faculty2023

Name: Dr. Wenbin Wan   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Mechanical Engineering   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research interests are in control and optimization, machine learning, and cyber-physical systems (CPS). Recent decades have witnessed the exponential growth of CPS and their safety-critical applications, which have great potential to transform the way […] Read More

Name: Sara Abbaspour   Title: Assistant Professor of Photography   Department: Art   Describe your research in about 200 words. As an artist who works primarily with lens based media, I draw on influences from my background in Urban Studies. While embracing a herstorical approach, my photographs often seem timeless and placeless. The works encompass […] Read More

Name: Dr. Xin Chen   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Computer Science   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am primarily interested in developing formal methods for safe autonomous systems. We developed a series of safety verification techniques for Cyber-Physical Systems with learning-enabled components, and a group of real-time recovery approaches for linear, […] Read More

Name:Jacob Kader Title:Lecturer Department:Film and Digital Arts Describe your research in about 200 words.I am a writer, director and producer of stories that span film, theater and digital spaces. My work explores hybrid and hyphenated identities, the development of water in the West, political conflicts, early 90’s punk music, and hobos. With 20+ years of film production experience, […] Read More

Name: Dr. Sara Curran Ice Title: Assistant Professor of Design Department: Theater and Dance Describe your research in about 200 words. Research and Creative Activities are a large part of everything I do, from creating costume designs for specific productions to working through problems to find solutions, through developing curriculum and best practices for a […] Read More

Name:Dr. Jennifer Givhan Title:Visiting Professor of Creative Writing Department:Creative Writing Describe your research in about 200 words.As a Latina and Indigenous writer from a small desert community on the California/Mexico border, one major goal for my writing is to try to speak the multivalent voices of the women I grew up with—the mothers, daughters, childless women, aunties, and […] Read More

Name: Dr. Jake Greenberg   Title: Lecturer III   Department: University College   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am broadly interested in equity, student retention, and graduation rates, and what factors impact these most. My background is in the STEM field and after teaching upper-level chemistry courses for several years, I was […] Read More

Name:Dr. Sungjin Kim  Title:Assistant Professor Department:Chemical and Biological Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words.My research focuses on developing eco-friendly and energy-efficient materials solidification-based processing strategies using dynamic bonding and bioinspired mineralization for high-value applications. By combining fundamental studies and engineering principles, I investigate (i) dynamic crosslinking in polymer networks, (ii) polymer-metal interactive solidifications in organic-inorganic hybrid […] Read More

Name: Dr. Aimee Hackney   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Special Education   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research interests include: the impact of trauma exposure on youth with or at risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, embedding trauma-informed practices and Social Emotional Learning in daily programming and practices, the impact of […] Read More

Name: Elspeth Iralu    Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Architecture and Planning   Describe your research in about 200 words. I study global Indigenous politics, Indigenous geographies, and violence and visual culture. My ongoing relationship to Native nations, working with, in, and for Indian Country, predates and provides the foundation for my scholarly and intellectual […] Read More

Name: Dr. Emily Moss   Title: Director of Bands   Department: Music Describe your research in about 200 words. As a guest conductor and clinician, Dr. Moss is in high demand across North America and regularly gives band clinics at middle and high schools in her local area and beyond. She is also an accomplished […] Read More

Name: Dr. Rosalia Pacheco   Title: Lecturer III   Department: Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy (TEELP)   Describe your research in about 200 words. My work and research focuses on educational equity for students who are culturally and linguistically diverse with and without disabilities. My primary research interests are instructional practices and supports for […] Read More

Name: Dr. Joshua Grubbs   Title: Associate Professor   Department: Psychology and the Center for Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am interested in understanding the behavioral “addictions.” Specifically, my research is primarily concerned with understanding why people sometimes feel that behaviors such as gambling or sexual […] Read More