PhD Advisors at Pepperdine University 佩珀代因大学
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Abbylin Sellers
Edward L. Gaylord Professor of Public Policy · Pepperdine University
American Constitutionalism, Civil Discourse and Public Policy, Consitutional Presidency, Great Books, Welfare Policy
Abraham Park, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Finance · Graziadio Business School
REITs and Corporate Real Estate
Abraham Song
Assistant Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
His research topics broadly encompass innovation, entrepreneurship, economic geography, economic development, and small business. Specifically, his research falls into two streams: in one, he conducts a program evaluation of state business incentives; in the other, he studies the…
Adam Pennell
Associate Professor of Sports Medicine · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adel Najdowski, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ahmed Taha
Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Consumer and Investor Protection, Accounting and Finance for Lawyers
Alfonso Berumen, DBA
Practitioner of Decision Sciences · Graziadio Business School
Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Decision Analysis
Alfred Hagan
Professor of Economics and International Business · Graziadio Business School
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alice Labban
Associate Professor of Marketing · Seaver College
Consumer Behavior, Food Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Motivational Choices
Alicia Jessop
Professor of Sport Administration · Seaver College
Sports Law, Women's Leadership
Alison L. Stewart
Associate Professor of Teaching of Hispanic Studies · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allie Alayan
Assistant Professor of Psychology · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alyssa Ong
Associate Professor of Accounting · Seaver College
Fraud detection, Fraud deterrence, Auditor judgment and decision making, Whistleblowing
Amanda Therese Rizkallah
Associate Professor of International Studies · Seaver College
Comparative Politics (civil war, political violence, politics of displacement, post-conflict elections & development, democratization, ethnic politics); International Relations (security, international intervention); Middle East and North Africa Politics
Ame Cividanes
Professor of Teaching Hispanic Studies · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy Johnson
Executive in Residence of Business · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy Tuttle Guerrero
Director of Clinical Training for MA in Clinical Psychology MFT Online Program, Associate Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
multicultural and diversity issues, postmodern and contemporary family therapy theories, intergenerational experiences of race-related trauma, family and play therapy, and working with disadvantaged, multi-stressed populations.
Andrew M. Yuengert
Professor of Economics · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Angela C. E. Mensah
Assistant Professor of Economics · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ann Camacho
Assistant Professor of Law and Practice · Caruso School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anna Penner
Assistant Professor of Sociology · Seaver College
Disability, Family, Gender, Inequality, Life Course
Anthony Collatos, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of the Education Division, Professor of Education · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
College Access Pathways, Urban Education, Critical Sociology, Learning Communities, Urban Family/Teacher Education Partnerships.
Antonio Gomez
Assistant Professor of Biology · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
April D. Marshall
Professor of Hispanic Studies · Seaver College
Disease and Culture, Disease as a Historical Force in Latin America, Disease as Metaphor in Latin American Literature, Incorporating Technology in the Language Classroom, Onomastics and Metaphor
Arnold Barba
Assistant Professor of Law and Practice · Caruso School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
B. Carol Adjemian
Emerita Professor of Mathematics · Seaver College
Differential Equations, Mathematics Education, Software Engineering, Computer Science Education, and Graphics
Babette E. Boliek
Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Telecommunications law and policy, Net neutrality, Antitrust matters, Sports telecasts
Barry P. McDonald
Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Constitutional law, U.S. Copyright law, Contract law, First Amendment Law, Intellectual Property, Comparative Constitutional Law
Barry Tan
Assistant Professor of Music · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Beau Benson
Orchestra Conductor and Director of Instrumental Music · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ben Pilat
Assistant Professor of Theatre · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bennett "Ben" Postlethwaite
Professor of Organizational Behavior and Management · Seaver College
Ethical behavior, Group dynamics & team processes, Individual differences, Personnel selection, Research synthesis, measurement & methods
Bernard James
Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bernice Ledbetter, EdD
Practitioner of Organization Theory and Management; Director of the Center for Women in Leadership · Graziadio Business School
Women in leadership; Organizational ethics and leadership; Non-western approaches to leadership; Gender differences in the workplace
Bobbi Thomason, PhD
Professor of Applied Behavioral Science · Graziadio Business School
Gender, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Negotiation and Persuasion, Careers
Bradley Griffin
Professor of Theatre · Seaver College
Best practices in program assessment, Religious revivals as performance, Equity and justice work
Brandon Parsons
Practitioner of Economics · Graziadio Business School
determinants of income inequality and political instability
Brian Link
Associate Professor of Teaching of Business Law · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brian McGilvray
Practitioner of Business Law; Department Chair of Economics; Law and Marketing · Graziadio Business School
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brian Newman
Divisional Dean for the Social Science Division; Professor of Political Science · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bryan Givens
Associate Professor of History · Seaver College
Early Modern Popular Religion, Early Modern Social and Cultural History, Early Modern Spain and Portugal, Millenarianism and Messianism, The Inquisition
Candice Ortbals
Professor of Political Science · Seaver College
Comparative Politics: gender & politics, terrorism & violent conflict, prostitution, comparative methods, social movements, local politics, democratization, Spanish and Latin American women's movements, Spanish politics.
Gender Studies: feminist theory, women and religion, femini…
Cara L. Garcia, Ph.D.
Emerita Professor of Education · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cari Myers
Assistant Professor of Teaching of Religion · Seaver College
Practical Theology, Christian Ethics, Postcolonial Theory, Adolescent Spiritual Development, Religion and Social Change
Carolyn Galantine
Associate Professor of Accounting · Seaver College
Asymmetric Information Problems, Chaos Theroy, Economics of Scale, Experimental Economics, Principal-Agent Modeling, Reporting and Employee Motivation, Taxpayer Compliance
Carolyn Vos Strache
Professor of Physical Education & Director London Program · Seaver College
Education Administration, Leadership Studies, Sport Psychology
Carrie Birmingham
Professor of Teacher Education · Seaver College
C.S. Lewis and education; Christian perspectives on teaching; Narratives of teaching and learning
Carrie Castaneda-Sound
Program Director of the MA in Clinical Psychology (Evening Format); Associate Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Her teaching and research interests include multicultural counseling, Latinx psychology, and Liberation Psychology. She directs the Language, Culture, and Gender Lab, which involves students in research in the broad areas of language, culture, and gender within the field of psych…
Carrie Wall
Professor of Teacher Education · Seaver College
Trauma-informed Practices, Educator Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) and Self-Care, Preservice Teacher Education and Teacher Development, Community-Engaged Scholarship
Cary Mitchell
Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Catherine Kerr Dodds
Assistant Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Legal Research, Law Library Reference
Cathy Thomas-Grant
Professor of Theatre · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chad Iwertz Duffy
Assistant Professor of English · Seaver College
Disability Studies, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, Digital Media Studies, Multimodal Composition, Speech-to-text Writing, Transcription studies
Charles Choi
Associate Professor of Communication · Seaver College
Intercultural Communication, Intergenerational Communication, Intergroup Communication, Police/civilian Interactions, Culture and Identity
Charles F. Hall
Professor of Sociology · Seaver College
Experiential Education, International Education, Religious Faith and Higher Education, Search for Meaning and Purpose in Higher Education
Charles Kerns, PhD
Professor of Applied Behavioral Science · Graziadio Business School
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chris Collins
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior & Management · Seaver College
Organizational Culture, Epistemology and Qualitative Research, Knowledge Production
Chris Doran
Professor of Religion · Seaver College
Christianity and Sustainability, Climate Migration, Sustainability, Theology & Science
Christina Durón
Assistant Professor of Mathematics · Seaver College
Network Theory, Network Dynamics, Analysis and Modeling of Complex Networks, Mathematical-Biology
Christina Littlefield
Association Professor of Communication and Religion · Seaver College
Journalism, Christian History, Religion, Race and Politics, Christian Nationalism, American and British Church History, Civil Religion, Investigative Journalism / Muckracking, Religion Coverage in the Secular Media, Religion in the Public Sphere, The Social Gospel
Christine Chambers Goodman
Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Antidiscrimination, Evidence, Trial Advocacy
Christopher Heard
Professor of Religion · Seaver College
Judean culture, history, and literature in the Persian period; Literary features of biblical narrative; Reception history and reception theory, focusing on the Bible in popular culture; The book of Genesis
Christopher Parkening
Distinguished Professor of Music · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christopher Plumberg
Assistant Professor of Physics · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cindy L. Miller-Perrin
Distinguished Professor of Psychology · Seaver College
Child-clinical psychology, Child maltreatment and family violence, Faith and spiritual development
Clark Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Marketing · Graziadio Business School
Dr. Clark Johnson’s current research interests are in applied social and cognitive psychology at the intersection of consumer and organizational behavior. He enjoys pursuing problem-focused research and studying issues that he has experienced first-hand. He is currently studying …
Clemens Kownatzki, PhD
Associate Professor of Finance · Graziadio Business School
Dr. Kownatzki’s primary research interest focuses on the important question of how risk and market volatility affects investment returns.
Cole Short, PhD
Associate Professor of Strategy · Graziadio Business School
Stakeholder Strategy, Strategic Leadership, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence
Colin Enriquez
Assistant Professor of Teaching of English · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Colin Storm
Assistant Professor of Communication · Seaver College
Health Communication, Risk Communication, Media Influence
Constance "Connie" James
Professor of Finance · Seaver College
Research Interest: Coordination, control and integrating mechanisms of firms; dynamic capabilities and resources; and knowledge and organizational learning. Special Interest: learning organizations and organizational design Teaching Interest: Corporate strategy, business policy, …
Cooker Storm
Professor of Sports Medicine · Seaver College
Maternal and child health: health behaviors, epidemiology, physiology, epigenetics; Preventive medicine; Scientific reasoning and research methods
Corinne Novell
Assistant Professor of Teaching of Marketing · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Courtney Hook
Assistant Professor of Communication · Seaver College
Organizational Communication, Organizational (Dis)Engagement, Involuntary Membership, Organizational Tensions, Prison Rehabilitation, Health Advocacy, Health Narratives
Courtney L. Davis
Professor of Mathematics · Seaver College
Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Modeling of Immunity, Mathematical Ecology, Applied Mathematics, Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Craig Everett, PhD
Assistant Professor of Finance, Director of Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project · Graziadio Business School
Corporate finance, Small business finance, Entrepreneurial finance, Business valuation, Crowdfunding
Cristel Antonia Russell, PhD
Professor of Marketing · Graziadio Business School
Consumer Behaviors, Market Research
Cristina Gibson
University Professor · Graziadio Business School
Dignity, Belonging, Thriving, Inclusion, Well-Being, Community, Corporate Social Responsibility, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Social Impact
Cyndia Susan Clegg
Distinguished Professor Emerita of English · Seaver College
Early Modern Print Culture, Censorship; English Reformation; Shakespeare, English Renaissance Poetry
Cynthia Colburn
Professor of Art History · Seaver College
Art and archaeology of the Mediterranean World, Bodily Adornment, Cultural interaction, Identity
Dana Sumpter, PhD
Associate Professor of Organization Theory and Management · Graziadio Business School
Human Resources, Management, Qualitative Research Methods, Cross-Cultural Management, Humane Workplaces, People Management Skills, Gender in Organizations, Careers, Inclusive Work Practices
Daniel A. Rodriguez
Professor of Religion · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Daniel André Langer
Executive Professor of Luxury Strategy · Graziadio Business School
Future of Luxury, Marketing and creating extreme value for clients, Pricing and price management, Global strategic management and competitive advantage, Disruptive innovation, Selling Desire: How to sell luxury and train teams, How luxury brands need to reimagine themselves to in…
Daniel Overton
Associate Professor of Communication · Seaver College
Moral Reasoning, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics, Religion, Leadership, Public Speaking
Darlene S. Rivas
Professor of History and Latin American Studies · Seaver College
Latin American history, United States foreign relations, United States in the twentieth century
Darren Good, PhD
Professor of Applied Behavioral Science · Graziadio Business School
Creating Positive Social Change, Mindfulness at Work, Individual Adaptability at Work, Inter-organizational Collaborations
David Green
Professor of Chemistry · Seaver College
Chemical Ecology of the Santa Monica Mountains watershed; Chemistry Education; Pure and Applied Analytical Chemistry
David Lemley
Professor of Religion · Seaver College
Christian spirituality, Christian worship, Liturgical theology and liturgical spirituality, Theology and popular culture, Music, worship, and spiritual formation
David Levy
Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Cross-Cultural Psychology, Critical Thinking, Psychopathology, Celebrity Psychology
David Madden
Associate Professor of Screen Arts · Seaver College
Electronic Music, Sound Studies, Popular Music Studies, Media Studies, Age Studies, Gender Studies, Community Arts
David P. Dowling
Judge Danny Weinstein Managing Director · Caruso School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David Simonowitz
Associate Professor of Middle East Studies · Seaver College
Architecture, Urbanism and Spatial Theory; Diaspora Communities; Gender Studies; History and Religious Traditions of the Middle East and the Islamic World; Textual Studies; Visual Culture and Rhetoric; Writing Systems
David Smith, PhD
Interim Dean of Pepperdine Graziadio Business School; Professor of Economics; Senior Associate Provost in IT and Online Learning and International Program Facilities · Graziadio Business School
Labor economics, Labor Unions, Workplace Discrimination, Unemployment, Gender economics
David Strong
Professor of Mathematics · Seaver College
Creation and Effective Use of Mathematical Software, Image Processing, Undergraduate Research, Numerical Linear Algebra
David Wilkinson
Professor · Seaver College
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Dawn Hendricks, Ed.D.
Core Faculty · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
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Dayea Oh
Assistant Professor of Public Policy · Pepperdine University
Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Labor Economics, Political Economy
Dean Baim
Professor of Economics and Finance · Seaver College
Sports finance and economics; Economics of the Olympics; Financing of major league sports venues; Sports management; Economic impact of professional sports on communities; Affect of Olympic sponsorship on a firm's stock market behavior
Demosthenes Vardiabasis, PhD
Professor of Economics · Graziadio Business School
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
US-China Entertainment Industry Relations
Film, TV, Tourism
Social Media as Competitive Advantage
Dennis Lowe
M. Norvel and Helen Young Endowed Chair in Family Life; Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Derek Estes
Assistant Professor of Ethics and Religion · Seaver College
Bioethics, Philosophy of Religion, Moral Metaphysics
Diana Isabel Martínez
Associate Professor of Communication · Seaver College
Latina/o/x Communication Studies, Social Movements, Archival Research, Public Memory & Visual Culture, Rhetorical Theory & Criticism, Critical & Cultural Studies
Don Hancock
Professor of Mathematics · Seaver College
General Education, Mathematics Education, Real Analysis (especially Real Function Theory, including the study of function spaces under homeomorphic transformations)
Donald Earl Childress III
Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
international civil litigation and arbitration, conflict of laws (private international law), comparative law, and ethics
Dongkuk Lim
Associate Professor of Accounting · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Dongshin Kim, PhD
Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate; MSRE Program Chair · Graziadio Business School
commercial real estate, mortgages, housing economics, Fintech and real estate investment trusts
Donna Nofziger
Professor of Biology · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Doreen Shanahan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Marketing · Graziadio Business School
innovation, technology adoption and diffusion, technology intermediated markets, social networks, and experiential learning; Technology Adoption and Use, Networked Markets, Technology-Mediated Sociality, Consumer Behavior, Experiential Learning
Doug Leigh
Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Psychometrics, Quantitative Methods and Analysis, Qualitative Methods and Analysis, Leadership and Change, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Science Communication
Douglas Swartzendruber
Faculty Research Associate · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Dr. Natalie Buickians
Assistant Professor of Vocal Studies · Seaver College
Armenian Art Song, Transliteration & Translation, Folk music Transcription
Dr. Randy Corpuz
Associate Professor of Psychology · Pepperdine University
Testosterone and Human Fatherhood, Psychobiology of Mating, Early Infant Development
Dr. Samaa Haniya
Assistant Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Dr. Seung B. Lee
Assistant Professor of Education · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
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Drew Erhardt
Professor of Psychology · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
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Dyron B. Daughrity
Professor of Religion · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ebony Cain
Associate Professor, Chair of PhD in Global Leadership and Change · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Action Research, Philosophical, Ethical, and Methodological issues in Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Education Policy and Practice Reform, Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, Organizational Leadership.
Edward J. Larson
University Professor of History · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Edward Shafranske
Professor and PsyD Program Director · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
clinical supervision, applied psychology of religion, psychology of religion and spirituality, spiritually oriented psychotherapy
Elise Askelsen
Assistant Professor of Mathematics · Pepperdine University
Abstract Algebra, Linear Algebra, Representation Theory, Quivers
Elizabeth Krumrei Mancuso
Professor of Psychology · Seaver College
Religion and spirituality, Positive Psychology, Virtues (humility, intellectual humility, gratitude)
Elizabeth R. Smith
Associate Professor of Journalism · Seaver College
Journalism, News Literacy, Social Media, Learning in the Newsroom, In-depth Reporting
Elizabeth Thoren
Assistant Professor of Teaching of Mathematics · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Elizabeth Yomantas
Assistant Professor of Teaching · Seaver College
Culturally Responsive Service Learning & Curricula, Indigenous Fijian Education, Teacher Education, Critical Allyship
Emily Scott-Lowe
Associate Professor Emerita of Social Work · Seaver College
Marriage Education, Parenting, Relationship Skills for College Students
Eric Hamilton
Jan and Robert Davidson Endowed Professor of Education and Technology · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Erik Krogh, PhD
Practitioner of Information Systems Technology Management · Graziadio Business School
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Erlanger Turner
Associate Professor of Psychology; Director of Race and Cultural Experiences Research Lab · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Child Psychopathology
Research Methodology
Multicultural Psychology
Fabien Scalzo
Associate Professor of Computer Science · Seaver College
medical imaging, computer vision, machine learning, computational models for neuroimaging, machine learning in Stroke
Fang Tian
Associate Professor of Decision Science · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Farrell Gean
Associate Professor of Accounting · Seaver College
Research emphasis is in external reporting, investment use of accounting information, and accounting education.
Farzin Madjidi
Dean · Pepperdine University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Felicity Vabulas
Blanche E. Seaver Associate Professor of International Studies · Seaver College
International Organizations, Global Governance, U.S. Foreign Policy, Democratization, Diplomacy, International Law, International Political Economy, International Relations, Lobbying, NGOs, Research Design
Fiona M. Stewart
Associate Professor of Italian Studies · Seaver College
Twentieth Century Italian experience: its representation and interpretation; The Generazione del littorio and subsequent conceptions of human dignity and flourishing; Works and methodology of Nuto Revelli; Italian cinema
Florybeth La Valle
Professor of Biology · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Garrett Pendergraft
Professor of Philosophy · Seaver College
Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics
Gary M. Galles
Professor of Economics · Seaver College
Economics, Public finance, Economics of government, Industrial organization
Gary Mangiofico, PhD
Executive Professor of Management and Leadership; MS in Organization Development Academic Director · Graziadio Business School
Community Health, Universal Preschool, Physician Shortage and Healthcare Challenges, Complex Environments
George Arthur Carlsen
Professor of Hispanic Studies · Seaver College
Border Studies, Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultural and Literary Studies, New Media
Gerard Fasel
Associate Professor of Physics · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Gia Luisa Honnen-Westbourne
Practitioner of Business Law · Graziadio Business School
Intellectual Property, Entertainment Law, First Amendment, Securities Law, Corporate Law and Governance, Negotiations, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Social Media, Employment Law, Business Law, Corporate Law/Governance, Current Research or Projects
Ginger Rosenkrans
Professor Emerita of Advertising · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Gregory S. McNeal
Professor of Law and Public Policy · Pepperdine University
Technology, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Privacy Law, Internet Law, Blockchain/Web3
Gretchen Batcheller
Professor of Studio Art - Painting & Drawing · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Harry M. Caldwell
Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Criminal Law and Procedure, Trial Advocacy
Heather Boren
Practitioner of Finance · Graziadio Business School
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Heather Thomson-Bunn
Associate Professor of English · Seaver College
Composition and Rhetoric, Creative Writing, Language and Gender, Religion and Higher Education
Heijin Lee
Assistant Professor of Advertising · Seaver College
Influencer Marketing, Strategic Communication, Global Consumer, Consumer Well-Being
Helen Irene Holmlund
Assistant Professor of Biology · Seaver College
Plant physiological ecology - understanding plant structure and function within the ecological context; Plant water relations - how chaparral shrubs and ferns have adapted to seasonal drought in California; Impacts of climate change (esp. chronic drought and fire) on California p…
Helen Wan
Professor of Asian Studies · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Helen Williams
Former Dean and Professor of GSEP · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Helen Winter
Assistant Professor of Law and Practice · Caruso School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Henry Price
Professor of Music · Seaver College
Recent master classes/guest lecture-presentations for the national Association of Teachers of Singing, SongFest, LA Opera League, Northwester University, UCLA, Boston University and others; Nationally recognized adjudicator: Metropolitan Opera Auditions, National Opera Associatio…
Ho Fung Cheng
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry · Seaver College
Oligomer and polymer synthesis, DNA chemical synthesis, DNA-mediated assembly, Micelles and polyplexes, Stimuli-responsive metal complexes
HoYoung Anthony Ahn
Associate Professor of Advertising · Seaver College
Artificial Intelligence in Advertising, Personalization in Digital Advertising, Consumer Psychology, Ethic and Faith-based Advertising, Promotional Strategies in Marketing Communication and Health, Religion and Christianity in Advertising
Holden MacRae
Professor of Sports Medicine · Seaver College
Determination of optimal training thresholds in sub-elite and elite cyclists and runners.
Exercise intervention strategies in clinical populations to reduce morbidity associated with the disease process.
The metabolic, cardiovascular, and muscular variables that contribute to opt…
Hollace Starr
Professor of Theatre · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Hongrui Feng
Associate Professor of Finance · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Howard Jean-Denis
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Hunter Paris
Associate Professor of Sports Medicine · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ivania Delgado
Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
J. Christopher Soper
Distinguished Professor of Political Science · Seaver College
American politics, comparative politics. Religion and Politics
Jack J. Coe Jr.
Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, International Law
Jaclyn Margolis, PhD
Associate Professor of Applied Behavioral Science; Department Chair of Applied Behavioral Science and Organization Theory and Management · Graziadio Business School
teams, leadership, motivation, and social comparison processes
Jacob D. Charles
Associate Professor of Law · Pepperdine University
Second Amendment, Firearms Law, Gun Rights, Regulation, and Policy, Regulation of State and Private Violence
Jacqueline Marie Dillion
Associate Professor of English · Seaver College
Affect Theory, British literature in the long nineteenth century, History of the Emotions, Joseph Conrad, Literature and the Law, Literature, Science, and Belief, Postcolonial Theory, T.E. Lawrence, The British Empire, Thomas Hardy
James DiLellio, PhD
Professor of Decision Sciences · Graziadio Business School
nonlinear optimization, simulation, and machine learning techniques to model various business problems. The application of this research covers portfolio management, tax-efficient retirement planning, commodity price modeling, insurance claims automation, and the analysis of inve…
James Prieger
Professor of Public Policy · School of Public Policy
Broadband Policy, Cigarette Tax and Illicit Trade, Economics, Regulatory Issues, Telecommunication
James Q. Wilson
Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy 1999-2012 · School of Public Policy
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jamila Cupid
Assistant Professor of Public Relations · Seaver College
Digital Media, International Public Relations, Multicultural Public Relations
Jane Ganske
Professor of Chemistry · Seaver College
Chemistry applied to the conservation and preservation of cultural heritage items; Laboratory curriculum development in general and physical chemistry; The kinetics, mechanisms, and photochemistry involved in gas/solid atmospheric reactions; University/high school partnerships to…
Janet Trammell
Professor of Psychology · Seaver College
Influence of Nature Exposure on Emotion and Cognition; Learning and Memory; Stress
Jared Ashworth
Assistant Professor of Economics · Graziadio Business School
Online vs. Face-to-Face Graduate Degrees; Human Capital Investment; Teacher Education Decisions and Career Outcomes; Intellectual Property Violations
Jasmine "Jaz" Gray
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies · Seaver College
Narrative Storytelling, Media Representation, Media Participation, Patient Advocacy, Disability Advocacy, Health Narratives, Health Equity and Ethics
Jason Blakely
Professor of Political Science · Seaver College
Political Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Interpretive Social Science, History of Political Thought, Ideologies
Jason Jarvis
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Civil Procedure, Jurisdiction, Federal Courts, Remedies
Javier Monzón
Associate Professor of Biology · Seaver College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jay Brewster
Professor of Biology · Seaver College
Cellular Signal Transduction, Endoplasmic Reticulum Dysfunction, Cellular Signaling Responding to Nanoparticulate Pollution, Science Education
Jeffrey Allen
Assistant Professor of Economics · Seaver College
Macroeconomic Theory, Macroeconomic Development, Poverty, Inequality
Jeffrey Belton
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing · Caruso School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jeffrey L. Jasperse
Professor of Sports Medicine · Seaver College
Mechanisms involved in regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow
Jennifer Akamine Phillips
Associate Professor of Teaching of Communication · Seaver College
Okinawan Identity and Racial Justice Advocacy, Experiences of underrepresented students in Higher Education, Intercultural Studies, Japanese American Identity and Culture
Jennifer Franczak, PhD
Associate Professor of Organization Theory and Management · Graziadio Business School
organizational culture, downsizing, organizational trust, employee motivation, organizational design, institutional theory, workplace equity, inclusive and equitable hybrid workplaces
Jennifer Harriger
Professor of Psychology · Seaver College
Social Media, Weight Bias, Body Image, Disordered Eating, Child Clinical Psychology, Psychology of Gender
Jennifer Koh
Associate Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Immigration Law, Immigration Consequences of Crime, Criminal Law, Evidence, Christianity and Social Justice
Jennifer Medina Vaughn
Assistant Professor of Psychology · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Her research is focused on children of immigrants’ mental health and development. Fueled by her personal experiences with marginalization as a Mexican American woman, daughter of immigrants, and mother of biracial children, she is committed to studying health disparities in child…
Jennifer Miyake-Trapp
Associate Professor of Education · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jennifer Tran Smith
Associate Professor of English · Seaver College
Reginald Pecock, Middle English Language, Literature, and Theology, Rhetoric, Digital Humanities, Civil Discourse
Jerr Boschee
Professor · Graduate School of Education and Psychology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jessica Cail
Assistant Professor of Teaching of Psychology · Seaver College
Behavioral Medicine, Public Health, Substance Use
Jessica Hooten Wilson
Professor of Great Books and Humanities; Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books · Seaver College
Theology and the Arts, Women in Faith & Culture, Philosophy of the Good Life
Jillian Alderman, PhD, CPA, CFE
Associate Professor of Accounting, Department Chair of Accounting Finance and Real Estate · Graziadio Business School
interdisciplinary and applied in focus, exploring a variety of contemporary topics including: forensic accounting, business law, auditing, technology, corporate governance, investor decision-making, ESG reporting, faith and religiosity, and DEI
Jim Salas, PhD
Practitioner of Marketing · Graziadio Business School
Marketing & Brand Strategy, Sales, Customer Relationship Marketing, Services Marketing, Innovation, Personal Branding, Business-to-Business, Professional Selling, marketing strategy, branding, pricing, sales and service management strategy, new business ventures, solution selling…
Joanna K Stimmel
Associate Professor of Teaching of German · Seaver College
Contemporary German literature and culture, German Cinema, German-Jewish thought and writing, Memory Studies, Representations of National Socialism and the Holocaust in literary and visual culture, Weimar Republic: literature, cinema, and critical thought
Joel S. Fetzer
Distinguished Professor of Political Science · Seaver College
International migration, ethnic relations, religion and politics, and indigenous rights in the regions of Western Europe, North America, and East Asia.
Joel S. Johnson
Associate Professor of Law · Caruso School of Law
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Statutory Interpretation
Joetta Forsyth
Professor of Finance · Graziadio Business School
Her research interests include theory and empirical work in corporate finance and product pricing. Topics of interest are: how product pricing affects the risk of the firm, the relationship between misreporting of mortgage loan application income and bank behavior, the relationsh…
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