Faculty

Full-time Faculty for the Division of Humanities & Communication

Patrick Belanger, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Assistant Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2013
Peace Studies ~ Rhetoric and Culture ~ Environmental Communication

Rina Benmayor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 1995
Oral History ~ Latina/o Studies ~ Literature

John Berteaux, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Associate Professor and Division Director ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2004
Introductory to Philosophy of Human Nature ~ Ethics ~ Applied Ethics ~ Biomedical Ethics ~ Epistemology ~ Philosophy of Love Sex and Marriage

Debra Busman, M.F.A., Mills College, Oakland, CA
Assistant Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2011
Creative Writing and Social Action ~ American Literature ~ Composition and Critical Thinking ~ Service Learning ~ Media Studies ~ Women's Studies

Renee Curry, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2000
20th Century Literature ~ Film Studies

Jennifer Fletcher, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Associate Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2006
British literature ~ Composition/Rhetoric ~ Grammar ~ Adolescent Literature

Diana Garcia, M.F.A., San Diego State University
Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 1998
Latina-Latino Creative Writing Workshop ~ Introduction to Creative Writing ~ Creative Writing for Teachers ~ Poetry Workshop ~ Advanced Creative Writing ~ Service Learning

Debian Marty, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 1996
Communication Ethics ~ Dialogue/Deliberation and Cooperative Argumentation ~ Race Relations

Cecilia O’Leary, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Summer 1995
Histories of Democracy ~ California at the Crossroads ~ History According to the Movies

Estella Porras, Ph.D. University of Oregon, Eugene
Assistant Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Spring 2010
Journalism and Community Media ~ Media for Social Change ~ International Development Communication ~ Gender and the Media

David Reichard, Ph.D., Temple University
Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2002
U.S. social, legal, political history ~ Gay Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer studies ~ Law in Society

Sandra Robinson, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Assistant Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2013
Journalism and Digital Media ~ Agriculture Journalism ~ Rural Media ~ Media Ethics ~ Military and the Media ~ Investigative Reporting ~ Race and Gender in News Media

Ernest Stromberg, Ph.D., University of Oregon
Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2002
Rhetoric and Communication ~ Literary Studies ~ American Indian Studies

Umi Vaughan, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Associate Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2007
Africana Studies ~ Anthropology ~ Music and Performance ~ Visual and Public Art

María Villaseñor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 2006
Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies ~ Chicano/a-Latino/a Life and Culture ~ Chicana/Latina Experiences ~ Global Narratives

Qun Wang, Ph.D., University of Oregon
Professor ~ joined CSUMB in Fall 1995
Literature, Film, and Culture ~ Survey of American Literature ~ American Drama ~ Asian American Literature ~ American Ethnic Literature and Cultures

Professor Emeritus

Frances Payne Adler, M.F.A., Arizona State University
Emerita Professor

Josina Makau, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Emerita Professor

Lecturers For the Division of Humanities and Communication

Lisa Watson, MA Educational Administration
joined CSUMB in Spring 2001

Sharlene Gregg, MA Communication Studies
joined CSUMB in Fall 2000

Sunita Lanka, MA Philosophy of English
joined CSUMB in Fall 2004

Gayle McCallum, MA English
joined CSUMB in Spring 1999

John Swanson, MA Education
joined CSUMB in Fall 2011