GSI Team
Dr. Caitlin E. Fouratt, Director
Dr. Fouratt is director of the Global Studies Institute, director of the MA in International Affairs, and Associate Professor of International Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Fouratt’s contributions to international education and global studies are marked by her dedication to understanding and addressing the complexities of migration and her efforts to foster a globally aware and engaged student community at CSULB.
Dr. Fouratt’s research primarily focuses on transnational migration, particularly within Central America. Her book, Flexible Families: Nicaraguan Transnational Families in Costa Rica (Vanderbilt Univ. Press, 2022) explores the dynamics of Nicaraguan migrants in Costa Rica and their families back in Nicaragua, examining how economic crises, environmental pressures, and government policies reshape care and kinship among transnational families. Her work includes articles published in interdisciplinary journals, including the Latin American Research Review and International Migration Review, and a background paper for UN Women's State of the World's Women.
Dr. Fouratt is deeply involved in international education and global studies at CSULB. She has served on the Education Abroad subcommitee, the campus Fulbright committee, and more. She has mentored student research through the University Honors Program, UROP, and the McNair Scholars Program and is actively engaged in study abroad initiatives, both promoting study abroad and taking students abroad herself. Dr. Fouratt has also worked closely with the Dream Success Center, supporting undocumented students and mentored first-generation students through the GenExcel program. Since 2018, Dr. Fouratt has served on the Academic Council for International Programs, the CSU system-wide body of faculty governance for international programs; she served as Chair of the body in 2023-2024. Her teaching brings global education into the classroom. Dr. Fouratt has partnered with the Red de Jovenes Sin Fronteras, a youth association in Costa Rica advocating for refugee and migrant youth. She integrates these real-world experiences into her teaching, encouraging students to engage with global issues through innovative projects and multimedia storytelling. caitlin.fouratt@csulb.edu
Dr. Kerri J. Malloy
Dr. Kerri J. Malloy is an assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at San Jose State University and Managing Editor of csuglobal, a systemwide effort funded by The Global Studies Institute. His research focuses on the genocide of Indigenous peoples and the ongoing healing and reconciliation in North American and around the world. He looks at the need for systemic change in social structures and the promotion of transitional justice in response to human rights violations through judicial and political reform. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. kerri.malloy@sjsu.edu
Dr. Elaine Haglund
Dr. Elaine Haglund has directed the education-abroad programs; helped establish and coordinate the California International Studies Program (CISP) in surrounding school districts; coordinated the International Student Teacher Exchange Program in England, Wales, and Mexico; and has actively led the all-university effort to internationalize the curriculum — with the primary goal that of advancing students’ level of global literacy. Professor Haglund has presented papers on international issues to conferences in Africa and Southeast Asia, as well as to many national and local professional organizations. She has authored two books and has maintained an active record of publishing with such juried articles as: “Japan: Cultural Considerations”, and “The Transition Phase in International Huma
n Resource Development”, among many others. Her research interests have focused primarily on issues of the economically developing world — especially in the area of language policies and women’s roles. Dr. Haglund’s long-term commitment to international education has culminated in the creation of the Haglund Global Endowment. elaine.haglund@csulb.edu
Dr. Richard R. Marcus
Dr. Richard R. Marcus is Professor of International Studies at California State University, Long Beach. International Education has always been integral to Dr. Marcus’ role as a teacher, scholar, and administrator. He has worked with Title VI and other funding mechanisms for international education for nearly two decades. He has strived to innovate classroom tools for delivering international and global learning outcomes within his own field and expanded across disciplinary divides. He continues to wrestle intellectually with key barriers to the delivery of international and global learning outcomes such as measurability, articulation, and costing. He has served in diverse leadership roles for policy and administration for instruction and education abroad, as a liaison for students abroad, leading classes abroad, as Chair of the CSULB International Education Committee of the Academic Senate, as Chair of the CSU System’s Academic Council for International Programs, and as the director of the CSULB International Studies Program. Since 1991 Dr. Marcus has conducted research in Madagascar, Kenya, Israel, Uganda, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the U.S. and has additional professional experience in France, Guatemala, and Ecuador. His research focuses on the impact of political change on diverse policy sectors (water, health, education, mining). His recent book is titled The Politics of Institutional Failure in Madagascar’s Third Republic (Rowman Littlefield/Lexington in 2016). Dr. Marcus is a member of the Association of International Educators (NAFSA), International Studies Association (ISA), African Studies Association (ASA), American Political Science Association (APSA) and the African Politics Conference Group (APCG). He has served as an “expert” interviewee for diverse media outlets such as Le Monde, Radio France, National Public Radio, Voice of America, South African Broadcasting, Midi Madagasikara, IRIN (United Nations), and Bloomberg. He has served as a consultant for the World Bank, SSRC Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum/UN DPA, United Nations Development Program, SwissPeace, US Department of State, US Agency for International Development,Swedish International Development Agency, and various non-government organizations. Prof. Marcus has a BA in Great Books (New York University), MA in African Studies/Political Science (University of California, Los Angeles), PhD in Political Science (University of Florida), Postdoctorates in Environmental and Global Studies (Yale University) and Certificates in French Language and Civilization (University of Paris), KiSwahili Language (University of Nairobi, Kenya), Malagasy Language (University of Antananarivo, Madagascar), and Spanish (Antigüeña Academy, Guatemala). He completed dual postdoctoral studies in Globalization and Environmental Studies at Yale University where he was also a Lecturer in Political Science. richard.marcus@csulb.edu
Barbara Doten
Barbara Doten is the project director for the California Global Education Project. taught history-social science and foundations of law courses in the Law Academy at Juan R. Cabrillo High School in the Long Beach Unified School District. With the exception of three years as the Teaching American History Grant Coordinator in the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Barbara's teaching career spans 36 years as a middle and high school teacher in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Unified school districts. She became a National Board Certified Teacher in History/Social Science in 2007 and has taught instructional methodology courses at CSU Long Beach and CSU Dominguez Hills since 2005. She holds a BA (History/Political Science) and MA (Education) degree from CSU Los Angeles, as well as a Bilingual Certificate of Competency in Spanish. In 2004, the California Council for the Social Studies recognized Barbara as the High School Teacher of the Year. Most recently, she has written and received grants from UCLA's Center X and the LA County Education Foundation to incorporate culturally relevant curricula and civics into the secondary curricula. As a result of these grants, her civic team at Juan R. Cabrillo High School has received accreditation as one of the first Democracy Schools in the state of California. barbara.doten@csulb.edu
Graduate Assistants
Justin Stevens-Hart is a Graduate Assistant for Outreach and Editing in The Global Studies Institute and an MA student in the CSULB International Affairs Program. justin.stevens-hart01@student.csulb.edu
