Regular Faculty
Mary Christianakis, Chair
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.
Viviana MacManus
Associate Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Viviana Beatriz MacManus’s research and teaching focuses on Latin American and Latinx feminist theory, literature, film, and cultural studies.
Ben Ratskoff
Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A. Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Professor Ratskoff specializes in histories and theories of antisemitism, race, and fascism; Holocaust and genocide studies; Black diasporic culture and thought; and critical theory and cultural studies.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Hélène Bigras-Dutrisac
Visiting Instructor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A. Bishop's University, Canada; M.A. Western University, Ontario Canada
Kimiko Elguea
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
A.B., M.A., Occidental College; J.D., Loyola Law School
David Guignion
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A., Bishop's University; M.A., Ph.D., Western University
Marisol León
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice; Pre-Law Advisor
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; J.D., U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Marisol León teaches CTSJ 212, 214, 221, and 250. Her courses are designed for students dedicated to social justice and interested in leveraging the law as a tool for positive social change.
Malek Moazzam-Doulat
Resident Associate 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.
Arón Adrian Macal Montenegro
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A., M.A. American University; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Crystal Morales
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A. Yale; J.D. Howard University School of Law
Franchesca Alejandra Ocasio
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A. University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University