Lecturers

  • Phone: 818/677-2734
  • Office: JR 
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýnicole.abboud@csun.edu
  • ¶Ù±ð²µ°ù±ð±ð:Ìý

Fall 2025 Office Hours: By Appointment

Jose Amaro
  • Phone: 818/677-2724
  • Office: JR 141
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýjose.amaro@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Â鶹AV; M.A., Chicana/o Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours: Monday/WednesdayÌý2:30±è³¾-4±è³¾;ÌýTuesdayÌý9:30²¹³¾-10:30²¹³¾Ìý& 11am-12pm

Biography

Dr. José Amaro is a first-generation college student and a nontraditional student whose educational background motivated intrigue in identity politics and research on how literature, television, and media influence dominant narratives that shape social norms and the conception of race, gender, and sexuality. His A.A. from Oxnard Community College in Social and Behavioral Sciences was conferred in 2013. In 2007, he earned a B.A. in English Literature from California State University, Channel Islands. He is an alumnus of California State University, Northridge (Â鶹AV). In 2013, he received an M.A. in Chicana and Chicano Studies and in 2025 he earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Â鶹AV. His academic journey led to an emphasis on employing interdisciplinary and qualitative research to critique the representation and discursive treatment of queer masculinity in Spanish language telenovelas, which remains a hobby. Within the field of education, he emphasizes the importance of centering student narratives to interrogate the systematic inequalities and inequities shaping the academic persistence of low-income and first-generation college students-of-color and pedagogical strategies for student retention. His research interests include Chicana/o/x studies, cultural and ethnic studies, and queer studies. His favorite literary movement is the modernist period, and he favors literature from the southwest and California.

Education

A.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences, Oxnard Community College, Oxnard, 2013
B.A., English Literature, California State University, Channel Islands, 2007
M.A., Chicana and Chicano Studies, California State University, Northridge, 2013
Ed. D., Educational Leadership, California State University, Northridge, 2025

  • Phone: 818/677-2724
  • Office: JR 141
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýargelia.andrade@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Hispanic Languages & Literature, UCLA; M.A., Linguistics, UCLA

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-2734
  • Office: JR 148
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmartin.arce@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Language, Reading, & Culture; M.A., Educational Leadership

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-3926
  • Office: JR 120A
  • Email: jose.beltran@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Chicana/o Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-2734
  • Office: JR 141
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýgabriel@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, Claremont Graduate University, M.A., Public Policy, Claremont Graduate University, M.S., Social Work, CSU San Diego

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

Fall 2025 Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 1pm-2pm

  • Phone: 818/677-2734
  • Office: JR 
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýguadalupe.cardona@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Curriculum & Instruction (Language & Literacy), Arizona State University

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-3926
  • Office: JR 120A
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýlucila.chavez@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Mexican American Studies, CSULA; M.A., History, CSULA

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-4621
  • Office: JR 102
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýjaime.cruz@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Urban Planning, UCLA

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

Maria Elena Cruz
  • Phone: 818/677-2734
  • Office: JR148
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmecruz@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Education, UC Santa Barbara; M.A., Education, UC Santa Barbara; M.A., Psychology, Â鶹AV

Biography

Dr. Maria Elena Cruz has been a Lecturer in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Northridge since 2009, teaching courses on child development, education, and cultural identity. She has also taught at UC Santa Barbara and directed multiple federally funded TRIO programs, including Talent Search and Upward Bound, supporting first-generation and low-income students in California and Texas. Her work spans teaching, grant leadership, and community engagement, with publications on Chicana/o education, teacher preparation, and school equity.

  • Phone: 818/677-3926
  • Office: JR 120A
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýbert.cueva@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Women's Studies, UCLA; M.A., Women's Studies, UCLA; M.A., Urban Planning, UCLA

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-2734
  • Office: ST 510
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýyvette.delavega@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., English-Literature, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

ME Fernandez
  • Phone: 818/677-2731
  • Office: JR 141
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmaria.fernandez@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., American History, UCLA

  • Phone: 818/677-2724
  • Office: JR 141
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmildred.fuenteschung@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., English-Rhetoric & Composition, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-2605
  • Office: JR 120B
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýantonio.gallo@csun.edu
  • Degree: Juris Doctor, Law, Trinity International University

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-4625
  • Office: JR 102A
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýomar.gonzalez.93@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Chicana/o Studies, UCLA; M.A., Chicana/o Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-4621
  • Office: JR 102
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýgeorge.grunauer@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Chicana/o Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-4626
  • Office: JR 102
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýcarlos.guerrero@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Cultural Studies, The Claremont Graduate University; M.A., Chicana/o Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-6817
  • Office: JR 120B
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýcarlos.a.hernandez@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Modern Latin American History, UCLA; M.A., History, UCLA, M.A., Latin American Studies, UCLA

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-7215
  • Office: JR 143C
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýxilomen.herrera@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Chicana/o Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-3976
  • Office: JR 143F
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýxocoyotzin.herrera@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies (Chicana/o Studies / Spanish), Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-2724
  • Office: JR 141
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýnancy.lee@csun.edu
  • ¶Ù±ð²µ°ù±ð±ð:Ìý M.A., Communication Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-2883
  • Office: SQ 111
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmario.lopez@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Educational Leadership, University of La Verne; M.A., Public Administration, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-4626
  • Office: JR 141A
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýgerard.a.meraz@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Mexican American Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-7591
  • Office: JR 120A
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýbrenda.montes@csun.edu
  • Degree: Juris Doctor, Law, UCLA

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-4621
  • Office: JR 102
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýfabian.pacheco@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.S., Counseling, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-4621
  • Office: JR 102
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýjesus.n.perez@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., English-Creative Writing

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-2734
  • Office: JR 102
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýalex.placencio@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Political Science, Claremont Graduate University; M.A., Administrative Education; Â鶹AV, M.A., Public Policy, Claremont Graduate University

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-2734
  • Office: JR 148
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmaythe.ruffino@csun.edu
  • Degree: Ph.D., Latin American & Spanish Literatures, UC Santa Barbara; M.A., Hispanic American & Hispanic Literatures, UCLA

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-7591
  • Office: JR 120A
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýgeorge.sanchez@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Chicana/o Studies, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

Biography

George B. Sánchez-Tello is an award-winning reporter and writer. He earned his master's degree in Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge, in 2012. Sánchez-Tello teaches writing, public speaking, history and art as well as the Fieldwork in the Barrio class with EOP. 

  • Phone: 818/677-4625
  • Office: JR 102A
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýjesse.valadez@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., Sociology, UC Irvine

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

  • Phone: 818/677-7957
  • Office: JR 114B
  • ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýv.villela@csun.edu
  • Degree: M.A., English Literature, Â鶹AV

Fall 2025 Office Hours: