Meet Us
Staff
Annette Reed, Ph.D.
Department Chair
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- Location: Amador Hall 463
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- alreed@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, California Native People & Nations, Native American Women, Native American People & History, Native American & Institutionalization, Chicana Labor, Native American Studies
Vacant Position
Administrative Support Coordinator II
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- Location: Amador Hall 463
- Phone: (916) 278-6645
Vacant Position
Administrative Support Coordinator I
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- Location: Amador Hall 463
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
Student Assistant
Student Assistant
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- Location: Amador Hall 463
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
Faculty Tenure Track
Brian Baker, Ph.D.
Professor, Director of Native American Studies
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- Location: Amador Hall 563C
- Phone: (916) 278-7564
- baker@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Amber Bill
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador 554D
- amber.bill@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays from 1:30-3:00 on Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Native American/American Indian Studies, Tribal History, American Indian Activism, Tribal Water Rights, Tribal Sovereignty, Native Women, Oral History & Storytelling, American Indian Education
Martin L. Boston, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador 563A
- Phone: (916) 278-4942
- martin.boston@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Black Diaspora Studies, South Africa, African America, Exile, Cultural Production, Pan-Africanism, Black Internationalism, Comparative Racial Politics & History, Critical Ethnic Studies
Anthony Burris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador 551B
- anthony.burris@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ancestor repatriation, Cultural Site Protection, History, Truth-Telling, Human Rights
Giselle Cunanan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador Hall 551A
- g.cunanan@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Please contact for in-person/Zoom appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Critical Ethnic Studies, Filipino/a/x American Studies, Asian American Studies, Race & Empire, Abolitionist University Studies, Social Movements for Ethnic Studies
Julie Figueroa, Ph.D.
Professor
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- Location: Amador Hall 563D
- Phone: (916) 278-7569
- figueroa@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. via Zoom or by Appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Critical Mentoring, Educational Access & Success, Higher Education, Teaching, Learning & Qualitative Research among First Generation College Student: Chicana/o & Latina/o populations
David Flores, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- david.flores@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Chicanx Studies, Latinx Religion and Spirituality, Religion and Social Movements, the Chicanx Movement, Latinx Social and Cultural History, Latinx LA, Latinx Arts and Activism, Oral Histories
Timothy Fong, Ph.D.
Professor
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- Location: Amador Hall 462B
- Phone: (916) 278-6802
- tfong01@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Clarence George III, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador 462C
- Phone: (916) 278-4990
- clarence.george@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. & By Email Request
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Afrocentric pedagogy, African historiography, Classical & Early Civilizations
William Gow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador 554A
- Phone: (916) 278-4967
- william.gow@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: In Person Drop In: Tuesday & Thursday 12:15pm - 1pm or zoom appointment.
- Specialty & Interests: Asian American Film, Asian American History, Community Studies, Oral History, History of California & the Pacific World, Race & Visual Culture, Critical Pedagogy, K-12 Asian American Studies
Vanessa Guzman
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- Phone: (916) 278-6646
Nancy Huante-Tzintzun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador 563B
- Phone: (916) 278-8682
- nancy.huante@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesday's 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Via Zoom or by appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Impact in K-20, Women of Color Feminisms & Anzaldúan, Theory, Chicanx/Latinx Youth & Education, Decolonial Feminisms, Critical Qualitative Research Methods, Chicanx/Latinx Methodology
Melina Juarez
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- Phone: (916) 278-6646
Rachel Lim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador Hall 562D
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- rachel.lim@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: M/W 9-11am
- Specialty & Interests: Asian American Studies, Migration and Diaspora, U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Asia & the Américas, Comparative Race & Ethnicity, Korean/American Studies, Citizenship & Belonging, Global Religions
Bao Lo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director of Asian American Studies
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- Location: Amador Hall 562B
- Phone: (916) 278-6802
- lo@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tues. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. via Zoom; Wed. 12 p.m. - 1p.m. AMD 562B
- Specialty & Interests: Asian American Studies, Hmong American Studies, Settler Colonialism, Decolonization, Decolonial Epistemologies, Community Organizing, Student Activism
Elvia Ramirez, Ph.D.
Professor
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- Location: Amador Hall 462A
- Phone: (916) 278-5856
- eramirez@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Chicanx/Latinx education, Graduate education, Social inequality, Intersectionality, Latinx migration
Annette Reed, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of Ethnic Studies
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- Location: Amador Hall 462C
- Phone: (916) 278-6363
- alreed@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: EAB appointments only
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, California Native People & Nations, Native American Women, Native American People & History, Native American & Institutionalization, Chicana Labor, Native American Studies
Nicole Richards
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- Phone: (916) 278-6646
Rose Soza War Soldier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: AMD 554C
- Phone: (916) 278-6619
- rose.sozawarsoldier@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Esaktima Center M/W 9am-12pm (in person with a mask or via Zoom) or Request Via Email
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Native American Studies, California Indian Studies, American Indian Activism, Indigenous Feminism, Indigenous Futurism, Social & Cultural History, Politics, Education, & Social Justice
Erika Salinas
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- Phone: (916) 278-6646
Andrea Smith-Moore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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- Location: Amador Hall 460B
- Phone: (916) 278-6344
- dreamoore@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Pan-African Studies, Hip Hop and Social Movements, African American Film, Sacred Womanism Studies, Critical Anti-Race Pedagogical Initiatives, Black Visual & Media Culture
Maria Elena Vargas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador Hall 562C
- Phone: (916) 278-6619
- ojeda@csus.edu
- Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
- Office Hours: Friday: 1-2pm and by appointment, virtual on Fridays @ 3pm
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Jasmine Wade, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador 462D
- j.wade@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.; Wed. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Afrofuturism, Black & Indigenous science fiction & fantasy, Black feminisms, & Comparative Ethnic Studies
Wendi Yamashita, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Amador 554B
- Phone: (916) 278-4940
- w.yamashita@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 1 - 4 p.m. Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Japanese American Studies, Carceral Studies, Gender and Sexuality, Memory Studies, Oral History
Lecturers
Rashad Baadqir
Lecturer
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- Location: HMB 211 C
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- rashad.baadqir@csus.edu
- Office Hours: M/W: 11-12:30pm
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Johnmark Bautista
Lecturer
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- Location: BNC 1015
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- j.bautista@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (12-3pm) (https://calendly.com/jmzbautista29)
Christopher Aguirre
Lecturer
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- Location: BNC 1015
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- c.aguirre@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Friday 2:30-3:30pm
Guadalupe Arellanes Castro
Lecturer
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- Location: BNC 1014
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- guadalupe.arellanes@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Booker Cook, Ed.D.
Lecturer
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- Location: Benicia 1014
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- tcook@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Pan African Studies, Counter Narrative Research, Attrition and Retention Rates for Marginalized Students.
Kevyn Lorenzana
Lecturer
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- Location: BNC 1014
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- k.lorenzana@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Zoom: M,W,F 12-1pm & 4-5:30pm or by appointment
Marie Mallare J.D., LL.M., S.J.D.
Lecturer
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- Location: BNC 1015
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- m.mallare-jimenez@csus.edu
- Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays, 10am via zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Race & Ethnic Politics, International Relations, Asian Americans & the Law, Immigration & Deportation, U.S. Constitutional Law, International Law, Racial Justice Studies, Filipino American Studies
Miah McClinton
Lecturer
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- Location: HMB 211 C
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- m.mcclinton@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: M: 10am-1pm or by appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Pan African Studies, Black feminism, Black geography, Community sovereignty
Kirin Rajagopalan
Lecturer
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- Location: HMB 211C
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- rajagopalan@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Amrik Singh, Ph.D.
Lecturer
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- Location: HMB 211 E
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- asingh@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 6:20pm-7:20pm, zoom link for office hours: https://csus.zoom.us/j/6479943728
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Sikh American Studies, African American Literature, Anthropological Linguistics, Semiotics & Semiology, British & American Literature
Jason Keone Tena-Encarnacion
Lecturer
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- Location: HMB 211 E
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- jason.tena-encarnac@csus.edu
- Office Hours: M/F: 12-12:45pm
- Specialty & Interests: Critical Ethnic Studies, Indigenous Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Pacific Islander Studies, Multiracial Studies, Urban Indigenous Communities, Aloha as Radical Kinship
Silvia Toscano, Ph.D.
Lecturer
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- Location: BNC 1014
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- silvia.toscano@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Desiree Victor
Lecturer
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- Location: HMB 211D
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- desiree.victor@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Virtual Drop Ins: Fridays 11-12pm or by appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Chicana/o/x Studies, Carceral Studies, Feminist Intersectionalities, Radical Mothering, Abolitionist Frameworks, Oral History, School to Prison Pipeline
Lorraine Wilkins, Ph.D.
Lecturer
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- Location: HMB 211 D
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- lorraine.wilkins@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Pan-African Studies, Critical Race Theories, African Americans Psychology, Hip Hop Culture, Homelessness, Recidivism, Gangs & Community Restoration, College Success
Ayanna Yonemura, Ph.D.
Lecturer
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- Office Hours: Via Zoom, Mondays & Wednesdays, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., & by appointment. Drop ins welcome.
- Specialty & Interests: Urban Planning, Public Policy, Feminism, Black Sociology, Comparative Black & Asian American Studies, US & German Refugee Politics, African Studies, President Trump
Faculty Emeritus/Retired
Ricky Green, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director of Pan African Studies
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- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Rita Cameron-Wedding, Ph.D.
Professor - FERP
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- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies
Greg Mark, D.C.J.
Professor - FERP
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- Location: BNC 1015
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- markgr@csus.edu
- Office Hours: M/W: 10:50am-11:50am or by appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
James Sobredo, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
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- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Filipino American Immigration History, Global Migration of Filipinos, Filipinos in Barcelona & Madrid, Photo-Documentary