Student Services Center, Room 460
530-898-6880
graduatestudies@csuchico.edu

The Office of Graduate Studies
Business Hours
8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Monday–Friday

Mailing Address
Office of Graduate Studies
California State University, Chico
400 W. First St.
Chico, CA 95929–0875

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Grad Faculty Profiles

Zahrasadat Alavi: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department | Assistant Professor

Sarah Brown Blake: School of Nursing | Assistant Professor

Darin Haerle: Political Science and Criminal Justice Department | Faculty | Social Science Program |MA Graduate Coordinator

Keiko Goto: Department of Nutrition and Food Science | Professor and Graduate Coordinator

Garrett Liles: College of Agriculture | Faculty | Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems | Faculty

Matthew Looper: Art and Art History Department | Professor

Amy Magnus: Political Science and Criminal Justice Department | Assistant Professor | Civic Engagement | Faculty Fellow and Rural Partnerships Liaison

Jennifer Malkowski: Communications Arts and Sciences Department | Associate Professor; Graduate Studies Faculty Fellow; Graduate Coordinator; Faculty, University Honors Program

Shane Mayor: Earth and Environmental Sciences Department | Assistant Professor

Kathleen Meehan: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department | Department Chair and Graduate Coordinator

Asa Simon Mittman: Art and Art History Department | Professor

Susan Roll: Office of Graduate Studies | Associate Dean

Charley Turner: Political Science and Criminal Justice Department | MPA Graduate Coordinator

Matt Thomas: Political Science and Criminal Justice Department | Faculty

Jessica Toombs: College of Agriculture | Faculty

Jennifer Wilking: Political Science and Criminal Justice Department | Chair

Zahrasasdat Alavi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Assistant Professor

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Image Processing Machine Learning Control System Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Sarah Brown Blake

School of Nursing
Assistant Professor

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Health equity Anti-racist pedagogy Recent Publications/Projects: Climate justice in nursing education, DEI in nursing practice Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course sharing/collaborations Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students

Keiko Goto

Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Professor and Graduate Coordinator

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Food and culture International nutrition Mindful eating Food behaviors Recent Publications/Projects: Mindful eating among American and Italian students Factors associated with perceived and actual health/nutrition among women in Fiji Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course sharing/collaborations Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students

Darin Haerle

Political Science and Criminal Justice Department
Professor and Graduate Coordinator

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Juvenile rehabilitation Incarceration experiences Adult probation Student success programs Recent Publications/Projects: Intensive rehabilitation program outcomes for juvenile homicide offenders, Outcomes of a second-year student success program Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course sharing/collaborations Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Garrett Liles

College of Agriculture
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Soil - Carbon - management - science communications Soil Health - Carbon Cycle - Forestry - Sustainability - Education Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course sharing/collaborations Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Matthew Looper

Art and Art History Department
Professor

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Mesoamerican art history Recent Publications/Projects: Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project (www.mayadatabase.org) Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students

Amy Magnus

Political Science and Criminal Justice Department
Assistant Professor

Civic Engagement
Faculty Fellow and Rural Partnerships Liaison

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Rural justice Social inequality Access to justice Scholar activism Recent Publications/Projects: Rural vulnerability, inequality, social services, and activism Chico State students' experiences with the criminal justice system and its impact on their education at Chico State Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Jennifer Malkowski

Communications Arts and Sciences Department
Associate Professor | Graduate Studies Faculty Fellow | Graduate Coordinator | Faculty, University Honors Program

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Public health Medical professionalism Risk communication Pharmaceutical advertisements Recent Publications/Projects: Edited book collection focused on Covid and Social Justice Ongoing health communication collaboration with Enloe Medical Center Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course sharing/collaborations

Shane Mayor

Earth and Environmental Sciences Department
Assistant Professor

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Atmospheric Science Micrometeorology Turbulence Lidar Recent Publications/Projects: The Role of Ambient Turbulence in Canopy Waves Generation by Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Kathleen Meehan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Department Chair and Graduate Coordinator

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Nanoparticle synthesis Optoelectronic device design Optical characterization Engineering pedagogy Recent Publications/Projects: Agrivoltaics Metal oxide nanoparticle synthesis and characterization Hands-on engineering pedagogy Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Asa Simon Mittman

Art and Art History Department
Professor

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Medieval Art History Maps Monsters Recent Publications/Projects: Monstrosity, Disability, and Posthumanism Medieval Antisemitic Mapping The History of Racism Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations Mentoring/consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Susan Roll

Office of Graduate Studies
Associate Dean

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Housing/homelessness Poverty Community-based Participatory Research Recent Publications/Projects: Housing Research Group Interdisciplinary teaching Rapid-ReHousing Statewide Evaluation Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations

Charley Turner

Political Science and Criminal Justice Department
MPA Graduate Coordinator

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: American Political Institutions Teaching and Learning Recent Publications/Projects: American Government textbook Research methods survey Affordable textbook analysis Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations Mentoring/Consulting with Grad Students

Matt Thomas

Political Science and Criminal Justice Department
Faculty

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Urban Politics Criminal Justice Policy Recent Publications/Projects: Efficacy of Home Visits in Community Supervision Book on the Reconstruction of New Orleans Outcomes of Peer Mentoring for Undergraduates Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations Mentoring/Consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Jessica Toombs

College of Agriculture
Faculty

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Teacher Self-Efficacy Teacher Development Mentoring Product Labeling Organizational Behavior Leadership Behavioral Finance Recent Publications/Projects: Teacher Work-Life Balance, Agricultural Education Teacher Certification Pathway Authentic Leadership and Malevolent Creativity Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations Mentoring/Consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

Jennifer Wilking

Political Science and Criminal Justice Department
Chair

**Graduate Faculty Profile**
	Specific Areas of Interest: Housing Homelessness Comparative Politics Recent Publications/Projects: Community-based Participatory research Political Behavior Survey research Interested In: Serving on Grad Student Committees Course Sharing/Collaborations Mentoring/Consulting with Grad Students Working with the Office of Grad Studies on programs and initiatives (e.g. Research Competition)

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