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Tenure/Tenured-Track Faculty
Image	Mary Caputi Ph.D, Cornell University Political theory, feminist theory, post-colonialism, critical theory, psychoanalysis Email: Mary.Caputi@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 243 Phone:(562) 985-4719
Image	Anand Commissiong Ph.D, Rutgers University Political theory Email: Anand.Commissiong@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 231 Phone: (562) 985-4961
Image	Darin DeWitt Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles American Institutions, Political Parties, State Politics Email: Darin.Dewitt@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 227 Phone: (562) 985-4711
Image	Matthew Mendez Garcia Ph.D, University of Southern California American politics, with a focus on representation, legislative behavior, race and ethnicity, political behavior, intersectionality, and immigration Email: Matthew.Garcia@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 237 Phone: (562) 985-4702
Image	Larry George Ph.D, Princeton University International politics, political theory, religion and political violence Email: Larry.George@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 239 Phone: (562) 985-5289
Image	Cora Goldstein Ph.D, University of Chicago Graduate Coordinator Comparative politics, military occupations, democratization by force, politics and culture Email: Cora.Goldstein@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 247 Phone: (562) 985-4852
Image	Liesl Haas Ph.D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Latin American politics, gender and politics, religion and politics Email: Liesl.Haas@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 233 Phone: (562) 985-5860
Image	Richard Haesly Ph.D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Comparative politics, nationalism, national identities, human rights, religion Email: Rich.Haesly@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 245 Phone: (562) 985-4700
Image	Matt Lesenyie Ph.D, University of California, Davis American politics, political psychology, interest groups, race politics, and California politics Email: Matt.Lesenyie@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 235 Phone: (562) 985-4713
Image	Charles Mahoney Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles Internship Director International security, terrorism, insurgency, private military and security corporations Email: Charles.Mahoney@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 229 Phone: (562) 985-8203
Image	Angela Maione Ph.D, Northwestern University Political Theory, History of Political Thought Email: Angela.Maione@csulb.edu
Image	Kathryn J. Perkins Ph.D, University of North Texas Department Chair Public Law, Trans Feminism, LGBTQ Politics, Feminist Legal Theory, Interest Groups, and Trans Studies Email: Kathryn.Perkins@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 257 Phone: (562) 985-4708
Image	Amy Cabrera Rasmussen Ph.D, Yale University American politics and public policy, health care, reproductive and sexual health, intersectionality, and interpretive methods Email: Amy.Rasmussen@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 257 (POSC office) Phone: (562) 985-4705
Image	Kevin Wallsten Ph.D, University of California Berkeley American politics, political behavior, mass media and internet Email: Kevin.Wallsten@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 225 Phone: (562) 985-4709
Image	Jason Whitehead Ph.D, University of Southern California, J.D., Willamette University Director of Legal Studies Program Law and courts, judicial politics, judicial decision making, constitutional law, legal theory, religion and law Email: Jason.Whitehead@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 251 Phone: (562) 985-4712
Image	Teresa Wright Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley PSGSA Advisor Comparative politics, China/Taiwan, social movements, capitalism and democracy Email: Teresa.Wright@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 241 Phone: (562) 985-4897
Image	Ezgi Yildiz Ph.D, Geneva Graduate Institute Model United Nations Director Global Governance, International Law, International Courts and Organizations, Human Rights, and Ocean Governance Email: Ezgi.Yildiz@csulb.edu Office: 239 Phone: (562) 985-5289
Full-Time Lecturers
Image	Edgar Kaskla Ph.D, University of California Irvine PSSA Advisor International political economy, American political economy and the power elite, California government, East European politics, theory, and politics of the future Email: Edgar.Kaskla@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 249 Phone: (562) 985-7091
Image	Christopher Metaxas Ph.D (ABD), University of California, Riverside Comparative politics and international relations Email: Christopher.Metaxas@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 354 Phone: (562) 985-2720
Image	Lewis Ringel Ph.D, University of Maryland Moot Court Director Judicial internship, media and politics, and constitutional law Email: Lewis.Ringel@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 336 Phone: (562) 985-5682
Part-Time Lecturers
Image	Debito Beamer Ph.D, Meiji Gajuin University, Tokyo, Japan International Relations, Racial Discrimination, Japan Email: Debito.Beamer@csulb.edu
	Michael Chan Email: Michael.Chan@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 340 Phone: (562) 985-4716
Image	Som Chounlamountry M.A., University of Southern California American Government, California Government, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Movements, Terrorism and Genocide Email: Som.Chounlamountry@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 346 Phone: (562) 985-4746
Image	Nathen Cruz M.A., California State University, Long Beach United States Government and the interaction between ideology and media consumption Email: Nathen.Cruz@csulb.edu
Image	Marshall Goodman M.P.A., California State University, Long Beach Public Administration, Public Policy, Urban Affairs Email: Marshall.Goodman@csulb.edu
Image	Alexandra Lohman J.D., Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Constitutional Law, Public Interest Law, Children and the Law Email: Alex.Lohman@csulb.edu
Image	Grace Malinao M.A., California State University, Long Beach American Politics, Political Theory, Post-Colonial Theory, Environmental Political Theory Email: Grace.Malinao@csulb.edu
Image	Matthew McGarvey Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Body, Space, Perception, and Power. Marxism, Anarchism, and Post-Structuralism. Ideology and Media Systems. Revolutionary Movements. Email: Matt.McGarvey@csulb.edu
Image	Vahid Niayesh Ph.D., University of California, Irvine Comparative politics and International Relations Email: Vahid.Niayesh@csulb.edu
Image	Mona Shadia Ph.D. (ABD), Claremont Graduate University The impact of legal rights on women’s political empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa Email: Mona.Shadia@csulb.edu
Image	Robert Shurtz Email: Robert.Shurtz@csulb.edu Office: SS/PA: 340 Phone: (562) 985-4716
Image	Simon Tang Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University International Relations, Comparative Politics, Social Revolutions, Social Movements, American Politics, International Political Economy, Politics of Northeast Asia, and Government and Politics of China Email: Simon.Tang@csulb.edu
Image	Amanda Trefethen Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; J.D., University of California, San Diego Political Theory, Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Law, Feminist Theory, Critical Legal Theory Email: Amanda.Trefethen@csulb.edu
Image	JoAnn Victor Email: Joann.Victor@csulb.edu

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