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Farhad Mafie
Lecturer in computer engineering
B.S. electrical engineering, M.S. electrical engineering, Cal State Fullerton
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Research interests: Semiconductor technology marketing in the consumer and PC market segments
Languages fluent in: Farsi

Raj V. Mahto
Assistant professor of management
B.A. engineering, Gujarat University
M.B.A., University of New Mexico
Ph.D. management, University of Memphis
Birthplace: Begusarai, India
Research interests/areas of expertise: Management of high technology ventures, family business, small business
Languages fluent in: Gujarati, Hindi

Elisa C. Mandell
Assistant professor of art
B.A. anthropology, M.A. and Ph.D. art history, UCLA
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Research interests/areas of expertise: Pre-Columbian art history, constructions of gender, issues dealing with ethnicity and nationalism, masking and masquerade
Languages fluent in: Spanish, French

Jonathan B. Markley
Assistant professor of history
B.A. history, M.A. history, University of Auckland
Ph.D. ancient history, Macquarie University
Birthplace: Gisborne, New Zealand
Research interests/areas of expertise: Ancient China (Han Dynasty), Silk Road, Ancient Greece and Rome

Archana J. McEligot
Associate professor of health science
B.S., M.S., UC San Diego
Ph.D. public health, UC San Diego/San Diego State
Birthplace: Baroda, India
Research interests/areas of expertise: Nutritional epidemiology and nutrition, interaction between dietary variable and modifiable variables with genetic polymorphisms

Tyler McMillen
Assistant professor of mathematics
B.S. mathematics, University of Utah
M.S. mathematics, Utah State University
Ph.D. applied mathematics, University of Arizona
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah
Research interests/areas of expertise: Applied math

Evelina Mengova
Lecturer in economics
M.A. economics, Central European University
M.A. economics, Sophia University
Ph.D. economics, Georgetown University
Birthplace: Sofia, Bulgaria
Research interests: International economics, trade, industrial organization, development
Languages fluent in: Bulgarian, Russian, French

Steven Miller
Assistant professor of psychology
B.A. English and philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
B.S. psychology, M.S. statistics, Loyola University Chicago
M.S. clinical psychology, Illinois State University
Birthplace: Chicago
Research interests/areas of expertise: Analyzing stability and change over time, scale development, how failure to read instructional manipulations impacts psychological research, relation between personality, emotional experience

Michael G. Milligan
Lecturer in finance
B.A. public accounting, Hofstra University
M.B.A., Pepperdine University
Birthplace: Uniondale, N.Y.
Research interests: Financial markets

Gloria Monti
Assistant professor of radio-TV-film
M.A. communication studies, University of Iowa
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. American studies, Yale University
Birthplace: Milano, Italy
Research interests/areas of expertise: American cinema, Italian cinema, feminist film theory, race studies, Jean-Luc Godard
Languages fluent in: Italian, French

Michele Mouttapa
Assistant professor of health science
M.A. psychology, Cal State Fullerton
Ph.D. preventative medicine, University of Southern California
Birthplace: Little Falls, N.Y.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Adolescent health with a focus on violence, substance use, HIV prevention

Megan Kate Nelson
Assistant professor of history
A.B. history and literature, Harvard University
Ph.D. American studies, University of Iowa
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Cultural history of 19th Century America, southern studies, environmental studies, Civil War

Ryan Nichols
Assistant professor of philosophy
Ph.D. philosophy, Ohio State University
Birthplace: Clinton, Ill.
Research interests/areas of expertise: 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, science fiction

Nobuhito Nishigawara
Assistant professor of art
B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute
M.F.A., Arizona State
Birthplace: Nagoya, Japan
Research interests/areas of expertise: Ceramic Arts
Languages fluent in: Japanese

Brian Michael Norton
Lecturer in English, comparative literature and linguistics
Ph.D. comparative literature, New York University
Birthplace: Joliet, Ill.
Research interests: 18th-century novel, the Enlightenment, ethics and literature

Derek Pacheco
Assistant professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
B.A. American literature and culture, UCLA
M.A. English, University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D. English, UCLA
Birthplace: Boston, Mass.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Early and 19th-century American literature, history of the book in the United States, trancendentialism, popular culture, race, class and gender in American literature

Nilay V. Patel
Assistant professor of biological science
B.S. biology, University of Cincinnati
Ph.D. neurobiology and behavior, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Birthplace: Bombay, India
Research interests/areas of expertise: Regulation of apolipoprotein-E gene expression and its role in Alzheimer’s Disease
Languages fluent in: Gujarati, Hindi

Jessie Peissig
Assistant professor of psychology
B.A. psychology, Winona State University
Ph.D. psychology, University of Iowa
Birthplace: Marshfield, Wis.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Cognitive neuroscience, specializing in studying the underlying brain mechanisms of object and face recognition

Christo Pirinksy
Professor of finance
B.A. statistics, Sofia University
Ph.D. finance, Ohio State University
Birthplace: Sofia, Bulgaria
Research interests/areas of expertise: Investments, behavioral finance, capital raising
Languages fluent in: German, Bulgarian

Jennifer Ponder
Assistant professor of elementary and bilingual education
B.S., M.A. elementary education, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Ph.D. curriculum and instruction, Indiana University
Birthplace: Anniston, Ala.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Civic education, culturally responsive teaching, democracy in the classroom, mentor programs for first-year teachers, social studies in the elementary classroom

Henry Puente
Assistant professor of communications
B.A. radio-TV-film, Cal State Fullerton
M.A. communication management, University of Southern California
Ph.D. radio-TV-film, University of Texas
Birthplace: Oxnard
Research interests/areas of expertise: Media diversity issues, film marketing/distribution
Languages fluent in: Spanish

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