College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
James J. A. Blair
Associate Professor
Expertise: Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Environmental Advocacy, Politics and the Environment, Political Ecology, Conservation & Politics, Cultural Anthropology, Natural Resources, Watershed Management, Water and River Protection, Environmental Conflicts (Hydroelectric Dams, Mining, Logging, Oil & Gas), Territorial Disputes, Sovereignty and Self-Determination, Latin America, Southern Cone, South Atlantic, Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), North America, California, Salton Sea, Lithium Mining, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Neilan Chaturvedi
Director of the Weglyn Endowed Chair for Multicultural Studies; Professor of Political Science and Public Administration
Brady Collins
Professor; Director, Masters in Public Administration Program
Gabriel Granco
Associate Professor
Mario Guerrero
Associate Professor
Peter Hanink
Associate Professor of Criminology
Nell Huang Horowitz
Interim Associate Dean for Personnel and Academic Resources; Professor
Álvaro Huerta
Professor
Expertise: Immigration, Informal Economy, Community & Economic Development, Chicano and Chicana Issues, Public Policy, Community Organizing and Social Movements, Latino and Latina Issues, Race and Ethnic Politics, Race and Ethnicity, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, College of Environmental Design
Camille Su-Lin Johnson
Dean
Expertise: Higher Education, First-Generation College Students, Inclusive Student Success, Faculty Success, Interracial Interactions, Inclusive Interviewing, Self-Uncertainty, Impact of Social Comparison, Motivation & Self Image, Team Building in Academia, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Carsten Lange
Professor
Expertise: Machine Learning, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), International Finance, Monetary Policy, Regional Economics, Economic Impact Analysis, European Monetary Union, Computer Assisted Learning, COVID-19, Virus, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Claudia García-Des Lauriers
Associate Professor
Expertise: Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican Archeology, Art and Religion, Archaeology and Identity, War Costume and Symbolism, Chiapas, Teotihuacan, Maya Civilization, Archeology Preservation, Cave Myths, Undergraduate Field Work, Trade and Interaction, Archaeology in Mexico, Archaeology in Guatemala, Early Trade Routes in Mesoamerica, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Alex Madva
Professor
Robert Nyenhuis
Assistant Professor
Sunny Lie Owens
Associate Professor
Jason M. Turcotte
Department Chair, Professor
Denisse Vásquez-Guevara
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Social Media and Online Technologies, Public Relations, Social Corporate Responsibility, Health Communication, Science Communication, Gender and Communication, Latin American Development (Andean Region), High-Performance Student Mentorship, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Zuoyue Wang
Professor
Expertise: U.S.-China Policy, History of Science and Technology, Modern Science in the U.S. and China, U.S. Cold War Science Policy, U.S. Space and Nuclear Program Policy, U.S. History (recent), U.S. Science Policy, Immigrant Scientists and Engineers, Climate Change Science and Politics, Chinese Science Policy, 20th Century History of American Technology, Asian and Chinese Americans in Science and Technology, Race and Ethnic Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Foreign Policy, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
