New Faces

Campus Welcomes More than 100 New Tenure-track Faculty and Full-time Lecturers

New Faculty: A - C | D - I | J - M | N - R | S - Z

Mary E. Dalessi
Lecturer in secondary education
M.S. education - special education, Cal State Fullerton
B.A. history, Cal State Fullerton
Research interests/areas of expertise: assessment and accountability system for public schools, mandated state content and performance standards, middle school education and administration

Fanny M. Daubigny
Assistant professor of modern languages and literature
Ph.D. French, University of Miami
Master, arts management, University of Paris X, Dauphine
M.A. public law, University of Paris II, Assas
M.A. english literature, University of Paris III, La Sorbonne
Research interests/areas of expertise: Marcel Proust, 19th- and 20th-century French literature and art history, literary theory, visual semiotics, gesture studies

John K. Davis
Assistant professor of philosophy
Ph.D. philosophy, University of Washington
J.D. New York University School of Law
B.A. Reed College
Research interests/areas of expertise: bioethics

Marcela de Souza
Assistant professor of secondary education
Ph.D. and M.A. education, UC Santa Barbara
M.A. education, Chapman University
B.A. english, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Research interests/areas of expertise: academic achievement of language minority students; second language development; educational equity

Steven T. Delbridge
Lecturer in management
J.D. Western State University College of Law
M.S. taxation, Golden Gate University
B.A. physics, American International College

Andrew Dickson
Assistant professor of art
M.F.A. painting and drawing, Cal State Long Beach
B.S. ministry, Corban College

Anthony DiStefano
Assistant professor of health science
Ph.D. public health and M.P.H., UCLA
B.A. japanese, UCLA
Research interests/areas of expertise: HIV/AIDs and violence

Jamel K. Donnor
Assistant professor of Afro-ethnic studies
Ph.D. educational communications and technology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A. higher education administration, Ohio State University
B.A. social studies education, Washington State University
Research interests/areas of expertise: African American academic achievement; urban educational policy; technology and education policy; race, education and legal analysis

Barbara L. Doyer
Lecturer in nursing
M.S. healthcare administration, University of La Verne
B.S. nursing, University of San Francisco

Alison C. Edwards
Lecturer in music
M.M. piano performance, USC
B.M. piano performance, Cal State Fullerton

Quannetta T. Edwards
Associate professor of nursing
DNSc/Ph.D. Catholic University of America
M.S. nursing, Mississippi University, Columbus
M.S. mental health counseling, St. Mary’s University
B.S. nursing, University of Texas, San Antonio
Research interests/areas of expertise: women’s health, health disparities and promotion, prostate cancer, genetics

Robert M. Engels
Assistant professor of radio-TV-film
M.F.A. and B.A. theatre, University of Minnesota

Roberta M. Espinoza
Assistant professor of sociology
Ph.D. and M.A. sociology, UC Berkeley
B.A. sociology, Pomona College
Research interests/areas of expertise: sociology of education, family, Latina and Latinos; social stratification and networks, race/ethnicity, women’s and gender feminist studies

Russ K.E. Espinoza
Assistant professor of psychology
Ph.D. social psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
M.S. counseling, Cal State Northridge
B.A. psychology, Cal State Northridge
Research interests/areas of expertise: social psychology, prejudice against minorities in the legal system, stereotyping, personality, multicultural issues

David B. Ewing
Lecturer in American Language
M.S. teaching English to speakers of other languages, Cal State Fullerton
B.A. political science, Cal State Fullerton

Howard Forman
Associate professor of marketing
Ph.D. marketing and international business, Temple University
M.B.A. George Washington University
B.S. business logistics, Pennsylvania State University
Research interest/areas of expertise: pricing and supply

Brent M. Foster
Assistant professor of communications
Ph.D. communication, University of Missouri, Columbia
M.A. communication, Central Missouri State University
B.S. broadcasting and film, Central Missouri State University
Research interests/areas of expertise: communication ethics, media addition, media convergence, TV and radio studio and field production

Karen Gallagher
Lecturer in marketing
Ph.D. german, University of California Irvine (pending)
M.A. german language and literature, University of Maryland, College Park
B.A. international relations and German/European area studies, American University

Cynthia S. Gautreau
Assistant professor of elementary and bilingual education
Ed.D. curriculum and instruction, Argosy University
M.A. educational multimedia, Cal Poly Pomona
B. A. liberal studies, Cal Poly Pomona

Kiran George
Assistant professor of computer engineering
Ph.D. and M.S. electrical engineering, Wright State University
B.S. electrical engineering, Bharathiar University, India
Research interests/areas of expertise: biologically inspired electronics and designs, Electronic Warfare Applications, Fourier transform architecture, area and time efficient arithmetic structures, development of efficient VLSI test, theory and development of advanced DSP algorithms

Nahid Ghazaee
Lecturer in nursing
M.S. nursing, University of Phoenix
Master in educational administration, Western Michigan University
B.S. nursing administration, Pahlavi University, Iran

Laurie Giesenhagen
Lecturer in management
M.A. human resources and industrial relations, University of Minnesota
B.A. political science, Colorado State University
Research interests/areas of expertise: employee relations, training and development, employee recognition, staffing, workers comp, employment law, incentive programs and temporary staffing

Aaron T. Goetz
Assistant professor of psychology
Ph.D. and M.A. psychology, Florida Atlantic University
B.A. psychology, University of Texas, Austin
Research interests/areas of expertise: self-deception, mating strategies, mate selection, intimate partner violence, psychopathy, jealousy

Adam B. Golub
Assistant professor of American studies
Ph.D. american studies, University of Texas, Austin
M.A.T. english, Boston College
A.B. english, Vassar College

Erualdo R. González
Assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano studies
Ph.D. urban and regional planning, UC Irvine
M.A. social ecology, UC Irvine
B.A. psychology and Chicano studies, Loyola Marymount University
Research interests/areas of expertise: community health; race, ethnicity and culture; community development; program evaluation; and community-based methodologies

Mark L. Gray
Lecturer in secondary education
Ph.D. curriculum and instruction, University of Washington
M.Ed. reading education, Texas Woman’s University
B.S. multidisciplinary studies, University of North Texas
Research interests/areas of expertise: instructional decisions for English-Language learners

Marcus E. Green
Lecturer in political science
Ph.D. political science, York University
M.A. political science, University of Toronto
B.A. political science and philosophy, Cal State Fullerton
Research interests/areas of expertise: political theory, comparative politics, American politics

Amalia Guerrero
Student services professional, Counseling and Psychological Services
Psy.D. and M.A. clinical psychology, Alliant International University
B.A. psychology and social behavior, UC Irvine

Angelique C. Harris
Assistant professor of sociology
Ph.D. and M.A. sociology, City University of New York
M.A. applied sociology, University of Massachusetts
B.A. social psychology, University of Massachusetts
Research interests/areas of expertise: medical sociology, mental health, race/ethnicity, sex and gender, sexualities, immigration, class, religion, family, deviance, mixed methods, culture and media

Judith Hervey
Lecturer in nursing
M.S. nursing administration, Cal State Fullerton (pending)
B.S. nursing, University of Phoenix
Research interests/areas of expertise: quality of sleep for night nurses and effects on patient care and safety

Sarah A. Hill
Assistant professor of political science
Ph.D. and M.S. social science, California Institute of Technology
B.S. applied mathematical sciences, Texas A&M University
Research interests/areas of expertise: American politics, state and local government, public policy and public finance

Sarah E. Hill
Assistant professor of psychology
Ph.D. psychology, University of Texas, Austin
B.A. anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Research interests/areas of expertise: evolution and social behavior, evolutionary psychology, social cognition, behaviors and decision-making in mate choice, cooperation and conflict in interpersonal relationships, motivational mechanisms that mediate social competition, subjective well-being, social competition, evolution of human mating and mating systems, evolutionary economics, evolutionary functions of self-esteem

Jidong Huang
Lecturer in electrical engineering
Ph.D. electrical engineering, Ohio University (pending)
M.S. computer engineering and applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S. educational technology, Central China Normal University
Research interests/areas of expertise: autonomous ground vehicle design, real-time kinematic techniques, multiple constellations and frequencies GNSS positioning techniques, local area GNSS reference station network, real-time embedded system design

Paula K. Hudson
Assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Ph.D. atmospheric/physical chemistry, University of Colorado
B.A. environmental chemistry, UC San Diego

Zair Ibragimov
Assistant professor of mathematics
Ph.D. mathematics, University of Michigan
M.A. mathematics, University of Oklahoma
B.S. mathematics, Novosibirsk State University
Research interests/areas of expertise: Analysis, invariant metrics