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Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Title	Program	Field of Expertise
Adams III, Virgil	Professor	Psychology	Hope Intergroup Relations Quality of Life Social Psychology
Adler, Mary	Professor	English	Classroom Discourse English Education Instructional and Professional Development Interdisciplinary Instruction in Secondary Schools Language and Education Qualitative Research Methods Teaching and Research in Writing
Alamillo, Jose	Professor	Chicana/o Studies	Cinco de Mayo and Dia de los Muertos Contemporary Immigration Issues Latino/a Workers in a Global Economy Latinos/as in Sports Mexican American History and Culture
Alarcon, Ruben	Associate Professor	Biology	Community Ecology Insect Behavior Pollination Biology
Albani, Gina	University Psychologist	Counseling Services	Personal Counseling & Psychology
Aloisio, Simone	Professor	Chemistry	Analytical Chemistry Atmospheric Chemistry Climate Change and Chemistry Environmental Chemistry
Alvarado, Allison	Assistant Professor	Biology	N/A
Anderson, Sean	Professor	Environmental Science and Resource Management	Conservation Biology Ecotoxicology Endangered Species Marine Biology Oak Woodlands Turkey, especially Eastern Anatolia
Anderson, Stacey	Assistant Professor	English	N/A
Andrzejewski, Susan	Associate Professor	Business & Economics	Marketing
Avila, Theresa	Assistant Professor	Art	Art History
Awad, Ahmed	Assistant Professor	Chemistry
Baker, Dana	Associate Professor	Political Science	N/A
Baker, Harley	Faculty	Psychology	N/A
Baker, Raquel	Assistant Professor	English	N/A
Balen, Julia	Professor	English	20th-Century World Literature Activism – Organizing and Group Processes Multicultural, Gender, Feminist, and Sexuality Studies
Ballesteros-Sola, Maria	Assistant Professor	Business & Economics: Marketing	N/A
Banuelos, Selenne	Assistant Professor	Math	N/A
Barajas, Frank	Professor	History	California History Chicano History United States History
Barry, Lisa	Lecturer	Communication	N/A
Barton, Jared	Associate Professor	Business & Economics	Economics
Beauregard, Stacey	Lecturer	English	N/A
Benegas, Leo	Lecturer	Computer Science	N/A
Berman, Michael	Vice President for Information Technology Services	Computer Science	Information Technology Social Media Communication
Bieszczad, Andrzej	Professor	Computer Science	N/A
Bieszczad, Anna Teresa	Lecturer	Computer Science	N/A
Bleicher, Robert	Professor	Education	Liberal Studies Classroom Interactions Science Education
Buchanan, Merilyn	Faculty	Education	N/A
Buhl, Geoffrey W	Professor	Math	The Mathematics of String Theory
Burriss, Catherine	Associate Professor	Performing Arts	N/A
Buschmann, Rainer	Professor	History	European History History of Oceans and Ocean Travel History of the Pacific Islands History Teaching World History
Campbell, Matthew	Assistant Professor	Psychology	N/A
Carswell, Sean	Associate Professor	English	N/A
Castaneda, Lillian	FERP Faculty	Education	N/A
Castillo, Heather	Assistant Professor	Performing Arts	N/A
Centino, Nicholas	Assistant Professor	Chicana/o Studies	N/A
Chen, Minder	Professor	Business & Economics	Management Information Systems
Chen, Nien-Tsu (Nancy)	Assistant Professor	Communication	N/A
Christopher, Renny	Emeritus Faculty	English	N/A
Clark, Stephen	Professor	Spanish	N/A
Clarke, Tracylee	Associate Professor	Communication	Communication & Conflict Management Cultural Identity Environmental Conflict Management Social & Political Conflict Management
Claveau, David	Assistant Professor	Computer Science	N/A
Clements, Nina	Assistant Librarian	Library	N/A
Contreras, Kathleen	Lecturer	Education	Bilingual Education Cross-Cultural Understanding Latino Children’s Literature
Cook, Matthew	Librarian	Library	N/A
Cooper, Dylan	Assistant Professor	Business & Economics	Management
Cordeiro, William	Dean of MVS School of Business & Economics	Business & Economics	Business Ethics General Management Strategy Planning
Correia, Manuel	Professor	Education	Education
Costache, Irina	Professor	Art	Art and Technology Art History (Modern and Contemporary Art and Culture and Western Post-Renaissance Art and Culture) Collecting and Museum Studies/Issues Film and Art New Strategies in Teaching Art History Restoration and Conservation Art Women and the Arts
Dai, Hua	Associate Professor	Business & Economics	Management Information Systems
Dallali, Houman	Assistant Professor	Computer Science	Mechatronics Engineering
Davis, LaSonya	Assistant Professor	Nursing	N/A
DeLoach, Scott	Lecturer	English	N/A
de Oca, Beatrice	Professor	Psychology	N/A
Dean, Michelle	Assistant Professor	Education	Special Education
Deans, Nancy L	Lecturer	Chemistry	N/A
Delaney, Colleen	Professor	Anthropology	Anthropology Archaeology
Delgado Helleseter, Miguel	Assistant Professor	Business & Economics	Economics
Delgado, Jasmine	Assistant Professor	Art	N/A
Denton, Amy	Professor	Biology	N/A
Dilly, Geoffrey	Assistant Professor	Biology	N/A
Dougherty, Geoff	Professor	Physics	Bioengineering Image Analysis Medical Imaging
Downey, Dennis	Professor	Sociology	N/A
Drescher, Talya	Assistant Professor	Education	Special Education
Elliott, Jesse	Professor	Math	N/A
Estrada, Rudolph	Lecturer	Business & Economics	Small Business and Management
Fleisher, Steven	Lecturer	Psychology	N/A
Fleming, Erich	Associate Professor	Biology	N/A
Flores, Cynthia	Assistant Professor	Math	N/A
Francois, Marie	Professor	History	Latin America History Mexican History
Frisch, Scott	Interim AVP for Academic Programs and Planning	Political Science	N/A
Furmanski, Matthew	Professor	Art	N/A
Garcia, Jorge	Professor	Math	Mathematics Probability
Garcia, Jose	Assistant Professor	Education	N/A
Gillespie, Blake	Professor	Chemistry	N/A
Gonzalez, Javier	Assistant Professor	Spanish	N/A
Grier, Jeanne	Professor	Education	Democratic Classrooms Math and science teacher recruitment Science education Secondary education STEM Career changers in secondary education
Grove, Andrea	Professor	Political Science	Conflict Resolution Foreign Policy International Relations Leadership
Grzegorczyk, Ivona	Professor	Math	Geometry and Art Mathematics Mathematics Education
Guzman, Georgina	Assistant Professor	English	N/A
Hampton, Philip	Professor	Chemistry	Catalysis Organic Synthesis Polymer Chemistry
Hannans, Jaime	Assistant Professor	Nursing	N/A
Harris, Colleen	Assistant Librarian	Library	N/A
Harris, Gareth	Assistant Professor	Biology	N/A
Hartung, Elizabeth	Emeritus Faculty	Sociology	Gender International Education Social Class and Inequality
Hoffmann, Debra	Associate Librarian	Library	N/A
Huang, Nian-Sheng	Emeritus Faculty	English	N/A
Itkonen, Tiina	Associate Professor	Education & Political Science	Education policy and politics Educational legislation
Isaacs, Jason	Assistant Professor	Computer Science	N/A
Jenkins, Jacob	Assistant Professor	Communication	N/A
Jensen, Karen	Faculty	Nursing	N/A
Jepson, Mark C	Lecturer	Sociology	N/A
Jimenez-Jimenez, Antonio	Professor	Spanish	Second Language Acquisition
Jordan, Rachael	Lecturer	English	N/A
Jordan, Kristin	Lecturer	Sociology	N/A
Justice, CliftonN/A	Lecturer	English	N/A
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Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Title	Program	Field of Expertise
Kadakal, Reha	Assistant Professor	Sociology	N/A
Kamei, Shoichi	Lecturer	English	N/A
Kee-Rose, Kimmy	Professor	Psychology	N/A
Kelly, Sean	Professor	Political Science	N/A
Kenny Feister, Megan	Assistant Professor	Communication	N/A
Kilpatrick, Jacquelyn	Emeritus Faculty	English	N/A
King, Lizabeth	Professor	Art	N/A
Kinsey, Gary	FERP Faculty	Education	N/A
Klompien, Kathleen	Lecturer	English	N/A
Kornuc, Sandra	Lecturer	Spanish	Spanish
Kryshchenko, Alona	Assistant Professor	Math	N/A
Landry, Lynette	Professor	Nursing	N/A
Leafstedt, Jill	Executive Director of Teaching & Learning Innovations/Senior Academic Technology Officer	Education	Congress Elections and Electoral Politics Environmental Policy Health Policy Public Policy The Presidency
Lee, HyeSun	Assistant Professor	Psychology	N/A
Lee, Sohui	Assistant Librarian	Library	N/A
Liang, Priscilla	Professor	Business & Economics	Finance
Linton, Kristen	Assistant Professor	Health Science	N/A
Liu, KuanFen	Assistant Professor	Performing Arts	Music
Lopez, Margarita	Assistant Professor	Spanish	N/A
Lopez Magana, Norma	Clinician	Counseling Services	Counseling & Psychology
Lu, Z. John	Assistant Professor	Business & Economics	Economics
Lucas, Theodore	Emeritus Faculty	Performing Arts	N/A
Luna, Jennie	Assistant Professor	Chicana/o Studies	N/A
Mack, Carol	Associate Professor	Health Science	N/A
Malik, Parul	Assistant Professor	Communication	N/A
Matera, Jaime	Assistant Professor	Anthropology	N/A
Matjas, Luke	Professor	Art	N/A
Mayberry, Bob	Associate Professor	English: Literature and Writing	Composition Pedagogy Playwriting Writing Assessment Zen and the Teaching of Writing
McColpin, Aaron	Assistant Professor	Nursing	N/A
McGrath, Marianne	Assistant Professor	Art	N/A
Mendez, Matthew	Assistant Professor	Political Science	N/A
Meriweather, James	Interim Dean for School of Arts & Sciences	History	20^th-Century United States History African History African-American History
Miller, Jason	Professor	Math	N/A
Mitchell, Robin	Assistant Professor	History	N/A
Monsma, Bradley	Professor	English	American Literature Creative/Literary Nonfiction Environmental Writing Nature Writing Sespe Creek Southern California Wilderness
Moon, Michelle	Professor	Psychology	N/A
Morris, John Andrew	Professor	Business & Economics	Management Leadership and Humility Pedagogical applications of positive organizational scholarship
Mozingo, Nancy	Professor	Biology	N/A
Munroe, William	Lecturer	Chemistry	N/A
Muraoka, Dennis	Emeritus Faculty	Business & Economics	Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Murphy, Paul	Associate Professor	Performing Arts	Music
Naidoo, Kara	Assistant Professor	Education	Secondary Education
Nam, Sunghee	Lecturer	Sociology	N/A
Neuman, Dawn	FERP Faculty	Biology	N/A
Nevins, Colleen	Assistant Professor	Nursing	N/A
Niemi, Charlene	Assistant Professor	Nursing	N/A
Nolde, Lance	Assistant Professor	History	N/A
Norris, Steven	Lecturer	Biology	African Fishes Desert Fishes Fishes of Mexico General Zoology Ichthyology (Biology of Fishes) Natural History Museums
O'Connor, Lindsey	Assistant Professor	Sociology	N/A
Oliva Olson, Carola	Associate Professor	Education	Early Childhood Study
Ornelas-Higdon, Julia	Assistant Professor	History	N/A
Paiva, Claudio	Professor	Business & Economics: Economics	Economic Development Economic Policy Economics of Latin America International Economics Macroeconomics
Parmar, Nitika	Professor	Biology	N/A
Patsch, Kiersten	Assistant Professor	ESRM	N/A
Pehlivan, Ekin	Assistant Professor	Business & Economics	Marketing
Perchuk, Alison	Associate Professor	Art	Art History
Pereira, Monica	Associate Librarian	Library	N/A
Perry, Jennifer	Associate Professor	Anthropology	N/A
Peters, Joan	FERP Faculty	English	Fiction Writing Women’s Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction Women’s Studies
Pilarczyk, Pawel	Assistant Professor	Computer Science	N/A
Pinkley, Janet	Associate Librarian	Library	N/A
Popenhagen, Luda	Professor	Performing Arts	N/A
Pribisko, Melanie	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	N/A
Profant, Lorna	Lecturer	Biology	N/A
Quintero, Elizabeth	Professor	Education	Early Childhood Studies
Reder, Claudia	Lecturer	English: Literature and Writing	Creative Arts in Learning Poetry Writing Storytelling Writing Across the Curriculum
Reilly, Jack	Emeritus Faculty	Art	N/A
Reineman, Daniel	Assistant Professor	ESRM	N/A
Reynoso, Jacqueline	Assistant Professor	History	N/A
Rodriguez, Donald	Faculty	ESRM	Minority Involvement in the outdoors Municipal Open Space and Natural Areas Park Visitor Management Parks and Protected Area Management Recreational Impacts on Natural Areas Resource Management in the Urban Wildland Interface
Rodriguez, Kristina	Psychologist/Clinician	Counseling Services	N/A
Roybal, Roger	Lecturer	Mathematics	N/A
Rummel, Conrad	Lecturer	Education	N/A
Sackerson, Charles	Lecturer	Biology	Developmental Biology Genetics Molecular Biology
Salazar, Christina	Lecturer	Library	N/A
Sanchez, Luis	Assistant Professor	Sociology	N/A
Schmidhauser, Tom	Lecturer	Biology	N/A
Schulze, Thomas	Lecturer	Chemistry	N/A
Sherman, Cynthia	Assistant Professor	Business & Economics	Management
Sittinger, Brian	Lecturer	Mathematics	N/A
Smith, Christina	Associate Professor	Communication	N/A
Smith, Peter	Faculty	Computer Science	N/A
Soenke, Melissa	Assistant Professor	Psychology	N/A
Sohn, Sung Won	Lecturer	Economics	N/A
Soltys, Michael	Professor	Computer Science	N/A
Soper, Rachel	Assistant Professor	Sociology	N/A
Sowers, Elizabeth	Assistant Professor	Sociology	N/A
Steele, Clare	Assistant Professor	ESRM	N/A
Stratton, Stephen	Librarian	Library	Electronic Serials Implementing digital services in libraries
Swig, Bryan	Lecturer	Biology	N/A
Teranishi Martinez, Christy	Professor	Psychology	Adolescent Development Chicano/Latino Identity Development Health Psychology
Thompson, Mona	Lecturer	Education	N/A
Thoms, Brian	Assistant Professor	Computer Science	N/A
Thorpe, Barbara	Emeritus Faculty	Nursing	N/A
Timmons, Angela	Clinician	Counseling Services	N/A
Tollefson, Kaia	Professor	Education	N/A
Tomlin, Bryan	Assistant Professor	Business & Economics	Economics
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Udolph, Stacy	Clinician	Counseling Services	N/A
Usera, Daniel	Lecturer	Communication	N/A
Veldman, Britnee	Lecturer	Chemistry	N/A
Volkan, Kevin	Professor	Psychology	Buddhist Psychology Daoism Medical Education Psychoanalysis Psychology of Error Public Health
Vose, Kimberly	Lecturer	English	N/A
Wagner, William	Professor	Health Science & Sociology	Public Health Sexuality Social Network Analysis Statistics in the Social/ Behavioral Sciences
Wakelee, Dan	Faculty	Political Science	N/A
Wang, Ching-Hua	Emeritus Faculty	Biology	N/A
Weis, Charles	Assistant Professor	Education	Educational Administration
Wheeler, Christopher	Lecturer	Geology	N/A
White, Annie	Assistant Professor	Education	Early Childhood Studies
Wiers, Matthew	Lecturer	Mathematics	N/A
Wolfe, William	Emeritus Faculty	Computer Science	N/A
Wood, Gregory	Associate Professor	Physics	N/A
Wyels, Cynthia	Professor	Math	N/A
Yalcin, Taylan	Assistant Professor	Business & Economics	Marketing
Yudelson, John	Lecturer	Communication	Group Communication Group Dynamics Organizational Behavior Organizational Communication Organizational Development Strategic Management