Danielle Muller, Ralph Bunche Associate Professor, English
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Southern California
M.A., German Literature, University of Southern California
B.A., German Literature, University of Southern California

Research Interests: 12th Century Vernacular Crusade Narratives, Medieval Romances, 18th Century French & German Literature, 19th Century German, French, English, American studies of the Novel. post-colonial Studies

Publications:  Books: “Imperial Strategies: The Sack of Constantinople in 1204 and the Expansion of Western Europe.” (Forthcoming); Articles: “Konrad Fleck,” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. James Hardin and Will Hasty. Columbia: Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc., 1994; “Trierer Floyris.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. James Hardin and Will Hasty. Columbia: Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc., 1994.

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Wendel Eckford, Ralph Bunche Distinguished Professor of History & African American Studies (Joint)
Ph.D., History, Claremont Graduate University
M.A., History, Claremont Graduate University
M.A., African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Public History & Historic Preservation, CSU Dominguez Hills
Bachelors of Architecture, Prairie View A & M University of Texas

Research Interests: Post Reconstruction America, Cultural Geography, African & African American Nationalism, 20th Century African American Intellectual & Cultural History, Genocide & War Crimes, Race & Racism, Hip-Hop Culture, Legacy of Marxist ideology in the African American community, Black Film.

Publications:
Books: “The Golden Era of Black Los Angeles: Appropriation, Resistance & Accommodation in Community Building, 1900-1930.” (Forthcoming); Articles: “Bobby Blue Bland.” In the African American National Biography, Henry Louis Gates & Evelyn Higgenbothem, (ed.). New York: Oxford University Press Press, 2008. Forthcoming; “J. Saunders Redding.” In Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History; “John Henrik Clark.” In Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History;“Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman (Albert Clearge, Jr.).” In “Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History; “Andrew Young.” In “Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History; “Josiah T. Walls.” In Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History; “Pearl Cleage.” In Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History.

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Carlos Guerrero, Ralph Bunche Associate Professor, Chicano Studies
Ph.D., Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University
M.A., Chicano Studies, California State University, Northridge
B.A., Chicano Studies, California State University, Northridge

Research Interests: Media, the new Western history, community colleges, education and critical pedagogy.

Publications: The Pedagogical Paradox," FACCCTS Journal, forthcoming, Summer 2008; "Web 2.0 and Scholarly Authority", FACCCTS Journal, Winter 2008; Photo Credit, 500 Years of Chicana History, Rutgers University Press; Bilingual edition (December 2007); "Engaging our Fears: Student Learning at the Center of our Practice. "On the Horizon, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2007; "Brief History of the Community College," FACCCTS Journal, Fall 2007; "Student Learning Outcomes." Noticias de NACCS, Vol. 34, No. 3. Winter 2006; Notes from the Chair, Noticias de NACCS, 2002-2003; Critical Pedagogy and Subjectivity in a Postmodern Era, an Annotated Bibliography, California Consortium for Critical Educators, April 2000

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Michael Miklos, Ralph Bunche Associate Professor, English
Ph.D., English, University of Southern California
M.A., English, University of Southern California
B.A., English, University of California, Irvine
B.A., Political Science, University of California, Irvine

Research Interests: Theories of Comedy, Critical Race Theory, Law and Literature

Publications: “Humor and Satire.” Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Ed. Cary Wintz and Paul Finkelman. Vol. 2. New York: Routledge, 2005. 722-724; “Theater Owners and Booking Association (TOBA).” Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Ed. Cary Wintz and Paul Finkelman. Vol. 2. New York: Routledge, 2005. 1170-1172.

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Jayesh Bhakta, Ralph Bunche Associate Professor, Physics & Engineering
Ph.D., University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
B.Sc., University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Research Interests: High Temperature Superconducting Ceramics, Etched Track Radiation Dosimetry Systems, Application Engineering involving Electronic and Software Design.

Publications: Augustin A. Lee, Stephen Gillam, and Jayesh Bhakta. “Constructing Chemical Pathways of Organic Compounds in Titan’s Atmosphere”. Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (Nov 2007), California State University, Los Angeles, CA; Moran Levi, Stephen Gillam, and Jayesh Bhakta. “Investigation of Titan’s Atmospheric Structure from Cassini Narrow Angle Camera Images”. Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (Nov 2007), University of California (Riverside), Riverside, CA.; Brian Droncheff, Stephen Gillam, and Jayesh Bhakta. “Deep Impact School Technology Improvement Collaboration: Preliminary Spectroscopy of Comet 9P/Tempe1 1 Prior to the Deep Impact Encounter”. Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (Nov 2005), California State University, Los Angeles, CA.; J.R. Bhakta, G.D. Hardcastle, and J.C.H. Miles. “Increase in the area of etched alpha-particle tracks in CR-39 plastic with increasing storage time under nitrogen”. Radiation Measurements 30 (1999) 29-34.; J.D Steele, J.R. Bhakta, R.J. Tanner, and D.T. Bartlett. “Development of a reader for track etch detectors based on a commercially available slide scanner”. Radiation Measurements 31 (1999) 179-184; P. S. Whitfield, J. R. Bhakta, J. S. Abell, R. I. Smith, R. Cywinski.. “Remote visual monitoring during time resolved in situ neutron diffraction study of recrystallization of melt-cast Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca3Cu4Oy by passage of dc current”. Review of Scientific Instruments 69,6,(1998) 2475-2479.

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Brian Arturo Bartelt, Ralph Bunche Associate Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Southern California
M.A., Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California
B.A., History, East Carolina University 

Research Interests:  African Studies, Ritual Studies, Anthropology of Consciousness (shamanism, healing, witchcraft), Visual Anthroplogy (ethnographic filmmaking)

 

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Bernadette TChinn, Ralph Bunche Associate Professor, English
Ph.D., University of Southern California
M.S., University of Southern California
M.A., University of Southern California
M.A., Antioch University, Los Angeles
M.A., Universite de Paris – Sorbonne
B.A., Universite de Paris – Sorbonne

Research Interests: French Literature and History

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Paul J. McCudden, Ralph Bunche Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy
M.A., Physics, Harvard, University
B.A., Physics & Applied Math, University of Chicago

Research Interests:  Physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge MA, on the Solar Orbiting Heliospheric Observatory, and screenwriting.

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Kenneth Sherwood, Ralph Bunche Distinguished Professor of Speech & Director, Forensics
M.A., Miami University, Ohio
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Jose Mori, Ralph Bunche Associate Professor, Spanish
Ph.D., University Of California, Los Angeles
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles