Master of Arts in the Humanities (HUX) Faculty

Faculty
Students find that the depth and breadth of experience of HUX professors affords them the opportunity to pursue a more personalized program than is often possible in traditional graduate programs, while at the same time ensuring a high caliber of academic guidance. The disciplines listed under each photo indicate the area of the HUX program in which they teach. Many also teach in CSUDH departments corresponding to these disciplines.

ISET ANUAKAN	ianuakan@csudh.edu	HISTORY
BA, University of California, San Diego, 1989 M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1993 PhD. University of California, Berkeley, 2002 Expertise/Interest: 19th & 20th Century U.S. History; Non-Western (Africa & Asia) Economic & Social History; Folklore (Myths/Folktales/Folk Medicine) Research Methods; Africana Film Theory; Cultural Politics of Gender.
DEBRA BEST	dbest@csudh.edu	LITERATURE
B.A. Pomona College, 1988 M.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1991 Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000 Expertise/Interest: Old and Middle English Language and Literature; Early Modern Literature and Shakespeare; Middle English romance; Mary Shelley; the monster in literature.
KIMBERLY BOHMAN KALAJA	kbohman-kalaja@csudh.edu	LITERATURE
B.A. Scripps College, Claremont 1992 M.A. Queen's University, Belfast 1995 M.A. Princeton University 2000 Ph.D. Princeton University 2004 Expertise/Interest: Comparative Literature with an emphasis in 19th-20th Century British and European Literatures, with a research focus on Irish, English, South-Eastern European (Balkan) Studies, Women's Literature, Gender Studies, and Comparative Literary Theories.
DAVID W. BRADFIELD	DBradfield@csudh.edu	MUSIC
B.Mus. North Texas State University, 1976 M.Mus. North Texas State University, 1982 Expertise/Interest: Electronic/Computer Music; Music Composition/Theory; 20th Century Music; Music and Technology.
ANITA CHANG	ba508@yahoo.com	MUSIC
B.M. California State University, Fullerton, 1986 M.M. Manhattan School of Music, 1987 D.M.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1994 Expertise/Interest: Piano literature, symphonic works
PATRICIA H. CHERIN	PCherin@csudh.edu	ENGLISH
B.A., M.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1969, 1975 M.A. University of Southern California, 1989 Ph.D University of Southern California, 1992 Expertise/Interest: Literary Theory; Interdisciplinary Studies; Modernisms; Poetry; Creative Writing; 20th Century (American) Literature; Pastoralism; Cultural Disciplines
DAVID A. CHURCHMAN	DavidAChurchman@aol.com	BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
B.A. University of Michigan, 1960 M.A. University of Michigan, 1964 Ed.D University of California, Los Angeles, 1972 Expertise/Interest: Military History, European 1600-Present, Middle Eastern; Arab History and Culture. Read the fascinating story and see photos of Professor Churchman's Fulbright semester in Ukraine.
MARIE CONNORS	mconnors@uci.edu	ENGLISH
B.A. University of Memphis, 1972 M.A. University of Memphis, 1981 M.F.A. in Creative Writing/Poetry, University of California, Irvine, 1989 Expertise/Interest: Poetry, creative writing, film history and criticism, American literature.
ROBERT CUBILLOS	rcubillos@csudh.edu	PHILOSOPHY
B.S. California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1983 M.A. Simon Greenleaf University, 1985 M.Th. Fuller Theological Seminary, 1986 M.A. University of Southern California, 1996 Ph.D. University of Southern California, 2002 Expertise/Interest: Philosophy of Religion; Social Ethics; Themes in Philosophy and Religion; History of Philosophy and Ethics; Comparative Religions; Historical Theology; Logic/Critical Reasoning; Themes in Intellectual History; Human Rights Theory; Bible.
WILLIAM L. CUMIFORD	Cumiford@chapman.edu	PHILOSOPHY
B.A. Chapman College, 1963 M.A. California State University, Fullerton, 1969 Ph.D Texas Tech University, 1977 Expertise/Interest: Modern Latin America; United States Diplomatic History; Colonial Latin America; Latin American Government and Politics; Modern European History; Ancient History; United States Social, Cultural, Intellectual History; United States Government and Politics.
BILL DELUCA	BDeluca@csudh.edu	THEATER
B.A. Villanova University, 1972 M.A. Villanova University, 1974 M.F.A. Yale School of Drama, 1979 Expertise/Interest: Stage Directing, Playwriting, History of Theatre, Masks, Chicano Theatre, Community-Based Theatre, Drama in the Classroom.
MIGUEL DOMINGUEZ	mdominguez@csudh.edu (310) 243-3315	FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
B.A. California State University, Los Angeles, 1970 M.A. Brown University, 1973 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1983 Expertise/Interest: Twentieth century Latin American literature/Chicano literature, Mexican folklore and folklore, Spanish American linguistics, Pre-Columbian culture.
MYRNA DONAHOE	mdonahoe@csudh.edu	HISTORY
B.A. California State University, Los Angeles, 1963 M.A. University of California, Irvine, 1981 Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 1987 Expertise/Interest: Labor studies, women studies, ethnic studies, Native American studies, community studies.
KIRSTIN ELLSWORTH	kellsworth@csudh.edu	ART
B.A. Butler University, 1991 M.A. Indiana University, 1995, 1999 Ph.D. Indiana University, 2006 Expertise/Interest: American Art of the 1960s; African Art; African-American Art.
BRYAN FEUER	bfeuer@csudh.edu (310) 243-3962	HISTORY
B.A. University of Arizona, 1967 M.F.A. University of California, Irvine, 1971 M.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1977 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angles, 1981 Expertise/Interest: Archaeology, ancient world civilizations (Greece, Rome, and the Near East), slavery (particularly in the ancient world), the city in history, warfare in history and literature, the individual and society.
KATE GALE	kgale@csudh.edu	LITERATURE
B.A. Arizona State University, 1987 M.A. California State University, Northridge, 1990 Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University, 2004 Expertise/Interest: Twentieth century American poetry, African American literature and myth, theater, opera
PATRICIA B. GAMON	pgamon@socal.rr.com (310) 243-3310	ART
B.A. University of Central Florida, 1978 M.A. Florida State University, 1981 Ph.D Stanford University, 1991 Expertise/Interest: Art and visual culture from the Renaissance through Postmodernism.
BENITO GOMEZ	bgomez@csudh.edu	LITERATURE
B.A. Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Madrid (Spain), 1990 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2004 Expertise/Interest: Hispanic Literature; Nationalistic Reactions in Literature.
JONATHAN GRASSE	jgrasse@csudh.edu	MUSIC
B.M. California State University, Sacramento, 1985 M.A. University of California, Santa Cruz, 1995 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1999 Expertise/Interest: Ethnomusicology (popular music, Brazil, and Indonesia); Music's Relationship to Identity and Social Change; Musical Creativity Including Composition and Improvisation.
DANIEL GREENSPAN	danielgreenspan@hotmail.com	PHILOSOPHY
B.A. New College, 1998 Ph.D. Villanova University, 2006 Expertise/Interest: Ancient Greek Ethics; 19th and 20th C. Continental Philosophy (esp. Kierkegaard); Philosophy and Literature.
WILLIAM M. HAGAN	haganw@aol.com	PHILOSOPHY
A.B. University of Santa Clara, 1948 M.A. Gonzaga University, 1950 S.T.L. Faculte de Theologie, Enghien Belgium, 1957 S.T.D. Georgetown University, 1960 Expertise/Interest: Philosophy of Religion; Aristotle; Scholasticism; World Religions; Topics in Ethics; Classical Western Philosophy; Philosophy of Culture, Language; Religious Studies; Fundamentalism; Non-Fundamentalist Belief; Secular Humanism; Existentialism; Nature of Philosophy; Science; Religion; Sexist and Racist Language; Critical Thinking.
ARTHUR L. HARSHMAN	artz23@earthlink.net	ART
B.A. Antioch College, 1964 M.A. Michigan State University, 1964 M.A. University of Chicago 1968 Ph.D University of Chicago 1977 Expertise/Interest: Art History - particularly Modern Art: the movements of Futurism, Dada, Surrealism; Renaissance Art; Ancient to Modern Art Theory; History of Film; Intellectual, Cultural and Military History of Europe, History of Military Uniforms.
GILAH Y. HIRSCH	gilah@linkline.com	ART
B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1967 M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1970 Expertise/Interest: 2-D Design; Modern or Abstract Painting.
HOWARD HOLTER	howard.holter279@gmail.com	ART
B.A. Northwestern University, 1962 M.A. University of Wisconsin, 1963 Russian Studies Certificate, Indiana University, 1964 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1967 Expertise/Interest: Russian History; Modern European History; Public/Local History; Historic Preservation.
JAMES S. JEFFERS	JJeffers@csudh.edu (310) 243-1084	HISTORY
B.A. Biola University, La Mirada, 1977 M.A. University of California, Irvine, 1985 Ph.D University of California, Irvine, 1988 Expertise/Interest: Ancient Greece and Rome, History of Christianity, Medieval Europe, Renaissance/Reformation, Religious Studies.
KATHRYN KENDZORA	khux@cox.net (949) 552-3995	ENGLISH
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 1988 M.A. University of California, Irvine Expertise/Interest: British and American literature, film, modernism, literary theory.
JIM KEVILLE	jkeville@csudh.edu 310-243-3694	ART
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles Expertise/Interest: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture; Mixed Media Sculpture; Photography; Modern and Contemporary Art Practice.
LAWRENCE KLEPPER	lklepper@csudh.edu 562-961-5779	ART
B.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1969 M.F.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1977 Expertise/Interest: Ancient World Civilizations; Archtectural History; Visual Arts from Gothic Manuscripts to late 20th Century; The Harlem Renaissance; Modern & Contemporary Painting.
KENNETH LEE	klee44@gmail.com	RELIGION
A.B.Occidental College, 1988 M. Div. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1992 M.Phil. Columbia University, 1997 Ph.D. Columbia University, 2001 Expertise/Interest: East Asian Buddhism, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Eastern Religions, Western Religions
BEN MIJUSKOVIC	(310) 243-3328	PHILOSOPHY
B.A., M.A. Roosevelt University, 1964, 1967 M.A., Ph.D University of California, San Diego, 1991, 1972 M.S. San Diego State University, 1987 Expertise/Interest: Moral Decisions; Themes in Western Philosophy; Marx, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Husserl; History of Ideas; Ethics; History of Philosophy (Ancient and Modern); Philosophy of Religion; Man and Society; Existentialism and Phenomenology; Social Ethics; Medical Ethics; Philosophy in Literature; Love.
CHRISTOPHER MONTY	cmonty@csudh.edu	HISTORY
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1991 M.A. University of California, Riverside, 1994 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2004 Expertise/Interest: Russian Empire and the Soviet Union; modern Europe; imperialism; European cultural and intellectual history, 1800-present; Russian and Soviet cultural and intellectual history, 1800-present; modern Latin America; theory and history.
JOANNA NACHEF	jnachef@elcamino.edu	MUSIC
B.Mus. California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1980 M.Mus. University of Southern California, 1983 D.M.A. University of Southern California, 1988 Expertise/Interest: Choral Music; Multi-cultural and Ethnic Music; Interdisciplinary Humanities.
HELEN OESTERHELD	hoesterheld@csudh.edu 310-243-3939	LITERATURE
B.A. University of California, San Diego, 1993 M.A. American University, 1995 Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 2001 Expertise/Interest: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature; All-female Communities; Utopian Literature; Gothic Literature.
ABE C. RAVITZ		ENGLISH
B.A. City College of New York, 1949 M.A. New York University, 1950 Ph.D New York University, 1955 Expertise/Interest: 19th-20th Century American Literature; American Popular Culture.
HAMOUD SALHI	hsalhi@csudh.edu (310) 243-3568	POLITICAL SCIENCE
B.A. University of Algiers, 1981 M.A. USC, 1985 Ph.D. USC, 1995 Expertise/Interest: Comparative politics, international relations, cultural pluralism, political economy, information technology and social and political change.
PORFIRIO SANCHEZ	porfhry@aol.com	FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
B.A. New Mexico State University, 1955 M.A. New Mexico State University, 1958 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1964 Expertise/Interest: Traditional and contemporary Hispanic literature, ethics and women's studies, alienation in women's literature, topics in alienation and estrangement, Chicano/Latino history, literature, and culture.
JACQUELINE SHANNON	drjshannon@aol.com	MUSIC
B. F. A. Florida State University, 1986 M. A. University of Montana, 1989 D. M. A. University of Washington, 2000 Expertise/Interest: Eighteenth century music, music appreciation, brass techniques
LYLE E. SMITH	lsmith@csudh.edu	ENGLISH
B.A. Willamette University, 1965 M.A. Harvard University, 1971 Ph.D Harvard University, 1971 Expertise/Interest: 18th Century British Literature and Culture; British Drama; Literary Criticism; Shakespeare; Renaissance Literature and Culture; 17th Century Literature and Culture; Comparative Mythology; Joseph Campbell; Carl Jung.
CLARE WEBER	cweber@csudh.edu	SOCIAL SCIENCE
B.A. Sociology and Spanish, St. John Fisher College, 1985 M.A. Latin American Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, 1992 M.A. Social Science, University of California, Irvine, 1995 Ph.D. Social Science, University of California, Irvine, Summer 2001 Expertise/Interest: feminist theories, global political economy, Latin America, women and community organizing, social movements.
JOANNE ZITELLI	JZitelli@csudh.edu	ENGLISH
B.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1972 M.A. Occidental College, 1974 Ph.D University of California, Irvine, 1982 Expertise/Interest: 19th Century English and Continental Literature (poetry and prose); Romantic movement; 17th Century English and Continental Literature (especially Milton); Philosophy and Literature; Literary Theory; Feminist Studies; Interdisciplinary Studies (especially poetry and painting).

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