Regular Faculty
Caroline Heldman, Chair
Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Washington State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Caroline Heldman specializes in the presidency, media, gender, and race in the American context.
Mary Christianakis
Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., UCLA; M. Ed., UCLA; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Mary Christianakis is a professor of language, literacy, and culture. She studies literacy development, language, and discourse from a critical sociocritical perspective.
Glenn A. Elmer Griffin
Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Pacific Union College; Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary
Glenn A. Elmer Griffin, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor in the Department of Critical Theory and Social Justice.
On Special Appointment
Alice Bag
Professor of the Practice, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Cal State University, Los Angeles
Pilar Escondrias
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
A.B.,Princeton University, M.Ph., University of Cambridge, M.A., P.h.D., Northwestern University
LeKeisha Hughes
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., University of Arizona, Tucson, M.A., P.h.D., University of California, San Diego
Marisol León
Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; J.D., U.C. Berkeley
Marisol León teaches courses related to critical theory, resistance movements, inequity, and the law.
Malek Moazzam-Doulat
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Prof. Moazzam-Doulat teaches courses on social and political philosophy.
Kai Small
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (in progress)
Kai Small is a multimedia scholar that teaches courses in black studies with a focus on black feminist theories, trans/queer black studies, and the intersections between black and indigenous studies.
