Meet Us
Staff
Annette Reed, Ph.D.
Department Chair

- 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
Palesa Mosupyoe, MSP
Administrative Support Coordinator II

- Location: Amador Hall 463
- Phone: (916) 278-6645
- palesa.mosupyoe@csus.edu
Emeline Koloamatangi
Administrative Support Coordinator I

- Location: Amador Hall 463
- Phone: (916) 278-6645
- e.koloamatangi@csus.edu
Erik Venegas
Student Assistant

- Location: Amador Hall 463
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
Faculty Tenure Track
Brian Baker, Ph.D.
Professor, Director of Native American Studies

- Location: Amador Hall 563C
- Phone: (916) 278-7564
- baker@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed.10 - 11 a.m. in-person, Fri. 10 - 11 a.m. via Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Amber Bill
Assistant Professor

- Location: Amador 554D
- amber.bill@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. or by appointment via 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

- Location: Amador 563A
- martin.boston@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wed. 1 - 3 p.m.
- 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

- Location: Amador 551B
- anthony.burris@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 9 - 10 a.m. & 2 - 3 p.m. via Zoom, Wed. 9 - 10 a.m via Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Ancestor repatriation, Cultural Site Protection, History, Truth-Telling, Human Rights
Giselle Cunanan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

- 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

- 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

- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- david.flores@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. & Wed. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. & by appointment
- 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

- Location: Amador Hall 462B
- Phone: (916) 278-6802
- tfong01@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Wed. 9 - 10:30 a.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Clarence George III, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

- Location: Amador 462C
- clarence.george@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. & by Appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Afrocentric pedagogy, African historiography, Classical & Early Civilizations
William Gow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

- Location: Amador 554A
- william.gow@csus.edu
- Website
- 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
Ricky Green, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director of Pan African Studies

- Location: Amador Hall 562A
- Phone: (916) 278-3359
- greenr@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Nancy Huante-Tzintzun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

- Location: Amador 563B
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- nancy.huante@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. via Zoom; Wed. 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. in person 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
Rachel Lim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

- Location: Amador Hall 562D
- rachel.lim@csus.edu
- 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

- Location: Amador Hall 562B
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- lo@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tues. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. via Zoom; Wed. 1 p.m. - 2 p.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, Director of Chicanx/Latinx Studies

- Location: Amador Hall 462A
- Phone: (916) 278-5856
- eramirez@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Mon. 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m (in person); Fri . 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. via Zoom https://csus.zoom.us/j/7213068840
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Chicanx/Latinx education, Graduate education, Social inequality, Intersectionality, Latinx migration
Annette Reed, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of Ethnic Studies

- 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
Andrea Smith-Moore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

- 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
Rose Soza War Soldier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

- Location: Amador 554C
- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- rose.sozawarsoldier@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.; 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m. (in person with mask or Zoom)
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Native American Studies, California Indian Studies, American Indian Activism, Indigenous Feminism, Indigenous Futurism, Social & Cultural History, Politics, Education, & Social Justice
Maria Elena Vargas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

- Location: Amador Hall 562C
- Phone: (916) 278-6619
- Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
- Office Hours: Wed. 4 p.m. via Zoom and by Appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Jasmine Wade, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

- 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

- Location: Amador 554B
- 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

- Location: Amador 462D
- Phone: (916) 278 3536
- rashad.baadqir@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Guadalupe Arellanes Castro
Lecturer

- Office Hours: Tues. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. & 12 - 1 p.m. via Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Booker Cook, Ed.D.
Lecturer

- Location: Benicia 1014
- tcook@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Pan African Studies, Counter Narrative Research, Attrition and Retention Rates for Marginalized Students.
Darryl Freeman, MA, ABD
Lecturer

- Office Hours: By appointment via Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Biracial/Multicultural Identity Politics, Native American/African American Relationships, Cross Cultural Aging politics, Historical Minority politics in the U.S.
Nia Gregory
Lecturer

- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 11:30 - 1:30 p.m., Tues./Thurs. 12 - 2 p.m.
Cibonay Jimenez
Lecturer

- Phone: (916) 278-6646
- cibonay.cordova@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 4 - 5:30 p.m. & by appointment via Zoom
Kevyn Lorenzana
Lecturer

- Office Hours:
Mon./Wed. 8 - 9 a.m. Zoom (calendly.com/klorenzana-officehours)
Tues./Thurs. 8 - 8:45 a.m. Zoom (calendly.com/klorenzana-officehours)
Thurs. 4 - 4:45 p.m. Zoom (calendly.com/klorenzana-officehours)
Thurs. 8:30 - 9:45 p.m. Zoom (calendly.com/klorenzana-officehours)
Marie Mallare J.D., LL.M., S.J.D.
Lecturer

- Location: Amador 562D
- m.mallare-jimenez@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Fri. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. by appointment only 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

- Office Hours: By appointment at Professor McClinton's Calendly: https://calendly.com/miahissupafly/30min?month=2023-09
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Pan African Studies, Black feminism, Black geography, Community sovereignty
Kirin Rajagopalan
Lecturer

- Office Hours: Mon. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. & by appointment via Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Iris Ruiz
Lecturer

- Office Hours: Via Zoom https://csus.zoom.us/j/3419696289 Meeting ID: 341 969 6289
Alex Shigenaga
Lecturer

- Location: Library 1001
- alex.shigenaga@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wed. 9 - 9:45 a.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Immigration, Politics, Asian American Studies
Amrik Singh, Ph.D.
Lecturer

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2023
- asingh@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 6:20 p.m. - 7:20 p.m. via Zoom 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

- Office Hours: By appointment only
- 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

- Office Hours: Wed. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. via Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies
Desiree Victor
Lecturer

- Office Hours: Fri. 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. via Zoom
- 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

- Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. & by appointment via Zoom
- 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

- Office Hours: Tues. noon - 3 p.m. Zoom
- 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
James Sobredo, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor

- Location: Amador Hall 463
- Phone: (916) 278-3536
- sobredo@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Filipino American Immigration History, Global Migration of Filipinos, Filipinos in Barcelona & Madrid, Photo-Documentary
Rita Cameron-Wedding, Ph.D.
Professor - FERP

- Location: Amador Hall 561C
- Phone: (916) 278-6817
- cameronwedding@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies
Greg Mark, D.C.J.
Professor - FERP

- Location: Amador Hall 563B
- Phone: (916) 278-3783
- markgr@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 4:15 - 5:15 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Ethnic Studies