Current Faculty
Baugh, Amanda J.
(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.
Belinga, Rachelle
(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.
Best, Mechelle N.
(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.
Boroushaki, Soheil
(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.
Cotton, Jennifer
(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.
Gandhi, Shereazad Jimmy
(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.
Ganguli, Priya
(2017) Associate Professor of Geological Sciences. B.S. 1995, Indiana University; M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2013, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Giraldo, Mario A.
(2012) Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. Agr Eng. 1996, Agronomist Caldas State University (Colombia); M.Sc. 2003, Ph.D. 2007, University of Georgia.
Gutierrez, Gabriel
(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.
Khachikian, Crist S.
(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.
Kirner, Kimberly D.
(2011) Professor of Anthropology. B.A. 2001, M.A. 2003, Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Riverside.
Maalouf, Sami
(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.
Maas, Regan M.
(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.
Michaud, Kristy E.
(2007) Professor of Political Science. B.A. 2001, San Diego State University; M.A. 2003, Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Minassians, Henrik P.
(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.
Olwert, Craig T.
(2011) Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. B.S. 1994, M.C.R.P. 2008, Ph.D. 2010, The Ohio State University.
Orme, Amalie
(1990) Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. B.A. 1975, M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1983, University of California, Los Angeles.
RiVera Furumoto, Rosa L.
(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.
Ruiz, Stevie
(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.
Selassie I, W. Gabriel
(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.
Steinberg, Sheila
(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.
Toker, Zeynep
(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.
Woldeamanuel, Mintesnot G.
(2011) Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. B.S. 2001, Ethiopian Civil Service College; M.E. 2004, Ph.D. 2007, Hokkaido University.
Emeriti
Kent, Robert B.
(2008) Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. B.A. 1973, M.A. 1976, University of California, Davis; Ph.D. 1983, Syracuse University.