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Carter Cleveland Rakovski
Assistant professor of sociology
Ph.D. sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Birthplace: Titusville, Fla.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Organizational theories, quality of care in U.S. nursing homes
Languages fluent in: Bulgarian

Suzanne Robertson
Assistant professor of nursing
B.S.N., University of Arizona
M.S.Ed., Kansas State University
Ph.D. nursing, University of San Diego (expected)*
Birthplace: Montgomery, Ala.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Defining health through the life continuum, spirituality, end of life

Daniela A. Rubin
Assistant professor of kinesiology
Ph.D. human movement science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Birthplace: Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Research interests/areas of expertise: Youth obesity, insulin resistance, physical activity, exercise physiology, exercise endocrinology
Languages fluent in: Spanish

Vince Salyers
Associate professor of nursing
B.A. psychology, San Francisco State
M.S.N., San Francisco State
Ed.D., University of San Francisco
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa
Research interests/areas of expertise: Classroom education, web-enhanced learning environments, language translation research, vulnerable populations research, health promotion in Spanish-speaking men
Languages fluent in: Spanish

Eduardo Sanchez
Assistant professor of special education
B.A. philosophy, University of North Florida
M.A. education, University of San Francisco
Research interests/areas of expertise: Working memory functioning of individuals with reading disability, effective use of assistive and educational technology in instruction

Christine Scher
Assistant professor of psychology
B.A. psychology, UCLA
Ph.D. clinical psychology, San Diego State University/UC San Diego
Research interests/areas of expertise: Risk/vulnerability to emotional disorders with an emphasis on cognitive and developmental factors

Patricia Schneider-Zioga
Lecturer in English, comparative literature and linguistics
B.A. linguistics, University of Minnesota
M.A. linguistics, Ph.D. linguistics, USC
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Research interests: Minimalist syntax – especially the syntax of long-distance dependencies, the phonology of dyslexia, the relation between orthography and phonology
Languages fluent in: Greek, German

Ousmane Seck
Lecturer in economics
Ph.D. economics, University of Kansas
Birthplace: Senegal
Research interests: Applied microeconomics (household economics, managerial economics), applied microeconometrics, macroeconomics, development economics
Languages fluent in: French, Wolof

Sagnika Sen
Associate professor of information systems and decision sciences
B.E. electrical engineering, Bengal Engineering College
M.S. information systems, University of Texas, Arlington
Ph.D. business administration, Arizona State University
Birthplace: Calcutta, India
Research interests/areas of expertise: Service level agreements for information technology outsourcing, contract formulation, incentive design and pricing, decision support systems, interoperability issues in heterogeneous systems
Languages fluent in: Bengali

HyeKyeung Seung
Associate professor of human communication studies
B.A. psychology, Seoul National University
M.A. psychology, Korea University
Ph.D. communicative disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Birthplace: Seoul, Korea
Research interests/areas of expertise: Language development of children with autism
Languages fluent in: Korean

Alexei Shevchenko
Assistant professor of political science
M.A. international relations, Moscow Institute of International Relations
M.A. history, University of Hawaii
Ph.D. political science, UCLA
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Research interests/areas of expertise: American foreign policy, international relations in the Asia-Pacific, Chinese and Russian foreign policy and domestic politics, international relations theory
Languages fluent in: Russian, Chinese

John Short
Assistant professor of theatre and dance
B.A. history and theatre, Hanover College
M.F.A. theatre, Cal State Long Beach
Research interests/areas of expertise: Acting for the camera

Paula Silva
Assistant professor of management
B.S., M.B.A. finance, San Diego State
Ph.D. business administration, University of Florida
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Research interests/areas of expertise: Top management compensation and decision-making, relationship between personality and job attitudes

Christopher Slogar
Assistant professor of art
B.A. art, University of Central Florida
M.A., Ph.D. art history, University of Maryland
Birthplace: Titusville, Fl.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Arts of Africa, museum studies, archaeology

Gwendolyn Spears
Assistant professor of nursing
B.S., M.S. nursing, Cal State Los Angeles
Birthplace: Talladega, Alabama
Research interests/areas of expertise: Psychosocial issues in adolescent health, particularly substance use in adolescent pregnancy

Georgia Spiropoulous
Assistant professor of criminal justice
B.S. political science, Gustavus Adolphus College
M.S. criminal justice, Northwestern University
Research interests/areas of expertise: correctional treatment

Scott Spitzer
Assistant professor of political science
B.A. political science, Columbia University
Ph.D. English and American literature, Brandeis University
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Research interests/areas of expertise: American political development, the presidency, social welfare policy, racial politics

Kenneth Stichter
Assistant professor of educational leadership
B.A. history, Cal State Long Beach
M.A. history, Carnegie Mellon University
Ed.D. educational leadership and policy, University of Southern California
Research interests/areas of expertise: Effects of differentiated grading practices in secondary education, integrated accountability and assessment methods in schools, evolution of efficacious and reflective decision making

Grigor Sukiassyn
Lecturer in economics
M.A. economics, Central European University
Ph.D. economics, USC
Birthplace: Yerevan, Armenia
Research interests: Macroeconomics, economic growth, applied econometrics, analysis of survey data
Languages fluent in: Armenian, Russia

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