Social Justice

Andrea Borrego

Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology

Title: Assistant Professor

Expertise: Fatal police-citizen encounters, Policing, Tasers/CEDs, Incarceration, Prisons/jails, Body worn cameras, Intimate partner violence/domestic violence

Katia Campbell

Department: Communication Studies

Title: Associate Professor

Expertise: Freedom of speech (related to communication studies and democracy), Diversity studies, Equity and inclusion in academia and K-12, Rhetoric/persuasion, Dialogue and civic engagement

Ramon Del Castillo

Department: Chicana/o Studies

Title: Retired Professor

Expertise: Latino public policy issues and concerns, Diversity in American society, Chicana/o studies, Latino youth leadership development, Poetry

Katherine Miller

Department: Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy

Title: Affiliate Professor/Victim Services Coordinator

Expertise: Women’s rights, Interpersonal violence (relationship/domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking), Human trafficking, Violence against women, Victim blaming, Feminism, White privilege and white supremacy, Psychological trauma

Jessica Ritter

Department: Social Work

Title: Professor

Expertise: Child welfare, Child abuse and neglect, Children’s rights, Political activism

Darlene Sampson

Department: Social Work

Title: Clinical Field Faculty and Equity Specialist Coordinator, WEEAC

Expertise: Trauma, Issues related to children of color, Police and community interactions, Educational challenges, pedagogy and curriculum, Over suspension of children of color, School/community consultation-particularly with black/brown communities, Racial bullying, Diversity/equity/inclusivity, Mental Health, General social work

Sheldon Steinhauser

Department: Sociology and Anthropology

Title: Associate Professor Emeritus

Expertise: Aging issues, Aging population, Social issues of aging, Transgenerational communications, Life expectancy and societal impact, Diversity, Civil rights, Aging workplace, Elderly in the workplace, Retirement

David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Department: Political Science