California State University, Chico
Faculty Expert Database

Information is listed in this order: Name, title and department; highest degree earned and university where degree was earned; areas of expertise; contact phone number. Faculty are listed under their department and school or college. Faculty who are directors of centers are listed with the center below.
All phone numbers are office numbers. All have 530 area code and 898 prefix. To reach faculty experts, you can also contact Joe Wills, public affairs director, at 530-898-4143.
Note to media: The subjects listed are oriented toward areas of traditional interest to reporters. The database is not a complete summation of scholarly strengths of the CSU, Chico faculty. If you are researching a topic not listed, feel free to contact the public affairs office for assistance. A list of degree abbreviations and full degree titles is at the end of the database.

Center for Applied and Profesional Ethics (CAPE)
Andrew M. Flescher
530-898-5534

Center for Bilingual/Multicultural Studies
Charles Zartman, Professor, Professional Studies in Education; Director, Center for Bilingual/Multicultural Studies
PhD, University of Colorado
bilingual/multicultural education, sociocultural issues in education
530-898-4069

Center for Economic Development
Dan Ripke, Director, Center for Economic Development
BA, CSU, Chico
regional economic development
530-898-4598

Center for Manufacturing Excellence
Ray Rummel, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing; Director, Center for Manufacturing Excellence
EdD, Arizona State University
metals technology, manufacturing education
530-898-5097

Center for Math and Science Education
Bill Fisher, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics; Director, Center for Math and Science Education
PhD, University of Oregon
math education
530-898-5800

Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies
Carol Burr, Professor, English; Director, Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies
PhD, Case Western Reserve
gender studies, women's studies
530-898-5249

Center for Regional and Continuing Education
Debra Barger Interim Dean, Center for Regional and Continuing Education
MPA, University of Texas
distance education, telecommunication and online technology, summer
session, year round operation
dbarger@csuchico.edu
530-898-6105

Center for the Study of Youth and the Family
Sandra Machida, Professor, Psychology; Coordinator, Center for the Study of Youth and the Family; Coordinator, Child Development Program
PhD, Stanford
Early childhood intervention, sociocultural context of development, ethnic minority child development, poverty resiliency in childhood, staff development, program evaluation
530-898-5250

Lee Altier, Professor, Agriculture
PhD, Cornell University
agricultural ecology, vegetable production, international agriculture, offsite impacts of agricultural production, riparian buffer system management, Riparian Ecosystem Management Model
530-898-4137

Charles Crabb, Dean, Professor, Agriculture
PhD, UC Davis
Agricultural pest management.
530-898-5844

Cindy Daley, Assistant Professor, Agriculture
PhD, UC Davis
Agricultural Biotechnology Applications, Animal Science, Reproductive Physiology, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), Livestock Industry
530-898-6280

David Daley, Professor, Agriculture
PhD, Colorado State
Animal science, livestock judging, livestock safety issues
530-898-4539

Bradley W. Dodson, Assistant Professor, Agriculture
PhD, Texas A& M University
Agricultural education, youth leadership, Future Farmers of America
530-898-6170

Henricus Jansen, Professor, Agriculture
PhD, UC Berkeley
Brushland management, stream and riparian resource management
530-898-4568

Annette Levi, Associate Professor, Agriculture
PhD, Washington State
Agri-business, international marketing and trade issues
530-898-4250

Todd A. Lone, Assistant Professor, Agriculture
PhD, Washington State University - Agricultural Economist
Ag Marketing, market demand analysis, consumer decision making, ag Production efficiency gains
530-898-6879
TLone@csuchico.edu

Mitchell M. Johns, Professor, Agriculture
PhD, UC Davis
Soil chemistry, soil fertility, agronomy, waste management, water quality
530-898-6159

Richard Rosecrance, Assistant Professor, Agriculture
PhD, UC Davis
530-898-5699

Lal Singh, Professor, Agriculture
EdD, Oklahoma State
agriculture in India, farm management, Polynesia and Costa Rican agriculture
530-898-4543

Anthropology

Eric Bartelink, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
A.B.D. Texas A&M (2006)
Human skeletal biology and archaeological applications of stable isotope analysis, reconstructing diet and health patterns in prehistoric central California. Research interests: bioarchaeology, paleodietary reconstruction, forensic anthropology, California prehistory.
530-898-4540
ebartelink@csuchico.edu

Carolyn Brown Heinz, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
PhD, University of Washington
Asian culture
Book: "Asian Cultural Traditions"
530-898-4094
CHeinz@csuchico.edu

William Loker, Associate Professor, Anthropology
PhD, University of Colorado
Honduras, globalization, international development, environment and development, international agriculture, Latin America, Amazonia, Peru, Central America
530-898-6564
WLoker@csuchico.edu

Antoinette Martinez, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D.: University of California, Berkeley (1998)
North American and California archaeology, historical archaeology, culture contact studies, native women in prehistory/history and archaeofaunal analysis.
530-898-5696
AMartinez@csuchico.edu

Turhon Murad, Professor, Anthropology
PhD, Indiana University
Forensic anthropology, "Big Foot" myth, use of skeletal remains in law enforcement
530-898-4300
TMurad@csuchico.edu

Stacy B. Schaefer, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
PhD, UCLA
Museum Studies, Indigenous communities, art, religion and symbolism, and Latin American studies
530-898-5861
SSchaefer@csuchico.edu

Charles Urbanowicz, Professor, Anthropology
PhD, University of Oregon
Islands of the Pacific, women in the Pacific, tourism in the Pacific, interactive learning, science fact and fiction, study of the future, satellites in space, Marconi, Darwin, Sputnik I
530-898-6220
CUrbanowicz@csuchico.edu

Patrick Willey, Professor, Anthropology
PhD, University of Tennessee
Forensic anthropology, bone structure, skeletal remains on
historical U.S. battlefields, Little Bighorn, Custer
530-898-4793
PWilley@csuchico.edu

Child Development Program

Judith Bordin, Professor, Child Development Program
PhD, Fielding Institute
Parent education and family relations, communication skills and problem solving, program evaluation, child care regulations and licensing
530-898-5250
JBordin@csuchico.edu

Bradley Glanville, Professor, Child Development Program
PhD, Michigan State
Parenting, parent/child relationships, family resource management
530-898-5919
BGlanville@csuchico.edu

Melissa Groves, Assistant Professor, Child Development Program
PhD, Virginia Tech
Infant development, Preschool for All, Early Childhood Educator Professional Development, Assessment, Assessment and Curriculum in Early Childhood Education settings
530-898-5564
MGroves@csuchico.edu

Cindy Ratekin, Professor, Child Development Program; Professional Studies in Education
PhD, UCLA
Development appropriate preschools, anti-bias curriculum, quality indicators and national accreditation of preschools, assessment in early childhood, early childhood special education, inclusive education, temperament in children and its effect on behavior, school adjustment, infant mental health
530-898-5362
CRatekin@csuchico.edu  

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Economics

Ronald Adams, Professor, Economics
PhD, Kansas State
urban and regional economics, microeconomic theory, statistics, econometrics
530-898-5206

Cathleen Coolidge, Associate Professor, Economics
PhD, Virginia Tech
Public sector economics
530-898-5759

John Eckalbar, Professor, Economics
PhD, University of Colorado
T Technology in housing, money and credit, theory of money
530-898-5244

Robert Fischer, Professor, Economics
PhD, University of Oregon
Proposition 13 impact
530-898-5808

Gary Francis, Professor, Economics
PhD, University of Colorado
T ax & fiscal analysis, international economics, radical economics, institutional economics
530-898-5244

David Gallo, Professor, Economics
PhD, University of Oregon
California energy shortage, monetary theory, energy economics
530-898-5232

Barney Hope, Professor, Economics
PhD, UC Riverside
Development economics, economics of groundwater management, Asian economic crisis
530-898-6493

Robert James, Professor, Economics,
PhD, University of Oregon
International economics, US trade deficits macroeconomic policy
530-898-5206

Michael Perelman, Professor, Economics
PhD, UC Berkeley
Market economies, Marxist economics, investment theory and planning, inefficiency of American agricultural
technology, small farm economics, overvalued stocks
Book: "The End of Economics"
530-898-5321

Frederica Shockley, Professor, Economics
PhD, Georgia State
Tax theory (who really pays for government), Proposition 13, public finance, job creation in the local economy, economic impact, input-output analysis, development impact fees, cost of annexation, revenue forecasts for local government
530-898-6141

Geography and Planning

Scott Brady, Assistant Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, Louisiana State University
General geography
530-898-5588

Jacquelyn Chase, Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, UCLA
Rural planning and development, gender, Latin America, urban-rural relations
530-898-5887

William Collins, Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, University of Cincinnati
Rural and community planning, environmental studies, geography of Asia, methods in geography
and archaeology, archaeology of the ancient Near East
530-898-4953

Dean Fairbanks, Assistant Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Biogeography, conservation planning, quantitative land-use/land-cover change, geographic information
science, remote sensing, Sub-Saharan Africa
530-898-5780

Richard Haimann, Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, UCLA
Climatology, biogeography
530-898-6494

Paul Melcon, Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Geographic information systems, satellites and geography
530-898-6871

Gary Peters, Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Population geography, California, viticulture
530-898-6494

Susan Place, Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, UCLA
Ecotourism, international environmental issues
530-898-5285

Eugenie Rovai, Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, Clark University
Hazards, spatial visualization and mapping, southwestern water policy, political redistricting
530-898-6091

Mark Stemen, Assistant Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, University of Iowa
Environmental studies, historical geography, environmental education, waste management
530-898-5428

Janell Campbell, Lecturer, Health and Community Services
MA, CSU, Chico
Human sexuality, school & consumer health, mandatory urine testing for drug use in the workforce, sexually transmitted diseases in the US,
the threat of AIDS
530-898-4512

Lisa Clark, Assistant Professor, Health and Community Services
MPH, PhD, Texas Women's University
Instructional technology, cultural diversity, child health and women's health
530-898-4417

Armeda Ferrini, Professor, Health and Community Services
PhD, University of Utah
Issues affecting the aged, health education for elderly women, health in Latin America
530-898-6662

Roland Lamarine, Professor, Health and Community Services
HSD, Indiana University
Health attitudes and drug abuse among Native Americans, smoking and health and dentists, cancer education, radiation health risks
530-898-6265

Richard Narad, Associate Professor, Health and Community Services
DPA, USC
Health policy, emergency medical services systems, ambulance services, trauma care
530-898-5309

Rosalind Reed, Professor, Health and Community Services
PhD, Oregon State
Personal responsibilities for health, human sexuality
530-898-6019

Vic Sbarbaro, Lecturer, Health and Community Services
EdD, University of Southern California
First aid, lifeguard training, parent and toddler aquatics
530-898-6330

Political Science

Ed Bronson, Professor Emeritus, Political Science
PhD, University of Colorado
Pretrial publicity, jury selection, death penalty, change of venue
530-898-5736

Dane Cameron, Assistant Professor, Political Science
JD, Golden Gate University
Legal rights of the disabled, civil rights
and civil liberties
530-898-6478

Teodora Delorenzo, Professor, Political Science
JD, New College of California
Legal research, consumer law, court administration, Micronesian law
530-898-6478

Diana Dwyre, Assistant Professor, Political Science
PhD, Syracuse
Campaign financing, parties and elections, and congressional elections
530-898-6041

Jon Ebeling, Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Telephone surveys, evaluation research, Peace Corps work in Ethiopia, statistics, input-output analysis, IMPLAN, local government finance, development impact fees, revenue forecasts for local government, cost of annexation, racial profiling analysis
530-898-5301

Beau Grosscup, Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Massachusetts
Terrorism, American foreign policy, international political economy, Middle East politics
Book: "The Newest Explosions of Terrorism: Latest Sites of Terrorism in
the 90s and Beyond"
530-898-6154

Byron Jackson, Professor, Political Science; Interim Vice Provost for
Academic Affairs and Dean of Undergraduate Education
PhD, UC Berkeley
Nuclear energy policy, model railroading, criminal justice management,
administrative law
530-898-6101

Jim Jacob, Professor, Political Science; Dean, College of Behavioral and
Social Science
PhD, Cornell
Western European terrorism
530-898-6171

Donna Kemp, Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Idaho
Mental health in the workplace, Health policy; Health System Reform in the Baltics; personnel management
530-898-5734

Steve Newlin, Professor, Political Science
PhD, Claremont
Soviet politics, American foreign policy
530-898-6171

Charles Ostrom, Professor, Political Science
PhD, Claremont
Southeast Asia, international relations, Third World nations, model U.N., Pacific Basin
530-898-6154

Paul Persons, Professor, Political Science
JD, New College of California
Prisoner rights, jail conditions, right to privacy, abortion cases
530-898-6489

Robert S. Ross, Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Colorado
Local elections, Chico elections, student voting
530-898-5301

Irving Schiffman, Professor, Political Science
PhD, UC Davis
Planning and environmental administration, life in Israel, land use controls in small cities, rural areas
530-898-4504

Diane E. Schmidt, Assistant Professor, Political Science
PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Survey research, public policy analysis, regulatory policy, tobacco regulation, labor management relations, and work-family issues
530-898-6176

Michelle Shover, Professor, Political Science
PhD, Tulane University
Affirmative action in the public sector, married academic women, women in politics,
the Chapman family, Chapman House, historical research in Chico, liberal and conservative
traditions, Chico's Chinese women, 19th century blacks in Chico
530-898-5737

William Stewart, Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of North Carolina
Central America, Latin America, US politics
530-898-5738

Stafford Thomas, Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Colorado
International affairs, European affairs
530-898-5738

George Wright, Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Leeds
Politics of the Olympics Games and the politics of international sports.
530-898-5335

Psychology

David Bauer, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Organizational psychology (organizational processes), Psychosocial dynamics of education,
personality development (individual differences in temperament and decision making style),
distance learning
530-898-6366

Margaret Bierly, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Stanford University
Developmental psychology, adult attachment, interpersonal relationship quality and personal
variables
530-898-5377

Diane Chatlosh, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Iowa
Human judgments and decision making, causality, animal cognition, comparative psychology,
psychology and the law
530-898-6486

Katherine Cushing, Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Arizona
Assessment of student learning K-12 education/teaching, expertise/expert-novice differences,
leadership development, mentoring/induction program, qualitative data analysis
530-898-5281

Lawrence Herringer, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of California, Riverside
Personality structure and assessment, self-concept and personal identity, quantitative methods/applications,
psychology and religion
530-898-5147

Leesa Huang
PhD, University of Northern Colorado
School psychology, assessment for intervention, legal and ethical issues for psychologists, crisis intervention
530-898-4963
LHuang@csuchico.edu

Linda Kline, Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD, Colorado State University
Social and environmental psychology, human-animal bond, women's issues, exercise and sports psychology
530-898-6263

Penelope Kuhn, Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD, Gorgetown University
Central nervous system regeneration and plasticity, growth factors, spinal cord injury, oligodendrocyte response
to injury, mouse models of central nervous system disease
530-898-6750

Peter Lopez, Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of New York, Buffalo
Sexual behavior, aggression, technology (especially the web) as a teaching/researching tool, individual, group, and
family therapy, family systems, process issues in counseling, multicultural issues including gender and sexual orientation
530-898-5292

Sandra Machida, Professor, Psychology, Coordinator of Child Development Program
PhD, Stanford University
Developmental psychology with a focus on variations in socialization contexts including parenting styles, cross-cultural
variations, intervention programs, poverty and early childhood development, school readiness
530-898-4912

Marvin Megibow, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Maryland
Prejudice/racism, hate and violence, professional, ethical and legal issues in psychology, family
therapy, anxiety, depression, burnout/stress, health psychology and wellness issues
530-898-6366

Joyce Norman, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of California, Riverside
Biological psychology, health psychology, shyness and vagal tone
530-898-5158

Brian Oppy, Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of California, Davis
Reading, pedagogy, technology and learning, cognition, human memory, perception, applied research
530-898-4609

Joseph Russo, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Utah
Counseling process and outcome issues and intervention modalities, counselor training and supervision issues and processes, couple's
communication and intimacy issues, competition and collaboration research, anxiety and depression research, multicultural issues, including
gender and sexual identity issues, psychopharmacology research, research related to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, self-esteem models
and research
530-898-5368

Jane Rysberg, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Arizona State University
Developmental psychology, successful aging, parent-child relations, fathering/step-fathering, sibling relationships
530-898-5178

Art Sanchez, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Family therapy, multicultural counseling, group counseling, individual counseling
530-898-6760

Neil Schwartz, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Arizona State University
Learning, cognition and instruction broadly defined. Current research focus areas are: learning and problem solving in Web-based
environments, development of Web-based instructional systems in science, metaphorical graphics in instruction, theoretical study of configurational
knowledge and metacognition in Web-based learning
530-898-4968

Theodore Singelis, Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Hawaii
Cultural influences on, and differences in, social behavior, self-conceptions and health behaviors across the life-span, embarrassment and
its communication, social beliefs across cultures and across the life span
530-898-4009

Paul Spear, Professor and Chair, Psychology
PhD, University of Denver
Developmental--cognitive and social, parenting styles, parenting and sexual orientation, attachment, divorce, remarriage, gender issues,
effects of television
530-898-5147

Daniel Stuempfig, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Illinois
Learning in the schools, academic motivation, prejudice and discrimination
530-898-5158

Edward Vela, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Texas A&M University
Memory and concept formation in children and adults, problem solving, creativity, motion perception, theories of consciousness,
artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind
530-898-6262

David Winzenz, Professor, Psychology

PhD, Stanford University
Human learning
530-898-5264

James Wolfe, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Georgia
School psychology, cognitive assessment, socio-emotional assessment, neuropsychology
530-898-4093

Denise Worth, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Tennessee
School psychology (particularly academic motivation and inclusion issues), child counseling
530-898-5164

Daniel Worthen, Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, Colorado State University
Animal learning, cognition and behavior, behavioral neuroscience, neural network modeling, animal welfare issues,
philosophical issues in behavioral and neural sciences
530-898-5363

Social Work
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6204)

J. David Bassett, Professor
PhD, Smith College
Clinical assessment, Individual & Family Psychotherapy, Psychiatric Illness in Elders, Eating Disorders, Personality Disorders
530-898-5597
JBassett2@csuchico.edu

Pamela Johansen, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of San Francisco
530-898-5217
PJohansen@csuchico.edu

Celeste A. Jones, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Trauma, Youth violence, Domestic violence, Physical and Sexual Abuse
530-898-6874
CAJones@csuchico.edu

Hermeet Kohli, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Louisville
530-898-6668
HKohli@csuchico.edu

James Patrick Mace, Associate Professor; Director, MSW Program School of Social Work
MSW - West Virginia University, DSW - University of California, Los Angeles
Mental Health, Groupwork, Social Work Education, Workforce Issues in Social Work
jpmace@csuchico.edu
530-898-4226
JPMace@csuchico.edu

Vince Ornelas, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Southern California
Community organizing, social welfare policy, Latino immigration patterns
530-898-5445
VOrnelas@csuchico.edu

Jean Schuldberg, Assistant Professor
EdD, University of San Francisco
Aging and Gerontology
530-898-4187
JSchuldberg@csuchico.edu

Kui-Hee Song, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
PhD, Loyola University Chicago
Social work practice with Asian immigrant children and families, value based community work
practice, and helping process of communicative multiple meaning generation with multicultural
clients.
530-898-5598
KSong@csuchico.edu

Sociology
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6384)

Andrew J. Dick, Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD, Utah State University
Juvenile delinquency, crime/criminology, adolescence/youth, gangs, social problems, deviance
530-898-5076
ADick@csuchico.edu

Carol Edelman, Professor, Sociology 
PhD, University of Arizona 
Holocaust, genocide and mass persuasion 
530-898-6171
CEdelman@csuchico.edu

Liahna E. Gordon, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, Indiana University
Sociology of sexuality, conformity and resistance ("deviance") especially in regards to gender, femininities, body image, sexual orientation, GLBT communities
530-898-6040
LEGordon@csuchico.edu

Alan Jensen, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, Washington State 
Indigenous religion, criminology, sociobiology, alcoholism research, power and wealth, interethnic contacts, general theory 
530-898-6384
AFJensen@csuchico.edu

Kathleen Kaiser, Professor, Sociology 
PhD, Duke University 
Deviance, sociology of sport, sociology of sexuality, applied Sociology internship program 
Former Trustee, California State University
530-898-6397
KKaiser@csuchico.edu

Gayle Kimball, Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Ph.D., University of CA, Santa Barbara
How to Create the Ideal Workplace, Sex Roles, Energy Tools for Stress Reduction and Achieving Your Goals
530 345-8118
GKimball@csuchico.edu

Janja Lalich, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, Fielding Graduate University
Cults, extremism (groups and ideologies), new religious movements, undue influence, coercive persuasion ("brainwashing"), sociology of family and work and family, unconventional therapies, abusive relationships
Book: "Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults"
530-898-5542
JLalich@csuchico.edu

Jerry Maneker, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, New York University 
Deviant behavior, social theory
530-891-4244
JManeker@csuchico.edu

William Martin, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, USC 
Gerontology, sociology of religion, family life, ethnic relations, methods and situations 
530-898-6384
wmartin@mail.csuchico.edu

Dan Pence, Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder
Popular culture, gender (with and emphasis on men and masculinity), social inequality, including ethnicity and race relations
Book: "American Prejudice: With Liberty and Equality for Some" (Prestige Books, 1995)
530-899-8711
DPence@csuchico.edu

Julio Quinones, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, University of Oregon 
Family, sociology of religion, computer applications 
530-898-6384
JQuinones@csuchico.edu

Walt Schafer, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, University of Michigan 
Stress and stress management, population 
Book: "Stress Management for Wellness" 
530-898-6384
WSchafer@csuchico.edu

Cynthia Siemsen, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz
Gender, crime, and criminal justice; Social psychology; emotional conflicts; social theory; sociology of law; world-systems analysis
Book: (I) Emotional Trials: The Moral Dilemmas of Women Criminal Defense Attorneys" (2004)
530-898-6200
CSiemsen@csuchico.edu

Tony Waters, Associate Professor, Sociology 
PhD, UC Davis 
Migration, economic development and social change, refugees, east Africa, criminology 
Book: "Crime and Immigrant Youth" (Sage 1999) 
Book: "Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan: The Limits of International Refugee Relief" (Westview 2001)
Book: "The Persistance of Subsistance Agriculture: Life Beneath the Level of the Marketplace" (Lexington 2006) 
530-898-6384
TWaters@csuchico.edu 

Laurie Wermuth, Professor, Sociology 
PhD, UC Berkeley 
Political sociology, sociology of inequality and health, sociology of family 
Book:  "Global Inequality and Basic Human Needs:  Health and Illness in an Increasingly Unequal World" (Allyn and Bacon, 2003) 
530-898-5691
LWermuth@csuchico.edu

College of Business

Accounting and Management Information Systems

Steven Adams, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems 
PhD, University of Cincinnati
Management control systems, activity based costing
530-898-6359
SJAdams@csuchico.edu

Harish Bahl, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, Ohio State
Production operations management, SAP
530-898-4545
hbahl@mail.csuchico.edu

Raymond Boykin, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, St. Louis University
Business process improvement, SAP quality management
530-898-5895
RBoykin@csuchico.edu

Gail Corbitt, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, University of Colorado
SAP group systems
530-898-4822
GCorbitt@csuchico.edu

Curt DeBerg, Associate Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, Oklahoma State
Accounting curricula, Students in Free Enterprise
530-898-4824
CDeBerg@csuchico.edu

Richard Lea, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, University of Minnesota
Cost accounting, SAP auditing
530-898-6215
RLea@csuchico.edu

John Lees, Associate Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, University of Florida
Small business information systems 
530-898-4821
SLees@csuchico.edu

James Mensching, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, University of Chicago
Data and storage management, multimedia delivery systems
530-898-6405
JMensching@csuchico.edu

Valerie Milliron, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, USC
Taxation
530-898-6463
VMilliron@csuchico.edu

Brock Murdoch, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, UC Irvine
Cash flow 
530-898-5832
BMurdoch@csuchico.edu

Samir Nissan, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, University of Illinois
Business and universities in Japan 
530-898-4831
SNissan@csuchico.edu

Ron Pike, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
MBA, CSU, Chico 
Computer networking and information security 
530-898-4832
RPike@csuchico.edu

Lee Pryor, Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
DBA, USC 
Personal computers, accounting demographics 
530-898-4255
LPryor@csuchico.edu

James Sager, Associate Professor, Accounting and Management Information Systems
PhD, University of Colorado
Object-Oriented Systems, Simulation, Virtual Reality 
530-898-4301
JSager1@csuchico.edu

Finance and Marketing

Kenny Chan, Professor, Finance and Marketing
PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Consumer behavior, advertising
530-898-4825
KChan@csuchico.edu

Kenneth Chapman, Professor, Finance and Marketing
PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder
Consumer behavior, marketing research, market analysis
530-898-4820
KChapman@csuchico.edu

Matt Meuter, Professor,  Finance and Marketing
PhD, Arizona State University
Electronic marketing, consumer use and adoption of technology, innovative technologies, and services marketing
(530) 898-5880
MMeuter@csuchico.edu

Shekhar Misra, Professor, Finance and Marketing
PhD, University of Oregon
International business, consumer behavior, decision making
530-898-5666
SMisra@csuchico.edu

Suleman Moosa, Professor, Finance and Marketing
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Stock earnings during inflation
530-898-5920
SMoosa@csuchico.edu

Richard Ponarul, Professor, Finance and Marketing
PhD, University of Chicago
Investments, corporate finance
530-898-6242
RPonarul@csuchico.edu

Arno Rethans, Professor, Finance and Marketing; Provost and Vice President for Student Affairs
PhD, University of Oregon
Marketing research and strategic marketing management
530-898-6101
ARethans@csuchico.edu

Nitish Singh, Associate Professor, Finance and Marketing
PhD, Saint Louis University
E-Marketing, ethnic comsumer behavior, and international business.
530-898-6090
NCSingh@csuchico.edu

Daniel Toy, Professor, Finance and Marketing
PhD, Penn State
Strategic marketing, marketing management resources, information technology
530-898-4823
DToy@csuchico.edu

Lauren Wright, Professor, Finance and Marketing
PhD, Penn State
Services marketing, applications of group systems, team/group dynamics
530-898-6203
LKWright@csuchico.edu

Management
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5663)

Charles Cambridge, Professor, Management
PhD, University of Minnesota
G lobal management, economic development in Africa, organizational change
530-898-4735
CCambridge@csuchico.edu

Susan Gardner, Professor, Management, Retired
JD, McGeorge School of Law
Employment law, human resources
530-898-4735
SGardner@csuchico.edu

Glenn M. Gomes, Professor, Management
PhD, University of Southern California
Strategic management; business- and corporate-level competitive strategy
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/gomes/gomes.html
530-898-6289
GGomes@csuchico.edu

Julie Indvik, Professor, Management
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Spirituality in the workplace
530-898-5663
JIndvik@csuchico.edu

Pamela R. Johnson, Professor, Management
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Business writing, violence and incivility in the workplace
530-898-6415
PJohnson@csuchico.edu

Mark Levine, Professor, Management
PhD, UCLA
Student evaluation of business teachers, Navy management techniques
530-898-4337
MLevine@csuchico.edu

Tracy McDonald, Professor, Management
PhD, Ohio State
Industrial organization psychology, bias in job screening
530-898-5888
TMcDonald@csuchico.edu

Jim Morgan, Professor, Management
JD, UC Davis
Employment law, honesty testing
530-898-4830
JMorgan@csuchico.edu

Jim Owens, Professor, Management
JD, Western State
Commercial law, employment law, business and public policy
530-898-5193
JOwens@csuchico.edu

Scott Sibary, Professor, Management
JD, UC Berkeley
Labor and employment law
530-898-5747
SSibary@csuchico.edu

Marc Siegall, Professor, Management
PhD, Northwestern
Organizational behavior, change management
530-898-5663
MSiegall@csuchico.edu

Jeff Trailer, Associate Professor, Management
Ph.D. University of Houston
System Dynamics (managing complex systems): Competitive strategy dynamics & Project managment dynamics
530-898-6570
JTrailer@csuchico.edu

Stephen Brydon, Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
PhD, USC
Public opinion, political debates
530-898-6052
SBrydon@csuchico.edu

Sam Edelman, Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
PhD, University of Arizona
Holocaust, genocide and mass persuasion
530-898-4336
SEdelman@csuchico.edu

Madeline Keaveney, Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
PhD, University of Illinois
Copyright law and oral interpretation, performances, speech communications, Navajo humor, gender communications
530-898-4062
MKeaveney@csuchico.edu

Michael Scott, Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
PhD, USC
Communication in organizational settings, coping with communication-based fear
530-898-5883
MDScott@csuchico.edu

William Todd-Mancillas, Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
PhD, Florida State
interpersonal communication, sexist language, gender differences in management decisions, how students feel about evaluating faculty
530-898-6158
BTodd-Mancillas@csuchico.edu

Frank Armstrong, Lecturer, Communication Design
MFA, Yale University
Graphic design, typography, motion graphics, digital
prepress, web design, information design, publication design
530-898-4050

Teresa Bergman, Assistant Professor, Communication Design
PhD, UC Davis
Digital video, critical analysis of film
530-898-6650

Gregg Berryman, Professor, Communication Design
MA, Montana State
Graphic design, corporate identity
530-898-6872

Dolores Blalock, Assistant Professor Emeritus, Communication Design
MA, LA State University
530-898-4548

Aaron Bor, Professor, Communication Design
EdD, University of Northern Colorado
Canadian television, video production
530-898-4306

Fred Condo, Assistant Professor, Communication Design
PhD, Claremont
Human interface design
530-898-5367

Terry Curtis, Professor, Communication Design
JD, University of Chicago
Telecommunications, communication law
530-898-4626

Richard Hannemann, Professor, Communication Design
PhD, Arizona State
Electronic publishing and editing
530-898-4014

John Long, Professor, Communication Design
PhD, University of Utah
Electronic media policy and regulation
530-898-4048

Robert Main, Professor Emeritus, Communication Design
PhD, University of Maryland
Instructional technology
530-898-6513

Jennifer Meadows, Associate Professor, Communication Design
PhD, University of Texas
Video production
530-898-4775

John Rousell, Assistant Professor, Communication Design
PhD, Virginia Tech
Instructional technology, computer based instruction
530-898-6892

Barbara Sudick, Associate Professor
MFA, Yale University
Digital graphic design
530-898-5028

Tom Welsh, Associate Professor
PhD Indiana University
Industrial technology, web design
530-898-6048

Byron Wolfe, Associate Professor
MFA, Arizona State University
Digital photography
530-898-4079

Education
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6421)

Anita Fernandez, Assistant Professor, Education
PhD, University of Arizona
Multicultural education, secondary education, english education
530-898-6610
AFernandez@csuchico.edu

Cris Guenter, Professor, Education
EdD, University of Wyoming
Arts education, education technology, online instruction, the creative process
530-898-6157
CGuenter@csuchico.edu

Hilda Hernandez, Professor, Education
PhD, Stanford University
International languages: methods, curriculum, development, research, testing and assessment
530-898-6258
HHernandez@csuchico.edu

Jim Huff, Professor, Education
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Philosophy of education, research methods, reading methods, assessment, instructional media
530-898-5770
JHuff@csuchico.edu

Judith Kerrins, Professor, Education
PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder
530-898-4849
JKerrins@csuchico.edu

Michael Kotar, Professor, Education
EdD, Illinois State University
Curriculum development and instructional practices in science education, Education for Democracy
530-898-6421
MKotar@csuchico.edu

Devon Metzger, Professor, Education
EdD, Indiana University
Social studies education, Education for Democracy
530-898-4582
DMetzger@csuchico.edu

Mimi Miller, Assistant Professor, Education
PhD, Stanford University
Reading and literacy (grades 4-8), interdisciplinary curriculum
530-898-4154
MBMiller@csuchico.edu

James Overholt, Professor, Education
EdD, University of Wyoming
Mathematics education, data investigations and internet activities in math learning
530-898-5184
JOverholt@csuchico.edu

Maggie Payne, Professor, Education
EdD, Oklahoma State University
Northern California Foreign Language Project, Curriculum development for international Educators
530-898-4570
MPayne@csuchico.edu

William Rich, Assistant Professor, Education
EdD, University of Southern California
Leadership & the development of leaders for education, democracy, politics, policy and education assessment of Learning, charter school movement
530-898-4041
WRich@csuchico.edu

Ann Schulte, Assistant Professor, Education
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Multicultural education, action research, integrated curriculum
530-898-5248
ASchulte@csuchico.edu

Paula Selvester, Assistant Professor, Education
EdD, University of Southern California
Literacy and language learning, reading/language arts development for diverse learners
530-898-6402
PSelvester@csuchico.edu

Debbie Summers, Professor, Education
EdD, University of Southern California
Resources in international studies in education, curriculum development for international educators, Education for Democracy
530-898-5775
DSummers@csuchico.edu

Ed Williams, Assistant Professor, Education
EdD, University of San Francisco
Adolescent literacy and research methods in education
530-898-5278
EWilliams@csuchico.edu

Penelope Wong, Assistant Professor, Education
EdD, Northern Arizona University
Service-learning, curriculum & instruction, multicultural education, human rights education
530-898-4720
PWong@csuchico.edu

Journalism

Glen Bleske, Assistant Professor, Journalism
PhD, University of North Carolina
History of journalism, black press, journalism education
530-898-4770
GBleske@csuchico.edu

Katie Milo, Professor, Journalism
EdD, University of Tennessee
Public relations, public service campaigns, tourism PR
530-898-6870
KMilo@csuchico.edu

Kurt Nordstrom, Associate Professor, Journalism
PhD, University of Denver
Advertising campaigns, corporate anniversary celebrations, women in PR and advertising, role of polling in U.S. Congressional campaigns
530-898-4098
KNordstrom@csuchico.edu

Keith Sheldon, Lecturer, Journalism
MA, Pepperdine University
Corporate communications, public relations/credibility, media relations
530-898-5568
KSheldon@csuchico.edu

Dave Waddell, Lecturer, Journalism
MA, CSU Chico
Student journalism, Northern California newspaper business
530-898-4782
DWaddell@csuchico.edu

Professional Studies in Education

Victoria Bernhardt, Professor, Professional Studies in Education; Executive Director, Education for the Future
PhD, University of Oregon
School assessment, school reform movement, beginning teachers
530-898-4482
VBernhardt@csuchico.edu

Michelle Cepello, Lecturer, Professional Studies in Education
Supervisor, Special Education Program
EdD, University of Southern California
Collaboration/consultation, early childhood special education, staff/professional development, implementing service learning strategies with special education students
530-898-6281
MCepello@csuchico.edu

Jesus Cortez, Professor, Professional Studies in Education, Center for Bilingual/Multicultural Studies
PhD, University of Washington
Bilingual/multicultural education, multicultural children's literature
530-898-6295
JCortez@csuchico.edu

Lisa Churchill, Professor, Professional Studies in Education, Special Education Program
PhD, UCLA
Special education
530-898-5167
LChurchill@csuchico.edu

Teresa Davis, Associate Professor, Professional Studies in Education, Special Education Program
PhD, University of Oregon
Curriculum and instruction (inclusive strategies, special education modifications), portfolio assessment, service learning, fine arts
530-898-6852
TMDavis@csuchico.edu

Maria Guadalupe Guillen, Coordinator, Professional Studies in Education
MA, CSU, Sacramento
Spanish, bilingual/multicultural prelminary administrative credential
530-898-6828
MGGuillen@csuchico.edu

Mary Jensen, Professor, Professional Studies in Education
PhD, University of Oregon
Special education, stress reduction
530-898-4099
MJensen@csuchico.edu

Esther Larocco, Assistant Professor, Professional Studies in Education, Center for Bilingual/Multicultural Studies
PhD, UC Davis
Bilingual/multicultural education, curriculum development
530-898-6854
ELarocco@csuchico.edu

Linda Montes, Lecturer, Center for Bilingual/Multicultural Studies
MA, Stanford
EdD. in progress, University of Southern California
Issues in bilingual education, specifically two-way immersion programs and educational leadership
530-898-4503
LMontes@csuchico.edu

Margaret Mow, Distinguished Teacher in Residence, Tri-Placement Program, Professional Studies in Education
EdD, USC
School restructuring, beginning teachers, early literacy
530-898-6853
MHMow@csuchico.edu

Rita Mulholland, Assistant Professor, Professional Studies in Education
PhD, American University
Special education, reading (RICA), technology
530-898-4850
rmulholland@csuchico.edu

Carolynn Reynolds, Professor, Professional Studies in Education; Associate Dean, College of Communication and Education
PhD, University of New Mexico
Guidance counseling, science and social science curriculum
530-898-6185
CReynolds@csuchico.edu

James Richmond, Professor, Professional Studies in Education
PhD, UC Berkeley
Teaching of reading and language arts
530-898-5398
JRichmond@csuchico.edu

Hsuying Ward, Assistant Professor, Professional Studies in Education, Special Education
PhD, University of Texas, Austin
Special education leadership, diversity in special education, literacy and social emotional development for moderate/severe disabilities including autism
530-898-5689
HWard@csuchico.edu

Charles Zartman, Professor, Professional Studies in Education, Center for Bilingual/Multicultural Studies
PhD, University of Colorado
bilingual/multicultural education, sociocultural issues in education
530-898-4069
CZartman@csuchico.edu

Physical Education and Exercise Science
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6373)

John Azevedo, Jr., Associate Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Metabolism, muscle, insulin resistance
530-898-5878
JLAzevedo@csuchico.edu

Craig Buschner, Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
EdD, Oklahoma State University
Physical education teaching and learning, undergraduate and graduate physical education teacher education, children's physical education, pedagogical research
530-898-6960
CBuschner@csuchico.edu

Don Chu, Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, Stanford University
Politics, history, sociology, and problems facing the Olympics
530-898-5743
dchu@mail.csuchico.edu

Traci Ciapponi, Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
EdD, University of Virginia
Motor learning, coaching (sport performance)
530-898-5429
TCiapponi@csuchico.edu

Reid Cross, Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
EdD, University of Northern Colorado
Outdoor education
530-898-5220
RCross@csuchico.edu

Tom Fahey, Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
EdD, UC Berkeley

Exercise physiology and science, anabolic steroids, weight training
530-898-4969
TFahey@csuchico.edu

Steve Hannigan-Downs, Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, Oregon State University
Movement studies in disability, particularly the health and wellness of adults with mental retardation
530-898-6179
Shanningan-downs@csuchico.edu

Cathrine Himberg, Associate Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, Virginia Tech.
Physical education teacher education, CASPER
530-898-5239
CHimberg@csuchico.edu

Jackie Hudson, Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, Temple University
Sports biomechanics
530-898-4896
jhudson@csuchico.edu

Gayle Hutchinson, Professor, Department Chair, Physical Education and Exercise Science
EdD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Physical education, teacher education, social justice
530-898-6373
GHutchinson@csuchico.edu

Duane Knudson, Associate Professor/Associate Chair, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biomechanics of sports and exercise, biomechanics of tennis, biomechanics of stretching, qualitive analysis of human movement
530-898-6069
DKnudson@csuchico.edu

Tom Little, Associate Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
BS, New Mexico State
Athletic injuries, weight training
530-898-4076
TRLittle@csuchico.edu

Donald Lytle, Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, US International University
Elementary education, game playing, water polo, adult fantasy baseball
530-898-6617
DLytle@csuchico.edu

Rebecca Lytle, Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, Oregon State University
Adapted physical education, pedagogy, motor development
530-898-4298
RLytle@csuchico.edu

Scott Roberts, Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, University of New Mexico
Clinical exercise physiology, pediatric exercise physiology
530-898-5310
SORoberts@csuchico.edu

C. Don Scott, Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
EdD, Columbia University
Sociology of athletics and history of physical education
530-898-6248
DScott2@csuchico.edu

Dave Swanson, Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
PhD, Stanford
Exercise science, grape seed extract and its effect on triglyceride levels
530-898-4841
DSwanson@csuchico.edu

Josh Trout, Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Exercise Science
Design and implementation of technology for enhancing physical education
530-898-4314
JTrout@csuchico.edu

Recreation and Parks Management
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6408)

Steve Dennis, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, University of Arizona
Wildland recreation management, natural resource policy, sustainable tourism
530-898-4051
SDennis@csuchico.edu

Jim Fletcher, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, Michigan State
Public opinion surveys, program evaluation, recreation enterprise planning and management
530-898-4365
JFletcher@csuchico.edu

Roger Guthrie, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, University of Illinois
Recreational use surveying
530-898-5990
RGuthrie@csuchico.edu

Jon Hooper, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, UC Davis
Environmental interpretation, environmental education in California schools, human dimensions of wildlife management, animal welfare/rights issues, nature trails, park exhibits, PowerPoint presentations
Book: "Effective Slide Presentations"
530-898-5811
JHooper@csuchico.edu

Jeff Jiang, Assistant Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, University of Oregon
Special event planning and management, cultural tourism, tourist behavior, destination marketing, sustainable tourism
530-898-5527
JJiang@csuchico.edu

Michael Leitner, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, University of Maryland
Recreation and aging, intergenerational recreation, leisure education and leisure counseling, recreational Arab/Israeli coexistence programs
530-898-6774
MLeitner@csuchico.edu

Laura McLachlin, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, Texas Women's University
Theraeutic recreation, inclusive recreation, and Americans with Disabilities Act
530-898-5227
LMcLachlin@csuchico.edu

Sarah Richardson, Assistant Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, Texas A&M University
Human-animal interactions, animal-assisted therapy, pets and leisure quality, ecotourism
530-898-6652
SRichardson@csuchico.edu

Ed Seagle, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
EdD, University of the Pacific
Career development and networking, leadership building, humor workshops for business
530-898-6016 
ESeagle@csuchico.edu

Emilyn Sheffield, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management 
PhD, USC
Tourism, developing support for public lands, trend analysis
530-898-4855
ESheffield@csuchico.edu

Dave Simcox, Professor, Recreation and Parks Management
PhD, University of Arizona
Scenic byways
530-898-4052
DSimcox@csuchico.edu

College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology

Civil Engineering
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5342)

Joel Arthur, Professor, Civil Engineering 
PE, PhD, UC Davis
Reinforced concrete, construction engineering
530-898-4292
JArthur@csuchico.edu

Ken Derucher, Dean, Professor, Civil Engineering 
PE, PhD, Virginia Tech
bridges, bridge inspections
book: "Bridge Maintenance, Inspection and Evaluation"
530-898-5963
KDerucher@csuchico.edu

Tonya Emerson, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering 
PE, PhD, UC Davis
Fracture mechanics, foundation engineering, structural mechanics
530-898-5114
TEmerson@csuchico.edu

Thomas C. Ferrara, Professor, Civil Engineering
PE (civil and traffic engineering), PhD, UC Davis
Traffic and transportation engineering, traffic impact reports, bicycle transportation, mediation, engineering services business
530-898-5329
TFerrara@csuchico.edu

Reed Gibby, Professor, Civil Engineering
PE, PhD, UC Davis
California crosswalks, transportation technology, environment and financing
530-898-6356
RGibby@csuchico.edu

Russell Mills, Professor and Chair, Civil Engineering
PE, PhD, Stanford
Structural steel design, earthquake and wind engineering
530-898-6274
RMills@csuchico.edu

Maurice Mow, Professor, Civil Engineering
PE, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Use of oil tankers to transport water to arid nations, concrete lab
530-898-5171
MMow@csuchico.edu

Charles Mueller, Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering
PE, PhD, Michigan State
Soil mechanics, building foundations
530-345-2785
CMueller@csuchico.edu

Stewart Oakley, Professor, Civil Engineering
PhD, Oregon State
Environmental engineering; wastewater treatment; solid and hazardous waste management; environmental engineering issues in Latin America
530-898-4976
SOakley@csuchico.edu

Gary Watters, Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering
PE, PhD, Stanford
Hydraulic engineering, pipeline transients
530-891-3467
GWatters@csuchico.edu

Computer Science

Computer Science
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6442)

Seung Bae Im, Professor, Computer Science
PhD, Southern Methodist University
Computer networks, data communication, network management, database
530-898-5056
SIm@csuchico.edu

Robert Britton, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
PhD, University of Utah
Assembly language programming, digital logic design, computer architecture
530-898-4310
BBritton@csuchico.edu

Len Fisk, Professor, Computer Science
PhD, UC Irvine
Design and development of business systems and interactive, data-intensive web sites; needs assessments; feasibility studies; design and development of application systems software and databases; design and development of networking infrastructure 
530-898-5980
LFisk@csuchico.edu

Tyson Henry, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
PhD, University of Arizona
Software engineering, graphics, data visualization
530-898-5709
TRHenry@csuchico.edu

Ralph Hilzer, Professor, Computer Science
MS, Naval Postgraduate School
Compiler theory, operating systems, parallel processing
530-898-5748
RHilzer@csuchico.edu

Ralph Huntsinger, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
PhD, Montana State University
Continuous system stimulation, chemical engineering, heat & mass transfer, pollution control, saline water conversion
530-898-6442
drralph@mail.csuchico.edu

Clement Luk, Professor, Computer Science
MS, SUNY, Buffalo
Operating systems, systems analysis and design
530-898-4590
CLuk@csuchico.edu

Orlando Madrigal, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
PhD, Texas A&M
Business computer simulations, generalized simulation systems
530-898-4415
OMadrigal@csuchico.edu

James Pinkert, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
PhD, University of Wisconsin
cComputers in small business
530-898-5000
JPinkert@csuchico.edu

Renee Renner, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
PhD, Florida State University
Computational intelligence: AI, neural networks, intelligent agents, and knowledge discovery
530-898-5419
RRenner@csuchico.edu

Melody Stapleton, Professor, Computer Science
PhD, UC Riverside
Development of e-commerce systems and data warehouses, project management, performance tuning of database systems, fault tolerant systems and recovery, object oriented design and development
530-898-5617
MStapleton@csuchico.ed

Construction Management
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5216)

Richard G. Holman, Associate Professor, Construction Management
MBA, CSU, Chico
Heavy construction estimating, environmental restoration
530-898-5669
RHolman@csuchico.edu

Willem Kymmell, Associate Professor, Construction Management
MA, Architecture, Carnegie-Mellon University
Architecture, design, planning, history of architecture, public housing
530-898-6221
WKymmell@csuchico.edu

Jim O'Bannon, Professor, Construction Management
PhD, University of Missouri
Weatherization, solar energy, solar homes, alternative energy sources
530-898-6355
jim@rhainc.com

Bruce L. Yoakum, Professor Emeritus, Construction Management
PE, MSE, University of Michigan
Project management, scheduling, cost management, design of temporary structures
530-898-6210
BYoakum@csuchico.edu

Rovane Younger, Professor, Construction Management
MS, Stanford
Project estimating and scheduling
530-898-4118
RYounger@csuchico.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Richard Bednar, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, Michigan State University
Control systems including aerospace applications, system modeling,
nueral networks
530-898-5098

Roy Crosbie, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, University of Liverpool
Computer engineering, computer simulation
530-898-4489

Phil Hoff, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, UC Berkeley
Solid state devices, linear circuit design, electron beam technology
530-898-6420

Albert Richardson, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, Penn State University
Microprocessor systems, VLSI for digital signal processing, fuzzy logic
530-898-4958

Ben-Dau Tseng, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, University of Windsor
Digital signal, processing, analog electronics
530-898-6261

Larry Wear, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, Santa Clara University
Software engineering, software process improvement, program
and process improvement, operating system design
530-898-4798

Dale Word, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MSCS, California State University, Chico
Embedded and Real Time Systems
530-898-4866

Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing

Leonard Fallscheer, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
MA, California State University, Chico
Computer-assisted manufacturing design
530-898-5320

Joseph Greene, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
PhD, University of Michigan
Composite materials, thermoplastic materials, theology, viscous fluid
dynamics, plastice professing, automotive bumper systems, mold design,
tooling of composites
530-898-4977

Chuen Hsu, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
PhD, Iowa State University
Materials science and engineering
530-898-5374

Gregory Kallo, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
PhD, Washington State University
Fuid mechanics & heat transfer; gas-particle flow, electronics cooling, air pollution control
530-898-4959

William McNelley, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
PhD, Oregon State University
Occupational guidance, technical problems, the positive aspects of education, plastics
530-898-4310

Ron Roth, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
PhD, Stanford University
Design of mechanical systems, dynamics
530-898-4960

Ray Rummell, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
EdD, Arizona State University
General Manufacturing, metal casting, conventional machining, computer-aided
manufacturing, product prototypes
530-898-5097

Jimmy Tan-atichat, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology
Experimental fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, PC-based data acquisition measurements
and instrumentation
530-898-6142

Dirk Vanderloop, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
MS, University of Southern California
Organizational development, project management, quality systems, research and
development (R&D) prototyping
530-898-5626

Ramesh Varahamurti, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
PhD, Washington State University
Finite element analysis in design, control system design
530-898-6353

Michael Ward, Chair, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
PhD, Stanford
Spacecraft dynamics, applied mechanics
530-898-5346

College of Humanities and Fine Arts
 
Art and Art History
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5331)

Mike Bishop, Professor, Art and Art History
MFA, San Jose State
Foundry operations, teaching art in Turkey, sculpture
530-898-4353
MBishop@csuchico.edu

Marion Epting, Professor, Art and Art History
MFA, Otis Art Institute-Parson
Printmaking, drawing, painting
530-898-6875
MEpting@csuchico.edu

James Kuiper
MFA, Michigan State University
Painting, drawing, ZD artists materials
530-898-6971
JKuiper@csuchico.edu

Yoshio Kusaba, Professor, Art and Art History
PhD, Indiana University
Occidental--Greek art and architecture, Roman art and architecture,
Early Christian and Byzantine art and architecture, Medieval art and
architecture with emphasis on Romanesque and Gothic architecture,
English Gothic architecture, computer graphic animation of building Salisbury Cathedral.
Oriental--Indian art and architecture, Chinese art and architecture,
Japanese art and architecture, ukiyo-e woodblock prints,  Chinese and
Japanese ceramics, Buddhist art and iconography, Central Asia and Silk Road.
530-898-6885
YKusaba@csuchico.edu

Manuel Lucero, Professor, Art and Art History
MA, San Jose State
Glassblowing
530-898-6860
MLucero@csuchico.edu

Eileen Macdonald, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
MFA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Printmaking
530-898-5117
EMacdonald1@csuchico.edu

James McManus, Professor, Art and Art History
MFA, University of Washington
Modernism, California art history, sculpture
530-898-5850
JMcManus@csuchico.edu

Vernon Patrick, Professor, Art and Art History
MFA, University of Washington
ceramics
530-898-5331
VPatrick@csuchico.edu

Tom Patton, Professor, Art and Art History
MFA, University of New Mexico
Photography, History of Photography
530-898-5331
tpatton@csuchico.edu

Sheri Simons, Professor, Art and Art History
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Installation art, sculpture, mixed media: including sound and kinetic sculpture
530-898-4996
SSimons@csuchico.edu

Michael Simmons, Professor, Art and Art History
EdD, Arizona State University
Children's art, visual design
530-898-4553
mfsimmons@csuchico.edu

Sharon Smith, Professor, Art and Art History
EdD, Illinois State
Metal design
530-898-4286
SASmith@csuchico.edu

Masami Toku, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
EdD, Illinois State
Art education
530-898-6866
MToku@csuchico.edu

Sue Whitmore, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
MFA, University of Washington
Ceramics
530-898-5954
SWhitmore@csuchico.edu

English
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5124)

Susan Aylworth, Lecturer, English
MA, CSU, Chico
Romance novels
530-898-5796
SAylworth@csuchico.edu

Matt Brown, Professor, English
PhD, Brandeis University
American literature, sea narratives
530-898-5165
MBrown@csuchico.edu

Lois Bueler, Professor, English
PhD, University of Colorado
English composition and literature
530-898-6807
LBueler@csuchico.edu

Rob Burton, Professor, English
PhD, Indiana University
Multi-cultural literature
<530-898-6568
RBurton@csuchico.edu

Tracy Butts, Professor, English
PhD, University of Georgia
African-American literature
530-898-5151
TButts@csuchico.edu

Jeanne Clark, Professor, English
PhD, Arizona State University
Poetry, creative writing
530-898-6457
JEClark@csuchico.edu

Rob Davidson, Professor, English
PhD, Purdue University
Free-lance writing, creative writing
530-898-6457
RDavidson@csuchico.edu

Peggy Dufon, Professor, English
PhD, University of Hawaii
Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Interlanguage Pragmatics
530-898-5452
MDufon@csuchico.edu

Lynn Elliott, Professor, English
PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Dramatic literature, Shakespeare, creative writing, American Indian literature
530-898-5305
LElliott@csuchico.edu

Chris Fosen, Professor, English
PhD, University of South Carolina
Composition theory
530-898-5269
CFosen@csuchico.edu

Thomas Fox, Professor, English
PhD, Indiana University
Composition theory
530-898-6898
TAFox@csuchico.edu

Mark Hall, Professor, English
PhD, University of Louisville
Composition theory, Writing center, Oprah's booklist
530-898-6037
MHall@csuchico.edu

Roger Kaye, Professor, English
PhD, Stanford University
Literature Theory
530-898-5177
RKaye@csuchico.edu

Peter Kittle, Professor, English
PhD, University of Oregon
English education
530-898-5305
PKittle@csuchico.edu

Andrea Lerner, Professor, English
PhD, University of Arizona
American Literature, American-Indian Literature
530-898-6351
ALerner@csuchico.edu

Frank Li, Assistant Professor, English
PhD, SUNY Buffalo
Mongolian languages, ESL
530-898-6807
FLi@csuchico.edu

David Martins, Professor, English
PhD, Michigan Technical University
Composition Theory
530-898-5305
DMartins@csuchico.edu

Robert O'Brien, Associate Professor, English
PhD, University of Chicago
Shakespeare, English Renaissance literature, English conquerors
530-898-6873
RObrien@csuchico.edu

Judith Rodby, Associate Professor, English
PhD, USC
Literacy theory
530-898-4449
JRodby@csuchico.edu

Ernst Schoen-Rene, Professor, English
PhD, University of Washington
Children's plays, poems set to music, elementary school writing
530-898-5228
ESchoen-Rene@csuchico.edu

James "Fitz" Smith, Professor, English
PhD, Washington University
Contemporary British Literature, Irish writers, James Joyce
530-898-5165
JSmith118@csuchico.edu

Jill Swiencicki, Professor, English
PhD, University of Miami
Composition theory
530-898-6151
JSwiencicki@csuchico.edu

Ela Thurgood, Professor, English
PhD, University of Hawaii
Linguistics, phonetics
530-898-5451
EThurgood@csuchico.edu

Graham Thurgood, Professor, English
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Historical Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Southeast Asian languages
530-898-5450
GThurgood@csuchico.edu

Christian Todenhagen, Professor, English
PhD, University of Hamburg
Semantics, linguistics 
530-898-5983
CTodenhagen@csuchico.edu

Sara Trechter, Assistant Professor, English
PhD, University of Kansas
Native American languages, feminist theory
530-898-5240
STrechter@csuchico.edu

Thia Wolf, Professor, English
PhD, University of Miami
Composition theory
530-898-4449
CWolf@csuchico.edu 

Saundra Wright, Professor, English
PhD, University of Iowa
Linguistics, Children's language
530-898-6744
SWright@csuchico.edu

Aiping Zhang, Associate Professor, English
PhD, Harvard
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Asian-American literature
book: "Enchanted Places: The Use of Setting in F. Scott Fitzgerald's
Fiction"
530-898-5425
AZhang@csuchico.edu

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Patricia Black, Associate Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
PhD, Cornell University
French, French literature
530-898-6370

Sandra Canepari, Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
PhD, Indiana University
Catalan
530-898-5168

Sara Cooper, Associate Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
PhD, University of Texas
Latin American Literature, Women's Studies, Gay/Lesbian/Queer Studies, and Cuba.
530-898-5161

Eugenio Frongia, Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
PhD, UC Berkeley
Italian renaissance, Italian theater and cinema, Dante
530-898-4479

Maria Gonzalez, Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Multicultural and Gender Studies
PhD, UC Irvine
Chicano studies and literature, Cesar Chavez
530-898-5161

Don Miller, Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
PhD, University of Virginia
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Spain, Colonial Latin America, Hispanic
Theater, and Family/Gender Studies
530-898-5742

Magda Mueller, Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
PhD, Washington University
Germany, sexual politics in Europe
book (co-editor): "Gender and Germanness: Cultural Production of Nation"
530-898-6195

Kimihiko Nomura, Associate Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
EdD, Northern Arizona State
Language technology
530-898-6352

Steve Rivas, Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
PhD, USC
Chicano culture-language
530-898-5139

Brunella Windsor, Lecturer, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Italian Laurea, Florence University
French Literature
530-898-4063

History

Lawrence Bryant, Professor, History
PhD, University of Iowa
Early modern France, European ceremonail texts
Book: "The King and the City: Politics, Art, and Ritual in the Renaissance"
530-898-5175
LBryant@csuchico.edu

Robert Cottrell, Professor, History
PhD, University of Oklahoma
Radical journalist I.F. Stone, ACLU founder Roger Baldwin
Book: "IZZY: A Biography of I.F. Stone"
Book: "Viet Nam: The 17th Parallel"
530-898-5760
BCottrell@csuchico.edu

Weikun Cheng, Associate Professor, History
PhD, Johns Hopkins
Chinese women
530-898-6062
WCheng@csuchico.edu

Laird Easton, Associate Professor, History
PhD, Stanford
Contemporary Europe, Count Harry Kessler
Book: "On the Trail of the Red Count: Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy in the Life of Count Harry Kessler, 1868-1937"
530-898-4284
LEaston@csuchico.edu

Lisa Emmerich, Associate Professor, History, Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies
PhD, University of Maryland
Native American issues
530-898-6338
LEmmerich@csuchico.edu

Charles Geshekter, Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Somalia, African tourism
530-898-718
CGeshekter@csuchico.edu

Michael Gillis, Lecturer, History
MA, CSU, Chico
The Bidwells, U.S. Environment
Book (with CSU Chico history Professor Michael Magliari): "John Bidwell's California: Observations and Reflections of a Pioneer, 1841-1900"
Book: "Soper-Wheeler Company: A Century of Growing Trees"
530-898-4760
MGillis@csuchico.edu

Susan M. Green, Associate Professor, American Studies, History
PhD, University of Minnesota
Chicano/Chicana studies
530-898-6404
SGreen@csuchico.edu

Nasim Jawed, Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Islam, Middle East, Pakistan political attitudes
530-898-5386
NJawed@csuchico.edu

Stephen E. Lewis, Associate Professor, History
PhD, University of California, San Diego
Latin American studies; Mexico
Book: "Revolution and the Rural Schoolhouse: Forging State in Nation in Chiapas, Mexico, 1910-1950".
530-898-6244
SLewis@csuchico.edu

Jeff Livingston, Associate Professor, History
PhD, University of Toledo
Modern American diplomatic and political history, history of modern American popular music, history of sports, Cuban revolt
(1895-1898), Persian Gulf War, role of media and polls in US politics
Book: "Swallowed by Globalism: John M. Vorys and American Foreign Policy"
530-898-6251
JLivingston@csuchico.edu

Mike Magliari, Associate Professor, History
PhD, UC Davis
John Bidwell, California history
Book (with CSU Chico history lecturer Michael Gillis): "John Bidwell's California: Observations and Reflections of a Pioneer, 1841-1900"
530-898-6332
MMagliari@csuchico.edu

James I. Matray, Professor, History
PhD, University of Virginia
US Relations; Korea; Japan; 20th Century United States
Book: "East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations Since 1784", 2 Vols.
Book: "Korea Divided: The 38th Parallel and the Demilitarized Zone"
530-898-6475
JMatray@csuchico.edu

Cliff Minor, Professor, History
PhD, University of Washington
Peasant movement in late Roman Empire, classical Greece
530-898-6302
CMinor@csuchico.edu

Judy Raftery, Professor, History
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
L.A. public schools, Chicano families in the urban Southwest
Book: "Land of Fair Promise: Politics and Reform in Losa Angeles Schools, 1889-1941"
530-898-6371
JRaftery@csuchico.edu

Kenneth D. Rose, Lecturer, History
PhD, UCLA
US society and culture
Book: "One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture"
530-898-5386
KDRose@csuchico.edu

Hassan Sisay, Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, Southern Illinois University
Africa, Sierra Leone, Liberia, US inner cities
530-898-6664
HSisay@csuchico.edu

Tim Sistrunk, Lecturer, History
PhD, University of Kansas
Classical legal, European Environment
530-898-4202
TSistrunk@csuchico.edu

Dale Steiner, Professor, History
PhD, University of Virginia
US history, American immigration
Book: "Of Thee We Sing: Immigrants and American History," "Writer's and Reviewer's Handbook of Historical Journals"
530-898-6238
DSteiner@csuchico.edu

Robert S. Tinkler, Associate Professor, History
PhD, University of North Carolina
American South; Civil War and Reconstruction
Book: "Ashes of Greatness": Politics and Reputation in the Antebellum World of James Hamilton
530-898-6054
RTinkler@csuchico.edu

Kate Transchel, Associate Professor, History
PhD, University of North Carolina
Russian and Soviet history, protocol for military personnel, alcoholism
treatment programs in the former Soviet Union
Book: "Under the Influence: Working-class Drinking, Temperence, and Cultural Revolution in Russia, 1895-1932"
530-898-6417
KTranschel@csuchico.edu

Humanities
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-4741

Marcia L. Bryant, Lecturer, Humanities Program
PhD, University of Iowa
18th century British literature, prose fiction, travel literature
530-898-5263
MBryant@csuchico.edu

Music
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5152)

Joseph Alexander, Associate Professor, Music
BA, University of Pennsylvania
Music industry, recording arts
530-898-5334
JAlexander@csuchico.edu

James Bankhead, Chair, Professor, Music
DMA, Catholic University
Military bands and music
530-898-5152
JBankhead@csuchico.edu

Raymond Barker, Professor, Music
DMA, University of Oregon
Recording arts, music composition, theory
530-898-5260
RBarker@csuchico.edu

Robert Bowman, Professor, Music
DMA, USC
Piano, harpsichord
530-898-4043
RBowman@csuchico.edu

Russell Burnham, Professor, Music
DMA, Louisiana State
Voice, guitar, recorder, reed instruments
530-898-4067
RBurnham@csuchico.edu

David Colson, Associate Professor, Music
DMA, Rice University
Theory, percussion, instrumental conducting
530-898-4607
DColson@csuchico.edu

Paul Friedlander, Associate Professor, Music
Director, Music Industry Program
PhD, University of Oregon
Music industry, rock and roll, popular music
Book: "Rock and Roll: A Social History"
530-898-5243
PFriedlander@csuchico.edu

Jeffrey Gemmell, Associate Professor, Music
Director, Choral Activities
DMA, University of Colorado
Choral, voice
530-898-6127
JGemmell@csuchico.edu

Lloyd Roby, Associate Professor, Music
DMA, Indiana University
Low Brass and Music Education
530-898-4032
LRoby@csuchico.edu

Warren R. Pinckney, Professor, Music
PhD, Princeton
African-American and Caribbean music
530-898-4795
WPinckney@csuchico.edu

Deborah Reinhardt, Associate Professor, Music
PhD, Case Western Reserve
Music education
530-898-4639
DReinhardt@csuchico.edu

Lloyd Roby, Associate Professor, Music
DM, Indiana University
Low brass, music education
530-898-4032
LRoby@csuchico.edu

David Rothe, Professor, Music
DMA, Stanford
Historic European pipe organs, harpsichords
530-898-6128
DRothe@csuchico.edu

Keith Seppanen, Associate Professor, Music
MA, CSU, Chico
Recording arts, recording engineer
530-898-5500
KSeppanen@csuchico.edu

Royce S. Tevis, Associate Professor, Music
Director of Bands
DMA, Michigan State University
Bands
530-898-5582
RTevis@csuchico.edu

Rick Winslow, Professor, Music
MM, University of Kentucky
Trumpet, brass ensemble
530-898-4655
RWinslow@csuchico.edu

Rocky Winslow, Assistant Professor, Music
MM, University of North Texas
Jazz Studies
530-898-6986
MRWinslow@csuchico.edu

Ying Yeh, Assistant Professor, Music
MA, Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
Opera
530-898-6766 YYeh@csuchico.edu

Philosophy
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6183)

Ken Bruder, Professor, Philosophy
PhD, Germany University of Freiburg
Bauhaus School of Design, the impact of technology in the daily environment, history of philosophy
530-898-6300
KBruder@csuchico.edu

Marcel Daguerre, Lecturer, Philosophy
MA, UC, Davis
MBA, CSU, Chico
Business ethics, Critical Thinking & Logic, Social Ethics
530-898-6419
MDaguerre@csuchico.edu

Terri Elliott, Associate Professor, Philosophy
PhD, University of Iowa
Interdisciplinary studies, logic, feminist philosophy
530-898-6693
TElliott@csuchico.edu

Eric Gampel, Associate Professor, Philosophy
PhD, University of Michigan
Environmental ethics, ethics of war and peace
530-898-4506 
EGampel@csuchico.edu

Anthony Graybosch, Professor, Philosophy
PhD, City of University of New York
American philosophy, applied philosophy, epistemology
530-898-5111
AGraybosch@csuchico.edu

Ron Hirschbein, Professor, Philosophy
PhD, Syracuse University
Crisis management, war and peace, the 1960s
Book: "What If They Gave a Crisis and Nobody Came? Interpreting International Crises"
530-898-5122
RHirschbein@csuchico.edu

Tom Imhoff, Associate Professor, Philosophy
PhD, Stanford University
Ethics of protecting endangered species, U.S. economy, ethics of war and peace, environmental ethics
530-898-4742
TImhoff@csuchico.edu

Troy Jollimore, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
PhD, Princeton University
Ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics
530-898-4506
TJollimore@csuchico.edu

Adrian Mirvish, Professor, Philosophy
PhD, University of Cincinnati
French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, phenomenologists, existentialism, epistemology
530-898-5296
AMirvish@csuchico.edu

Brooke Moore, Professor, Philosophy
PhD, University of Cincinnati
Anglo-American analytic philosophy, life after death, metaphysics
530-898-6183
BMoore@csuchico.edu

Anne Morrissey, Lecturer, Philosophy
MA, University of Washington
Philosophy of religion, logic, critical thinking, ethics
530-898-4840
AMorrissey@csuchico.edu

Richard Parker, Professor, Philosophy
PhD, University of Washington
P hilosophy of law, philosophical analysis, the impact of idle time on people's lives
530-898-4743
RParker@csuchico.edu

Edward Pluth, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
PhD, Duquene University
Phenomenology, continental philosophy, Psychoanalysis
530-898-4769
EPluth@csuchico.edu

Michael Rich, Lecturer, Philosophy
PhD, University of Kent
Marxism
530-898-4769
MRich@csuchico.edu

Gregory Tropea, Lecturer and Critical Thinking Coordinator, Philosophy
PhD, Syracuse University
P hilosophical counseling, mysticism, critical thinking, Heidegger, Christian theology
530-898-5058
GTropea@csuchico.edu

Becky White, Associate Professor, Philosophy
PhD, Rice University
Biomedical ethics
530-898-4730
BCWhite@csuchico.edu

Wai-hung Wong, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
PhD, UC, Berkeley
Epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind
530-898-4840
WWong@csuchico.edu

Zanja Yudell
PhD, Columbia
Philosophy of Science & Philosophy of Physics
530-898-6300
ZYudell@csuchico.edu

Religious Studies

James Anderson, Lecturer, Religious Studies
EdD, Harvard University
Religion and education, religion and global issues
530-898-5662
JAnderson@csuchico.edu

Rabbi Julie Hilton Danan, Lecturer, Religious Studies
PhD (ABD), University of Texas at Austin
Modern Jewish studies, Rabbinic literature, Judaism, Bible as Literature
530-898-5108
JDanan@csuchico.edu

Michelle DeBeixedon, Lecturer, Religious Studies
PhD, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Religion and society/ women and religion
530-872-8336
MDebeixedon@csuchico.edu

Andrew M. Fleschler, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, Brown University
Contemporary Religious thought, ethics
530-898-5534
AFlescher@csuchico.edu

Bruce Grelle, Associate Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Religion in schools, interfaith dialogue, religion and politics, ethics and society
530-898-4739
BGrelle@csuchico.edu

Donald Heinz, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies
PhD, Graduate Theological Union
Religion in public life, death and dying, ethics, sociology of religion
530-345-9809
DHeinz@csuchico.edu

Shigeo Kanda, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies,
PhD, Claremont
Religion and minorities, Buddhism, Japanese religious history, New Testament studies
530-345-2938
SKanda@csuchico.edu

Patricia M. Lennon, Lecturer, Religious Studies
MA, Indiana University, Bloomington
American religious history, Catholicism, religion and sexuality, women and religion
530-898-5661
PLennon@csuchico.edu

Loren Lybarger, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Islam, modern Islamist movements, religion and social theory, religion and nationalism
530-898-4165
LLybarger@csuchico.edu

Kate McCarthy, Associate Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, Graduate Theological Union
Feminism, women, and religion, interfaith relations
530-898-4485
KMcCarthy@csuchico.edu

Sarah Pike, Associate Professor, Religious Studies
MA, Indiana University
Women and religion, new religious movements, adolescents and religion
530-898-6341
SPike@csuchico.edu

Daniel Veidlinger, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Hinduism, Buddhism, history of writing
530-898-4637
DVeidlinger@csuchico.edu

George Williams, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Iowa
Hinduism, Japanese Buddhists, Transylvania

Jed Wyrick, Associate Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, Harvard University
Judaism, biblical interpretation, classics comparative literature, history of ideas
530-898-5860
JWyrick@csuchico.edu

Joel Zimbelman, Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Virginia
Ethics, humanities, comparative religion
530-898-4741
JZimbelman@csuchico.edu

Theatre Arts

Sarah Blackstone, Chair, Professor, Theatre Arts
PhD, Northeastern University
American Theatre History, Melodrama, Contemporary British Drama, Theatre History and Dramatic Literature, Buffalo Bill
530-898-6161

James Gilbert, Professor, Theatre Arts
MA, University of Arkansas
Theater, set design, stage lighting
530-898-6161

Gail Holbrook, Professor, Theatre Arts
MA, University of Connecticut
Costume design, theater history, makeup, acting, fashion history
530-898-5130

Susan Pate, Professor, Theatre Arts
PhD, Cornell University
Mime and movement for theater, dance history, choreography
530-898-4055

Randy Wonzong, Professor, Theatre Arts
MA, Northwestern University
Drama criticism, oral interpretation
530-898-4056

Biological Sciences

Michael Abruzzo, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, Michigan State
Human genetics, genetics of cancer, genetics of developmental disabilities, prenatal genetic diagnosis, DNA fingerprinting, Human Genome Project
530-898-6748
MAbruzzo@csuchico.edu

Douglas Alexander, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of North Carolina
Vernal pool preservation and other wetlands issues, ecological 
education, habitat preservation in general, endangered species
530-898-5356
DAlexander@csuchico.edu

Ray Barnett, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, Duke University
Behavior of mammals, nut-bearing trees, Hawaiian birds, Chinese pandas, rare teas and tea brewing, Taoism
530-898-4865
RBarnett@csuchico.edu

Jeffrey Bell, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Southern California
Population genetics, developmental biology, molecular biology
530-898-6181
JBell@csuchico.edu

Kristopher Blee, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, Utah State University
Plant defense, plant development, plant molecular biology
530-898-5116
KBlee@csuchico.edu

Jonathan R. Day, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD,University of Delaware
Neuroscience, endocrinology, aging, reproductive physiology
530-898-5271
JDay@csuchico.edu

Richard Demaree, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, Colorado State
Electron microscopy, toxoplasm--the cat parasite, parasitic protozoa, combating flukes in the tropics, biology of cancer, parasitology
530-898-5812
RDemaree@csuchico.edu

William Derr, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Plant anatomy, morphology
530-898-5356
BDerr@csuchico.edu

Patricia Edelmann, Professor, Biological Sciences
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
PhD, UC Davis
Bacterial physiology, microbial genetics, infectious diseases
530-898-5356
PEdelmann@csuchico.edu

Tag Engstrom, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
PhD, University of California, Davis
Phylogenetics, systematics, evolutionary ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
530-898-6748
TEngstrom@csuchico.edu

Larry Hanne, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas
Bioremediation, genetic engineering using prokaryotic systems
530-898-6298
LHanne@csuchico.edu

Colleen Hatfield, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of New Mexico
Landscape ecology, spatial analysis, community ecology, riparian systems, and wetland assessment
530-898-4235
CHatfield@csuchico.edu

James Houpis, Professor, Biological Sciences
Dean, College of Natural Sciences
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Tree ecophysiology, air pollution, climate change, heavy metals, phytoremediation
530-898-6121
JHoupis@csuchico.edu

Faye Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
EdD, University of the Pacific
Experimental foods, evolution of diets, rice products, food service training, food safety, food preservation
530-898-6767
FJohnson@csuchico.edu

Barbara Kirks, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
EdD, Utah State
Nutrition & prevention of disease, parental involvement in nutrition education, calorie and protein requirements of burn patients
530-898-4759
BKirks@csuchico.edu

David Kistner, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Chicago
Termites, beetles, army ants, insects, sociobiology
530-898-5356
DKistner@csuchico.edu

Roger Lederer, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Illinois
Ornithology
530-898-6317
RLederer@csuchico.edu

John Mahoney, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Minnesota
Inflammation and infection
530-898-6340
JMahoney@csuchico.edu

Beverly Marcum, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Virginia
Marine biology of Bahamas, human anatomy
530-898-5539
BMarcum@csuchico.edu

Michael Marchetti, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of California, Davis
Fish ecology, conservation biology, stream ecology
530-898-5641
MMarchetti@csuchico.edu

Paul Maslin, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Florida
Nutrients in lakes, plankton population, stream ecology, CSU nature trail
530-898-5356
PMaslin@csuchico.edu

Ailsie McEnteggart, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas
Freshwater and marine algae
530-898-6099
AMcEnteggart@csuchico.edu

Donald Miller, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Entotnology, social insects, animal behavior
530-898-6153
DGMiller@csuchico.edu

Michelle Morris, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of California, Davis
Community nutrition, social marketing, geriatric nutrition
530-898-4757
MMorris@csuchico.edu

James Pushnik, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, Utah State
Global warming and the effects of increasing C02 concentrations, greenhouse effect, plant genetic engineering, molecular ecological issues, plant physiology and evolution
530-898-6362
JPushnik@csuchico.edu

Kristina Schierenbeck, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, WA State U.
Population genetics, hybridization, evolution of plants, invasive species biology
530-898-6410
KSchierenbeck@csuchico.edu

Robert Schlising, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, UC Berkeley
Evolutionary botany, vernal pool plants, geophytes, native bees
530-898-5381
RSchlising@csuchico.edu

Kathryn Silliman, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, UC Berkeley
RD, registered dietitian
Nutritionist, nutritional biochemistry, nutrition assessment, diet and heart disease, dietary supplements
530-898-6245
KSilliman@csuchico.edu

Bob Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, Kent State
Pollution in Alaska
530-898-5113
BThomas@csuchico.edu

Andrea White, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne
Biochemistry and genetics of bacterial phosphorous pathways
Isolation and caracterization of microorganisms that possess novel metabolic pathways
530-898-4123
AWhite@csuchico.edu

David Wood, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Washington
Mt. St. Helens, plant ecology and restoration biology, ecology of riparian systems
530-898-6311
DMWood@csuchico.edu

Gordon Wolfe, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Washington
Microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, molecular ecology
530-898-4256
GWolfe2@csuchico.edu

Cindy Brattan Wolff, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, MPA, RD Colorado State University, UC Berkeley
Pediatric obesity, community nutrition, diabetes, nutritional epidemiology, research methods
530-898-6164
CWolff@csuchico.edu

Chemistry
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5259)

Don Alger, Professor, Chemistry
PhD, Washington State University
Toxicology, toxic chemicals
530-898-6563
DAlger@csuchico.edu

David Ball, Professor, Chemistry
PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Organic synthesis directed to total synthesis of natural products
and methodology
530-898-6496
DBall@csuchico.edu

Mina Hector, Professor, Chemistry
PhD, University of Colorado
Biodegradation of hydrocarbons, bacteria that consume oil, nutritional quality of almond hulls, plant extracts with anti-cancer agents
530-898-5226
MHector@csuchico.edu

Larry Kirk, Professor, Chemistry
PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Bioremediation, soil bacteria, antioxidant activity
530-898-6254
LKirk@csuchico.edu

Brian McBurnett, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
PhD, University of Texas
Synthetic inorganic chemistry, main group, and solid state chemistry
530-898-5251
BMcburnett@csuchico.edu

Barbara Meijia, Professor Emerita, Chemistry
PhD, UC Davis
History of chemistry, history of science, educational software in chemistry
530-898-5622
BMejia@csuchico.edu

Christopher Nichols, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Organic, synthetic methods
530-898-5541
CJnichols@csuchico.edu

Cindy Phelps, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
PhD, University of Idaho
Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), uranium reprocessing and cleanup using SFE, solubility of secondary uranium minerals
530-898-5547
CPhelps@csuchico.edu

James Postma, Professor, Chemistry
PhD, UC Davis
physical chemistry, electrochemistry
530-898-5259
JPostma@csuchico.edu

Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, Assistant Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences
PhD, University of Arizona
Earthquakes, plate tectonics, science education, structural geology
530-898-6305
ABykerk-Kauffman@csuchico.edu

Vic Fisher, Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences
PhD, Florida State
Mining company operations, Alaska mining, stratigraphy, coal mining in China
530-898-5807
VFisher@csuchico.edu

Dick Flory, Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences
PhD, Oregon State
Sedimentology, Klamath corals, Nevada corals, New South Wales
530-898-5262
RFlory@csuchico.edu

Terence Kato, Professor, Geological Sciences
PhD, UCLA
Petrology, geologic formations in central Chile
530-898-5807
TKato@csuchico.edu

William M. Murphy, Associate Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences
PhD, UC Berkeley
Geochemistry, water-roch interactions, geologic disposal of nuclear waste
530-898-5163
WMurphy@csuchico.edu

Jim Regas, Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences
PhD, Harvard University
Astronomy
530-898-4000
JRegas@csuchico.edu

Randy S. Senock, Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
PhD, Kansas State University
Applied Ecology and Land Management, Environmental Physics, Sustainability
530-898-5546
RSenock@csuchico.edu

Dr. Rachel Teasdale
Volcanology, Rocks & Minerals, Igneous Petrology, Submarine Geology, Ocean Island Geology, Science Education, Informal Education, Museum Science
530-898-5547
RTeasdale@csuchico.edu

Jorgen Berglund, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, U. of Mass-Amherst
Differential geometry with a focus on minimal and constant mean curvature surfaces, and mathematics education with a focus on high school Mathematics.
530-898-5350
jjberglund@csuchico.edu

Nancy Carter, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, Oregon State
Statistics, detection of misleading statistics, experimental design, regression, sampling theory
530-898-6562
NCarter@csuchico.edu

Rapti de Silva, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, Syracuse University
Mathematics education
530-898-5767
RDesilva@csuchico.edu

Lawrence Dion, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
MS, University of Detroit
Partial differential equations, statistics
530-898-6562
LDion@csuchico.edu

Bill Fisher, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, University of Oregon
Elementary and secondary mathematics education, mathematics in-service programs
530-898-5800
WFisher@csuchico.edu

Richard Ford, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, UC Irvine
Trends in high school and college math education
530-898-5350
RFord@csuchico.edu

Colin Gallagher, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Statistics and applied probability, time series analysis, stochastic processes, statistics, and non-parametric regression
530-898-6476
CMGallagher@csuchico.edu

Eliza Gallagher, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, NC State U.
K-12 mathematics education, topological algebra
530-898-5800
EDGallaher@csuchico.edu

Simon Goberstein, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, University of Saratov (Russia) and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Modern algebra and its applications, computer science, mathematics education
530-898-6364
SGoberstein@csuchico.edu

Dennis Goslin, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
MS, Oregon State
Expert witness in wrongful death and personal injury cases
530-898-6364
DGoslin@csuchico.edu

LaDawn Haws, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, University of California, Davis
Math and science education (K12), history of math, women and science and technology
530-898-6111
LHaws@csuchico.edu

Gordon Hughes, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, UC Riverside
Symbolic mathematics by computer
530-898-6337
GHHughes@csuchico.edu

Jim Jones, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
EdD, University of Michigan
Math curricula

530-898-6111
JNJones@csuchico.edu

Terry Kiser, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, Oregon State
Mathematics curriculum development, integration of technology, calculus reform, mathematical modeling
530-898-5191
TKiser@csuchico.edu

Eric Langford, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, Rutgers University
Geometric probability
530-898-5767
ELangford@csuchico.edu

Thomas Mattman, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, McGill University
Knot theory, geometric topology, shape of the universe
530-898-5345
TMattman@csuchico.edu

Ed Matzdorff, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, Oregon State
Applied math
530-898-5274
EMatzdorff@csuchico.edu

Thomas McCready, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, Stanford University
Fluid mechanics, elliptic partial differential equations
530-898-5345
TMcCready@csuchico.edu

Greg Naber, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
DA, Carnegie-Mellon University
Topology, relativity
530-898-6111
GNaber@csuchico.edu

Margaret Owens, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, University of Oregon
Teaching mathematics, topology
530-898-6111
MAOwens@csuchico.edu

Vladimir Rosenhaus, Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics 
PhD, Estonian Acad. Sciences
Partial differential equations, applications, symmetry (Lie) groups, conservation laws
530-898-5274
vrosenhaus@csuchico.edu

Sharon Ross, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, UC Berkeley
Mathematics education
530-898-6111
SRRoss@csuchico.edu

Neil Schwertman, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, University of Kentucky
Statistics
530-898-6329
NSchwertman@csuchico.edu

Robin Soloway, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Geometric topology, trigonometry, family math
530-898-6895
RSoloway@csuchico.edu

Nursing

Janet Brown, Associate Professor, Nursing
MS, California State University, Chico
Medical-surgical and orthopedic nursing, pain management, communication and conflict management
530-898-6458

Sherry Fox, Professor, Nursing
PhD, UCSF
Nursing shortage, graduate nursing education, distance education
530-898-5891

Carol Huston, Professor, Nursing
DPA, University of Southern California
Leadership, management, professional nursing issues, quality of healthcare, decision-making, distance education
530-898-5336

Linda Land, Professor, Nursing
MS, UCSF
Cardiac rehabilitation
530-898-5225

Carol Leedom, Professor, Nursing
MS, UCSF
Decision-making in nursing, surgical nursing, interactive video uses in nursing
530-898-5610

Bessie Marquis, Lecturer, Nursing
MS, California State University, Fresno
Medical-surgical nursing, health care for the elderly, health care, consumer rights, Australian nursing education, nursing teaching model
530-898-5846

Deanna Persaud, Professor, Nursing
MS, Hunter College
Spinal cord injury, head injury, prevention of head spinal cord injuries, injuries, writing for publication, designing computer assisted instruction for nursing education
530-898-4422

Gwin Richter, Professor, Nursing
MS, CSU, Chico
Childbirth, prenatal and infant care audiovisual tapes, maternal-infant care, family nursing
530-898-6368

Julia Shovein, Professor, Nursing
MS, UCSF
Community health nursing, legal aspects of nursing, hospice nursing
530-898-6309

Kristine D. Warner, Associate Professor
PhD University of Pennsylvania
Community health nursing, military nursing, health promotion, nursing research
530-898-5225

Nutrition and Food Sciences
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6121)

Michelle Neyman Morris, Associate Professor & Director, Dietetic Intersnhip, Nutrition and Food Sciences
PhD, University of California, Davis
RD, registered dietitian
Community nutritionist, nutrition and aging, social marketing, food insecurity and hunger
530-898-4757
MRMorris@csuchico.edu

Kathryn Silliman, Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
RD, registered dietitian
Nutritionist, nutritional biochemistry, nutrition assessment, diet and heart disease, dietary supplements
530-898-6245
KSilliman@csuchico.edu

Cindy Wolff, Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences
PhD, Colorado University, Fort Collins
MPA, California State University, Chico
RD, registered dietitian
Nutritionist, community nutrition, program evaluation, diet and diabetes
530-898-5288
CWolff@csuchico.edu

Physics
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6259)

Eric Ayars, Assistant Professor, Physics
PhD, North Carolina State University
Raman spectroscopy, lasers, optics, scanning probe microscopy, experimental physics
530-898-6724
EAyars@csuchico.edu

Louis Buchholtz, Professor, Physics
PhD, Stanford University
Superfluids, theoretical condensed matter physics, mechanics
530-898-6230
LBuchholtz@csuchico.edu

Cheuk-Kin Chau, Professor, Physics
PhD, University of Illinois
Optics, lasers, sound, condensed matter physics
530-898-6943
CKChau@csuchico.edu

Eric Dietz, Professor, Physics
PhD, UC Berkeley
Electricity and magnetism, pedagogical technology
530-898-6230
EDietz@csuchico.edu

Christopher Gaffney, Chair, Professor, Physics
PhD, Notre Dame
Superconductivity, philosophy of physics
530-898-6259
CGaffney@csuchico.edu

Philip Gash, Professor, Physics
PhD, University of Connecticut
Condensed matter physics, color centers
530-898-6724
PGash@csuchico.edu

David Kagan, Professor, Physics
PhD, UC Berkeley
Atomic physics, physics education
530-898-4575
DKagan@csuchico.edu

Bob Paulson, Professor, Physics
PhD, UC Davis
Sound, nuclear physics, low temperature condensed matter physics, nuclear magnetic resonance
530-898-5360
RPaulson@csuchico.edu

John Young, Professor, Physics
PhD, UC Davis
Experimental modern and nuclear physics
530-898-6967
JCYoung@csuchico.edu

Xueli Zou, Professor, Physics
PhD, Ohio State University
Physics education
530-898-5584
XZou@csuchico.edu

Robert Jackson, Professor, Political Science; Dean, School of Graduate, International and Sponsored Programs
PhD, University of Oregon
International relations
530-898-6880
 

Faculty Degrees Listed

PhD Doctor of Philosophy
MA Master of Arts
MS Master of Science
EdD Doctor of Education
JD Juris Doctor
PE Professional Engineer
MEd Master of Education
HSD Doctor of Health Science
DPA Doctor of Public Administration
MFA Master of Fine Arts
DA Doctor of Arts
MSW Master of Social Work
MAA Master of Applied Arts
DMA Doctor of Musical Arts
MM Master of Music