sabbatical Leave Recipients

The faculty members listed below have been granted sabbatical leaves to be taken during the
2020-2021 academic year. These recipients were selected based upon the recommendation of the Faculty Leaves and Honors Committee, chaired by Dr. Theodore Byrne.

Corina Benavides Lopez, Fall 2020, Chicana and Chicano Studies
Orie Berezan, Fall 2020, Management and Marketing
Giacomo Bono, Spring 2021, Psychology
William David Brice, Spring 2021, Management and Marketing
Kirti Sawhney Celly, Fall 2020, Management and Marketing
Brian Gregor, Spring 2021, Philosophy
Lee Hancock, Fall 2020, Kinesiology and Recreation
Yan-hua Huang, Fall 2020, Occupational Therapy
Jose R. Lopez Morin, Fall 2020, Chicana and Chicano Studies
Erin Merz, Fall 2020, Psychology
Christopher Monty, Spring 2021, History
La Tanya Skiffer, Spring 2021, Sociology
Jennifer Sumner, Fall 2020, Public Administration
Bin Tang, Fall 2020, Computer Science
Wang-Chan Wong, Fall 2020, Information Systems and Operations Management

Sabbatical Leave Eligibility List 2022-2023

Dr.	Yann	Abdourazakou	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Arek	Arakelian	Accounting, Finance and Economic
Dr.	Hugo	Asencio	Public Administration
Dr.	Maria	Barbosa	School of Nursing
Dr.	Kelli	Beard	Graduate Education
Dr.	Mohsen	Beheshti	Computer Science
Ms.	Barbara	Belmont	Chemistry
Dr.	Debra	Best	English
Dr.	Antonia	Boadi	Physics
Dr.	Jennifer Lee	Brandt	Women Studies
Dr.	Gwen	Brockman	Teacher Education
Dr.	Brant	Burkey	Communications
Ms.	Michele	Bury	Art and Design
Dr.	Heather	Butler	Psychology
Dr.	Theodore	Byrne	Public Administration
Dr.	Mary Lou	Cappel	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Carole	Casten	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Randolph Cramer	Cauthen	English
Dr.	Amlan	Chatterjee	Computer Science
Dr.	Marisela	Chavez	Chicana/Chicano Studies
Dr.	Scott	Cheatham	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Nancy	Cheever	Communications
Dr.	Chi-Wen	Chen	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Edward	Chu	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Helen	Chun	Biology
Dr.	Ximena	Cid	Physics
Dr.	William	De Luca	Theatre and Dance
Dr.	Gloria	Del Rosario	Accounting, Finance and Economic
Dr.	Kara	Dellacioppa	Sociology
Dr.	Prakash	Dheeriya	Accounting, Finance and Economic
Dr.	David	Dixon	Political Science
Dr.	Ryan	Bowles-Eagle	Communications
Dr.	Kirstin	Ellsworth	Art and Design
Dr.	Nancy	Erbe	Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Dr.	Michael	Ernst	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Kate	Esposito	Graduate Education
Dr.	Mohammad	Eyadat	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Salim	Faraji	Africana Studies
Dr.	Kate	Fawver	History
Dr.	Yesenia	Fernandez	Graduate Education
Dr.	Lorna	Fitzsimmons	Humanities
Dr.	Kitty	Fortner	Graduate Education
Dr.	Justin	Gammage	Africana Studies
Dr.	Thomas	Giannotti	English
Dr.	Linda	Goldman-Levine	School of Nursing
Dr.	Mara Lee	Grayson	English
Dr.	Mary	Medina	Occupational Therapy
Dr.	Jenney	Hall	Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr.	Kamal	Hamdan	Teacher Education
Dr.	Lynn	Harris-Henderson	Social Work
Dr.	Ivonne	Heinze Balcazar	Modern Languages
Dr.	Roderick	Hernandez	English
Dr.	Nyora	Higgs	Social Work
Dr.	Jim	Hill	Physics
Dr.	David	Hoopes	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Maria	Hurtado-Ortiz	Psychology
Dr.	Kimberly	Huth	English
Dr.	Cenap	Ilter	Accounting, Finance and Economic
Dr.	Alireza	Izaddoost	Computer Science
Dr.	Brian	Jarrett	Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Dr.	Matt	Jones	Mathematics
Dr.	Anupama	Joshi	Child Development
Dr.	Andrew	Kalaidjian	English
Dr.	Jian-Yu	Ke	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Barbara	Kennedy	School of Nursing
Mr.	Jim	Keville	Art and Design
Dr.	Karin	Kram	Biology
Dr.	Elena	Kulikov	Public Administration
Dr.	Sarah	Lacy	Anthropology
Dr.	Lida	Latifzadeh	Chemistry
Dr.	Tri Huu	Le	Human Services
Dr.	Donis	Leonard	Theatre and Dance
Dr.	Kelin	Li	Sociology
Dr.	Angela	Macias	Liberal Studies
Dr.	Michael	Manahan	Accounting, Finance and Economic
Dr.	Adriean	Mancillas	Graduate Education
Dr.	Andridia	Mapson	Social Work
Dr.	Clarence	Martin	Public Administration
Dr.	Jose	Martinez	Accounting, Finance and Economic
Dr.	Alexis	McCurn	Sociology
Dr.	Elexia Reyes	McGovern	Teacher Education
Dr.	Stephen	Moore	Music
Dr.	Scott	Morris	Music
Mr.	Mark	Muller	Orthotics and Prothetics
Dr.	Payman	Nasr	Clinical Science
Dr.	Celene (Claudia)	Navarrete Aguilar	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Siskanna	Naynaha	English
Dr.	Thomas	Norman	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Helen	Oesterheld	English
Dr.	Irene	Osisioma	Teacher Education
Ms.	Dana	Ospina	University Library
Dr.	Joanna	Perez	Sociology
Dr.	Phu	Phan	Human Services
Mr.	Thomas	Philo	University Library
Dr.	Wai Yan	Pong	Mathematics
Dr.	Hamid	Pourmohammadi	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Jose	Prado	Sociology
Dr.	Fynnwin	Prager	Public Administration
Dr.	John	Price	Physics
Dr.	Kimberley	Radmacher	Child Development
Dr.	Pamela	Robinson	Graduate Education
Dr.	Kenneth	Rodriguez	Chemistry
Dr.	Salvatore	Russo	Political Science
Dr.	Silvia	Santos	Psychology
Dr.	Sohaila	Shakib	Sociology
Dr.	David	Sherman	English
Dr.	Myron	Sheu	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Sari	Silvanto-Ryan	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Davood	Soleymani	Biology
Dr.	Hakjoon	Song	Accounting, Finance and Economic
Dr.	Chandra	Srinivasan	Chemistry
Dr.	Melissa	St. James	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Kristen	Stagg	Mathematics
Dr.	Carol	Sullivan	Graduate Education
Dr.	Laura	Talamante	History
Dr.	Sarah	Taylor	Anthropology
Dr.	Arumugam	Thangavel	Chemistry
Dr.	Kathryn	Theiss	Biology
Mr.	Devon	Tsuno	Art and Design
Dr.	John	Vanderhoef	Communications
Dr.	Gretel	Vera-Rosas	Sociology
Ms.	Wendolyn	Vermeer	University Library
Dr.	Tara	Victor	Psychology
Dr.	Philip	Vieira	Psychology
Dr.	George	Vinovich	Digital Media Arts
Dr.	Tieli	Wang	Chemistry
Dr.	Yi	Wang	Mathematics
Dr.	Sharon Chun	Wetterau	Social Work
Mr.	George	Wing	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Zheng	Yang	Public Administration
Dr.	Carolyn	Yarnall	Mathematics
Dr.	Sheng	Yi	Accounting, Finance and Economic
Ms.	Ellie	Zenhari	Art and Design
Dr.	Meng	Zhao	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Liudong	Zuo	Computer Science

DIP Eligibility List 2022-2023

Dr.	Yann	Abdourazakou	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Arek	Arakelian	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Dr.	Terri	Ares	School of Nursing
Dr.	Hugo	Asencio	Public Administration
Dr.	Maria	Barbosa	School of Nursing
Dr.	Kelli	Beard	Graduate Education
Dr.	Mohsen	Beheshti	Computer Science
Ms.	Barbara	Belmont	Chemistry
Dr.	Debra	Best	English
Dr.	Antonia	Boadi	Physics
Dr.	Jennifer Lee	Brandt	Women's Studies
Dr.	Gwen	Brockman	Teacher Education
Dr.	Brant	Burkey	Communications
Ms.	Michele	Bury	Art and Design
Dr.	Heather	Butler	Psychology
Dr.	Theodore	Byrne	Public Administration
Dr.	Mary Lou	Cappel	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Louis Mark	Carrier	Psychology
Dr.	Carole	Casten	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Randolph Cramer	Cauthen	English
Dr.	Amlan	Chatterjee	Computer Science
Dr.	Marisela	Chavez	Chicana/Chicano Studies
Dr.	Scott	Cheatham	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Nancy	Cheever	Communications
Dr.	Chi-Wen	Chen	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Anne	Choi	Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr.	Hee Kwang	Choi	Biology
Dr.	Edward	Chu	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Helen	Chun	Biology
Dr.	Ximena	Cid	Physics
Dr.	William	De Luca	Theatre Arts and Dance
Dr.	Gloria	Del Rosario	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Dr.	Kara	Dellacioppa	Sociology
Dr.	Prakash	Dheeriya	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Dr.	David	Dixon	Political Science
Dr.	Ryan	Bowles-Eagle	Communications
Dr.	Susan	Einbinder	Social Work
Dr.	Kirstin	Ellsworth	Art and Design
Dr.	Nancy	Erbe	Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Dr.	Michael	Ernst	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Kate	Esposito	Graduate Education
Dr.	Mohammad	Eyadat	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Salim	Faraji	Africana Studies
Dr.	Kate	Fawver	History
Dr.	Yesenia	Fernandez	Graduate Education
Dr.	Lorna	Fitzsimmons	Humanities
Dr.	Kitty	Fortner	Graduate Education
Dr.	Michael	Galant	Modern Languages
Dr.	Justin	Gammage	Africana Studies
Dr.	Thomas	Giannotti	English
Dr.	Linda	Goldman-Levine	School of Nursing
Dr.	Benito	Gomez	Modern Languages
Dr.	Mara Lee	Grayson	English
Dr.	Mary	Medina	Occupational Therapy
Dr.	Jenney	Hall	Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr.	Kamal	Hamdan	Teacher Education
Dr.	Jianchao	Han	Computer Science
Dr.	Lynn	Harris-Henderson	Social Work
Dr.	Ivonne	Heinze Balcazar	Modern Languages
Dr.	Roderick	Hernandez	English
Dr.	Nyora	Higgs	Social Work
Dr.	Jim	Hill	Physics
Dr.	David	Hoopes	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Maria	Hurtado-Ortiz	Psychology
Dr.	Kimberly	Huth	English
Dr.	Eric	Hwang	Occupational Therapy
Dr.	Cenap	Ilter	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Dr.	Alireza	Izaddoost	Computer Science
Dr.	Brian	Jarrett	Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Dr.	Matt	Jones	Mathematics
Dr.	Anupama	Joshi	Child Development
Dr.	Andrew	Kalaidjian	English
Dr.	James	Katzenstein	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Jian-Yu	Ke	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Barbara	Kennedy	School of Nursing
Mr.	Jim	Keville	Art and Design
Dr.	Karin	Kram	Biology
Dr.	Elena	Kulikov	Public Administration
Dr.	Sarah	Lacy	Anthropology
Dr.	Lida	Latifzadeh	Chemistry
Dr.	Tri Huu	Le	Human Services
Dr.	Donis	Leonard	Theatre Arts and Dance
Dr.	Kelin	Li	Sociology
Ms.	Wei	Ma	University Library
Dr.	Angela	Macias	Liberal Studies
Dr.	Michael	Manahan	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Dr.	Adriean	Mancillas	Graduate Education
Dr.	Andridia	Mapson	Social Work
Dr.	Clarence	Martin	Public Administration
Dr.	Jose	Martinez	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Dr.	Alexis	McCurn	Sociology
Dr.	Terrence	McGlynn	Biology
Dr.	Elexia Reyes	McGovern	Teacher Education
Dr.	Jerry	Moore	Anthropology
Dr.	Stephen	Moore	Music
Dr.	Scott	Morris	Music
Dr.	Dale	Mueller	School of Nursing
Mr.	Mark	Muller	Orthotics and Prosthetics
Dr.	Matthew	Mutchler	Health Sciences
Dr.	Payman	Nasr	Clinical Science
Dr.	Celene (Claudia)	Navarrete Aguilar	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Siskanna	Naynaha	English
Dr.	Susan	Needham	Anthropology
Dr.	Thomas	Norman	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Helen	Oesterheld	English
Dr.	Irene	Osisioma	Teacher Education
Ms.	Dana	Ospina	University Library
Dr.	Lauren	Outland	School of Nursing
Dr.	Keisha	Paxton	Psychology
Dr.	Maria Terry	Peralta	Occupational Therapy
Dr.	Joanna	Perez	Sociology
Dr.	Phu	Phan	Human Services
Mr.	Thomas	Philo	University Library
Dr.	Katy	Pinto	Sociology
Dr.	Wai Yan	Pong	Mathematics
Dr.	Hamid	Pourmohammadi	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Jose	Prado	Sociology
Dr.	Fynnwin	Prager	Public Administration
Dr.	John	Price	Physics
Dr.	Vivian	Price	Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr.	Lihung	Pu	Chemistry
Dr.	Kimberley	Radmacher	Child Development
Dr.	Serban	Raianu	Mathematics
Dr.	Nop	Ratanasiripong	School of Nursing
Ms.	Doris	Ressl	Theatre Arts and Dance
Dr.	Pamela	Robinson	Graduate Education
Dr.	Kenneth	Rodriguez	Chemistry
Dr.	Monica	Rosas-Baines	Student Health and Psychological Services
Dr.	Salvatore	Russo	Political Science
Dr.	Silvia	Santos	Psychology
Dr.	Jeffrey	Sapp	Teacher Education
Dr.	Sohaila	Shakib	Sociology
Dr.	Sharon	Sharp	Communications
Dr.	David	Sherman	English
Dr.	Myron	Sheu	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Sari	Silvanto-Ryan	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Ashish	Sinha	Earth Science and Geography
Dr.	Davood	Soleymani	Biology
Dr.	Hakjoon	Song	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Dr.	Chandra	Srinivasan	Chemistry
Dr.	Melissa	St. James	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Kristen	Stagg	Mathematics
Dr.	Noel	Sturm	Chemistry
Dr.	Carol	Sullivan	Graduate Education
Dr.	Rui	Sun	Public Administration
Dr.	Laura	Talamante	History
Dr.	Sarah	Taylor	Anthropology
Dr.	Elvira	Teller	Information Systems and Operations Management
Dr.	Arumugam	Thangavel	Chemistry
Dr.	Kathryn	Theiss	Biology
Mr.	Charles	Thomas	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Mr.	Devon	Tsuno	Art and Design
Dr.	John	Vanderhoef	Communications
Dr.	Gretel	Vera-Rosas	Sociology
Ms.	Wendolyn	Vermeer	University Library
Dr.	Tara	Victor	Psychology
Dr.	Philip	Vieira	Psychology
Dr.	George	Vinovich	Digital Media Arts
Dr.	Tieli	Wang	Chemistry
Dr.	Yi	Wang	Mathematics
Dr.	Sharon Chun	Wetterau	Social Work
Mr.	George	Wing	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Bing	Xu	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Zheng	Yang	Public Administration
Dr.	Carolyn	Yarnall	Mathematics
Dr.	Sheng	Yi	Accounting, Finance and Economics
Ms.	Ellie	Zenhari	Art and Design
Dr.	Meng	Zhao	Management and Marketing
Dr.	Ben	Zhou	Kinesiology and Recreation
Dr.	Liudong	Zuo	Computer Science

FAQ’s for Sabbatical Leave and Difference in Pay Leaves

What is the difference between a Sabbatical Leave and a Difference-In-Pay Leave (DIP)?

A Sabbatical Leave is a full paid leave at one semester or one-half salary at two semesters, whereas a DIP Leave is partial pay for one semester or two semesters (see calculation below for DIP Leave).
A faculty unit employee must have full-time continuous service for six (6) years prior to taking their first Sabbatical or DIP Leave.
Eligibility for a future Sabbatical Leave is six (6) years after any previous Sabbatical Leave or Difference In Pay Leave.
Eligibility for a future Difference In Pay is (3) years after any previous Difference In Pay Leave or Sabbatical Leave.
The Leaves and Honors Committee reviews all Sabbatical Leave applications.
The Department RTP Committee reviews the DIP Leave applications.

When might someone opt for a Difference in Pay instead of a Sabbatical Leave?

Someone might opt for a DIP Leave when a faculty unit employee is afforded an unexpected opportunity, such as external funding, a scholarship, or fellowship.

How is a DIP calculated?

A standard monthly rate is used for the minimum instructor salary from the CSU Salary Schedule. That monthly rate is $4,229. Below is a sample monthly base salary. Please make sure to use your monthly base salary to calculate your DIP.

See the example below for the Difference-in-Pay calculation:

Monthly salary of T/TT faculty - $6,500

Minimum Instructor Salary - $4,229

DIP Salary- $6,500-$4,229= $2,271 per month (6 months for AY faculty taking a one-semester DIP) (12 months for AY faculty taking a two-semester DIP)

Can I accept additional employment while on a Sabbatical or DIP Leave?

A faculty unit employee on Sabbatical Leave shall not accept additional and/or outside employment without prior approval from the President (Article 27.18).

A faculty unit employee granted a Difference In Pay Leave shall not accept additional and/or outside employment without prior approval from the President (Article 28.14).

Am I expected to work or serve on a committee while on a Sabbatical or DIP Leave?

There should be no committee service or instruction while on leave.

Can I defer my original Sabbatical or DIP Leave if I cannot take my leave as initially planned?

A Sabbatical or DIP Leave may be deferred up to one semester but should not go beyond one academic year. Our office has a form on the Faculty Forms and Documents (csudh.edu) website.