Yahaira Núñez-Cortés

Anthropology

Dr. Yahaira Núñez-Cortés is joining the Department of Anthropology as an assistant professor. She was a post-doctoral fellow at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama and at Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas at Universidad Nacional Autómoma de México (UNAM). She received her PhD and MA from the University at Albany, SUNY, and her Licenciatura and BA at Universidad de Costa Rica. Her research focuses on the archeology of southern Central America, post-Classic Mesoamerica, the development of social complexity, economic and diet inequality, and migration and mobility in the past.

Jorge Lumbreras

Psychology

Dr. Jorge Lumbreras joins the Department of Psychology as an assistant professor. He is a first-generation Mexican-American faculty and researcher who specializes in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. His research interests and current projects focus on first-generation professionals, social identity management (i.e., code-switching), and the Latine worker experience. He is excited to start his work at Sac State with its many wonderful faculty and students!

Saahir Shafi

Public Policy & Administration

Dr. Saahir Shafi joins the Department of Public Policy and Administration as Hazel Cramer Endowed Chair and assistant professor. Her research focuses on the intersection of comparative public policy, public health, and governance. Her work empirically evaluates policymaking in crisis focusing on intentional policy design and errors in information processing at the individual and subsystem level, and institutional friction at the macro level. Saahir received her PhD from Pennsylvania State University in Public Administration with an emphasis on Health Policy and Administration. She was previously a faculty member at CSUDH where she was actively engaged in community engaged teaching, research, and service.

Amy Trimmer

Environmental Studies

Amy joins the Environmental Studies Department as Administrative Support Coordinator.

Robyn Pitts

Ethnic Studies

Robyn joins the Ethnic Studies Department as Administrative Analyst/Specialist.

Quyen Lu

Family & Consumer Sciences / Nutrition, Food & Dietetics

Quyen Lu joins the Nutrition, Food & Dietetics Department and the Family & Consumer Sciences Department as an Instructional Support Assistant II. Quyen is Made at Sac State! She earned her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Food and is currently pursuing her master’s in Public Health at Sac State. She looks forward to supporting faculty and students in both departments in the upcoming academic year. Quyen has enjoyed working with college students and assisting them in finding resources on campus. Outside of work and school, she enjoys matcha, reading, and exploring new restaurants. Her favorite part of her role is interacting with students and collaborating with so many intelligent and inspiring people.

Allison Burke

Institute for Social Research

Allison joins the Institute for Social Research as a Research Specialist. Allison received her MS in Survey Research and Methodology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and her BA from UC Davis. She has over 19 years of experience managing program evaluation and research studies in the areas of community health and wellbeing, alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention, youth development and leadership, and violence prevention. She is especially interested in utilization-focused evaluation studies, using questionnaire design techniques that elicit quality data, as well as creative reporting styles that communicate evaluation findings to a variety of stakeholders.

Logan Giardino

Logan joined the Psychology department in October 2024 as the Administrative Support Coordinator I - Reception & Operations Coordinator. She is a proud alum of the Peralta Community College District and Cal State East Bay, where she earned her BA in Psychology while managing a small bakery in Berkeley for 8 years. At the start of 2024, Logan moved from the East Bay to Sacramento to pursue a career in higher education. Spending ten years as a working college student helped her develop an interest in helping others pursue their academic goals in hopefully less time than it took her. During her time in the Psychology department, she has enjoyed helping others with her organizational talents and can-do attitude. With an extensive background in the food industry, Logan is used to a challenging environment and being of service to others. Providing students and faculty with helpful information to guide them in the right direction is something Logan really values in her role. She plans to continue using her transferable skills to help colleagues and students in the pursuit of achieving goals and creating a positive environment for everyone.