(2012) Director of M.A. in Sustainability Program; Professor of Religious Studies. B.A. 2004, Hendrix College; M.A. 2008, Ph.D. 2011, Northwestern University.

(2023) Assistant Professor of Management. B.A. 2012, ESCP Business School; M.A. 2015, Université Paris X, Nanterre; M.A. 2015, Université Paris-Sorbonne; Ph.D. 2018, MINES Paris – Paris Sciences et Lettres University.

(2008) Dean, College of Health and Human Development; Professor of Recreation and Tourism Management. B.S. 1995, M.S. 2002, University of West Indies; Ph.D. 2008, University of Florida.

(2011) Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. B.S. 1996, M.S. 2000, Azad University; M.S. 2004, University of Guelph; Ph.D. 2010, University of Western Ontario.

(2016) Department Chair of Geological Sciences; Associate Professor of Geological Sciences. B.A., B.S. 2007, Brandeis University; M.S. 2013, Ph.D. 2013, University of Michigan.

(2012) Department Chair of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management; Professor of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management. B.S. 2003, Illinois Institute of Technology; M.S. 2005, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 2010, Stevens Institute of Technology.

(2017) Associate Professor of Geological Sciences. B.S. 1995, Indiana University; M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2013, University of California, Santa Cruz.

(2012) Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. Agr Eng. 1996, Agronomist Caldas State University (Colombia); M.Sc. 2003, Ph.D. 2007, University of Georgia.

(2000) Department Chair of Chicana and Chicano Studies; Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies. B.A. 1990, M.A. 1993, Ph.D. 1997, University of California, Santa Barbara.

(2008) Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. B.A. 1973, M.A. 1976, University of California, Davis; Ph.D. 1983, Syracuse University.

(2013) Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction Management. B.S. 1995, University of California, Los Angeles; M.Eng. 1996, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 1999, University of California, Los Angeles.

(2011) Professor of Anthropology. B.A. 2001, M.A. 2003, Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Riverside.

(2014) Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction Management. B.S. 1990, M.S. 1992, California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 2014, University of California, Los Angeles.

(2011) Department Chair of Geography and Environmental Studies; Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. B.S. 1998, University of Iowa; B.S. 2001, Iowa State University; M.A. 2005, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 2010, University of California, Los Angeles.

(2007) Professor of Political Science. B.A. 2001, San Diego State University; M.A. 2003, Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Santa Barbara.

(2006) Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. B.A. 1994, M.A. 1996, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 2002, University of Albany State of New York.

(2011) Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. B.S. 1994, M.C.R.P. 2008, Ph.D. 2010, The Ohio State University.

(1990) Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. B.A. 1975, M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1983, University of California, Los Angeles.

(2002) Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies. B.A. 1982, M.A. 1991, California State University, Northridge; Ed.D. 2001, University of California, Los Angeles.

(2015) Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies. B.A. 2004, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; M.A. 2007, San Diego State University; M.A. 2010, Ph.D. 2015, University of California, San Diego.

(2021) Assistant Professor of Africana Studies. B.A. 1988, Prairie View A&M University; M.A. 2009, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. 2017, University of Notre Dame; Ph.D. 2005, Claremont Graduate University.

(2024) Director for the Institute of Sustainability; Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. B.A. 1988, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.S. 1990, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. 1996, Pennsylvania State University.

This course will teach the foundations of sustainability from a broad, systems-level approach. Topics include human impacts on the environment, ecological systems and natural resources; world views and carrying capacity; food and agriculture; energy, water and waste; transportation and the built environment; corporate social responsibility; and the psychology of change. Case studies and research are …

Recommended Preparatory Course: SUS 500. In this course, students will learn current and best practices for resource use, monitoring and management.  Discussions will focus on energy and water consumption and sources, waste and emissions. In the course we will evaluate alternative practices for use and supply of energy and water taking into account technical, environmental, …

Recommended Preparatory Course: SUS 500. This course examines the law and regulatory policy governing the operation of businesses and organizations and their impact on sustainability. Topics include an examination of sustainable business practices in light of international and U.S. federal and state law governing environmental policies and practices; implementation of law and policy to further …

Prerequisites: SUS 500 and SUS 510. This course provides an overview of the methodologies utilized by practitioners of sustainability. These qualitative and quantitative methodologies are applied in multiple ways in a wide variety of government, business, nonprofit, NGO, and educational sectors. Thus, becoming familiar with these tools will further help students develop their own methodological …

Recommended Preparatory Course: SUS 500.  An interdisciplinary exploration of strategic issues in sustainability. Uses various frameworks such as systems thinking to analyze opportunities and threats sustainability creates for organizations. May include lectures, readings, case studies, computer simulations, experiential exercises, guest speakers, field trips, and student projects.

Prerequisites: SUS 500, SUS 510, SUS 530; Graduate standing; Instructor permission required. This is the culminating experience for this graduate degree. By synthesizing and applying the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills gained in their prior graduate coursework, students will plan, prepare and complete a thesis or graduate project that creatively addresses a local, regional or global …

This program offers an education in understanding and evaluating current practices, including environmental, social and economic considerations, and in choosing and implementing best practices through application of this knowledge. The five required courses ground students in the foundations of sustainability, best practices and the regulatory framework in which pro-environmental decisions must be made, as well …

The M.A. in Sustainability is designed to prepare students with advanced knowledge and skills to address and resolve the challenges of sustainable practices in the 21st century. With a multifaceted program of study addressing the intersection of science, technology, environmental justice, business and policy, the curriculum complements CSUN’s institutional learning outcomes to advance students’ intellectual …

(2006) Department Chair of Urban Studies and Planning; Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. B.A. 1998, M.A. 2000, Middle East Technical University, Turkey; Ph.D. 2004, North Carolina State University.

(2011) Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. B.S. 2001, Ethiopian Civil Service College; M.E. 2004, Ph.D. 2007, Hokkaido University.